Google IPO

Google IPO To Happen, Files For Public Offering
An up close and indepth coverage of Google, the IPO and the figures. Coverage is an excellent read and gives a real glimpse of behind the scenes of Google. (A bit like a golden ticket and Mr Wonka's chocolate factory!)

Canned Spammers

U.S. Charges Four Under New Anti-Spam Law
CRN : Breaking News - Federal authorities say they managed to pierce the murky underworld of Internet spam e-mails, filing the first criminal charges under the government's new "can spam" legislation.

All together now .... hooray!!!

T shirt Company Denied Google AdWords Campaign
Webpronews - Y-Que, a T-shirt company located in Southern California, has had its AdWords campaign cancelled by Google because of the keywords the company selected to use. Y-Que believes that the basis of Google's cancellation is a move to stifle free speech.
The company sells what would be considered "politically incorrect" shirts. A few of the t-shirts in question included, according to ClickZ.com,

"Recall Bush - White T-shirt (with radio control on head); Dumb and Dumber White T-shirt - Bush and Blair: The Movie; You're Fired - George W. Bush White T-shirt; Dump Cheney White T-shirt - "Halliburton" tattooed across head; Miserable Failure T-shirt - George W. Bush; Kerry sucks (too) - T-shirt."

Bill Wyatt, owner of Y-Que, believes Google's cancellation is akin to Google acting as big brother.

Comment:
Maybe they are just refusing to cash in so glibly on the daily death and destruction?

Music Industry Sues More Computer Users
WASHINGTON (AP) The recording industry sued 477 more computer users Wednesday, including dozens of college students at schools in 11 states, accusing them of illegally sharing music across the Internet.

FTC Outlines Appeal in Rambus Case
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Computer chip designer Rambus Inc. could pocket as much as $3 billion in royalties and raise prices for consumers of all manner of computing devices if an administrative law judge's ruling in its favor is allowed to stand, the Federal Trade Commission argued in an appeal.
OUCH!

4-1-9
4-1-9, or Advance Fee Fraud Scheme
An Advance Fee Fraud Scheme is the name given to a fraudulent means of obtaining money. More info ...

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Britney fools fans, lip syncs throughout live show
Gasp! No!
Newindpress - LONDON: Pop star Britney Spears shocked a sell-out United Kingdom show by miming through the entire show.

FTC Spyware Workshop
The workshop was held April 19, 2004. Comments from the public can be made from the FTC Spyware Workshop page. You have until 21st May, 2004 to make yourself heard.

More information is available on the above page and also, here, in the press release section

TEN BASIC PRINCIPLES OF GOOD PARENTING:
"Newswise — What you do matters. You cannot be too loving. Be involved in your child’s life. Adapt your parenting to fit your child. Establish rules and set limits. Help foster your child’s independence. Be consistent. Avoid harsh discipline. Explain your rules and decisions. Treat your child with respect."

ONLY HALF OF RECALLED MEAT AND POULTRY IS RECOVERED, STUDY FINDS

YUK!

"COLUMBUS, Ohio – Newswise — Only about half the meat and poultry recalled in the United States because of suspected health hazards between 1998 and 2002 was actually recovered by the manufacturers, according to a new study."

McFox's Multiple Sclerosis Pages

Families blame toxic dumps for deformities
"Netdoctor - THE FAMILIES of two dozen children born fingerless or with webbed hands are celebrating a legal victory in their quest to prove that the deformities are linked to toxic waste dumps left over from Northamptonshire's once thriving steel industry."

NITRIC OXIDE LINKS BULK OF SPORADIC AND FAMILIAL PARKINSON'S DISEASE
"Newswise — Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered that nitric oxide, a chemical messenger involved in bodily functions from erection to nerves' communication, also shuts down a protein involved in Parkinson's disease."

House Panel to Probe Spyware

Currently going through one a my least favourite symptoms (like I have a favourite!) - paroxysmal muscular spasms. Haven't had this for a while, thank goodness. In case you are wondering what that is; all of the muscles in my back (can happen anywhere) suddenly go into a spasm and tighten themselves into a knot. It's a bit like a bear-hug, complete with claws. Heavy duty painkillers help. So does sitting in a particular posture - at the computer; so the mild upside is I have done more work on my site this week, than I have of late. Whine over. Thank you for reading.
McFox's Multiple Sclerosis Pages

Download the Internet! Click here!
A wee joke! (Safe enough)
Link opens a new window - just close it when done. Alternatively, if you click on the OK button which appears, it will take you to W3Schools.com; the place to find some of the best coding tutorials on the net!

newsgaming.com -- newsgames
You should have a go at Sept 12th. It is sobering(ish) - Shockwave Player Required

Improve the Readability of Your Web Page
Ok, ok, no jokes about braille monitors! Sheesh! I only ... ah, forget it!

Computer Vision Syndrome: What To Do About It
Square eyed? Is your vision as well as your ability to father offspring suffering as a result of sitting at the computer too much?

Reposted from Dec 18th

I thought it was funny

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Revealed!

Exclusive: Saddam days away from fleeing Iraq

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Well, I have had a bit of of a day with server extensions playing up so my apologies to all who have been trying to log on and have either got a 'Not Found' error, or have had a page load without any navigation. I am working on it!

McFox's Multiple Sclerosis Pages

Test for Colorblindness On-line The useability factor is a bit lacking with this site but if you haven't worked out the top traffic light is red, the bottom green, and they are not the same shade of gray, then this is the place!

Chernobyl album | Mozgovaya | Fotki.com
More photos of the wastelands around what used to be Chernobyl.

GHOST TOWN - The Chernobyl Wasteland
This photographic study, with a commentary by the biker-chick author, has taken the internet by storm. Rightly so, too! A wonderful work.

Newswise - Green Tea Component Helps Kill Leukemia Cells

Newswise - Female Gluttony Blamed on Male Tick
"Female ticks who mate will drink 100 times their weight in host blood ..."
Sound familiar guys?

Newswise - Environmental Inequities Cluster to Harm Poor Children: "Environmental Inequities Cluster to Harm Poor Children"

Newswise - Left & Right Brain May Work Together Better in Mathematically Gifted
So, the question is ... are epileptics worse at math, and can math bring on a seizure???

Newswise - Tips for Seasonal Allergy Sufferers

Newswise - Genetic Surprises Associated With Schizophrenia
"2 percent of Caucasians have a gene polymorphism that causes a form of schizophrenia in a minority of carriers"

People with Down syndrome 'refused right to vote'
And so it begins ...

Updating on this from the Blogamania archives, my website, McFox's Multiple Sclerosis Pages has been 'storming' up the Alexa traffic rankings and has come from well down in the ~circa 2.5 million placement, to within the top 1 million sites.

Ok, it might not be a big deal to some of you hot-shots out there but for me, it's an achievement. :o)