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Journal Journal: Alleged spammer tries to take Spamhaus.org, foiled

Journal by norml on Friday February 23, 2007 @09:03AM

Last year, electronic marketing firm e360insight sued the anti-spam blocklist Spamhaus in U.S. District Court over being included on the Spamhaus website as an alleged spammer. Since Spamhaus is a UK company, the jurisdiction of a U.S. Court may be questionable, but Spamhaus found (the hard way) that the court was still willing to enter a default judgment. e360insight then attempted to take Spamhaus.org by using the US Marshall service to try to seize it from its domain registrar, Tucows, but fa

Submission + - Interviewed by a genuine PHB

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Golygydd Max

on Friday February 23, 2007 @05:43AM

Golygydd Max writes: "There are times when we wonder whether Dilbert's pointy-haired boss is perhaps a little too far-fetched. And then we read something like this. Although this tale of a techie's attempt to fathom the mind of a boss, who has read one management article too many, is from the UK, I suspect that it strikes a chord with interviewees everywhere."

Submission + - The 8 challenges of virtualizing your data center

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coondoggie

on Thursday February 22, 2007 @03:26PM

coondoggie writes: "The benefit of virtualizing x86 servers is clear: break the link between software and hardware and create the foundation for a more dynamic, flexible and efficient data center. But the road to a virtual data center isn't without its twists and turns. The move to a virtual environment must be done carefully and with an understanding of how the new infrastructure will change IT planning and management. What follows is a list of eight virtualization "gotchas" — hurdles that users may face as they deploy virtual environments — that we've compiled through discussions with IT professionals, analysts and vendors. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/022307-virtu alization-data-center.html"

Submission + - The Pirate Bay to stay in Sweden

Submitted by paulraps on Thursday February 22, 2007 @02:15PM

paulraps writes: The Pirate Bay has ditched plans to buy its own nation so as to avoid international copyright laws. One of the founders says that the operation is now less vulnerable to police raids in Sweden now that it has spread its servers around different locations. Amusingly, they may still buy an island, but for more modest reasons: "We have 20,000 to 25,000 dollars to spend. Really we just want somewhere we can name The Pirate Bay, so we can look on Google Maps and find ourselves there," said Tobias Andersson, who, despite running the most poopular site in Scandinavia, still works as an electrician.

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