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Most Popular Posts for Developers in 2010 – DevCurry.com

I had made a commitment at the beginning of this year to write one post (for developers like me) every day which would make 365 posts by the end of this year. Thanks to Malcolm Sheridan, Mahesh Sabnis and other Guest Bloggers who also contributed posts… Continue reading

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Latest Google Spam Technique: Invent Fake Street Addresses And Show Up In Google Listings

John Nagle, who famously highlighted the massive problems with Craigslist spam a few years ago, alerts us to his latest report, showing how Google’s regular listings are getting filled up with Google Places spam (pdf). Apparently, Google integrated it… Continue reading

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Everyone Gets Angry At The Media Sometimes, But Calling 911 To Have ‘The Media’ Arrested Isn’t A Good Idea

Via Fark, we learn of a guy in Florida who apparently got somewhat drunk and decided to call 911 to ask to have “the media” arrested. He seemed particularly annoyed with the TV news. Apparently, the guy has a history of calling 911 for non-emergency … Continue reading

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Just Weeks After Cutting Off Wikileaks, Amazon Brags About How US Federal Gov’t Is One Of Its Biggest AWS Customers?

While Senator Joe Lieberman took credit for pressuring Amazon to stop hosting Wikileaks content via its Amazon Web Services infrastructure, Amazon insisted that government pressure had nothing to do with it. Still, it seems rather odd that just weeks … Continue reading

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Despite Promises That Franchise Reform Would Lower TV Rates, The Opposite Has Happened

For years, the telcos pushed for cable franchise reform, which was sorely needed to some extent. Basically, for decades, various local municipalities would offer a “franchise” for cable TV providers, so that residents really only had a single choice. … Continue reading

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Regular Expressions in Groovy (via Java)

The people who attended my presentations at RMOUG Training Days 2010 asked several good questions. One question that was asked in the Groovy presentation that I really wish I had included a slide on was “Does Groovy support regular expressions?” The … Continue reading

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RapidShare Hires Big DC Lobbying Firm To Convince Politicians That The RIAA/MPAA Are Lying About It

Europe-based RapidShare has been taking a lot of heat lately from the entertainment industry, which has tried hard to prove that the company is one of the “worst” operators out there when it comes to file sharing. Earlier this year, RapidShare was lis… Continue reading

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DailyDirt: Cool Robot Videos

Watching robots in action is far more entertaining than just reading about what robots can do. That’s mostly because there’s always a slight chance that the robot will “go crazy” and do something totally unexpected (and usually destructive). We haven… Continue reading

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Janet Jackson’s Wardrobe Malfunction Leads To FCC Malfunction: Claims Broadcasters Give Up 1st Amendment Rights

Would you believe that the FCC, CBS and the courts are still fighting over the FCC’s right to fine CBS over Janet Jackson’s infamous “wardrobe malfunction” during the half-time show of the Superbowl in 2004 (yes, seven years ago). There have actually … Continue reading

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Paul Allen Files Amended Patent Lawsuit; Shows It’s Even More Ridiculous Than We Originally Thought

Back in August, many people were surprised that Paul Allen had suddenly decided to go full on patent troll, using a bunch of patents he had received as part of his complete business failure, Interval Research, during the 90s. Interval was supposed to … Continue reading

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