Fri, Nov 20 2009
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21:38 pm
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Gameloft says it, others reining in Android plans (Tarmo Virki/Reuters) »
techmeme Tarmo Virki / Reuters:
Gameloft says it, others reining in Android plans — BARCELONA (Reuters) - French mobile phone games company Gameloft said it and other software developers were cutting back investment in developing games and other... |
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21:33 pm
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Seesmic Ventures Into Mobile With Powerful New Apps For Android And BlackBerry (Leena Rao/TechCrunch) »
techmeme Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Seesmic Ventures Into Mobile With Powerful New Apps For Android And BlackBerry — Seesmic is having a huge week. The startup that develops Twitter and Facebook clients for the web and desktop just unveiled a... |
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21:52 pm
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Chrome OS: Internet failing at PC > PC failing at Internet »
digg In 2009, it's better to be an Internet company that's taking slow, awkward first steps toward the PC, than a PC company that's still trying and failing to truly integrate with the Internet. Ars looks at what Chrome OS means for Google, Apple, Microsoft,... |
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21:49 pm
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Cyberattacks on U.S. military jump sharply in 2009 - Network »
digg The quantity of malicious computer activities against he United states increased in 2008 and is rising sharply in 2009," the report states. "Much of this activity appears to originate in China. |
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21:47 pm
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Apple Exec's Backyard Is Designed for Barfing »
digg When you think of backyards, the first things you probably think: Dogs woofing, July 4th grilling, swingsets. Then again, you're not a senior Apple exec by day, and an art collector on the weekends. |
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19:59 pm
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India PM heads to U.S. in test of ties with Obama »
digg By Krittivas Mukherjee NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's prime minister and U.S. President Barack Obama meet next week to strengthen ties, with the emerging Asian power increasingly playing a bigger role on global issues such as climate change and... |
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19:52 pm
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Water found in lunar impact likely came from comets »
digg The mystery of where the moon's water came from may soon be solved. Evidence from NASA's LCROSS mission suggests much of it was delivered by comets rather than forming on the surface through an interaction with the solar wind. |
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19:50 pm
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Every Part of the Buffalo [Comic] »
digg O_O |
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19:45 pm
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Hadley CRU hacked with release of hundreds of docs and email »
digg The University of East Anglia's Hadley Climatic Research Centre appears to have suffered a security breach earlier today, when an unknown hacker apparently downloaded 1079 e-mails and 72 documents of various types and published them to an anonymous FTP... |
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19:41 pm
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Lollipop[Comic] »
digg 관리자가 직접 수동으로 |
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19:38 pm
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Beer on the Thanksgiving Table »
digg How to win the argument of placing beer on the Thanksgiving Table. |
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19:35 pm
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Best and Worst Light Beers on the Market »
digg A comparison of many of the mainstream light beers on the market. Check out the results to see how your favorite light brew did. |
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19:31 pm
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Hockey Goal of The Year, I'm Calling It (Video) »
digg Steven Stamkos proved that you don't need to be on your skates to score. If the 2010 Winter Olympics see a goal this amazing, then the Games will be truly blessed. |
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19:23 pm
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Deep fried bull testicles? Chew on this... »
digg It might take balls to eat them, but deep fried bull testicles have a niche market in parts of Montana. This north-western US state even hosts its own Testicle Festival every year. |
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19:21 pm
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Sony demos monster 3D TV »
the register (uk) 280in 'wall' made from 70 28in sets
What better way to prove your commitment to the 3D TV market than showing off a big, massive whopping 280in 3D-capable TV? That seems to Sony’s opinion, anyway.… |
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19:18 pm
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Apple cult leader emails outside world »
the register (uk) 11 words from the Messiah's Jesus phone
Apple cult leader Steve Jobs has communicated with the outside world.…Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work |
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19:15 pm
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Microsoft Silverlight - now with hidden Windows bias »
the register (uk) So much for cross-platform
PDC Silverlight 4.0 was the big hit at Microsoft's Professional Developer Conference (PDC) this week. "I can see that Silverlight is the future of Windows client development" one attendee told me.…Web threats: Why convention... |
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19:12 pm
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Potty-mouths charged for Comcast hijack »
the register (uk) Destination '69 dick tard lane'
The potty-mouthed hackers who hijacked Comcast's domain name for several hours last year were charged with intentionally damaging a protected computer system.…What is your recession sales strategy? |
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19:09 pm
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Nvidia previews next-gen Fermi GPUs »
the register (uk) The supermodels of HPC: hot, and worth it
SC09 Graphics chip maker and soon-to-be big-time HPC player Nvidia raised the curtain a little higher on its next-generation of graphics co-processors at the SC09 supercomputing trade show in Portland, Oregon,... |
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19:57 pm
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Patent Issued For Podcasting »
slashdot pickens writes "The EFF is reaching out for help after a company called Volomedia got the Patent Office to grant them exclusive rights to 'a method for providing episodic media' that could threaten the community of podcasters and millions of podcast... |
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19:54 pm
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Xbox Live Class Action Being Investigated »
slashdot eldavojohn writes "Were you negatively affected by the recent ban on Xbox Live for modifying hardware you own? Did you modify yours for homebrew or altering things you paid for and not to engage in piracy? Abington IP would like to hear from you and may... |
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19:50 pm
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Netbooks Have Higher Failure Rate Than Laptops »
slashdot Barence writes "Netbooks are more likely to fail within the first year than their more expensive laptop brethren, according to new research. SquareTrade, an independent US warranty provider, analyzed the failure rates of more than 30,000 laptops covered... |
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19:44 pm
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Aging Nuclear Stockpile Good For Decades To Come »
slashdot pickens writes "The NY Times reports that the Jason panel, an independent group of scientists advising the federal government on issues of science and technology, has concluded that the a program to refurbish aging nuclear arms is sufficient to guarantee... |
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19:27 pm
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Barnes & Noble's Nook Sold Out for the Holidays (Brad Stone/Bits) »
techmeme Brad Stone / Bits:
Barnes & Noble's Nook Sold Out for the Holidays — It's shaping up to a be very merry holiday season for Amazon.com's Kindle e-reader. — Earlier this week, we reported that Sony could not guarantee... |
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18:17 pm
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Giant Snail Pies to Feed Malnourished in Africa »
digg Malnutrition and iron deficiency are rampant problems in the developing nations across Africa. More nutritious than beef, and far more abundant, giant snails could be the key ingredient to a healthier Africa. Oh yeah, and evidently they taste great. |
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18:12 pm
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Go Ho Ho a No No! Gap Gets Boycott for Christmas »
digg It's almost time for the Holidays, which means it's time to cover your house in lights, find a present for your weird uncle Adolpho, and, oh right, the annual "War on Christmas."Gap Ad Causes Boycott for Christmas — for Saying Christmas! |
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18:07 pm
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Dark Energy Search Could Aid Planet Hunters »
digg In Europe, the Euclid mission is a proposed space telescope for characterizing dark energy, but some believe that it might be more attractive to funding agencies if it included an exoplanet survey. A similar collaboration is being considered in the United... |
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18:04 pm
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Zap! Light Used to Paralyze Tiny Creatures »
digg Set your ultraviolet rays to stun. A new technology can temporarily disable life forms. |
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18:59 pm
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YouTube to get Automatic Subtitles »
digg Automatic captions for YouTube videos are to roll out across its channels, says parent company Google. |
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18:56 pm
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Suicide attack in Afghanistan kills 13 »
digg At least 13 people were killed in a suicide bombing Friday morning in Afghanistan's western Farah province, police said. |
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18:50 pm
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Cat Declawing: LA Tackles Monumental Issue! »
digg Despite regulating retail drug dealers, or bursting water-system pipes across the city, LA has a new priority. Cat declawing! That's right folks. The council unanimously approved this historic measure to ensure that the felines of Angel City get a proper... |
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18:47 pm
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Lawmakers Call Ft. Hood Shootings ‘Terrorism’ »
digg At hearings on Thursday, some Senators characterized the suspect as a homegrown extremist who slipped past law enforcement and military authorities. |
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18:22 pm
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Feds Charge 3 With Comcast.net Hijacking »
digg Three alleged members of the hacker gang Kryogeniks were hit with a federal conspiracy charge Thursday for a 2008 stunt that replaced Comcast's homepage with a |
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18:15 pm
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YouTube to get Automatic Subtitles »
digg Automatic captions for YouTube videos are to roll out across its channels, says parent company Google. |
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18:08 pm
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Steve Jobs is a man of a few words »
digg Steve Jobs doesn't email Apple customers often, but when he does, his responses are always short and to the point |
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17:11 pm
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Asus intros netbook with desktop CPU »
the register (uk) Category killer?
