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	<title>Chris Raynes . com &#187; Computer News</title>
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		<title>CAPTCHA Scripts Get Hacked &#8211; Affects Google, MS Live, gMail, Hotmail</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 14:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My past opinion was that Google, Yahoo and Microsoft had sufficient resources to protect my computer when I connected to one of their properties.  That may not be true!
I use both Yahoo mail and gMail to handle most of my email communications since I thought their platforms were well protected by industrial grade spam [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Illegals Cost US Taxpayers Billions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 13:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well friends&#8230;Here&#8217;s a quick look at what illegal aliens are costing us (us as in the American Taxpayer which is the foundation of the U.S. government.) This is such a depressing topic, I have to tip my hat to Newsvine.com for their article &#8220;Estimated 30 Million illegal aliens and the cost to U.S. taxpayers,&#8221; by Curtis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forced Continuity &#8211; A Lesson on Customer Abuse</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 20:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computer News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Caroline Middlebrook blogged about a topic that hits close to home and has been a burr under my saddle for some time&#8230;forced continuity marketing.
By definition, &#8220;forced continuity&#8221; means setting up a system where the consumer purchasing a product also incurs a recurring charge for some service or additional product.  Usually it&#8217;s in the fine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vista SP1 Kills Your Computer, Microsoft is Still in LaLa Land.</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisraynes.com/vista-sp1-kills-your-computer-microsoft-is-still-in-lala-land/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Vista Service Pack 1]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsofts latest venture into the psyche of the Windows computer user is called SP1.&#160; It&#8217;s bad enough that MS &#34;loses so much revenue&#34; that they strong-arm the installation of the &#34;Genuine Microsoft&#34; software checker.&#160; Now, they&#8217;ve taken it a step further by coming out with a service pack that has the effect of bringing your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Would You Pass the Roll of Computer Monitors Please?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computer News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[computer displays]]></category>

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I&#8217;m really not a techno geek, but I thought this story and photo were interesting.  Imagine being able to create computer monitors or television screens that were on a flexible clear film.  Reminds me of the current craze of roll-up keyboards and pianos.  If they could get their manufacturing costs down, that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WP-dbManager &#8211; An Excellent WordPress Plugin for database backup and optimization</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisraynes.com/wp-dbmanager-an-excellent-wordpress-plugin-for-database-backup-and-optimization/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computer News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[WP-dbManager is a good WordPress plugin that handles database optimization and backups.  It was created by Lester &#8216;GaMerZ&#8217; Chan, and can be downloaded at http://lesterchan.net/wordpress/readme/wp-dbmanager.html.&#160; As your WordPress tables become filled from adding posts and comments, they will need to &#8220;optimized&#8221;.&#160; And, of course, they need to be backed up!&#160; Lester Chan&#8217;s plug-in easily [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Labs Unveils Impressive Imaging Software at TED2007</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computer News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blaise Aguera y Arcas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[image display software]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Photosynth demo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a cool image application I just ran across that the was displayed at TED2007.  This is Microsoft Labs technology that blows image handling into a whole new universe.  Blaise shows off some impressive software.
Using photos of oft-snapped subjects (like Notre Dame) scraped from around the Web, Photosynth (based on Seadragon technology) creates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quit Your Day Job&#8217;s Jeremy Palmer says &#8220;Make It Free&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisraynes.com/quit-your-day-jobs-jeremy-palmer-says-make-it-free/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Affiliate Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Computer News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free Resources]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[High Performance Affiliate Marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jeremy Palmer is moving away from information products and making his ebook, &#8220;High Performance Affiliate Marketing&#8221; a free download!
I have a lot of respect for Jeremy, he authored a great ebook in &#8220;High Performance Affiliate Marketing&#8221;, and has an informative web site.   He&#8217;s also a terrific example of someone who knows when he&#8217;s overloaded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Courts Yahoo!&#8217;s Board of Directors, Big Time!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computer News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft wants Yahoo!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yahoo! buyout by Microsoft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yahoo! Under Siege]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the actual verbage &#8230;
January 31, 2008
Board of Directors
Yahoo! Inc.
701 First Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
Attention: Roy Bostock, Chairman
Attention: Jerry Yang, Chief Executive Officer
Dear Members of the Board:
I am writing on behalf of the Board of Directors of Microsoft to make a proposal for a business combination of Microsoft and Yahoo!. Under our proposal, Microsoft would acquire [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CIA Says Hackers Have Cut Power Grid</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisraynes.com/cia-says-hackers-have-cut-power-grid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 01:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computer News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[black outs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cyberattacks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PC World]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[CIA Says Hackers Have Cut Power Grid
Several cities outside the U.S. have sustained attacks on utility systems and extortion demands.
Robert McMillan, IDG News Service, Saturday, January 19, 2008 6:00 AM PST
The United States isn&#8217;t the only country feeling the pressure from cyber criminals.  Other countrys have also been hit.   Hackers have tried [...]]]></description>
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