| Sanford Wallace Sanford "Spamford" Wallace is a spammer who came to notoriety in 1997, promoting himself as the original Spam King. Sanford_Wallace
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| Be File System The Be File System (BFS, occasionally misnamed as BeFS -- the name BeFS is used in the Linux kernel to avoid any confusion with Boot File System) is the native file system for the BeOS.BFS was developed by Dominic Giampaolo and Cyril Meurillon over a ten month period, starting in September 1996, to provide BeOS with a modern 64-bit capable journaling file system. Be_File_System
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| Criticism of Microsoft Criticism of Microsoft has followed various aspects of its products and business practices. Issues with ease of use, stability, and security of the company's software are common targets for critics. In the 2000s, a number of malware attacks have targeted security flaws in Microsoft Windows and other programs. Criticism_of_Microsoft
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| Criticism of Microsoft Talk:Criticism_of_Microsoft
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| Any key "Press any key" is a command prompt that will be fulfilled no matter which keyboard button is pressed. It is most often seen on early operating systems that were released before the mouse became common. The command does not refer to a keyboard button labeled "Any", although some users search for such a key anyway, according to reports from technical support workers. The computer company Compaq even edited their FAQ to explain that the "any key" does not exist, Any_key
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| BlackBerry Talk:BlackBerry
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| Eating one's own dog food Talk:Eating_one's_own_dog_food
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| Jonathan King Talk:Jonathan_King
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| Freeserve Freeserve was a UK Internet Service Provider, founded in 1998. It was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but merged into the Wanadoo group in 2000, itself a subsidiary of France Telecom. Its successor to this day is Orange Home UK, the ISP operation of Orange UK. Freeserve
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| Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom UK telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Telephone Numbering Plan, is the system used for assigning telephone numbers in the United Kingdom. It is regulated by the UK government's Office of Communications (Ofcom), which holds responsibility for telecommunications. Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Kingdom
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| Manhunt (video game) Manhunt is a stealth/action video game released by Rockstar Games in November . Although it was generally well-received by critics, Manhunt created a controversy due to the graphic violence the player is encouraged to engage in. This resulted in the game being banned in several countries and implicated by media in a murder, although this implication was later rejected by the police. Manhunt_(video_game)
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| DualDisc DualDisc is a type of double-sided optical disc product developed by a group of record companies including EMI Music, Universal Music Group, Sony/BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and 5.1 Entertainment Group and now under the aegis of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). DualDisc
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| Blink Blinking is the rapid closing and opening of the eyelid. It is an essential function of the eye that helps spread tears across and remove irritants from the surface of the cornea and conjunctiva. Blink speed can be affected by elements such as fatigue, eye injury, medication, and disease. Blink
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| Jessica Cutler Jessica Louise Cutler (born May 18 1978 in Monterey, California) is a blogger, an author, and former congressional staff assistant who was fired for detailing her active sexual life, including receiving money for having sex, in her blog. Jessica_Cutler
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| Social engineering (security) Social engineering is the act of manipulating people into performing actions or divulging confidential information. While similar to a confidence trick or simple fraud, the term typically applies to trickery or deception for the purpose of information gathering, fraud, or computer system access; in most cases the attacker never comes face-to-face with the victim. Social_engineering_(security)
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| Brandon Vedas Talk:Brandon_Vedas
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| Peter Jenner Peter Jenner (1943 - ) is a British manager of rock bands and acts, and a record producer. He has also worked as an A&R man. With Andrew King, he was part of Blackhill Enterprises, which managed Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett's solo career, Kevin Ayers (whose records Jenner also co-produced), Marc Bolan, Roy Harper, The Edgar Broughton Band and The Clash.He has also managed other acts, including Billy Bragg Frank Chickens Eddi Reader Ian Dury The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy Robyn Hitchcock Baaba Maal John Wesley Harding Denzil Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias Hank Wangford The Unbending Trees honours degree in Economics from Cambridge University, after which he became a lecturer at the Peter_Jenner
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| Initiative for Software Choice Initiative for Software Choice (ISC) is a group of companies "committed to advancing the concept that multiple competing software markets should be allowed to develop and flourish unimpeded by government preference or mandate." According to many Free Software advocates, ISC was founded by Microsoft as a reaction to the call for the adoption of Free Software by politicians in many countries. Initiative_for_Software_Choice
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| Tier One Tier One is Scaled Composites' program of suborbital human spaceflight using the reusable spacecraft SpaceShipOne and its launcher White Knight. The craft are designed by Burt Rutan, and the project is funded 20 million US Dollars by Paul Allen. In 2004 it made the first privately funded human spaceflight and won the 10 million US Dollars Ansari X Prize for the first non-governmental reusable manned spacecraft. Tier_One
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| Horizon (BBC TV series) Horizon is a current and long-running BBC popular science and philosophy documentary programme. Horizon_(BBC_TV_series)
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| Download.ject Talk:Download.ject
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| Becta Becta (formerly known as the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency) is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Children, Schools and Families in the UK. Becta
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| August 2004 August 2004 January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December August 2004 in sports August_2004
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| Cyberterrorism Cyberterrorism is a controversial term. Some authors choose a very narrow definition, relating to deployments, by known terrorist organizations, of disruption attacks against information systems for the primary purpose of creating alarm and panic. By this narrow definition, it is difficult to identify any instances of cyberterrorism. Cyberterrorism