Asus has once again extended it Eee PC netbook range, this time with a machine that not only includes Nvidia's Ion graphics but also a dual-core Atom processor - a desktop chip, to be precise.… |
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17:08 pm
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ISPA slams Mandy's copyright land grab »
the register (uk) Someone tell Lord Sith about encryption
Claims from minister Stephen Timms this morning that the Digital Economy Bill has widespread support have been thrown into question, after the Internet Service Providers Association insisted it is strongly opposed... |
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17:06 pm
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Nokia swings axe again »
the register (uk) Suffers from arrested development
Nokia is streamlining again, this time to the tune of 230 employees in Finland and another 100 in Copenhagen.…Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing |
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17:04 pm
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Lawyers pursue banned Xbox Live gamers »
the register (uk) Anti-Microsoft class action in the offing?
Are you an Xbox 360 owner recently banned from Xbox Live? Has the ban left you feeling short changed? Perhaps you’ve experienced other console problems as a result of the ban? If you can answer 'yes' to any ... |
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17:01 pm
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QinetiQ mail virus patent attracts barbs »
the register (uk) Looks a bit familiar
An anti-virus expert has poured cold water on a patent from British technology firm QinetiQ that supposedly offers a new technique for tackling malicious email attachments.…Offloading malware protection to the cloud |
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17:59 pm
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Oracle begs EC for more time »
the register (uk) Commission extends deadline
The European Competition Commission is extending the deadline set for Oracle to provide evidence that its proposed takeover of Sun Microsystems will not damage competition for European consumers.…The power of collaborati... |
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17:57 pm
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VTOL gyro-copter flying car mates with killer robot »
the register (uk) Droid jump-choppers to be offered to military
A flying-car company which has struggled for 15 years to win acceptance for its radical gyrocopter/aeroplane technology may have finally broken through into the mainstream. It was announced this week that... |
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17:55 pm
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Skinny Acer notebook delivers six-day battery life »
the register (uk) Just ask Windows 7
Acer appears to have found a solution to notebook users' battery life woes. Its Aspire Timeline 1810TZ apparently delivers a 10x improvement in runtime when compared to other thin'n'light laptops equipped with six-cell lithium-ion... |
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17:53 pm
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Wrecking CRU: hackers cause massive climate data breach »
the register (uk) Secretive scientists' source code goes walkabout
The University of East Anglia has confirmed that a data breach has put a large quantity of emails and other documents from staff at its Climate Research Unit online. CRU is one of the three leading climate... |
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17:46 pm
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Second Life To Remove Free Content From Web Search »
slashdot Outland Traveller writes "In a move that continues to shake the Second Life community of content creators, merchants, and consumers, Linden Labs has declared that free virtual content will no longer be searchable without listing payments on their website... |
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17:43 pm
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Zero-Day Vulnerabilities In Firefox Extensions »
slashdot An anonymous reader writes "Researchers have found several security holes in popular Firefox extensions that have an estimated total of 30 million downloads from AMO (the Addons Mozilla community site). Three 0-days were also released. Mozilla doesn't... |
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17:40 pm
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Response To California's Large-Screen TV Regulation »
slashdot An anonymous reader writes "It's great that unelected bureaucrats in California are clamoring to save energy, but when they target your big-screen TVs for elimination, consumers and manufacturers are apt to declare war. CEDIA and the CEA are up in arms... |
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17:38 pm
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Linus Torvalds For Nobel Peace Prize? »
slashdot An anonymous reader writes "I'm as much of a Linux fanboy as anyone else, but I've never thought of anything in computing as being worth a Nobel Peace Prize. Apparently, there are those who take global collaboration seriously, though..." The suggestion... |
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17:29 pm
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Live Images of the New 3G BlackBerry Pearl 9100!! (Kevin Michaluk/CrackBerry.com blogs) »
techmeme Kevin Michaluk / CrackBerry.com blogs:
Live Images of the New 3G BlackBerry Pearl 9100!! — First Live Photos of the new BlackBerry Pearl 9100!! — OoohHHH BaBy!! Any BlackBerry Pearl fans out there? I know... |
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17:25 pm
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Brizzly Opens To All. And Snatches Someone From Facebook. (MG Siegler/TechCrunch) »
techmeme MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Brizzly Opens To All. And Snatches Someone From Facebook. — Brizzly was first unveiled in private beta at our first CrunchUp event in July, so it's only appropriate that today, the day of our next CrunchUp,... |
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17:22 pm
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Depressed woman loses benefits over Facebook photos (CBC News) »
techmeme CBC News:
Depressed woman loses benefits over Facebook photos — A Quebec woman on long-term sick leave is fighting to have her benefits reinstated after her employer's insurance company cut them, she says, because of photos posted on... |
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16:53 pm
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The Simpsons' Moe Szyslak's Most Quotable Moments »
digg Springfield's pug fugliest bartender is also one of its most eloquent citizens. |
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16:51 pm
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New apps said to make iPod touch prominent in Apple stores »
digg In addition to the the EasyPay iPod touch application used for checkouts, numerous Apple-created, task-specific applications are allegedly coming to Apple retail employees, AppleInsider has been told. |
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16:49 pm
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Apartment Haunting »
digg "Finding a new apartment is easy; finding one not haunted by evil spirits is hard." |
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16:46 pm
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Microsoft denies it built 'backdoor' in Windows 7 »
digg Microsoft today denied that it has built a backdoor into Windows 7, a concern that surfaced on Wednesday after a senior National Security Agency (NSA) official testified before Congress that the agency had worked on the operating system. |
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15:15 pm
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Malaria Gaining Resistance to Best Available Treatment »
digg Malaria that is resistant to the best available drug is more widespread in Southeast Asia than previously reported, new research shows. |
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15:13 pm
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Three of a kind - English, Japanese & Bantu »
digg MIT linguist Shigeru Miyagawa explains how the hidden similarities of English, Japanese, and some forms of Bantu reveal language’s universal essence. |
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15:11 pm
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US Army responsible for New Orleans floods »
digg A US judge has ruled that the negligence of army engineers led to the severe flooding in parts of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. |
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15:07 pm
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The $100 Million Health Care Vote? - The Note »
digg The health care bill includes a $100 million section for increasing medicaid subsidies to the state of Louisiana. The Note, authored by ABC News' Rick Klein, covers politics, the White House, Congress, Democrats, Republicans, and all latest political... |
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15:04 pm
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Black Friday 2009 countdown: Sales, deals and tips - »
digg Black Friday 2009 countdown: Sales, deals and tips - |
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15:59 pm
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Mechani-Kong and Dr. Who's secret pyramid base »
digg Illustrations detailing the secret weapons of Dr. Who, an evil scientist bent on capturing King Kong, place a mind-control helmet on his head, and use him to hijack ships and rob banks.The 50-meter tall remote-control robot is powered by a... |
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15:56 pm
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Worried pimp called off Rabbi's three-day drug-fuelled orgy »
digg An eminent rabbi was so exhausted after three days of constant cocaine-fuelled partying with escorts that his pimp grew worried and cancelled that day’s supply of girls, a jury was told. |
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15:54 pm
