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Convicted spammer disappears from jail

Martin Czernowalow
By Martin Czernowalow, Contributor.
Johannesburg, 23 Jul 2008

Convicted spammer disappears from jail

A convicted spammer, who generated millions of dollars blasting out pump-and-dump messages, has gone AWOL from the federal prison camp where he was serving a 21-month sentence, reports The Register.

Edward "Eddie" Davidson, 35, walked away from a minimum security prison camp in Colorado on Sunday, according to news reports citing Justice Department officials. He is now considered an escapee and is being pursued by federal law enforcement agencies.

Running a business called Power Promoters out of his home, Davidson grossed at least $3.5 million sending spam that promoted about 19 penny-stock companies, including a business called Advanced Power Line Technologies.

GPS-like system for the moon

American space agency NASA has commissioned leading Ohio State University researcher Ron Li to develop a new navigation system that will work like the global positioning system (GPS) to enable astronauts to find their way around on the moon, says Zee News.

Li, a professor of civil and environmental engineering and geodetic science, says that astronauts cannot use GPS on the moon because it does not have any satellites to send signals to support the navigational tool.

He has revealed that NASA will be spending $1.2 million over the next three years on the creation of a navigation system similar to GPS.

MySpace joins OpenID

The online hangout MySpace took another step Tuesday in cooperating with rival Internet services, joining a coalition that allows people to use the same accounts and passwords across the Web, according to BusinessWeek.

The OpenID coalition now includes Time Warner's AOL, Google's Blogger, Yahoo and blogging services Vox, WordPress, LiveJournal.

Users with a supported account can activate it for use at other sites accepting OpenID; this way they won't have to keep creating new accounts and remembering passwords.

Sky sets up iTunes rival

BSkyB is hoping to revolutionise music consumption, as it did television, after announcing a tie-up with the world's biggest record label to launch an "all you can eat" digital service that will compete with Apple's iTunes, reports The Guardian.

Having signed up Universal, home to U2, Duffy and Amy Winehouse, as an equity partner in the new business, the pay TV group is also believed to be close to similar deals with other labels.

The new service, scheduled to launch this year, will combine an unlimited on-demand jukebox service with a set number of monthly downloads that can be saved, even if users stop subscribing, for a single monthly charge.

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