EU To Ban Dodgy Consumer Reviews, Potentially Worldwide. eu bans dodgy consumer reviews. Don't go praising your own book on Amazon. New European laws banning businesses from misleading consumers will outlaw the practice business people who write (mostly glowing)...

the extra five characters of “are you” over and over and over. Does “textspeak” show up in school papers? Sadly, yes. Does that mean we should ban texting? No more AIM. No more BlackBerry. And let’s get rid of spell checkers, just to remove that crutch....

a DOS-based command-line encryption utility that was used by uber-hackers to keep their emails from prying eyes and keyboards. Back then the Internet was young, the Web was still to come, and to make matters worse, the US Government quickly banned the nascent...

advantages, Skype's installed base represents a formidable, but not impossible challenge. Skype's proprietary protocol has caused some corporations to ban Skype traffic from their networks, for fear of possible security breaches through Skype's encrypted and...

environments and I still consult occasionally on the product and email in general. I know email inside and out and outside and in and I've come to the conclusion that there is no way short of banning email to deal with the deadly curse of spam. Sure...

being a columnist for a British newspaper (a brain fart a day and a big pay cheque at the end of a wined and dined week, in case anyone was wondering what my career aspirations are) hates Macs. Well, good for him. Ever since they banned hating Johnny Foreigner...

counts as medical treatment and what’s unacceptable use of scientific discoveries. When coffee was introduced in the 17th century, the rise of coffee houses – and arguments in coffee houses – led King Charles II to try and ban it. Your cup of java survived...

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with the technology they bought, no matter which one it is. Plasma is being seriously hurt in Europe because of it's power consumption. Some countries are actually considering passing laws to ban them. That's why Panasonic had no choice but come out with lower...