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Study: Movie popcorn bucket equals 3 burgers... with butter »
digg A medium-sized popcorn and medium soda at the nation's largest movie chain pack the nutritional equivalent of three Quarter Pounders topped with 12 pats of butter, according to a report released today by the advocacy group Center for Science in the Public... |
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15:51 pm
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Utah Senator doesn’t want gays “stuffing it down his throat” »
digg In something of a positive step for the gay person in Utah, Utah senator Chris Buttars has said he might support a bill giving gay people equal rights for jobs and non-marriage related things. His word phrasing of not wanting gays “stuffing it down [hi... |
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15:49 pm
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Depressed woman loses benefits over Facebook photos »
digg A Quebec woman on long-term sick leave is fighting to have her benefits reinstated after her employer's insurance company cut them, she says, because of photos posted on Facebook. |
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15:45 pm
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APOD: 2009 November 20 - Meteor between the Clouds »
digg A different astronomy and space sciencerelated image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation. |
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15:41 pm
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KKK Rallying at Ole Miss Game to Protest Banned Fight Song »
digg The Ku Klux Klan will assemble in Oxford, Mississippi on Saturday to make sure that everyone they haven't completely died off. Oh, and something about freedom of speech too. |
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15:36 pm
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Class Action Lawsuit Over Xbox Live Bannings »
digg Boutique law firm AbingtonIP is "investigating" what it considers the "convenient" recent Xbox Live bannings. The firm posits that the "tens of thousands" of banned Xbox Live subscribers who used modded consoles deserve recompense due to the timing of the... |
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15:30 pm
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5 "Oddball" Crocs Discovered, Including Dinosaur-Eater »
digg A "saber-toothed cat in armor" and a pancake-shaped predator are among the strange crocodile cousins whose bones have been found beneath the windswept dunes of the Sahara, archaeologists say. |
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15:25 pm
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California Nudists Refuse to Put Clothes On »
digg California beachgoers were officially stripped of their right to bathe nude this past October, but many naturalists are refusing to cover up.Here's the skinny: For more than 30 years, the far south end of San Onofre State Beach has been a hot spot for... |
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15:40 pm
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Fedora 12 Package Installation Policy Tightened »
slashdot AdamWill writes "After the controversy over Fedora 12's controversial package installation authentication policy, including our discussion this week, the package maintainers have agreed that the controversial policy will be tightened to require root... |
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15:38 pm
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SecondLife To Remove Free Content From Web Search »
slashdot Outland Traveller writes "In a move that continues to shake the SecondLife community of content creators, merchants, and consumers, Linden Labs has declared that free virtual content will no longer be searchable without listing payments on their website... |
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15:05 pm
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Google PC will start in seven seconds or less »
digg New Google Inc software will start up a computer as fast as a television can be turned on, the search company said on Thursday as it showed off its Chrome operating system designed for PCs. |
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14:59 pm
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LHC dimensional apocalypse from midnight: Your thoughts »
the register (uk) Aliens, gov planetbuster boffins, many others write in
Well, this is it. In the early hours of tomorrow morning, scientists at the controls of titanic machines situated in mighty hollowed-out caverns and tunnels deep beneath Switzerland will begin to... |
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14:57 pm
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Riverbed going virtually into public cloud »
the register (uk) Virtual Steelhead speeds iSCSI WAN traffic
WAN optimiser Riverbed has announced virtual Steelhead for the cloud and a way to speed up iSCSI data traffic.…The power of collaboration within unified communications |
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14:55 pm
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Ricoh CX2 super-zoom compact camera »
the register (uk) Clever capture modes, but what about the video?
Review It doesn’t seem five minutes since we looked at the CX1 – well, back in April actually – so it’s quite surprise to find that Ricoh has already launched its successor, the CX2. Again, t... |
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14:53 pm
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Vampires not good role models for Catholics, declares Vatican »
the register (uk) Deplores use of 'extremes' to make a point
The Vatican has come out against vampirical toothy teen book'n'movie series Twilight, dismissing the epic girl loves vampire, girl loses vampire, girl becomes vampire cycle as a "deviant moral vacuum".…Ca... |
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14:51 pm
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MS denies Win 7 backdoor rumours »
the register (uk) Oooh, spooky!
Microsoft has once again denied rumours that it built a backdoor into Windows 7.…Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work |
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14:49 pm
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Ballmer waxes lyrical about Windows 7 double bubble sales »
the register (uk) Shy about numbers, mind
Microsoft’s shouty boss Steve Ballmer made a few big noises about Windows 7 sales yesterday, by declaring it was jumping off retail shelves at twice the level of its unloved Vista operating system.… |
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14:46 pm
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The pros and cons of business application packages »
the register (uk) It's all about horses for courses
Poll Results Whether to build or buy, that is the question? Well, it is for many when it comes to business applications. It's a topic on which we asked for your feedback as part of our latest workshop, and over 100 of you... |
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14:43 pm
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Yank objects to Reg cherry-popping headline »
the register (uk) 'Find another line of work, like as a Hooters waitress'
Vulture Central's Kelly Fiveash has until now kept a pretty low profile, avoiding the kind of flak which regularly peppers our inboxes as indignant readers vent their spleen and propel steam from... |
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14:31 pm
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Why Chrome OS will fail - big time (Randall C. Kennedy/InfoWorld) »
techmeme Randall C. Kennedy / InfoWorld:
Why Chrome OS will fail — big time — A lack of flexibility will doom Google's latest ego trip to the dustbin of history — The Chrome OS is here — sort of. This week,... |
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14:49 pm
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Intel: Your Brain Will Control Your Computer By 2020 »
digg Intel is developing chips that can be implanted in peoples brains to operate computers, cell phones and television sets. |
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13:42 pm
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Federal Judge Says Corps of Engineers Liable For Katrina Damage »
slashdot Hugh Pickens writes "The Christian Science Monitor reports that a federal judge has ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers — and thus the US government — is liable for a big chunk of the damage caused when hurricane Katrina pushed ashore on... |
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12:17 pm
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Top 10: Most Intimidating Stadiums (Pics - Videos) »
digg If you're a fan at one of these venues, be proud. If you're a visiting team, be scared. |
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12:15 pm
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Computer games fan 'planned school massacre' »
digg A 13-year-old computer games enthusiast is facing charges of attempted murder after police said that they had thwarted a plan to shoot dead his teachers for giving him poor marks. |
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12:12 pm
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State Med: Pot Prohibition Is 'Failed Public Health Policy' »
digg The California Medical Association's (CMA) House of Delegates have endorsed a resolution stating that the criminal prohibition of marijuana is a "failed public health policy." |
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12:07 pm
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Sen. Kerry's Daughter Alexandra Arrested for DUI »
digg Sen. John Kerry’s daughter, Alexandra Forbes Kerry, was arrested in Los Angeles Thursday on suspicion of driving under the influence, police told Fox News. |
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12:05 pm
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Tom Waits - Way Down in the Hole (Live) »
digg If you walk with Jesus, he's gonna save your soul. You gotta keep the devil, way down in the hole. |
