Fri, Jul 25 2008
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05:15 am
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How to Build an Electric Car Charging Infrastructure »
digg In a slew of announcements this week, a picture of what the future of plug-in vehicle charging might look like is starting to emerge. |
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05:14 am
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Shadow Arts »
digg don't look to the obvious . look for the shadow |
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05:14 am
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Asshole pelican eats a pigeon »
digg Filmed in St. James Park, London. |
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05:50 am
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Microsoft sets sights on providing an Apple-like experience »
digg Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer on Wednesday issued a company-wide memo outlining his battle plan for the new fiscal year in which he singled out the Apple experience as a benchmark for future success. |
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04:28 am
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Three Guys Vs One, Not The Outcome You Would Expect »
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04:28 am
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Should This Guy Blow Up His Range Rover? You Decide. »
digg There's no way around it: 13 MPG sucks. But what do you do with a Range Rover that's already on the road? Selling it just passes the burden on, so, should we blow it up? Drive it off a cliff? Convert it to a biodiesel or plug-in hybrid and give it to an... |
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04:28 am
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ACLU: Memos authorized CIA torture »
digg The American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday said it had obtained internal Bush administration documents it says authorizes the CIA to torture detainees.“These documents supply further evidence, if any were needed, that the Justice Department authoriz... |
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04:27 am
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Every Marvel Fan's Dream »
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04:27 am
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The Time for Liberty »
digg Are we tired of the immense growth of government? Have we had enough of the Police State? Now we move towards a system of complete collectivism and control, where everyone is enslaved to everybody. American must defend freedom in it's hour of maximum... |
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04:26 am
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Seven NBA Free Agents Who Should Go To Europe »
digg Given the changing economic circumstances, several American players may follow in Josh Childress’ footsteps...and pronto. Here are seven free agents who should make Europe a big part of their summer plans. |
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04:24 am
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Veterans Respond to McCain's "Obama Wants to Lose" Remark »
digg While Barack Obama spends the week in Afghanistan and Iraq, speaking to throngs of cheering troops and diplomats, John McCain is accusing the likely Democratic nominee of wanting to "lose" the war in Iraq. I'm not the only Iraq and Afghanistan veteran... |
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04:23 am
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Britain Tries to Block European Union Energy Laws »
digg The European official who drafted the legislation accused Britain of "obstructing" EU efforts on renewables and said UK officials wanted to protect traditional energy suppliers and their coal, gas and nuclear power stations. |
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04:23 am
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X-Files' Creator Talks Paranoia, Secrecy and the New Movie »
digg Wired.com got on the phone with Carter to find out about the surveillance cameras he installed on the movie set, his five-year hiatus from show business and the key to bringing stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson back together for X Files: I Want to... |
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04:23 am
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Iraqi Teams Banned From Olympics »
digg The International Olympic Committee has upheld a ban on Iraqi teams at the Beijing Games, saying Thursday the government missed the deadline to address accusations of political interference |
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04:22 am
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Obama Berlin Speech: The reviews are in: media reactions »
digg Obama Berlin Speech: Comparisons To Reagan, Kennedy, More Media Reactions. Major news organizations are drawing comparisons between Barack Obama's speech and Presidents John F. Kennedy's and Ronald Reagan's speeches in Berlin. It's no surprise,... |
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04:22 am
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The 10 Weirdest Cars of All Time »
digg These are some of the most innovative and unique cars ever exposed to the public. Some are viable- most will never make it to market. Either way, these cars are some of the most unusual vehicles you will ever see. Which would you drive? |
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04:21 am
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iPhone 2.0 Jailbreak and Unlock Now for Windows »
digg The Windows version of Pwnage, the iPhone 2.0 jailbreak and unlock software for iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPod Touch, is out now!! |
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04:21 am
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Obama Promises to Continue US Warmongering in Berlin Speech »
digg More nation building and intervention. "No one welcomes war. ... But my country and yours have a stake in seeing that NATO's first mission beyond Europe's borders is a success. For the people of Afghanistan, and for our shared security,...The Afghan... |
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04:21 am
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McCain Forgets Canada In Obama Attack »
digg "I would rather speak at a rally or a political gathering any place outside of the country after I am president of the United States," McCain told O'Donnell. "But that's a judgment that Sen. Obama and the American people will make." However, on June 20,... |
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04:42 am
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How government will save you from P2P deviance »
the register (uk) It's stealing, you know...
