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Hot sun amazing photos made with amateur telescope

RedPepper — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:31:39 +0000

The astrophotographer Alan Friedman captured this shot at a star party in the Florida Keys last week, using a relatively little amateur telescope. On his website has an entire photo album of space snapshots and more hot sun photos like this one. Image: Alan Friedman © sciteh.com. All rights reserved.Hot sun amazing photos made with [...]

Google Chrome EULA may have hidden traps

RedPepper — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:36:52 +0000

Those enthusiasts who were downloaded and installed the new browser Google Chrome without read very carefully EULA could discover with surprise that it contains incredible clauses.

Microsoft has made a proposal for acquisition to Yahoo! for $31 per Share

RedPepper — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:58:56 +0000

Transaction valued at approximately $44.6 billion in cash and stock; provides 62 percent premium to current trading price for Yahoo! shareholders; combined entity to create a more competitive company, given that greater value to shareholders, better choice and innovation for customers and partners. Source: Microsoft © sciteh.com. All rights reserved.Microsoft has made a proposal for [...]

Charter accidentally deletes 14,000 email accounts

RedPepper — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:33:35 +0000

During a routine maintenance, one of the largest ISPs in the U.S. – Charter has accidentally deleted 14,000 email accounts including all the data inside. A software error is being blamed for the deletion. It seems they were trying to remove unused accounts from their system, which is absolutely reasonable. Whatever their checks and balances [...]

Major HTML update unveiled

RedPepper — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:36:50 +0000

The first major update to HTML in 10 years has been unveiled by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The group has published the first public working draft for what it described as “major revision” to the mark-up language. A lot has changed while the near the beginning dot-com days of December 1997 when HTML [...]

How to deceive your clients with a professional domain name registration service

RedPepper — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:17:37 +0000

Network Solutions LLC, a business that offers Internet domain names registration services is facing criticisms for holding some in reserve as a consumer-protection measure, a move that also prevents interested parties from shopping around for better prices. After weeks of testing, Network Solutions LLC began this week to grab domain names that people search for [...]