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Flatster.net, New Online Apartment and
Tenant Locator Offers Free, Advanced
Searching and Posting Capabilities

Flatster.net, New Online Apartment and
Tenant Locator Offers Free, Advanced
Searching and Posting Capabilities 08/20/2004 02:27 AM
Flatster is the first-ever online apartment renting site to feature user-supplied content about available apartments and tenants. From the creators of Roomster.net, the profile-driven roommate matching site, Flatster offers free searching and posting capabilities for both apartment seekers and owners through two exclusive services, Tenant Match and Apartment Wanted Ads. [PRWEB Aug 20, 2004]

Aplus.Net Offers Free Online Survey
Building Tool to its Web Hosting
Customers

Aplus.Net Offers Free Online Survey
Building Tool to its Web Hosting
Customers 04/14/2004 03:55 PM
TopHosts.com Apr 14 2004 7:41PM GMT

Apartment building webl0g

Apartment building webl0g 01/19/2004 01:55 PM
BoingBoing buddy Jean-Luc says: "The idea of a community weblog for an apartment building in L.A. is absolutely great!" Link

The Apartment Phone (No, The Actual
Building)

The Apartment Phone (No, The Actual
Building) 07/09/2004 05:12 AM
Well, if this isn't a Friday "Too Much Free Time" story, I'm not sure what is. An eccentric Australian millionaire nicknamed "Crazy John" for a popular chain of mobile phone retail shops (Crazy Eddie should sue -- though after his problems with the law, he may not want to go anywhere near a court room) now wants to use some of his millions to build an apartment building in the shape of a mobile phone -- complete with number buttons, "end" and "send" buttons, and a "rooftop" antenna. He hasn't chosen what phone the building will look like, but is hoping that a handset maker will pop up and sponsor the project in return for the landmark advertising. Of course, at the rate handset designs go out of style, this certainly could be risky. Who would really want to live in an obsolete mobile phone shaped building? Also, what would happen if the eventual sponsor wanted it in the shape of a clamshell flip phone?

Fire in Ohio Apartment Building Kills 8
(AP)

Fire in Ohio Apartment Building Kills 8
(AP) 09/12/2004 12:16 PM
AP - A suspected arson fire engulfed an apartment complex in suburban Columbus Sunday, killing eight people and forcing others to jump from third-story windows to escape, firefighters said.

Web Hosting News: Aplus.Net Offers Free
Online Survey Building Tool to its Web
Hosting Customers

Web Hosting News: Aplus.Net Offers Free
Online Survey Building Tool to its Web
Hosting Customers 04/15/2004 02:24 PM
Web Host Directory Apr 15 2004 6:18PM GMT

Honest Realtor Offers Gruesome Apartment
(AP)

Honest Realtor Offers Gruesome Apartment
(AP) 02/05/2005 09:23 PM
AP - A Norwegian real estate investor tired of glowing but inaccurate property advertisements opted for blunt honesty in offering an apartment for sale.

Free Site License To Online Office Suite
For Indiana Residents

Free Site License To Online Office Suite
For Indiana Residents 06/24/2004 08:01 PM
Last year, we had a story about the city of Houston ditchin g Microsoft in favor of an online office suite called SimDesk. There hadn't been much news out of SimDesk since then, but Broadband Reports points us to a story about a new SimDesk deal with the state of Indiana to provide SimDesk for free to every state resident for at least two years (and possibly longer). It sounds similar to some "site licenses" that many companies offer their employees or which universities offer their students, though SimDesk isn't getting paid for this. Instead, they seem to be doing it in exchange for an investment. Microsoft (just as they did in Houston) is likely to cry foul, and complain that the state is competing unfairly against them. It's also unclear from the article how they prove who is an Indiana resident (the site appears to require an address, but I imagine that could be faked). Also, what happens if someone moves out of Indiana? Either way, the state could just point people to something like OpenOffice, which is already free if they really just wanted people to have a free office suite, instead of having to set up a special SimIndiana site.

