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The Pirate Party has expanded to the US and is trying to gain legitimacy in Utah. And while some politicians have put issues like patent and copyright reform at the top of their lists, there aren't many political parties out there that make it one of their sole issues. That's where the US "Pirate Party" hopes to step in; the group is now hoping to establish itself as an officially-acknowledged political body in the state of Utah.
Australian ISP's have labeled ISP level filters as unworkable after the Federal Government announced plans to force ISP's to do so. There is a thread discussing this here. The ISPs say it's doubtful a workable solution will be found and users who opt to switch-on the filtering will be subjected to significantly reduced speeds. Opposition communications spokesman Stephen Conroy accused the Government of rehashing old announcements in an attempt to portray a tough stance on internet safety in the lead-up to the federal election.
Google has begun offering more Gmail space for a fee, and to think that I am only using 500MB in my Gmail. Google will offer users of Gmail and Picasa, its online photo storage and sharing service, the chance to expand the amount of storage supporting their accounts. Gmail users currently get about 2.8 GB of free storage space and Picasa users receive 1 GB for free. Starting Friday, users can sign up through their Google accounts to buy as little as 6 GB of additional storage for US$20 per year, or up to 250 GB for $500 annually. It will also offer a 25 GB plan for $75 and a 100 GB option costing $250.
I knew many Apple users were nutters but this is just ridiculous, a man has had his thumbs surgically altered to allow for better iPhone use. The procedure involved making a small incision into both thumbs and shaving down the bones, followed by careful muscular alteration and modification of the fingernails. While Martel's new thumbs now appear small and effeminate in comparison to his otherwise very large hands, he says he can still lift "pretty much anything I could lift before the surgery - though opening spaghetti sauce jars has been a problem. That was a big surprise."
Bit-Tech have posted an article about Metaboli gaming on demand. Gaming on demand is basically an Internet-based service that allows users who are signed up to download full games wherever they are and then to play very quickly. There are sites, such as Steam, which offer this on a per-game basis which means you can buy a game, such as Garry’s Mod, and can then download it onto multiple systems and game wherever you can access the Internets. It’s a process which has obviously worked very well for Steam, which now has over 13 million users and a growing bit-tech Gaming community
TechReviewSource has checked out Microsoft's latest online service, Windows Live Skydrive. To start, Microsoft gives you 500MB of free online storage space, but we feel that is a little small for today's day in age. Services like Google Gmail gives you 2GB of free e-mail storage space. Hopefully in the future Microsoft will upgrade this to at least 1GB. The interface of Windows Life Skydrive is pretty sleek, but it sometimes isn't as intuitive as we wished. It has a very Hotmail-like feel and will really feel at home for people who are family with Microsoft's other Windows Live online services.
Todays timewaster is from Paul with the Virtual Armonica where you can make cool sounds by combining notes. To play the armonica below, click on a glass bowl. Like the real armonica, the tone will linger as you click on the next bowl, putting tones together to make a melody.
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