Thousands - or to be more precise, six thousands - of lucky alleged infringers a week are to be informed of the error of their ways, according to the terms of the deal struck this week between the British government and six... |
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04:40 am
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Debian Maintainer Hints At September Release for Lenny »
slashdot nerdyH writes "The Debian project's maintainer, Luke Claes, announced in an email Saturday that he will freeze the 'testing' or 'Lenny' tree, in preparation for a new stable release of Debian Linux in ... September! The freeze means that open source... |
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03:04 am
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Apple beta testing iPhone 2.1 firmware, adding more GPS features (Andru Edwards/Gear Live) »
techmeme Andru Edwards / Gear Live:
Apple beta testing iPhone 2.1 firmware, adding more GPS features — We just got word that Apple has released a beta version of iPhone OS 2.1 to developers. Along with the 2.1 firmware, a new version of the... |
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03:59 am
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The way to market Vista... Don't mention it's Vista! »
digg Microsoft last week traveled to San Francisco, rounding up XP users who had negative impressions of Vista. The subjects were put on video, asked about their Vista impressions, and then shown a "new" operating system, code-named Mojave. More than 90... |
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03:59 am
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Digg's Chicago Town Hall: Pics, sub-Diggs & Tribune strategy »
digg Jay mentions Digg's developing "sub-Diggs". Kevin outdrinks Jay in chugging contest. Meet the Kevin Rose-lookalike who confused people all night long. Plus a look at the Chicago Tribune's Digg strategy. The best photos, news and links from last night's... |
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03:59 am
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Digg Lead Architect Joe Stump: How I Got Started Programming »
digg Q: "What languages have you used since you started programming?" A: "I guess that depends on what you mean by 'used'. I've written substantial lines of code in C/C++, PHP, Python, Perl, ASM, BASIC, TI-BASIC, JavaScript and BASH. I've also done quite a bit... |
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02:24 am
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Microsoft refunding gamers, Games for Windows Live goes free »
digg PC gaming wasn't a huge factor at this year's E3, but it seems that Microsoft was merely biding its time before making its big moves to try and perk up the waning PC gaming market. The company made a variety of positive announcements at the GameFest... |
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02:24 am
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The Extremely Long Odds Against the Destruction of Earth »
digg The Large Hadron Collider, also known as the world’s largest particle accelerator, is about to go online, creating black holes in its hotter-than-the-sun depths. But will these manufactured black holes swallow life as we know it, as many fear? |
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02:24 am
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16 Actors & Actresses Who Never Saw Their Last Movie [pics] »
digg Besides Heath Ledger, Tupac and Marilyn Monroe... Many other famous actors and actresses have died before actually having a chance of seeing their last work... |
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02:23 am
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The 10 Best College Mascots (Get Angry if You Disagree) »
digg I was getting nervous there, wondering if they included Ralphie the Buffalo. I was getting ready to get mad that (I'm not biased or anything) the local team of my youth was not represented. But alas, the list is legit, and I will indeed submit the... |
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02:23 am
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Obama Berlin Speech: US Foreign Service Workers Instructed N »
digg Are you a US Foreign Service worker based in Germany? If so, you have been banned from attending Senator Obama's speech in Berlin. |
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02:23 am
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Cancer Center Warns Of Cell Phone Risks »
digg The head of a prominent cancer research institute issued an unprecedented warning to his faculty and staff Wednesday: Limit cell phone use because of the possible risk of cancer |
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02:22 am
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Holy Cow. An Atheist Billboard.....How Offensive! [COMIC] »
digg Look at yourself before laying on the blame. |
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02:22 am
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McCain either LIES or is WRONG again, CBS tries to hide it! »
digg Countdown with Keith Olbermann video about an interview with the CBS evening news in which Senator John McCain gets the basic timeline and history of the surge completely wrong. This mistake or blatant lie is not in the interview that was aired because... |
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02:21 am
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The Joker Heads Back To Theaters For DC Comics Prison Film »
digg The legend surrounding Heath Ledger’s Joker is already growing at a staggering rate, with some even calling it the best villain of all-time. But given Ledger’s untimely demise earlier this year, could it possibly be the last we’ll see of the Joker ... |
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02:21 am
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Very Tall Giraffe »
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02:08 am
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UK Facebook User's Name Appropriation Draws Huge Libel Suit »
slashdot Slatterz links to a story which shows that nowadays, it's sometimes possible to find out whether someone is a dog on the Internet, excerpting: "A freelance photographer is facing a £22,000 bill after setting up a fake Facebook page that libelled a... |