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12:03 pm
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Ireland cheated out of World Cup by cruel hand of T. Henry »
digg "It was ridiculous really and unfortunately it's what we thought was going to happen," said the Ireland defender Richard Dunne. "The World Cup is run by people who want to decide who gets there. Big teams get big decisions. The referee says he was 100%... |
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12:00 pm
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Looking Back at the Left 4 Dead 2 Boycott »
digg For four-and-a-half months, upwards of 40,000 gamers took part in one of the most visible protests in the industry's history. Where did they succeed and where did they fail? |
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12:56 pm
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Six More Arrests in London's "Severed Hand" Murder »
digg Mother-of-two Geeta Aulakh, 28, was found fatally injured in north west London. Witnesses said she had serious head injuries and one of her hands had been cut off. Now, six more men have been arrested just hours after six other men, including Mrs.... |
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12:53 pm
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'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Season Finale Preview (video) »
digg Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld give Jason Alexander a hard time in this clip from the season finale of "Curb Your Enthusiasm"... |
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12:51 pm
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Surf’s Up, Waste’s Down »
digg Despite its nature-boy image, the surfing industry often relies on toxic manufacturing processes and generates tons of waste to make surfboards and other products. In San Clemente, a start-up company is out to change a half-century of dirty... |
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12:47 pm
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Texas accidentally 'bans' straight-marriage - THE WEEK »
digg A 2005 state constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage and civil unions eliminates marriage in Texas, according to Democratic attorney general candidate Barbara Ann |
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12:40 pm
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Palin Book Signing: OMG, Look at all the White People! »
digg Norah O'Donnell comments on all the "white people" in the crowd, Matthews calls the gathering "monochromatic," and -- *gasp* -- "There's a stage... almost like a mini-campaign rally!" |
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12:37 pm
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10 People Who've Changed The Way We Think »
digg Brian Williams writes about the 'indispensable' Jon Stewart and Gail Collins pens an ode to Hillary in this list of 10 people who shaped the way we think. |
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12:31 pm
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Rosa's Law Asks Senate To Kill Slur "Mentally Retarded" »
digg Rosa Marcellino, an eight-year-old child who has Down syndrome, is now at the center of a bill in Congress to strike the term "mentally retarded" from the federal lexicon. |
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12:30 pm
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Pay to play in Obama's Chicago DC »
digg Obama is continuing a Washington tradition: Giving prized ambassadorships to big campaign donors. |
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12:26 pm
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Dragon Age: Origins DLC to 'Return to Ostagar' this holiday »
digg Polish up your armor and prune your dialog trees: EA has announced a new Dragon Age: Origins DLC adventure, "Return to Ostagar," is coming to Xbox 360, PS3 and PC this holiday season for $5. |
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12:24 pm
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Florida Man To Smoke 115,000th Joint, Sets Guinness Record »
digg When you think of the world's most prolific pot smokers, certain names come to mind: Snoop, Cheech & Chong, Willie Nelson. How about Irvin Rosenfeld? The 56-year-old Ft Lauderdale stockbroker will put his name among the greats when he sets a world record... |
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12:21 pm
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$4.8 trillion ($4,800,000,000,000) = INTEREST on U.S. Debt »
digg Here's a new way to think about the U.S. government's epic borrowing: More than half of the $9 trillion in debt that Uncle Sam is expected to build up over the next decade will be interest. More than half. In fact, $4.8 trillion. |
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12:20 pm
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Refusal to pay forced gratuity - GO TO JAIL. »
digg Couple Busted for Refusing to Pay Tip: Happy hour ends with handcuffs when they won't pay a $16 tip for terrible service. |
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12:17 pm
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Videos: Great Depression Cooking with Clara »
digg Clara, a delightful woman in her nineties, has a series of videos that show you how to cook like many people did during the Great Depression. She tells wonderful stories while she prepares the meals. |
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12:15 pm
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How to Feed the World »
digg Economic, climatic and other challenges may make solving the exploding crisis of world hunger unsolvable. But there may still be time. Here, a discussion of the challenges and possible immediate required policy steps. |
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12:13 pm
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Suspected Camorra hitman held over CCTV killing »
digg Police arrest a suspected Camorra hitman allegedly caught on camera as he shot a man dead outside a bar in Naples. |
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12:37 pm
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Auction's over for Skype »
the register (uk) eBay rid of troublesome VoIP biz
The saga of eBay's sale of Skype is over - Silver Lake, Joltid Limited and other partners are now the proud owners of the VoIP provider.…The power of collaboration within unified communications |
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12:36 pm
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Datacentre black box recorder gets take-off cash »
the register (uk) $9m series B funding round
Axxana - the startup manufacturing the Phoenix RP black box data centre data recorder which can withstand a jumbo jet crash - has just received $9m in a funding round to help it take off.…Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legola... |
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12:35 pm
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2pm GMT today: El Reg Unified Comms webcast »
the register (uk) Feeding back the Reg readers survey
Tune in from 2pm GMT today as El Reg's expert panel unveild the findings of our Unified Comms study and responds live Reg reader questions .…Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work |
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12:33 pm
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US forces developing 'miniature weapons' for killer robots »
the register (uk) Phantom Works pocket missile ideal for 'suburban combat'
US Air Force boffinry chiefs have decided to spend as much as $7m developing "miniature weapons" for use by killer robots in the Wars On Stuff.…The power of collaboration within unifi... |
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12:30 pm
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Database anonymity at risk, warns researcher »
the register (uk) Prof Ohm resists data safety claims
People might be more identifiable than previously thought from supposedly anonymised information contained in large databases, according to a technology law expert. New research recommends that privacy practices and... |
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12:27 pm
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Filesharing laws to hit websites and newsgroups too »
the register (uk) Mandelson to 'future-proof' P2P restrictions
The government is planning to award itself powers to change copyright law almost at will, in expectation that new anti-peer-to-peer laws will drive infringement to other services such as Rapidshare and... |
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12:26 pm
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Asus serves up Windows 7 Home Server box »
the register (uk) 2TB of on-board storage - add more using eSata
Asus has taken the wraps off a home server build out of an Atom processor and up to 2TB of internal storage.…What is your recession sales strategy? |
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12:22 pm
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ACPO proposes new domestic violence database »
the register (uk) Fears over unsubstantiated and malicious allegations
The latest wheeze to emerge from ACPO and the Home Office is yet another new law and order database – this one including individuals who are unconvicted, but against whom there exist unsubstantiat... |
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12:21 pm
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PS3 to go 3D in 2010, says Sony »
the register (uk) Specs at the ready
Sony has formally announced plans to bring true 3D gaming to the PlayStation 3.… |
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12:20 pm
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MS discovers flaw in Google plug-in for IE »
the register (uk) Google whacked
Microsoft has helped discover a flaw in the Google Chome Frame plug-in for Internet Explorer users.…The power of collaboration within unified communications |
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12:17 pm
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Humax Freeview HD set-top box to debut 'early 2010' »
the register (uk) Ahead of the rest?