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| Drbalaji md User_talk:Drbalaji_md
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| Eazel Eazel was a software company based in Mountain View, California from 1999 to 2001.The enterprise was staffed with former employees of Apple Computer, Netscape, Be Inc., Linuxcare, Microsoft, Red Hat and Sun Microsystems, among others. Mike Boich was CEO; Bud Tribble was VP of Engineering; Andy Hertzfeld was a principal designer and Darin Adler led development. Susan Kare, author of the original Macintosh icons, was brought in to design new vector graphics-based iconography. Eazel
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| Håkon Wium Lie Håkon Wium Lie (born 1965 in Halden, Norway) is a web pioneer, a standards activist, and , Chief Technology Officer of Opera Software. He is best known for proposing the concept of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) while working with Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau at CERN in 1994. As an employee at W3C, he developed CSS into a W3C Recommendation with Bert Bos. CSS is one of the fundamental web standards, with profound impact on typography, aesthetics, and accessibility on the web. Håkon_Wium_Lie
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| List of people affected by bipolar disorder This is a list of people accompanied by verifiable source citations associating them with bipolar disorder (formerly known as "manic depression"). This list includes only a) deceased persons; and b) living persons who have been frank about their condition. It does not include speculation about status of living people who have not publicly stated themselves to have bipolar disorder. List_of_people_affected_by_bipolar_disorder
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| Logic bomb A logic bomb is a piece of code intentionally inserted into a software system that will set off a malicious function when specified conditions are met. For example, a programmer may hide a piece of code that starts deleting files (such as the salary database trigger), should they ever be terminated from the company.Software that is inherently malicious, such as viruses and worms, often contain logic bombs that execute a certain payload at a pre-defined time or when some other condition is met. Logic_bomb
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| Videotape format war videotape format war was a period of intense competition or "format war" of incompatible models of video cassette recorders (VCR) in the late 1970s and the 1980s. It has gone down in marketing history as a classic example of technological rivalry. Videotape_format_war
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| AlisterBulman User:AlisterBulman
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| The Register Talk:The_Register
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| BT Ireland BT Communications (Ireland) Limited ("Esat BT Group" until 2005 and "Esat Telecom Group Plc." 1990), is a telecommunications and internet company in Ireland. It is a subsidiary of BT Group plc. BT_Ireland
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| Firewireless Firewireless is the wireless implementation of IEEE 1394, also known as FireWire. Firewireless
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| Meelar/publicity committee User_talk:Meelar/publicity_committee
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| Da Vinci Project The da Vinci Project was a privately funded, volunteer-staffed attempt to launch a reusable manned suborbital spacecraft. It was formed in 1996 specifically to be a contender for the Ansari X PRIZE for the first non-governmental reusable manned spacecraft. The project was based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and led by Brian Feeney.This page has been updated by Brian Feeney on April 4, 2009 with particular reference as to the status of the original project and new efforts going forward. Da_Vinci_Project
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| Zumwalt class destroyer Zumwalt_class_destroyer
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| Netbook Talk:Netbook
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| Mile high club The mile high club (or MHC) is a slang term applied collectively to individuals who have engaged in sexual intercourse while on board an aircraft in flight. There is no known formally constituted club so named. However, since "membership" of the "club" is really a matter of an individual asserting they have qualified, the qualifications for membership are open to some interpretation. Mile_high_club
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| No Fly List No Fly List, sometimes called the terrorist watch list, is a secret list created and maintained by the United States government of people who are not permitted to board a commercial aircraft for travel in or out of the United States. The list has also used been used to divert away from U.S. airspace aircraft not flying to or from the U.S. No_Fly_List
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| SCO-Linux controversies The SCO-Linux controversies are a series of legal and public disputes between the software company SCO Group (SCO) and various Linux vendors and users. The SCO Group alleges that its license agreements with IBM means that source code that IBM wrote and donated to be incorporated into Linux was added in violation of SCO's contractual rights. Members of the Linux community disagree with SCO's claims; IBM, Novell and Red Hat have ongoing claims against SCO. SCO-Linux_controversies
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| Texture/Archive-2004 June User_talk:Texture/Archive-2004_June
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| DVD-D DVD-Ds, also referred to as disposable DVDs, are a type of digital versatile disc that is designed to be used for a maximum 48 hours after the containing package is opened. After this time, the DVDs become unreadable to DVD players DVD-D
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| Rogers Wireless Rogers Wireless, formerly known as Rogers AT&T Wireless, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rogers Communications. Rogers purchased Fido in November 2004, creating Canada's largest wireless carrier, surpassing Bell Mobility in subscriber volume, and operates Canada's only Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network. Rogers_Wireless
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| GoldenPalace.com GoldenPalace.com is an online casino, (CEO Richard Rowe) hosted at Mohawk Internet Technologies, which is located in the Kahnawake Mohawk Territory near Montreal. They are well-known for their publicity stunts. They are also known for large 'bonuses' which must be waged a comparatively excessive fifty times before claiming. GoldenPalace.com
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| Sony Ericsson P910 The Sony Ericsson P910 is a smartphone by Sony Ericsson introduced in 2004 and the successor of the Sony Ericsson P900. The P910 has a full QWERTY keyboard on the back of the flip (the flip can also be removed completely, allowing for a 'traditional' PDA form-factor.) Sony_Ericsson_P910
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| AllOfMP3 Talk:AllOfMP3
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| History of neuroimaging history of neuroimaging, began in the early 1900s with a technique called pneumoencephalography. This process involved draining the cerebrospinal fluid from around the brain and replacing it with air, altering the relative density of the brain and its surroundings, to cause it to show up better on an x-ray. History_of_neuroimaging
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