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The Global Jazz Network a Myspace for Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
January 6, 2009

The Global Jazz Network is a movement and a destination where great jazz minds meet and Jazz lovers come together with some of the world's greatest improvisers, educators and singers like Freddie Redd, Slide Hampton, Chico Freeman, Gloria Lynne, Alphonse Mouzon, Roseanna Vitro, Buster Williams, Joseph Bowie, Geoff Lapp, Dr. John Lamkin and many other sidemen and leaders in the industry. A great opportunity for Indies, the destination was created by Jazz Singer/ producer Tamm E Hunt, and is arguably ...

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China Attack on Web Obscenity Hits Google, Baidu

Source: PC Magazine
January 6, 2009

China has launched a nationwide crackdown against websites that officials accused of spreading pornography and threatening youth morals, including the big search engines Google and Baidu. China's Ministry of Public Security and six other government agencies announced the campaign at a meeting on Monday, state television news reported. Officials were shown taking away digital equipment from one office. The report said officials “decided to launch a nationwide campaign to clean up a vulgar current on the internet and named and ...

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Phishing Scam Targets Twitter

Source: PC Magazine
January 6, 2009

Micro-blogging site Twitter was the victim of a phishing scam over the weekend that took control of users' direct messaging capabilities. Scammers have been taking control of users' accounts and sending direct messages to their followers. These messages include links to what looks like the Twitter sign-in page, but is actually a phishing site that will steal account information once a user has signed in, then add the user to the list of accounts being used to extend the phishing ...

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Site News: Land O' Linkin' 2009

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
January 6, 2009

The start of a new year is always a good time to spruce things up a bit, and so there's been some routine maintenance to the list of links on the St. Louis Jazz Notes sidebar, over on the right-hand side of the page.A few dead links have been deleted, and I've added new links in several sections. Locally speaking, in the “bands and musicians" category, links have been added for Funky Butt Brass Band, Orange, Pfeffer Trio, ...

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Refurbished Cell Phones Get a Little Smarter

Source: All About Jazz
January 5, 2009

AT&T's sale of used iPhones may be start of used smartphone trend ? AT&T recently offered refurbished iPhones for $99 (8-gigabyte model) as a promotion. With the slowing economy, other similar promotions may be in the offing.

When AT&T recently offered refurbished 8-gigabyte iPhone 3Gs for $99, news of the deal eclipsed another major iPhone announcement, that Wal-Mart is now stocking the hottest smartphone in America.

If you can get a refurbished iPhone for $99, are good deals ...

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Apple's Jobs Discusses Health Problem

Source: Michael Ricci
January 5, 2009

Reluctantly trying to put to rest persistent speculation about his health, the chief executive of Apple, Steven P. Jobs, disclosed in a public letter on Monday that he was recovering from a hormone imbalance that has contributed to his continuing weight loss.

Mr. Jobs lamented that his decision not to give his annual Macworld keynote set off another flurry of rumors about my health, with some even publishing stories of me on my deathbed. But contrary to reports that he ...

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Apple's Condition Linked to Jobs' Health

Source: Michael Ricci
January 5, 2009

The CEO won't deliver the keynote at Macworld this week, renewing worry about a succession plan. Some important questions can't be asked without sounding crass and insensitive. But there's no way around asking this one that's on everybody's mind, so here goes:

What is Apple Inc.'s plan if CEO Steve Jobs dies?

The question of Jobs' health has been a live discussion thread since he announced in August 2004 that he had undergone surgery for pancreatic cancer. When Apple announced ...

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One Hacker's Audacious Plan to Rule the Black Market in Stolen Credit Cards

Source: All About Jazz
January 5, 2009

Settling into his chair and resting his fingers on his keyboard like a concert pianist, Butler began his attack. Max Butler had an audacious plan to rule the black market in stolen credit cards. But angry hackers and pesky Feds had other ideas.

The heat in Max Butler's safe house was nearly unbearable. It was the equipment's fault. Butler had crammed several servers and laptops into the studio apartment high above San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood, and the mass of processors ...

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