Just days after Register Hardware was told by telly chiefs that no Freeview HD kit will be available in the UK ahead of the service’s switch-on next month, manufacturer Humax has announced the impending launch of its first Freevi... |
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12:16 pm
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Mandelson to get Nominet reform powers »
the register (uk) Just in case
Ministers have revealed new legislation that will allow the government to take over and reform Nominet, following a boardroom battle over the .uk registry's future.…Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing |
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12:14 pm
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Where is server virtualisation taking us? »
the register (uk) Crossing the virtual chasm
Lab No, no, not the v word...! There are few topics that have garnered as much interest recently as virtualisation. And that’s not just coming from us – the level of feedback we get on this is head and shoulders above many o... |
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12:11 pm
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Taiwanese sex scammer's net double is NYC model »
the register (uk) 'Shocked' Richie Kul expresses dismay to El Reg
The news this week that a 55-year-old bald and "physically unattractive" Taiwanese man had posed online as a "youthful male model" to convince up to 20 women to have sex with his ailing father - who was... |
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12:08 pm
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Ubuntu in truffle shuffle with Chrome OS »
the register (uk) 'Sloth love Chunk'
Ubuntu’s commercial sponsor Canonical revealed late yesterday that it has been working with Google on its Chrome OS platform since before Mountain View announced its game-changing plans in July this year.…Case Study: WhatsUp k... |
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12:03 pm
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Amazon punters go mad for 'Laptop Steering Wheel Desk' »
the register (uk) 'A total lifesaver', enthuses satisfied customer
Amazon customers have gone absolutely mad for the AutoExec WM-01 Wheelmate Steering Wheel Desk Tray, which "attaches to your steering wheel for easy access to a writing and drink storage... |
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12:59 pm
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US immigration dodge is permanent »
the register (uk) Global Entry forever
Janet Napolitano, boss of US Homeland Security, is making the Global Entry system - a quicker way through customs and border control - permanent.…Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work |
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12:46 pm
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MS Finds Security Flaw In Google Chrome Frame »
slashdot Christmas Shopping writes with this excerpt from Kaspersky Labs' threatpost: "Back in September, when Google launched the Google Chome Frame plug-in for Internet Explorer users, Microsoft immediately warned that the move would increase the attack surface... |
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12:36 pm
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Ballmer: Windows 7 selling like hotcakes (Ina Fried/CNET News) »
techmeme Ina Fried / CNET News:
Ballmer: Windows 7 selling like hotcakes — Windows 7 isn't just getting good reviews, it's also selling well, CEO Steve Ballmer told shareholders Thursday. — Delivering opening remarks at... |
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12:34 pm
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Can the Advertising Offers Business Find Redemption In Social Networks? (Eric Eldon/Inside Facebook) »
techmeme Eric Eldon / Inside Facebook:
Can the Advertising Offers Business Find Redemption In Social Networks? — The entire social gaming industry has been criticized in recent weeks for running deceptive advertising offers. But how bad has... |
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12:59 pm
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An introduction to the FBI's anti-cyber crime network »
digg The FBI explained how its anti-cyber crime task force works at a Congressional hearing this week, and outlined the Bureau's latest accomplishments, which include catching the masterminds of a coordinated raid on over 1,000 ATM machines. But nobody thinks... |
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12:56 pm
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Leaked UK Government Plan to Protect Copyright with Militias »
digg A source close to the British Labour Government has just given me reliable information about the most radical copyright proposal I've ever seen. An unelected official would have the power to do anything without Parliamentary oversight or debate, provided... |
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12:53 pm
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8 Things You Need to Know about Chrome OS »
digg Google pulled the wraps off of Chrome OS today. You can expect to see Chrome ship in about a year, and showed the first glimpses of the new OS, details about the architecture, the hardware it will run on, and gave us the first hints about what the Google... |
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12:50 pm
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Skype bought back from Ebay!! »
digg Read blogs about the latest Skype news with Skype blogs |
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10:09 am
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Queen: We sank the Armada, we can sink some P2P pirates! »
digg The Queen opened the UK parliamentary session yesterday and announced that an Internet disconnection bill would be coming soon. But will it actually be legal? |
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10:07 am
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Ask Amir: How do spammers send from my email address? »
digg In a previous Security Levity post, I was asked a question that often comes up. A commenter wondered how is it that spammers can send spam from "my" email address? And is that something we should be worried about? |
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09:54 am
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HTC HD2 Windows Mobile smartphone »
the register (uk) Big screen winner?
Review HTC has just about the fullest range of Windows Mobile smart phones on the market at the moment with a wide variety of types and prices. The HD2 is at the apex of its range, offering arguably the most bang, but also demanding a... |
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09:52 am
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High Court ruled against Skype founders on day of settlement »
the register (uk) US eBay action scooted over Atlantic
Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis were told their case against Skype-owner eBay had to be conducted in the English courts on the day that they later agreed a compromise with eBay.…Case Study: What... |
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09:46 am
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Tesla Roadster used for videogame audio »
the register (uk) Electric engine fails to dampen screeching tyres
Leccy Tech What are the real benefits of an electric car? Reduced CO2 emissions? Less dependency on oil? Quieter inner cities? Nope. The correct answer is actually cooler sound effects for videogames.… |
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09:41 am
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Server upgrade and disposal plans »
the register (uk) Data protection 1, reuse strategy nil?
Poll Results This week we asked you a number of questions around whether you have any immediate plans to change your server estates, who influences any such changes and how you dispose of your old kit. Your answers... |
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09:25 am
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Dark Energy, Life Searches Make Strange Bedfellows »
slashdot eldavojohn writes "Both the EU and US are using a strategy to merge what used to be two separate searches: the search for exoplanets that may harbor life and the search for dark energy. In an effort to develop 'robust, low-risk missions that maximize the... |
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09:21 am
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Modern Warfare 2 Not Recalled In Russia After All »
slashdot thief21 writes "After claims that console versions Modern Warfare 2 had been recalled in Russia due to complaints from politicians and the gaming public over the infamous airport slaughter scene, it turns out the stories were completely untrue. Activision... |
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08:20 am
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Saving Mars Rover Spirit (PICS) »
digg NASA's Mars Expedition Rover Spirit has been stuck in a sand trap since April and the prognosis for the robot to drive again isn't good. However, NASA scientists have developed a computer simulation of the Mars rover stuck in the sand trap. With the help... |
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08:18 am
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A Brief History of Toilets »
digg In case you didn't know (and honestly, why would you?), Nov. 19 is World Toilet Day — an event hosted by the World Toilet Organization to raise awareness for the 2.5 billion people around the world who live without proper sanitation. |
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08:15 am
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Disneyland Made Out Of Legos (Pics) »
digg Using the Lego bricks you can make the souvenir stands, ride replicas and even the various people you would wish to meet during your Disneyland tour. |
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08:09 am
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Immune tribe 'indicates CJD hope' »
digg Darwinian natural selection could help halt human "mad cow disease", experts say after finding a tribe impervious to a related fatal brain disorder. |
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08:06 am
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Teaching of evolution to become mandatory in England »
digg Primary school children in England will have to learn about evolution under a shake-up of the national curriculum. Schools Minister Vernon Coaker says the subject will be a compulsory elements of a new primary school curriculum being introduced in 2011.... |
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08:04 am
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$375 FINE MIN...wait what? [PIC] »
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08:02 am
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Quidditch takes flight at Harvard »
digg It was a bizarre, magical request that apparently even cash-strapped Harvard University couldn’t refuse. “It’s a combination of dodge ball, soccer and track,” Rush said about the once-fictitious game, introduced to the world through J.K. Rowling... |
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08:01 am
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AP: Oprah Winfrey to end show in 2011 »
digg AP reports that Oprah Winfrey will end her talk show in 2011. |
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08:22 am
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Google's Chrome May Shift the OS Landscape »
digg Google is providing a sneak peak at the Chrome OS today. Maybe the Google Midas touch can succeed where decades of Apple and Linux have failed--denting Microsoft's OS dominance. |
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07:33 am
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Google Wave relies on kindness of strangers »
the register (uk) Copy our cloud, please
Dreamforce 09 Google has been stumping for its Wave real-time collaboration system among the Salesforce.com faithful.…Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work |
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07:31 am
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Firefox millions - now only 9 per cent Google free »
the register (uk) No banking on Microhoo
Mozilla revenues climbed to $79m last year - and 91 per cent of that came from Google.…Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work |
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07:29 am
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Google touts real-time RSS transplant »
the register (uk) What's all the PubSubHubbub?
