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I just received an interesting letter from "GT@P" Federico Tapia, 37 2nd piso 15005 A CORUNA (Espana)... The letter is actually a form to fill out with a reply envelope (not reply paid). The form states "Your website address as it appears in our WorldWideWeb Register is: Web: http://www.engadineweb.com.au", they then state "with your cooperation, you are helping to keep the World Wide Web Register on the Internet up to date." They then ask for your company and individual information... I may be wrong but being a cynic at heart, I think this is a load of BS as our domain registrar maintains all this information. I would be interested in knowing of any other of these letters being received...

Be very careful of providing your information freely... I have tracked these people down, see www.webcompanyregister.com - if you sign up with them you will be sure of receiving plenty of SPAM...

Bruce Beresford, Manager & Editor

In this Issue:

• Featured Site - Blush Design & Graphics
• Broadband Speed Test
• Spammer gets two years in jail
• Seven takes control of Unwired
• Australia now in broadband speed top ten
• Quotes of the day

Featured Site  

Blush Design & Graphics

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Our friendly and approachable manner and flexibility as designers has attracted a very diverse client base, from small to medium business to larger state, country and international size corporations.

Competitive prices and fast high quality results have guaranteed customer satisfaction and launched us into the market with spectacular results.

Whether you run a corporate business or work from home, we know how important your business image is to both you and your clients.

Blush Design can create a look for your business to suit your needs, whether you want to refresh your corporate image, or even if you are launching a new business and want to grab the attention of all those prospective clients...

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Broadband Speed Test  

So you now have your broadband up and running; have you ever wondered how accurate those speed claims are that your ISP told you? Why not check it out at the ZDNet Australia Speed Test. Click this URL: ZDNet Australia Speed Test

Spammer gets two years in jail  

A 28-year-old man from New Jersey was jailed for more than two years by a New York judge on Friday for his part in a spamming operation that sent out millions of unsolicited emails.

Todd Moeller was sentenced to a 27-month term and fined more than $US180,000 ($195,534) after pleading guilty earlier this year to sending out spam emails.

Mr Moeller was caught in a sting operation after agreeing to send junk email advertising an unspecified commercial product to around 1.2 million customers of internet service provider America Online.

Mr Moeller and co-defendant Adam Vitale, who also pleaded guilty and is due to be sentenced on November 13, boasted that they were able to send large volumes of spam in a way that concealed the email's true source.

Mr Moeller and Mr Vitale said they had made tens of thousands of dollars through their business.

Another American man was jailed for nine years in 2005 for violating anti-spam laws, while last year a Texas college student who led a massive spam email operation was fined more than $US10 million. AustraliaIT Nov 2007.

Seven takes control of Unwired  

Media company Seven's plan to acquire WiMax spectrum-holders Unwired appears to have been a success, with Seven's various holding companies now holding over 50 percent of Unwired shares.

Seven made a bid for the fledgling wireless operator in late September, which was later endorsed by the board of Unwired.

Seven has now reported to the ASX that it holds a 53.7 percent in Unwired via its various subsidiaries and interest in other Unwired shareholders.

For all the latest news, analysis and opinion on wireless, click here Seven's relevant interest in Unwired, because of its various holdings in the likes of Engin, is now more than 50 percent," Unwired CEO David Spence told ZDNet Australia. "That would represent a controlling stake in Unwired."

The final sweetener that got Seven over the 50 percent mark appears to be the broadcaster's agreement late last week to drop some of the conditions around the acquisition and raise the offer from 45 cents to 50 cents per share, regardless of whether it hit a desired milestone of 90 per cent ownership.

A day earlier, Unwired chairman Mike Burgess, CEO David Spence and director Chris North sold their considerable holdings to Seven.

Seven is now entitled to have a majority of its candidates elected to the Unwired board, but Spence said Seven has told Unwired's board to "stay on for now".

The share offer is still open until 16 November.

Spence said the company's official position remains a recommendation for Unwired shareholders to accept Seven's offer.

"We haven't had any material reason to change that," he said. "I think the prospect of a competing bid is unlikely now that Seven has control of the company." ZDNet Australia Nov 2007.

Australia now in broadband speed top ten  

IAccording to new research from the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), Australia is now ranked within the top ten countries for average advertised broadband speeds.

In the statistics for October 2007, Australia is ranked ninth for average advertised speed and 23rd on average price per MB out of the OECD's 30 member countries.

Japan headed up the broadband table, with average advertised speeds almost eight times those recorded in Australia, and average price per MB just under seven times less than Australia's.

The top speeds advertised by Japanese providers were 50 times those advertised in Australia, the OECD said.

The research records Australia as the least densely populated country of the 30 surveyed in the report. Only Iceland and Canada have, like Australia, a population density of less than five inhabitants per square kilometre. ZDNet Australia Nov 2007. more >>>

Quotes of the Day  

I am a deeply superficial person. Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987)

Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word 'safe' that I wasn't previously aware of. Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001), Arthur Dent in "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"

Finance is the art of passing money from hand to hand until it finally disappears. Robert W. Sarnoff

The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous. Shana Alexander

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