Building a Barrier-Free Web

Building a Barrier-Free Web 11/16/2002 03:57 AM
WebTechniques Nov 16 2002 2:59AM ET

Web Winners | What the Internet offers
on building contractors

Web Winners | What the Internet offers
on building contractors 01/22/2004 04:21 AM
Philadelphia Inquirer Jan 22 2004 8:19AM GMT

Building Playlists Of Free MP3s

Building Playlists Of Free MP3s 04/09/2004 04:04 PM
Despite what the recording industry would have you believe, there actually are a lot of bands who release tracks as MP3s for free online, as a way of promoting their music. A while back Lucas Gonze came up with the idea of helping people create web-based playlists for such free MP3s and ended up creating Webjay. I had played around with it a couple months ago when he launched it, but haven't had much time since. It looks like many others, though, have started populating it with some interesting playlists. The idea is not to include unauthorized MP3s (and, in fact, those lists get taken down), but as a way to help promote bands who realize the benefit of offering free MP3s online.

AOL Building Free Portal To Make Its
Content Pay (AdWeek.com)

AOL Building Free Portal To Make Its
Content Pay (AdWeek.com) 06/17/2005 04:35 PM
AdWeek.com - In its latest reinvention, AOL is opening up much of its content and services to the outside world in the hope of earning a bigger piece of the expanding online-advertising pie, a key goal for the Time Warner unit as its subscriber numbers continue to decline.

College of San Mateo Offers Third "Robot
Challenge" Hands-On Combat Robotics
Building Course

College of San Mateo Offers Third "Robot
Challenge" Hands-On Combat Robotics
Building Course 08/27/2004 02:06 PM
[PRWEB Aug 26, 2004]

No Permitted Trucks Allowed

No Permitted Trucks Allowed 02/01/2005 09:33 PM
This is beautiful. At least I had a good type trying to make No Permitted Trucks fit in my brain in some way that made sense. (No, I didn't succeed. Can you make it make any sense?). (via this is broken)...

AOL Tests Sender Permitted From / E-mail
Caller ID

AOL Tests Sender Permitted From / E-mail
Caller ID 01/25/2004 09:50 PM

Internet Advertising & Sales of
Non-prescription Medicines Permitted
Under EU Law

Internet Advertising & Sales of
Non-prescription Medicines Permitted
Under EU Law 04/27/2004 08:57 AM
Mondaq Apr 27 2004 1:36PM GMT

Hyperlinking to this site is not
permitted without the express prior
permission of Sellotape®

Hyperlinking to this site is not
permitted without the express prior
permission of Sellotape® 06/29/2004 07:33 AM
a ne soit pas toujours le cas .. Sellotape .. really

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Watch Those Free Offers

Watch Those Free Offers 12/27/2004 12:50 AM
A Web Offer Too Good to Be True? Read the Fine Print Free registration required to read the story. The e-mail messages are tantalizing: “Join now and receive a free I.B.M. laptop.” “Your complimentary iPod with free shipping is waiting.” These offers and similar ones on the Internet promise gifts for buying products or services. Are they for real? At best, yes, but they can also be riddled with problems. Participants may have to spend…

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Only man in Kyoto permitted to cut
geisha hair snubbed for blabbing sexy
secrets on TV

Only man in Kyoto permitted to cut
geisha hair snubbed for blabbing sexy
secrets on TV 08/17/2004 07:36 PM
The Geisha Stylist Who Let His Hair Down

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OpenOSX offers free 'TrojanDefuser' app

OpenOSX offers free 'TrojanDefuser' app 04/12/2004 02:15 PM
In the wake of last week's announcements regarding the appearance of a Trojan Horse-style application that could potentially be used to infect a Mac OS X-based system, OpenOSX has released TrojanDefuser, a free application that provides drag-and-drop disinfection of potentially vulnerable files. You can download it from the OpenOSX Web site now.