Web 2.0 NY Google is trumpeting a new messaging protocol it insists on calling PubSubHubbub.…Offloading malware protection to the cloud |
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07:28 am
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Atrato replaces sales boss - again »
the register (uk) To lose one is unfortunate, to lose two looks like carelessness
Atrato has replaced its sales VP, Marty Sos, after just three months, and recruited a marketing VP as well.…The power of collaboration within unified communications |
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07:14 am
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What Twitter's New Geolocation Makes Possible (Marshall Kirkpatrick/ReadWriteWeb) »
techmeme Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
What Twitter's New Geolocation Makes Possible — Twitter turned on its long-awaited Geolocation API today, meaning that users can opt-in to having their messages annotated with their exact... |
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07:13 am
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Jobs to The Little App Factory: Name change "Not that big of a deal" (Daniel Brusilovsky/CrunchGear) »
techmeme Daniel Brusilovsky / CrunchGear:
Jobs to The Little App Factory: Name change “Not that big of a deal” — The Little App Factory seems to have a big problem on their hands. The company received a letter from Baker &... |
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07:08 am
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Facebook Named in Federal Class-Action Suit over Scammy Zynga Ads (Ryan Tate/valleywag - Gawker) »
techmeme Ryan Tate / valleywag - Gawker:
Facebook Named in Federal Class-Action Suit over Scammy Zynga Ads — Facebook and Zynga are the defendants in a federal class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday, which seeks upwards of $5 million for social... |
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07:06 am
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Want To Try Out Google Chrome OS For Yourself? Here's How. (Jason Kincaid/TechCrunch) »
techmeme Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Want To Try Out Google Chrome OS For Yourself? Here's How. — The public debut of Google Chrome OS today has the press abuzz over the potential of the new web-based operating system. And now that... |
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05:34 am
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36 Unusual Pepsi Flavors From Around The World (PICS) »
digg Over the years Pepsi have come up with a lengthy list of alternative flavoured drinks both good and bad. |
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05:32 am
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Unbelieveable Underwater River - Video »
digg From professional diver Anatoly Beloshchin in a cave at Cenote Angelita, Mexico: We are 30 meters deep, fresh water, then 60 meters deep – salty water and under me I see a river, island and fallen leaves… Actually, the river, which you can see, is a l... |
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05:31 am
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Solving the Mystery of HIV Carriers Who Don't Contract AIDS »
digg More than half a million people in the U.S. have died from HIV infection, and more than a million currently live with the virus, but a relative handful of people infected with HIV never get treatment for it and never get sick from it. |
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05:29 am
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We're killing the oceans »
digg It's not just ruthless whaling and foolhardy fishing practices that are plaguing the world's oceans. Underwater, things are bad all over — from the acidifying Atlantic to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. A perfect storm of climate change, pollution, a... |
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05:26 am
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MTV Through the Ages [GRAPH] »
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05:24 am
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Awesome Joseph Ducreux Memes (Pics) »
digg Joseph Ducreux was a French painter, who, in 1793, made this pimp-ass self portrait. 216 years later, his internet meme exploded on the scene. |
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05:23 am
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"Death Star" Responsible for Mass Extinction on Earth »
digg First detected by spy satellites, then reported as evidence of alien warfare and now held responsible for a mass extinction on Earth. What exactly are gamma-ray bursts? |
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05:21 am
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Techmeme's Gabe Rivera Makes News Aggregation Profitable »
digg Don't tell News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch, but technology news aggregator Techmeme is raking in profits. |
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05:19 am
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Diplomats Say EU Choses Belgian As New President »
digg Diplomats say EU leaders have opted for little-known compromise candidate Belgian Premier Herman Van Rompuy to become the bloc's first full-time president. |
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05:17 am
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Is Xbox Live ban the ultimate answer to piracy? »
digg Modern Warfare 2 has shifted more than one million copies in the UK alone and is likely to sell many more before Christmas. Its controversial terrorist section is what's got the headlines. |
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05:15 am
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FAA computer problem causes widespread delays »
digg There are widespread flight cancellations and delays nationwide Thursday because of a problem with the FAA system that collects airlines' flight plans. |
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05:13 am
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BioShock 2 "He's a Killer" Multiplayer Trailer (HD) »
digg New frantic multiplayer action from BioShock 2, including a look at the trial challenges and killing streak bonuses. (720p HD). |
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05:12 am
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Dallas Police in Manhunt for Tony Romo (Vid) »
digg No, not that one. The one featured in this video the Dallas Police Department just posted, in which a Big C convenience store at 2240 Irving Boulevard is robbed at gunpoint by two men, one of whom is a 21-year-old named Anthony Romo. |
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05:10 am
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Mind Blowing Hyperrealistic Sculptures [Pics] »
digg Artists that produce photorealistic sculptures, for the most part, aim to show us our bodies and life as it really is. |
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05:19 am
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Microsoft Applies For Patent On Tufte's Sparklines »
slashdot jenkin sear writes "Data Visualization Guru Edward Tufte developed Sparklines, a great way to display condensed data as an inline graphic. Excel's new version has incorporated the design element — and Microsoft has applied for a patent on them... |
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05:16 am
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EA Shuts Down Pandemic Studios, Cuts 200 Jobs »
slashdot lbalbalba writes "Electronic Arts is shutting down its Westwood-based game developer Pandemic Studios just two years after acquiring it, putting nearly 200 people out of work. 'The struggling video game publisher informed employees Tuesday morning that it... |
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05:41 am
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Internet Explorer 9: what you need to know »
digg Microsoft showed Internet Explorer 9 for the first time yesterday at its Professional Developer Conference, but a technical preview won't be available before next year (perhaps at CES 2010 in January). |
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05:39 am
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FTC threatens fines, jail for online check service operators »
digg When a court orders you to stop your illegal activities and never operate a similar business again, it only makes sense to start another business that does exactly the same thing, right? Wrong. The FTC is now holding the former operators of Qchex in... |
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03:25 am
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IE8 bug makes 'safe' sites unsafe »
the register (uk) Microsoft's XSS buster busted
The latest version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser contains a bug that can enable serious security attacks against websites that are otherwise safe.…Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing |
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03:21 am
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Google Accused of Violating Copyright In China »
slashdot angry tapir writes "The Chinese Authors Society has demanded that Google present a resolution plan by the end of the year and quickly handle compensation for Chinese authors whose books the US company has scanned without permission as part of its Book... |
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03:42 am
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New Apple Products--as Imagined by the Elite Gadget Press »
digg What will be Apple's next super-product--its next spectacular, game-changing "one more thing"? We asked five Apple experts to brainstorm with abandon and then brought their ideas to life. |
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02:03 am
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7 Rules for Making THE HOBBIT Movie »
digg The Lord of the Rings movies grossed almost $3 billion, so it's no surprise New Line wants to head to Middle Earth in quest for box office gold. Luckily... |
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02:01 am
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10 Moves To Annoy & Upset People »
digg Falling out can be a costly business. It's very easy to get along with people. Simply be nice to them and smile regularly. Actually it's not quite that simple, because although this approach works for ninety percent of the time, it doesn't take into... |
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02:00 am
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"Twilight" Sims Parody [VIDEO] »
digg Check out EA's The Sims parody of New Moon, including two passionate kisses with Rob Pattinson, and one of them is with someone OTHER than Bella!! |
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02:59 am
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5 Reasons That Make It OK to Get Wasted on Thanksgiving »
digg Thanksgiving is for giving thanks, yes, but more importantly for those of us in the over 21 set, it is a chance to get slightly hammered with mom, dad, and the rest of the family...and for good reason too... |
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02:58 am
