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There are people that work to make the internet better. Here is a really good initiative. You can help. Do not hesitate to share your stories.

The StopBadware.org is a "Neighborhood Watch" campaign aimed at fighting badware and to be a clearinghouse on anti-badware efforts, providing people with a way to submit their stories and their data, and using that data to inform the research efforts.

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From "relationclient.net":
If you work in the B2C world, i.e. your company sells its products directly to consumers, you know certainly how much your Web site is important. The french company Numericable seems to be able to afford the closing of its site during several weeks.

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You probably know, if you are blogger, that Ping-O-Matic uses WordPress on their site because of the error that appears from time to time: "Error establishing a database connection" (look at the picture). It is starting to get old.

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You know slashdot site, the site of "News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters". One of my prefered sites on the web. I check it often. Today, Rob Malda, the creator of Slashdot wrote an article entitled "On the Matter of Slashdot Story Selection" in a response to users that accuse Slashdot Editors of being in cahoots with scam artists.

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BBC releases nearly 80 pieces of video and audio covering iconic news stories and events of the last 50 years. You might feel that some important stories have been left out. If so, it is likely to be because the BBC doesn't have the rights to release the item. The BBC has decided to limit access to its archives in this pilot to UK residents. Users outside of the UK are not able to access clips.

But wait, there is a solution:

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