Microsoft offers free security

Microsoft offers free security 01/06/2005 12:10 PM
News24.com Jan 6 2005 3:39PM GMT

Napster offers free seven-day trial

Napster offers free seven-day trial 05/20/2004 09:50 AM
Personal Computer World May 20 2004 2:03PM GMT

In Brief: SOA Software offers free
Registry

In Brief: SOA Software offers free
Registry 04/19/2005 12:09 PM
SOA Software (formerly Digital Evolution) is offering its Registry product for free for a limited time. Registry is an enterprise-class UDDI Version 3-compliant services registry and meta-data repository. By offering its Registry at no charge, SOA Software hopes to encourage adoption of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) solutions.  

Yahoo! Offers Free Web Hosting

Yahoo! Offers Free Web Hosting 04/13/2005 03:06 PM
Web Host Industry Review Apr 13 2005 6:01PM GMT

Lindows 4.5 offers PC to PC free calls

Lindows 4.5 offers PC to PC free calls 12/17/2003 08:29 PM
PC Pro Dec 17 2003 7:27PM ET

Lindows Offers Free OS Download

Lindows Offers Free OS Download 04/15/2004 02:21 PM
Following up on its 'Linspired' name change, the Linux distributor comes up with another inspired idea with no cost.

Grassroots.org Offers Free Web Hosting

Grassroots.org Offers Free Web Hosting 09/09/2004 03:01 PM
theWHIR Sep 9 2004 6:56PM GMT

Google offers Picasa for free

Google offers Picasa for free 07/19/2004 06:33 PM

When Google bought Picasa, I suggested that they may intend to release the photo management software for free. They have.

Yahoo! Mail Offers Free 1GB

Yahoo! Mail Offers Free 1GB 03/28/2005 11:28 PM
What's New With Yahoo! Mail: "a whopping 1GB" for al users; 2GB with the $20 Mail Plus....

Gainsville Airport Offers Free Wi-Fi

Gainsville Airport Offers Free Wi-Fi 02/10/2004 02:40 AM
The airport sees just 700 passengers a day, but they'll have access for free: For $340 per month, the airport will run the Wi-Fi system, replacing five phone lines in their business center which cost almost as much, and must have been available for local modem calls....

AOL Offers New Subscribers a Free
Computer

AOL Offers New Subscribers a Free
Computer 12/04/2003 07:14 PM
Red Nova Dec 4 2003 6:35PM ET

dincTYPE offers seven free fonts

dincTYPE offers seven free fonts 02/17/2004 06:16 AM
Hot on the heels of releasing 10 new fonts last week, dincTYPE has posted seven more limited edition free fonts for both Mac and PC...

CA offers free antivirus software

CA offers free antivirus software 11/18/2003 07:50 PM
Computer Associates is giving away security software to consumers to stop them from spreading computer viruses--but the deal could undermine the strength of its competitors.

Yahoo Offers Small Biz Free Hosting

Yahoo Offers Small Biz Free Hosting 04/13/2005 04:51 PM
MarketingVOX Apr 13 2005 8:25PM GMT

GBI offers free 30-day trial of Hyperion
Intelligence

GBI offers free 30-day trial of Hyperion
Intelligence 07/06/2004 11:18 PM
Sunday Times South Africa Jul 7 2004 3:16AM GMT

Skype offers free Internet telephony

Skype offers free Internet telephony 08/31/2004 02:28 AM
Skype Technologies S.A. has released a Beta of the Mac OS X version of its free software for making phone calls over the Internet. Skype features contact management functions, call and message tracking, file transfers up to 2GB, instant messaging, end-to-end encryption in all transmissions and more. It also includes the company's SkypeOut service, which enables you to pre-pay for calls to landlines and cell phones anywhere in the world for as little as €0.017 (US$0.02) per minute; a rate sheet on the Skype Web site breaks down the prices. The software requires Mac OS X v10.3, a G3 running at 400MHz, 128MB RAM and 20MB free hard drive space.