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On Top of the World's Tallest Building (Video) »
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02:56 am
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Oprah Prudishly Tackles Porn »
digg Unfortunately for those viewers hoping for some spice before picking up the kids from strip mall Karate practice, Oprah seemed completely out of her element when discussing sex, porn or erotic pleasure. So much so that she enlisted special correspondent... |
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02:55 am
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November PC Sales Charts: Go, Torchlight, Go! »
digg Well, whaddya know. Modern Warfare 2 came out last week, and finished last week as the #1 game on Steam. On Direct2Drive, however, it didn't fare as well. |
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02:54 am
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Jared Allen: The Power of the Mullet »
digg It's not just a Hair do, it's a lifestyle. |
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02:52 am
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South Park's Minorities In My Waterpark (Video & Lyrics) »
digg Out of the myriad of things wrong with today’s society, we need to think Matt and Trey for calling attention to one of the greatest underlying causes of racial tension in the United States. Urination etiquette is of course the underlying issue, but as ... |
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02:51 am
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Extinction of Giant Mammals Changed Landscape Dramatically »
digg New evidence from dung rules out comet and habitat loss as culprits for mass extinction. |
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02:50 am
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President Obama To Appear In NFL Public Service Announcement »
digg The 90-second spot shows Obama and the NFL stars playing touch football with local children on the White House lawn. |
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02:49 am
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8 Ways to Watch TV and Movies Without Cable »
digg If you're like most people, you cough up way too much for a monthly cable subscription. The good news is that in this era of fast broadband, there are plenty of ways to see your favorite television shows and movies without paying any cable provider. |
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02:47 am
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If HBO Warnings Were Honest »
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01:03 am
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Google Chrome OS - do we want another monoculture? »
the register (uk) Microsoft ball breakers. Strings attached
Yes, Google has open-sourced Chrome OS, its much-discussed browser-based operating system. But as usual, the open sourcing only says so much about its openness.…The power of collaboration within unifi... |
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01:02 am
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Dell is beat by The Street »
the register (uk) Awaits Win7 bonanza
Dell released its financial results for Q3 ended 30 October on Thursday, and for its troubles, it took a beating in after hours trading.…Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work |
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01:55 am
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Intel Says Brain Implants Could Control Computers By 2020 »
slashdot Lucas123 writes "Scientists at Intel are working on developing sensors that would be implanted in a person's head in order to harness brain waves that could then be used to control computers, televisions, cell phones and other electronic equipment. Intel... |
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01:49 am
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Apple's Mistake - I don't think Apple realizes how badly ... (Paul Graham) »
techmeme Paul Graham:
Apple's Mistake — I don't think Apple realizes how badly the App Store approval process is broken. Or rather, I don't think they realize how much it matters that it's broken. The way Apple runs the App Store has... |
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01:48 am
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Breaking: eBay Completes Skype Sale At $2.75 Billion Valuation (Robin Wauters/TechCrunch) »
techmeme Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Breaking: eBay Completes Skype Sale At $2.75 Billion Valuation — eBay has just announced that it has completed the sale of Skype, valuing the company at $2.75 billion. The investor consortium who is the... |
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01:47 am
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Sony Unveils Its Answer to Apple's iTunes (Kenji Hall/Business Week) »
techmeme Kenji Hall / Business Week:
Sony Unveils Its Answer to Apple's iTunes — The tech giant will launch an online store selling music, movies, books, and other downloadable applications for mobile products — Sony (SNE) is... |
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01:45 am
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Facebook Common Stock Valuation Jumps 42% to $9.5 Billion (Brian Womack/Bloomberg) »
techmeme Brian Womack / Bloomberg:
Facebook Common Stock Valuation Jumps 42% to $9.5 Billion — Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) — The price of Facebook Inc. stock on exchanges for private companies has jumped as much as 42 percent in the past four... |
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00:46 am
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Kids Reenact The First Thanksgiving »
digg American history is brought to life by children in this true-to-life reenactment of the first Thanksgiving. |
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00:45 am
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Ten Train Wreck Wrestling Promos »
digg Classic WWF and WCW wrestlers botch interviews, swear on live TV, and act insane. |
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00:43 am
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A Flowchart for the Confused Consumer of Fast Food »
digg There's just so much hatred out there for Arby's these days. |
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00:42 am
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D'oh: Palin Confuses Iraq and Iran in Hannity Interview »
digg During her interview with Sean Hannity that aired last night, Sarah Palin made an interesting declaration: That we need to prevent a Iranian Prez Ahmadinejad's Nuclear Ambitions by cracking down on "Iraq." |
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00:40 am
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Yale Pranks Thousands of Harvard Fans at Football Game (Vid) »
digg Pep Squads are not what they appear. |
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00:37 am
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The Top 10 Most Aggravating Types of Drivers (PIC) »
digg Don't you just love the guy who leaves his blinker on for hours and hours? |
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00:35 am
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Climatologists Baffled by Global Warming Time-Out »
digg Global warming appears to have stalled. Climatologists are puzzled as to why average global temperatures have stopped rising over the last 10 years. Some attribute the trend to a lack of sunspots, while others explain it through ocean currents. |
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00:34 am
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Judge: Corps' negligence caused Katrina flooding »
digg A federal judge has ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding by Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf Coast in 2005. |
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00:32 am
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Cops Nab Men Making S-l-o-w Getaway With ATM »
digg Three men accused of stealing an ATM may get an 'A' for creativity, but their daring plan ended up failing when they couldn't make a quick getaway. |
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00:29 am
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Cop Tasers 10-year-old Girl Who Wouldn't Take a Shower »
digg A screaming little girl kicked him in the balls as he tried to subdue her, so this Arkansas cop decided to blast her with his stun gun |
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00:28 am
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What's Wrong With Wes Anderson? »
digg A decade after Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums, Generation Y's anointed auteur tries for a comeback with Fantastic Mr. Fox. To write the screenplay, Anderson moved into Roald Dahl’s house for two weeks with friend Noah Baumbach. |
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00:27 am
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You Just Don't Call Michael Madsen "Retarded" [VIDEO] »
digg When he agreed to sit down for an "offbeat" interview, Madsen must not have realized that the interviewer was going to be joking around, trying to get a reaction out of Madsen, so he loses his cool in a big way. |
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00:39 am
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Everything You Need To Know About Chrome OS (John Herrman/Gizmodo) »
techmeme John Herrman / Gizmodo:
Everything You Need To Know About Chrome OS — Until today, Google's Chrome OS has been little more than a wordy concept. Now, finally, we truly know what it is, what it looks like, and how it works. ... |
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New Google News for mobile (Google Mobile Blog) »
techmeme Google Mobile Blog:
New Google News for mobile — At Google, we are committed to giving you a consistent user experience across products and devices, and we really value the feedback you've given us about Google News for mobile. ... |
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00:08 am
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Chromium OS Source released »
digg I noticed that the source released happened during the webcast, so go get it now!Getting and building:http://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/chromium-os/building-chromium-os |
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00:07 am
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UK’s Terrifying Anti-Piracy Plans Leak »
digg Tomorrow morning Lord Mandelson will present the Digital Economy Bill to the public, which among other things is aimed at reducing illicit file-sharing. According to parts of the bill that leaked today, the legislation could lead to jail terms for... |
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00:05 am
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Google Phone? In Arrington's Dreams! »
digg Apparently, TechCrunch's Michael Arrington can write anything he wants and get away with it.Review by PC Magazine. |
Thu, Nov 19 2009
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23:16 pm
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Write haiku, win home server »
the register (uk) What's needed to win
Microsoft and Intel schwag?
