Thursday, 17. June 2010
Topic: MUSIK - on June 17, 2010 at 2:21:00 PM CEST
Garry Shider of P-Funk fame dies at 56
Garry Shider, singer, guitarist and musical director of George Clinton's P-Funk All-Stars for much of their history, has passed on at age 56. Shider (the man in the diaper for so many P-Funk performances) was co-author of One Nation Under a Groove and many other masterpieces of the funk. RIP, Garry Shider.
nj.com Garry Shider myspace.com parliamentfunkadelic.georgeclinton.com P-Funk’s Garry Shider dies, former bandmate remembers him
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Topic: WEB - on June 17, 2010 at 2:19:00 PM CEST
US-Behörden: ICQ-Verkauf würde Strafverfolgung erschweren
Ein Verkauf des Instant-Messaging-Dienstes ICQ würde nach Meinung von US-Ermittlungsbehörden die Strafverfolgung im Internet erschweren. Das berichtet die Financial Times unter Berufung auf US-Ermittler. Der Internet-Dienstleister AOL plant den Verkauf von ICQ an das russische Unternehmen Digital Sky Technologies (DST), das auch an Facebook beteiligt ist.
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Topic: SPAM - on June 17, 2010 at 2:18:00 PM CEST
Spammer's $11 Million Win Against Anti-Spammer Spamhaus, Reduced To $27,000
Many years back, an "email marketing" company called e360 Insight got upset that the anti-spam advocacy group Spamhaus included e360 on its list of biggest spammers -- a list that many service providers used for spam filtering. So, it sued claiming defamation. What followed was a bit silly, as Spamhaus (based in the UK) initially responded, but then started ignoring the lawsuit, claiming that a US court meant nothing to the UK-based operation.
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