NameSurvey.com Offers Free Domain Name
Appraisals

NameSurvey.com Offers Free Domain Name
Appraisals 08/20/2004 02:28 AM
Domain name research firm Zetetic is offering free domain name appraisals at NameSurvey.com in exchange for reporting a domain name or web site sale or purchase. [PRWEB Aug 20, 2004]

Microsoft offers free virus remover

Microsoft offers free virus remover 01/06/2005 07:58 PM
Australian IT Jan 6 2005 10:54PM GMT

Apple offers free PhotoStudio X to .Mac
members

Apple offers free PhotoStudio X to .Mac
members 12/19/2003 11:26 AM
Apple's .Mac subscription-based Internet service has provided its members with another free software bonus -- a copy of ArcSoft's PhotoStudio X, a US$79 value. What's more, ArcSoft and .Mac have teamed up to offer a special discount on Panorama Maker.
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Om Malik on Broadband: Can Comcast snoop
into you home networks using LinkSys
gateway?

Om Malik on Broadband: Can Comcast snoop
into you home networks using LinkSys
gateway? 05/08/2004 03:46 AM
Om Malik on Broadband: Can Comcast snoop into you home networks using LinkSys gateway? .. backdoored corn-holed their subscribers’ 802.11g/Modems

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Time Warner, Comcast Get Adelphia,
Comcast Celebrates By Turning Off DNS

Time Warner, Comcast Get Adelphia,
Comcast Celebrates By Turning Off DNS 04/08/2005 12:13 PM
It looks like Adelphia cable broadband customers who are about to get shifted over to Comcast have plenty of outages to look forward to. The same evening that it's announced that Time Warner and Comcast will jointly devour what's left of Adelphia for about $18 billion, Comcast had major DNS issues leaving many of their users offline. Of course, in explaining the widespread outage, Comcast is using their favorite phrase: "scheduled maintenance." That's the same thing they told me when Comcast turned off my service nearly every weekday last October. I would call every morning and be told that it was "scheduled maintenance." However, when I asked what the schedule was and if I'd have service the next day, I was told they had no idea. Apparently, it doesn't become scheduled until it actually cut you off.

Comcast Outages Prevent Comcast From
Commenting On Comcast Outages

Comcast Outages Prevent Comcast From
Commenting On Comcast Outages 04/14/2005 01:21 PM
Last week, we noted that Comcast was having widespread outage problems, which they chalk ed up to "scheduled maintenance", even though no one was actually informed of said schedule ahead of time. It turns out that schedule is pretty crowded, because all week long, there have been continued reports of recurring outages all across the Comcast network. Comcast, of course, continues to be pretty much silent on the issue, leaving its increasingly fed up call center staff to deal with incredibly angry customers who feel they're getting no information at all. How hard is it to admit that they screwed up and they're working on fixing the problem? Instead of chalking it up to bogus scheduled maintenance or pretending there's nothing wrong, admit what the problem is and give people real updates. People would still be unhappy, but at least they'd feel like the company wasn't ignoring them. Of course, maybe they can't do that because Comcast staffers don't have any internet access either...

AT&T Broadband / Comcast or

AT&T Broadband / Comcast or 03/20/2003 05:32 PM

AT&T Broadband / Comcast or "I'd Rather Eat Glass"

Damn.  Last week Kasia got screwed by AT&T / Comcast.  Now its me.  Here's what happened:

1. Come back from meeting with a client about a bunch of rather interesting stuff.  Some Inbox Buddy, some Feedster for internal use, some Frontier consulting and some miscellaneous other open source issues. 
   
2. Virtually no network performance at all.> 200 ms ping times, hosts not resolving, etc.  Call AT&T. 
   
3. Suffer thru one of the worst voice response systems I've seen in a long time.  Horrid.
   
4. Reach a technician.  He makes me remove my PC from the Linksys broadband router that shields my PC from the outside world.  I'm not happy about this but a 10 Base T coupler makes it a lot easier.
   