Creativity
Intel and Microsoft want to give you a home server in exchange for 17 syllables of poetic artistry.…What is your recession sales strategy? |
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23:15 pm
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Al Gore entertains the supercomputer troops »
the register (uk) Seeks political scientists
SC09 Former vice president and Nobel Prize winner Al Gore did his self-deprecating politician and climate change champion routine as a keynote for the HPC (high performance computing) faithful at the SC09 trade show in Portland,... |
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22:16 pm
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FAA Computer Problem Causes Widespread Flight Dela »
digg A computer glitch caused flight cancellations and delays across the U.S. Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration and airlines said. |
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22:14 pm
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Cigarette Butts Toxic to Fish »
digg Need another reason to quit smoking? Cigarette butts, one of the most ubiquitous forms of garbage in the world, have been found to be toxic to saltwater and freshwater fish. |
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22:12 pm
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OMG Was That The Best CyberSex Ever? Oh wait.... »
digg There’s not much that’s more embarrassing than someone walking in on you having sex. But at least you’re getting some. What’s more embarrassing is trying to get some 90’s cyber sex action and being owned by the person you thought was gonna g... |
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22:11 pm
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UFC Boss Faces Biggest Promotional Test Yet »
digg Dana White was supposed to spend this week promoting his Ultimate Fighting Championship 106 card in Las Vegas. It was to star his biggest box office draw, heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar. Instead White flew Tuesday to Bismarck, N.D., showed up at the... |
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22:09 pm
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The plasma rocket that picks up space trash, send us to mars »
digg Costa-rican born physicist Franklin Chang Diaz has great aspirations for his rocket: a mail-carrier for outer space, a garbage truck for orbital debris and, the ultimate goal, a shuttle to Mars. |
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22:07 pm
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Zelda Wii - New Info - E3 2010 Reveal? »
digg The producer of Zelda, Eiji Aonuma, has said that Zelda Wii will have some changes to other Zelda games... Could see an E3 2010 reveal |
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22:06 pm
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A Very Polite Email Spat (PIC) »
digg "Would you kindly..." |
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22:04 pm
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Conan O’Brien Cracks Raunchy Joke At Kirstie Alley’s Expense »
digg O'Brien attracted negative attention from Alley through a barrage of fat jokes he cracked at her expense -- all of which he replayed during Wednesday’s show. Alley hit back at O’Brien on her Twitter page earlier this week. |
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22:03 pm
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Geek Engineering: Star Wars Tauntaun Costume »
digg The following is Scott Holden's tale of building a "Luke Skywalker on a tauntaun" costume. For anyone who doesn't know, this is an animal Luke Skywalker rode in Empire Strikes Back. |
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22:02 pm
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6 Inventors Who Got Jack ***** for Changing the Modern World »
digg Turns out there have been plenty of people throughout history that made amazing contributions to modern culture and got precisely jack in return. |
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22:01 pm
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This Is Not Your Grade School Solar System [w/ Pics] »
digg In the past thirty years, our textbook planets have changed. We now not only have hi-res pictures of planets, we can predict their weather, dig for water under their surfaces and send spacecraft through icy plumes on their moons. Planet by planet, here's... |
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22:59 pm
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Exchange Your Old Jewelry for Cats! »
digg ***** |
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22:58 pm
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Drunk 'Ninja' Impaled Himself »
digg Police in Seattle said an intoxicated man overestimated his own ninja skills and impaled himself on a fence post. |
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22:57 pm
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Incredible Over-The-Back Football Pass Into The End Zone »
digg No way he could EVER do that again! |
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22:55 pm
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Bernie Madoff’s Auction The Real Deal (Graphic) »
digg An auction that saw some of Bernie Madoff's prized possessions up for grabs caused a feeding frenzy at auction houses with over 2,000 dealers and collectors placing bids online and sales exceeded all expectations... |
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22:54 pm
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Teen dug grave anticipating killing »
digg Blessed with a Friday off school, 15-year-old Alyssa Bustamante dug two holes in the ground to be used as a grave, authorities said. For the next week, she attended classes, all the while plotting the right time for a murder, they said. |
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22:46 pm
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Building a 32-Bit One-Instruction Computer »
slashdot Hugh Pickens writes "The advantages of RISC are well known — simplifying the CPU core by reducing the complexity of the instruction set allows faster speeds, more registers, and pipelining to provide the appearance of single-cycle execution. Al... |
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22:45 pm
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Google Releases Source To Chromium OS »
slashdot Kelson writes "Google has released the source to what will eventually become Chrome OS, and will begin developing it as an open source project like Chromium. The OS differs from the usual computing model by (1) making all apps web apps (2) sandboxing... |
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22:43 pm
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New York State Testing Emergency Alerts Over Gaming Networks »
slashdot An anonymous reader writes "Gamers are used to confronting invading terrorists, nuclear attacks, and natural calamities—in virtual form. But those living in New York State could soon receive warnings about real emergencies through their favorite... |
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22:42 pm
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Synchronize Data Between Linux, OS X, and Windows? »
slashdot aaaaaaargh! writes "I'm using a laptop with Ubuntu 8.04 for work, a netbook with Ubuntu 9.10 when I'm outside, Mac OS X 10.5 for hobby projects, and Windows XP for gaming. For backups, I'm currently using Jungle Disk and Apple's Time Machine, and I use a... |
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22:42 pm
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Microsoft Denies It Built Backdoor Into Windows 7 »
slashdot CWmike writes "Microsoft has denied that it has built a backdoor into Windows 7, a concern that surfaced yesterday after a senior National Security Agency (NSA) official testified before Congress that the agency had worked on the operating system.... |
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22:35 pm
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SITE NEWS: Droid, iPhone, and Pre: meet the new Techmeme Mobile »
techmeme Today we're introducing Techmeme Mobile, a new mobile version of Techmeme optimized for popular smartphones. Techmeme Mobile loads much faster on phones thanks to a sparser page format in which tabs and "Discussion" links load on demand. In addition,... |
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22:34 pm
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Droid, iPhone, and Pre: meet the new Techmeme Mobile (Gabe Rivera/Techmeme News) »
techmeme Gabe Rivera / Techmeme News:
Droid, iPhone, and Pre: meet the new Techmeme Mobile — Today we're introducing Techmeme Mobile, a new mobile version of Techmeme optimized for popular smartphones. Techmeme Mobile loads much faster on... |
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22:33 pm
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Foursquare Goes Global With Launch in 50 New Cities (Jennifer Van Grove/Mashable!) »
techmeme Jennifer Van Grove / Mashable!:
Foursquare Goes Global With Launch in 50 New Cities — Right on the heels of Foursquare's API release, the location-based mobile application and game is announcing another big rollout to cities across the... |
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