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02:08 am
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How To Deal With Internet Bullies? »
slashdot creyes123 writes "I run a free website with an online model airplane design calculator. The number of registered users has quickly climbed and I've gotten many compliments. Out of nowhere, a fellow shows up and proceeds to bad mouth the calculator in a... |
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02:05 am
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The Final Days of DRM: Yahoo Music Store Closing, Will Eat Your Purchased Music (Marshall Kirkpatrick/ReadWriteWeb) »
techmeme Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
The Final Days of DRM: Yahoo Music Store Closing, Will Eat Your Purchased Music — Digital Rights Management technology is dying, it's becoming understood that hobbling tunes to enforce scarcity isn't... |
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02:05 am
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MobileBeat 2008: "Bang or Bust" panelists bullish on more open platforms (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat) »
techmeme Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
MobileBeat 2008: “Bang or Bust” panelists bullish on more open platforms — Are new platforms such as the Apple iPhone or Google's upcoming Android being overhyped? That's for certain. ... |
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02:00 am
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As Seen by the Color Blind [PICS] »
digg The Color Blind Web Page Filter, which was used in this post to demonstrate the different types of colorblindness, allows you to view what you site looks like to people with each type of color blindness. |
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02:00 am
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DRM still sucks: Yahoo Music going dark, taking keys with it »
digg The bad dream of DRM continues. Yahoo e-mailed its Yahoo! Music Store customers yesterday, tell them it will be closing for good—and the company will take its DRM license key servers offline on September 30, 2008. |
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00:03 am
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American data pimper exposes ad equation »
the register (uk) 26,000 tracked, 15 opt out
How much notice did American ISPs provide when testing NebuAd's Phorm-like behavioral ad targeter? Not as much as NebuAd CEO Bob Dykes would have you believe.… |
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00:02 am
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World's biggest ISPs drag feet on critical DNS patch »
the register (uk) BT, AT&T among those putting subscribers at risk
More than two weeks after security researchers warned of a critical defect in the net's address lookup system, some of the world's biggest internet service providers - including AT&T, BT, Time... |
Thu, Jul 24 2008
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23:22 pm
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Missouri Town Powered Fully by Wind »
digg The town of Rock Port, in Missouri, is another of the growing number of towns and cities laying claim to be powered entirely by a renewable energy. And though the small town only boasts a population of 1,300, it is the first community in the United States... |
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23:21 pm
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Sick Diving Board Backflip Catch »
digg If only Terrel Owens had half the concentration of this kid. Sick catch bro! |
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23:21 pm
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Army grad won't get NFL shot after policy change - NFL - SI. »
digg DETROIT (AP) -- Caleb Campbell will not get a chance to play for the Detroit Lions because of a change in military policy.Campbell was a seventh-round draft pick for the Lions in April. At the time, Army policy would have allowed the West Point graduate... |
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23:21 pm
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The "Erotic Machine" that Got Cut From Bladerunner's Script »
digg Today on Boing Boing tv, Boing Boing Gadgets editor Joel Johnson visits the studio of artist and futurist Syd Mead, who designed the film's dystopian look and feel. We learn about the "erotic machine" he dreamed for the replicant Zhora, a breast-shaped... |
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23:20 pm
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Chef's Dream Omelet Made From Recipe That Came in His Dreams »
digg Follow your dreams. |
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23:20 pm
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The TOP TEN biggest sporting upsets of all time »
digg From Cassius Clay to the Crazy Gang - the list of the most incredible shocks to rock the world of sport. |
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23:19 pm
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2016: “You’re Watching The Linux Channel.” »
digg July 24th, 2016. Josef Konsumer, a home-based employee and portfolio manager for ICBC/CiticorpChase, a Chinese-owned multinational investment bank, wakes up to hear his alarm clock go off at 8am, and gets out of bed, his 47-year old body aching from an... |
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23:19 pm
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GOP Insider Slams Bush & Party: Just "Phenomenal Arrogance" »
digg There is wide-spread acknowledgment, even within the party itself, that the Republican brand is currently poisonous. "There is a phenomenal arrogance like a fog that has clouded people's thinking and ability to see what is real..We have to go down in... |
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23:19 pm
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Telco won't install fiber network, sues to prevent city from »
