The world's first dot com domains - back in 1985 (Guardian Unlimited)
PC World has been doing some reminiscing about the earliest days of the World Wide Web, compiling a list of the 100 oldest commercial websites. "The year was 1985. MS-DOS 3.0 was the PC operating system of choice, most commonly run on the top-selling Tandy 1000 personal computer," says PC World, setting the scene. Dot com. Photograph: tcwmattcc /Flickr/ Some rights reserved ...
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Tribeca Film Festival/ESPN Trailer Contest rules (ESPN)
Check out the official rules for Page 2's contest, which gives you the chance to play tennis against Andy Roddick.
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Telltale Signs of a Forex Trading Scam (PIZZAHEROS)
Formerly a domain of banks, hedge funds, and large financial corporations, the forex market has become more accessible to individual traders. Unfortunately, it has also become a haven for fraudsters who target hapless retail speculators.
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All News... Medway at Large - Reporters' Notebook (The Kent Messenger)
Writing this remotedly from from home up northish in the hood. Didn't have time to update today but just wanted to write a few lines to keep up appearances before this blog returns with a proper regular flourish in the New Year.
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Berg files new challenge to eligibility (WorldNet Daily)
A lawyer who already has two conferences pending before the U.S. Supreme Court on the issue of Barack Obama's eligibility to be president has filed a new lawsuit, this one on behalf of a retired military colonel who would need to know whether to follow any orders issued by Obama as commander-in-chief.
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