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When The Best You Can Do Is Get Fake Facebook Fans, You Know You Have A PR Problem

http://techdirt.com/articles/20080414/185111844.shtml Ticketmaster is widely considered one of the more hated companies in America, so it made a few people scratch their heads when they saw that Ticketmaster was near the top of the list in terms of the number of “fans” it had on Facebook. Valleywag points to an enterprising blogger who checked out who those fans were and noticedContinue readingWhen The Best You Can Do Is Get Fake Facebook Fans, You Know You Have A PR Problem

Microsoft Told to Pay Tax on License Fee

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/04/02/2237233 From Slashdot: “To avoid paying taxes in India, Microsoft wanted a court to believe that it is selling its product and that there are no royalty payments involved. Their own EULA worked against them in this particular case however as it states, “the product is licensed, not sold”. The court ruled against them.” What I find most amusing isContinue readingMicrosoft Told to Pay Tax on License Fee

Student builds half-scale Panzer tank

http://www.mlive.com/flintjournal/index.ssf/2008/04/post_moto_kid_death_story_here.html FLINT, Michigan — Will Foster never has too much trouble getting a parking spot for his second vehicle. After all, who’s going to argue with a guy driving a half-scale Panzer tank complete with a working air cannon?

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