Spam King pleads guilty

Spam King pleads guilty:
The notorious spammer Robert Soloway whom authorities dubbed "the King of Spam" is facing a possible 26-year jail sentence after pleading guilty in Seattle on Friday to charges of fraud and tax evasion. Robert Soloway, 28, had already been found guilty of spam charges in several civil cases -- Microsoft won a US$7.8 million judgment against him in 2005 -- but had avoided paying fines in those cases. The criminal charges to which he pleaded guilty on Friday followed his arrest in 2007 by the U.S. Justice Department.

Robert Soloway is known to brag a lot in public. In 2005, when he raked in more than $300000, he posted on a public forum "I've been sued for hundreds of millions of dollars and have had my business running for over 10 years without ever paying a dime regardless to the outcome of any lawsuits". Soloway has avoided fines in the past, but this time around he may not be so lucky. In addition to the jail time he now faces, he has also agreed to discuss his financial assets while being monitored by a lie detector.

Though several cases have been registered against spammers, this is the 1st case where criminal charges were laid to deter others from spamming.

Well, if you spam and pool in money, then shut the fuck up and enjoy the money instead of bragging about it in public. Spammers and hackers should NOT be attention-seekers, FFS.

Intel comes with Quad-core:
For those of you who think that your dual-core processor is cool, think again. Intel has said that it had developed quad-core chips for laptops and will ship them later this year. The chip will be released after Intel's Centrino 2 platform, code-named Montevina, is launched in the second quarter. Montevina is an upgrade to the current Centrino mobile platform that puts WiMax and Wi-Fi networking capabilities on a single chip. Montevina will include processors based on the Core 2 microarchitecture and the quad-core notebook processor could be included in the platform.

But they make laptops heavier and are not recommended for MacBook Air. Gaming enthusiasts will be interested in these chips, as quad-core combined with a separate graphics card gives a top-notch performance. The initial quad-core processors will strain battery life and may first make their way to the high-end gaming and workstation notebooks that require heavy processing power.

Red Hat buys Amentra:
Linux developer Red Hat has purchased Amentra, an IT consulting firm with an open-source expertise to sell its JBoss Java infrastructure to enterprises as the basis for SOAs (service-oriented architectures). Amentra, a privately held systems integrator that specializes in SOA and business process management, will continue business as usual as an independent company owned by Red Hat.

Amentra is a certified JBoss systems integrator that has a solid reputation among enterprises; ExxonMobil, Pfizer and Merck are among its clients. The company also has been recognized for its expertise in providing open-source and SOA services by research firm Gartner.

Red Hat purchased JBoss in April 2006 and, like its Linux OS, now has two versions of the software -- a community ".org" version that is free for everyone to use and an enterprise version that has fees and maintenance tied to it. The company is hoping to use JBoss as a springboard to become successful beyond its enterprise Linux business and quiet critics who claim the company can't make a multi-product portfolio work.

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