| Penthouse Purchases Various, Inc., Sale Includes Bondage.com
"San Francisco-based Bondage.com was founded in 1996 to deliver an exciting, educational, and erotic experience to BDSM devotees and the curious. The free site features photos of members, stories, columns on topics relating to Bondage, Fetish, BDSM, personals ads and active chat rooms. The company has developed advanced technology to deliver a unique adult internet experience. Various plans to run Bondage.com as a completely separate site to preserve it's unique chemistry and community." In this latest acquisition, Penthouse purchased Various, Inc. for an approximate $500 Million USD. Included in the sale is over 25 social networking sites, including Bondage.com, Alt.com, Adultfriendfinder.com, Gradfinder.com and Bigchuch.com, etc. Current plans by Penthouse are to retain all sites previously owned by Various, Inc.
Protest at Miami high school turns rowdy
A couple of hundred" students were involved in the protest, which began during lunch hour in an open patio next to the cafeteria, said Quintin Taylor, a spokesman for the Miami-Dade School Board. Minor injuries were reported among police and students, and video from the scene showed several students being led away as if under arrest. Students told CNN affiliate WSVN they were angry the principal put a student in a "choke hold" Thursday. Taylor said officials are investigating how the protest, which started peacefully, became unruly. "Our officers assigned to the school became a target at the school of objects being thrown at them ... books, soda pop, water bottles, milk cartons," Miami-Dade Schools Commander Charles Hurley told WSVN.
First Comes Curiosity . . . | And then a click or two on the proper sites
U can do just about anything online these days. From banking and paying bills to hunting for houses to booking travel plans, you can browse through a world of choices and "compare shop" with the swift click of a button. It makes sense, then, that an increasing number of people are shopping for something else online: a significant other. Gone are the days when the only people who communicated online were recluses with pasty flesh and few social skills. In the modern era of MySpace and Facebook, people are using the internet to stay connected with their current friends, to rekindle old friendships and relationships, and even to find new ones. Whether you're just looking to meet people in your area, go on a date or find a life partner, chances are there's an online community that's geared toward what you've got in mind; you've just got to be sure that you know exactly what you're looking for.
AP News Wires
Kasey Harlos scored 14 points and defending Class 2A state champion Poth earned a return trip to the title game with a 54-42 semifinals victory over Woodville on Friday. Consecutive 3-pointers by M'Lis Kilgore sparked a 17-4 run over the third and fourth quarters that built a 48-32 lead. Kilgore and Kelsey Titzman each scored 13 points for Poth, with Kilgore hitting four of her team's eight 3-pointers. Poth lost in the state semifinals three straight times from 2004-2006 before finally breaking through with a double-overtime win last over Winnsboro last season. Kilgore hit the shot to force the first overtime in the championship game and came up big again Friday with the 3-pointers that broke open a close game with Woodville Poth led 33-28 when Kilgore was left open on the left wing and swished the shot.
Jackson Township and Cablevision ink new deal
Councilman Scott Martin & Councilwoman Emily Ingram, who have been negotiating with Cablevision, announced an agreement with Cablevision at Tuesday Nights Council meeting. The deal, pending Council's approval was unanimously approved on the 1st reading at Tuesday night's meeting. There will be a 2nd reading followed by a public hearing on March 11. After which, the agreement will be voted upon again by the full Council. Councilman Martin stated, "it's been 17 long months, but we have finally come to an agreement." "This agreement will provide Jackson Township with its own dedicated channel to service our community" according to Councilwoman Ingram. Currently Jackson shares a channel with other area towns. She went on to say, "I know the high school students will benefit greatly from having our own channel.
McAfee throws some FUD at the GPL
Nice article man! It almost made me cry there! Wow, yea, I agree totally, these big corporations re just evil. It takes too much effort to be creative, too much money to spend which would lower the profit, so why not take what's already done and proven solid - open source. Why not, after all, who cares about all the geeks sweating over their keyboards and offering the fruits of their effort to the world to benefit.
It's expensive to be M$, or any big corporation. All those private jets and waste on luxury, leave very little left to invest in actual coding effort. So why not take what you need from where it's free, get the job done. Who's gonna ever know? Not like anybody will have access to the source code to reveal the profanity. In the end you can smile from above the silly crowd and call yourself innovative.
Web Scammer Targets Senior U.S. Executives
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- For months, a sophisticated hacker has been stealing the personal data of American corporate executives. Hot on the hacker's trail is Joe Stewart. The former bass-guitarist-turned-cyber-sleuth stumbled onto the case in February. Since then, the 36-year-old Mr. Stewart has spent weeks in his office, in a nondescript building next to a half-abandoned strip mall here, virtually chasing the mysterious perpetrator across several continents. Mr. Stewart early on thought he had traced the scammer to China, then realized it was a false lead. Only when the perpetrator stumbled did Mr. Stewart get a break in the case. Mr. Stewart, a top researcher for Atlanta-based Internet security firm SecureWorks Inc., says most of the scammed executives declined requests to discuss their experience.
Rudd prepares to unveil ministry
PRIME Minister-elect Kevin Rudd will unveil his first ministry tomorrow and denies he is under any pressure from Labor factions over the line-up. Mr Rudd is expected to start ringing MPs later tonight to tell them whether they have made the 30-seat front bench. Nervous frontbenchers attended factional meetings tonight, joking about their chances of keeping their positions. Mr Rudd – the first Labor leader in a century to be given the authority to choose his own front bench on merit, rather than factional allegiance – will announce his ministry at a meeting of Labor MPs in Parliament House tomorrow morning. "I was very upfront about this during the election campaign with my colleagues," Mr Rudd said to the Seven Network.
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