digg A small town in Minnesota wants to build its own fiber to the home network. The local telco didn't want to do it, but it doesn't want the city competing with it, either. That means one thing: lawsuit. |
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23:18 pm
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Judge: Girl's name, Talula Does The Hula, won't do »
digg A family court judge in New Zealand has had enough with parents giving their children bizarre names here, and did something about it. |
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23:18 pm
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Origins of Cancer: Rare Mutant Cells Glimpsed »
digg MIT biological engineers have developed a new imaging system that allows them to see cells that have undergone a specific mutation. The work, which could help scientists understand how precancerous mutations arise, marks the first time researchers have... |
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23:18 pm
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Tomorrow, Dennis Kucinich will present evidence to the House »
digg Tomorrow, Friday July 25th, Dennis Kucinich will present evidence to the House Judiciary Committee on the abuse of power of the Bush Administration so Congress can decide whether to investigate impeachable offenses. |
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23:17 pm
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Cenk Uygur: Another John McCain Gaffe -- Iraq Was the First »
digg There is one more John McCain gaffe that the media missed from the now famous CBS interview with Katie Couric. |
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23:55 pm
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Microsoft to Acquire DATAllegro (Microsoft) »
techmeme Microsoft:
Microsoft to Acquire DATAllegro — Leaders in data warehousing team to provide large-scale business intelligence solutions. — Microsoft Corp. today announced that it intends to acquire DATAllegro Inc., a... |
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23:55 pm
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Apple's MobileMess - Two weeks ago, Apple launched MobileMe ... (David Pogue/New York Times) »
techmeme David Pogue / New York Times:
Apple's MobileMess — Two weeks ago, Apple launched MobileMe, the successor to its.Mac service, which costs $100 a year. Among other benefits, it can keep multiple Macs, PCs and iPhones in sync. ... |
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23:55 pm
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Hasbro Notches Triple-Word Score Against Scrabulous With 'Lawsuit' (Brad Stone/Bits) »
techmeme Brad Stone / Bits:
Hasbro Notches Triple-Word Score Against Scrabulous With ‘Lawsuit’ — UPDATED — Looking to cut down its main competition and most high profile copycat in the growing market for social... |
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23:55 pm
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The Day After: Looking At How Well Knol Pages Rank On Google (Danny Sullivan/Search Engine Land) »
techmeme Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
The Day After: Looking At How Well Knol Pages Rank On Google — We've been assured that just because content sits on Google's Knol site, it won't gain any ranking authority from being part of the Knol... |
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22:54 pm
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Cancer doctor cites 'early' data on cell phone danger »
the register (uk) Quick! Call a doct... oh damn.
The head of a leading US cancer research institute has sent out a warning to his staff to limit their cell phone use because of a risk of developing brain cancer.… |
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22:53 pm
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Poker-faced Ballmer explains Google beating plans »
the register (uk) Send in the marines
When you report annual revenue of $60bn you'd expect Wall St would give a little credit where credit's due. Not take your stock price outside and rough it up.… |
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22:53 pm
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Tory leader's stolen bicycle surfaces on eBay »
the register (uk) 'It leans oddly to the right'
Hours after Tory leader David Cameron told the world that someone had nicked his bicycle, the much-discussed two-wheeler has turned up on eBay. Or so it seems.… |
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22:51 pm
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Critiquing Claims of an Open Source Jobs Boom »
slashdot snydeq writes "InfoWorld's Bill Snyder examines what appears to be an open source job market boom, as evidenced by a recent O'Reilly Report. According to the study, 5 to 15 percent of all IT openings call for open source software skills, and with overall... |
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22:51 pm
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Hasbro Sues Makers of Scrabble-Like Scrabulous »
slashdot Dekortage writes "As today's lawsuit indicates, Hasbro has apparently had enough of Scrabulous, the online word game remarkably similar to Scrabble. Filed in New York, Hasbro's suit is against Rajat and Jayant Agarwalla, brothers from Kolkata, India, and... |
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22:51 pm
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Robocars As the Best Way Geeks Can Save the Planet »
slashdot Brad Templeton writes "I (whom you may know as EFF Chairman, founder of early dot-com Clari.Net and rec.humor.funny) have just released a new series of futurist essays on the amazing future of robot cars, coming to us thanks to the DARPA Grand Challenges.... |
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22:46 pm
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DiggDays: An Awesome Digg Timeline App »
digg Interactive timeline of the best Digg story every day since Digg was born. Search is pretty tight too, try "Dark Knight". |
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21:17 pm
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TV rabbit tells young Muslims to 'kill and eat Jews' »