5. He tells me to restart.  I counter with "ipconfig /renew".  He shuts up.
   
6. I start doing some ping tests and he's telling me that all is well and happy, frothy goodness since he can ping me fine. 
   
7. I start to traceroute and give him feedback about the broken routes.  I ask him:  What's an email address so I can mail it to you?  "I don't have one".  What's a hot mail account I can send it to?  "I can't give that to you either."  So I ended up reading him the bad routes.  Pathetic.  And this from a company that sucks $50 from me monthly for broadband?
   
8. I finally give him the info, he checks it from there after a 5 minute hold session and B I N G O !  I was *right*.  They have a problem on their internal network and then I had to wait on hold for another 5 minutes while he filled out a trouble ticket.  Then I got the really bad news.
   
9. "It'll be resolved within 72 hours.  Not necessarily fixed but hopefully a solution decided upon."  What the fsck does that mean ?  That within 3 days from now, you'll decide how to fix it and then take as long as you like?  Utterly, totally pathetic. 

End result?  Over an hour of my time shot to hell simply because AT&T can't proactively monitor its own damn network.  I tell you, times like this?  I'd rather eat glass than be an AT&T customer.

Staples to promote Comcast broadband

Staples to promote Comcast broadband 11/11/2003 12:51 PM
Marking a new partnership between ISPs and retailers, Staples will sell Comcast high-speed Internet service at its stores nationwide.

Comcast tunes into Disney for broadband

Comcast tunes into Disney for broadband 07/21/2004 10:53 AM
High-speed Net subscribers will get access to children’s entertainment from Disney and streaming media from ABC News.

Another broadband outage strikes Comcast

Another broadband outage strikes Comcast 04/13/2005 07:30 PM
Three-hour outage comes after a similar domain name server issue downed the service for six hours last week.

Comcast Sees Broadband Dominance in
Disney Bid

Comcast Sees Broadband Dominance in
Disney Bid 02/11/2004 08:18 PM
Internet.com Feb 12 2004 0:13AM GMT

Comcast Sees 'Spectacular' Broadband
Growth

Comcast Sees 'Spectacular' Broadband
Growth 10/31/2003 03:50 AM
Boston.Internet.com Oct 31 2003 3:06AM ET

Comcast Pitching Home-PC Connections for
$15

Comcast Pitching Home-PC Connections for
$15 05/08/2004 03:25 AM
Multichannel Online May 8 2004 7:45AM GMT

Comcast Offers Home Network
Installation, Equipment Rental

Comcast Offers Home Network
Installation, Equipment Rental 05/05/2004 03:44 PM
Comcast will install Wi-Fi gear, configure a router, and rent it to their customers with new program: Comcast Home Networking includes the delivery and installation of Wi-Fi networking for a setup fee and $5 per month (covering the router and one PC Card). Setup costs $200 for two computers up to $300 for five computers, the maximum covered by this deal. A current discount program chops $100 off that price until June 1. The terms and pricing don't explain the rental fee for the second through fifth computers' hardware, referring to a "rate card" that isn't on the Web site. The installation includes configuring and setting a WEP encryption key for the network, a task which with certain equipment can cause grown men and women to weep. There's definitely a place for a service in which the equipment is covered against defects. The site for the program doesn't note this, but Comcast's overarching subscriber terms says, During the term of this Agreement, Comcast will repair and maintain all Comcast Equipment and you agree that the Comcast Equipment will not be serviced by anyone other than Comcast employees or agents. Part of the press release noted that this package, offered as $52.95 per month excluding the rental fees and install fees, has up to 4 Mbps download speeds and 384 Kbps upload speeds. The basic package is $42.95 per month for 3 Mbps down and 256Kbps up. These prices require a Comcast cable subscription; it's $10 extra per month without such a subscription. (Macintosh users need not apply.) Qwest DSL's comparable service is $39.99/month for 1.5 Mbps down, 896 Kbps up (with Qwest phone service). Qwest also offers a wireless option with less support and no installation but without the rental cost: you just buy an Actiontec device with 802.11g and DSL modem support built in....

