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Fantastic websites, Section A and Section C.

Sweden has ruled that it’s OK to have links to illegal MP3s, so long as the server is in a country where illegal MP3s are legal. That’s in stark contrast with France vs Yahoo. In fact, the norm is that linking even to the front page of commercial sites needs permission sometimes. A court in Utah ruled that providing links to copyrighted material could constitute copyright infringement. Better check out cyberlaws and ensure compliance with copyright rules on the Internet. ...

Apparantly looks do matter. May as well learn a bit about men’s fashion.

Software can kill. Literally. Read software horror stories.

After telling Yahoo to remove Nazi memorabilia from its auction site, France is now considering taxing computers and other recording devices to compensate artists for piracy. I mean, Paris and art is all fine, but this is crazy! And Germany’s apparantly already done this.

Free online science fiction at the Baen Library.

Oil prices could rise further. That’s bad.

What is IT?

Statistics on websites that have been defaced.

The TRAI recommends that telephone companies could provide limited mobile services (WLL), and vice versa.

FICCI’s site and their Business Information Services Network are invaluable resources about Indian policies.

“Write a one-line C expression to determine if a number is a power of 2”. Microsoft is famous for asking such questions to their programmers. Or you might want to find out what the assembly code CWD XOR AX, DX SUB AX, DX does. Satish’s site has the answer, but not the question. More questions: 1 2

A good day. Bought 5 books, and cut an audio CD with 15 songs. The Bear and the Dragon | Fist of God | Abduction | Prometheus Deception | Druid of Shannara

Some people think CEOs get paid too much.

Global Trends: 2015 (CIA) says technological development will be in IT, biotech, materials & nanotechnology. And that India’s main problem will be to improve agriculture.

A history of the Macintosh computer.

Kumbh Mela 2001, Allahabad.

A bit of the surreal: Digital inkblots and Encyclopaedia Mythica

Yahoo! Internet Life surveys the year that was.

Learn web-development at w3schools.