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		<title>Kodak Learns the Art of Patent Trolling</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Venik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just read in Bloomberg that Kodak is looking at a possible loss in its ITC patent infringement case against Apple and RIM. Kodak says that the low-resolution preview feature found in most digital cameras is infringing on a Kodak patent. The ITC judge said that patent should be invalidated, because the low-res preview technology is [...]
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		<title>PayPal dumps Wikileaks</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you already know, PayPal stopped accepting charitable donations for Wikileaks. The Guardian reported that PayPal froze about eighty thousand dollars donated to Wikileaks via PayPal Donations service. So far PayPal has refused to release the funds, nor has it issued refunds to its customers who donated the money. I know this because I donated [...]
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		<title>Hotels for Business Travel</title>
		<link>http://www.venik4.com/2010/10/hotels-for-business-travel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Venik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, I am coming back from a quick trip and I was staying at Marriott. At times of economic uncertainty many hotel chains (airlines, car rentals, and even restaurants) try targeting the business customer. The newly designed rooms at Marriott look like my office filled with Ikea furniture. Smells like one too. It&#8217;s not a [...]
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		<title>Your Savings and the Decline of the Dollar</title>
		<link>http://www.venik4.com/2009/10/your-savings-and-the-decline-of-the-dollar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Venik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About a year ago I wrote about the plans Russia and other oil-producing nations have for breaking the tie between the price of oil and the value of the dollar. For years Russia and OPEC countries have been tiptoeing around this issue until the recent massive collapse of the US banking industry forced their plans [...]
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		<title>Bluehost.com Web Hosting Problems</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Venik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bluehost.com is a large Web hosting provider based in Provo, Utah. It advertises &#8220;professional Web hosting&#8221; and claims to be &#8220;specializing in customer satisfaction&#8221;. Yesterday I learned neither of these claims is true. Originally, I selected Bluehost.com over my other top picks &#8211; Site5.com, Hostway.com, and my own old Sun E3000 server sitting in the [...]
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		<title>Happy New Year!</title>
		<link>http://www.venik4.com/2008/12/happy-new-year-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wish all of you a happy New Year. Thanks for reading my blog. My wish for the new year is the same as always. No surprises. And I wish the same to you. May only those things happen that you planned for, or at least saw coming. What would life be without surprises? Just [...]
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		<title>New Interface for Xbox 360</title>
		<link>http://www.venik4.com/2008/11/new-interface-for-xbox-360/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As of last night Microsoft went in and changed one of the best things about its Xbox 360 gaming console &#8211; its graphical user interface. Instead of a functional, neatly-organized folder view, now you get a childish design with avatar selection reminiscent of Sierra&#8217;s vintage Leisure Suit Larry characters. Microsoft succeeded in creating an interface [...]
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		<title>Standard &amp; Poor’s Role in the Credit Crash</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Verizon FiOS is still too green. I am back with Comcast.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A quick update on my Verizon saga: I had to cancel my new Verizon Business FiOS and went back to my Comcast Business connection. There are just too many issues with Verizon&#8217;s service. The primary problems are Verizon&#8217;s impossible-to-reach customer service and its inept technical support, but there are also issues with quality of signal [...]
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		<title>My Verizon FiOS Experience</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Venik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Motivation I had Comcast as my ISP since 1998, when their broadband service was still known as @Home Network. I had a few complaints about Comcast&#8217;s Internet service, but it wasn&#8217;t anything major – perhaps a brief network outage now and then or an occasional slowdown. Still, for about a year now I&#8217;ve been [...]
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