Bray on Comcast

Bray on Comcast 03/19/2003 10:24 PM
Tim Bray, one of the fathers of XML, blogs about the NY Times reporting that Comcast is going to add services to its delivery of broadband. Tim knocks 'em upside the head: Let's lay it out in maximally-simple bullet-point form so anyone can understand it: Fast pipe. Always on. Get out of the way. You can't get much clearer than that....

Not So Fast, Comcast

Not So Fast, Comcast 02/17/2004 06:03 AM
Business Week Feb 17 2004 10:18AM GMT

How Comcast Let the Mouse Get Away

How Comcast Let the Mouse Get Away 04/29/2004 09:02 AM
Business Week Apr 29 2004 1:18PM GMT

Comcast Still Thinking Big

Comcast Still Thinking Big 04/28/2004 04:10 PM
TheStreet.com Apr 28 2004 8:04PM GMT

Comcast drops Disney bid

Comcast drops Disney bid 04/28/2004 07:34 AM
The cable giant withdraws its multibillion-dollar offer to acquire Disney, citing opposition from the entertainment company.

Net subscriptions bolster Comcast

Net subscriptions bolster Comcast 07/28/2004 01:25 PM
CNET News.com Jul 28 2004 5:04PM GMT

The biggest spammer on the Net? Comcast?

The biggest spammer on the Net? Comcast? 05/24/2004 09:15 AM
ZDNet May 24 2004 1:30PM GMT

Comcast bids for Disney

Comcast bids for Disney 02/12/2004 02:43 AM
Boston Globe Feb 12 2004 6:04AM GMT

Comcast loves Tivo

Comcast loves Tivo 03/17/2005 03:48 AM
From the Tivo / Comcast Press release: Under the terms of the agreement, Comcast and TiVo will work together to...

Comcast Is a Cash Machine

Comcast Is a Cash Machine 04/28/2004 01:10 PM
After dropping out of the Disney race, what will Comcast do with all that green?

Other News: Comcast Wants Disney

Other News: Comcast Wants Disney 02/11/2004 05:53 PM
Comcast wants to take over Disney, offering $54 billion to do it.

Comcast walks away from Disney bid

Comcast walks away from Disney bid 04/28/2004 01:17 PM

Comcast Casts Wider Net

Comcast Casts Wider Net 05/27/2004 01:55 PM
The No. 1 cable operator set to expand VoIP and DVR.

Comcast takes on TiVo

Comcast takes on TiVo 12/03/2003 06:04 PM
The cable giant is developing a digital video recording service in partnership with TV Guide that will be available by year's end.

Comcast suffers DNS outage

Comcast suffers DNS outage 04/08/2005 05:45 PM
Comcast said its DNS troubles yesterday were unrelated to recent "cache poisoning" attacks on DNS servers. Service was restored around midnight last night.

Comcast speeds things up a bit

Comcast speeds things up a bit 07/28/2004 08:22 PM

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Comcast taken a page for the DSL play book recently. DSL has long been known to “tier” services for their customers, thus providing them with more choices. Well it looks like Comcast will be doing the same by offering customers a choice between 3Mbps down/256kbps up or 4Mbps down/384kbps up instead. The 4Mbps option will cost a little more, but you can bet that I will be signing up for the increase being I am…

Disney spurns Comcast bid

Disney spurns Comcast bid 02/17/2004 04:11 AM
ZDNet UK Feb 17 2004 8:38AM GMT

Comcast Is Wired for Success

Comcast Is Wired for Success 07/29/2004 04:49 PM
The cable television provider is positioned to profit from investments.

Comcast ponders ads for DVRs

Comcast ponders ads for DVRs 04/06/2005 01:50 PM
globetechnology.com Apr 6 2005 5:00PM GMT

Apartment Building Offers Free But Not Permitted Wi-Fi to Residents

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