digg Assud the rabbit, who vows to 'kill and eat Jews' and glorifies the maiming of 'infidels' appears on Palestinian children's show, Tomorrow's Pioneers. Religious leaders across the UK have today spoken out against the controversial show which can be viewed... |
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21:16 pm
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If Tom Brady Had A Comic Book…. [COMIC] »
digg It’s that time of the week again, our installment of our “If They Had A Comic Book…” series. This week it got a little epic. It’s 3 whole pages. With football season fast approaching, we decided to ponder what it might look like if Tom Brady g... |
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21:16 pm
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Major Supermarket Pulls Unsustainable Seafood! »
digg Giant Food just announced that they will stop selling shark, orange roughy and Chilean sea bass until their populations rebound. It's a huge victory! |
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21:16 pm
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Dan Osman Amazing Speed Climbing »
digg Dan Osmanwas an Asian American extreme sport practitioner, known for the dangerous sports of "free-soloing"and "rope jumping", for which his record was over 1000 feet / 304,8 meters. He died on November 23, 1998 at the age of 35 after his rope failed... |
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21:15 pm
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20 Features the Next iPhone Should Totally Have »
digg Are you paying attention, Apple? |
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21:15 pm
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Map Of Where 'Dark Knight' Was Filmed in Chicago »
digg Find out where 'Dark Knight' was filmed with this cool map of many of the shooting locations in and around Chicago. |
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21:15 pm
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WNBA Cat Fight »
digg Why does this not surprise me? |
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21:56 pm
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Open Web Foundation Officially Launches (Nik Cubrilovic/TechCrunch) »
techmeme Nik Cubrilovic / TechCrunch:
Open Web Foundation Officially Launches — This morning at that OSCON conference David Recordon of Six Apart will announce on stage the formation of the Open Web Foundation. The new foundation is about... |
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20:46 pm
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The Great Male Survey »
digg Who and what is "the modern man"? Read on to discover what you and your fellow men feel about dating, sexuality, lifestyle, money, and our gender in 2008 -- in short, who the modern man is. |
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20:45 pm
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Coding Creativity: 14 Ways to Learn From Creative Coders »
digg Working with code is one of the most creative jobs one can have. |
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20:45 pm
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House Passes Homeowner Rescue Bill »
digg President Drops Opposition To Law Granting Government Aid To Homeowners And Lenders. The House of Representatives passed legislation Wednesday that aims to help 400,000 strapped U.S. homeowners avoid foreclosures and prevent troubled mortgage giants... |
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20:45 pm
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Cleveland Dew Tour BMX Vert »
digg As the last two athletes to ride in the BMX vert finals, Bestwick and Chad Kagy were tied for the lead with 94.50. Bestwick, of Great Britain, executed a flawless run which included a downside tailwhip X up. |
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20:44 pm
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I Would Love to Have this Keyboard Right Now... [COMIC] »
digg Maybe somebody would actually create something like this in the future... a keyboard that doubles as a pillow and stress reliever! |
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20:44 pm
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Scientists: Food Containing Soy Will Reduce Your Sperm Count »
digg A regular diet of even modest amounts of food containing soy may halve sperm concentrations, suggest scientists. The studyfound 41 million fewer sperm per millilitre of semen after just one portion every two days. The authors said plant oestrogens in... |
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20:44 pm
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Obama Berlin Speech: See Video, Photos »
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20:02 pm
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Court defends America's right to online smut »
the register (uk) First Amendment meets Groundhog Day
Ten years after it was rubber stamped by US lawmakers, the free-speech-throttling Child Online Protection Act (COPA) remains in legal limbo, but its chances of survival took another blow this week as a federal appeals... |
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20:02 pm
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Apple is Fisher-Price of sound quality, says Neil Young »
the register (uk) The revolution will not be podcast
Over five decades Neil Young has played a variety of roles including sixties protester, folk singer, Ronald Reagan supporter, grunge rocker and film maker. Now he's donning a new hat: Apple basher.… |
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20:00 pm
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Online Colleges Could Spy On Students – By Law »
slashdot skeazer writes "Tucked away in a 1,200-page bill now in Congress is a small paragraph that could lead distance-education institutions to require spy cameras in their students' homes. It sounds Orwellian, but the paragraph — part of legislation... |
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20:00 pm
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Pittsburgh Cancer Center Warns of Cell Phone Risks »
slashdot RevWaldo contributes a link to an AP story carried by Google, according to which "The head of a prominent cancer research institute issued an unprecedented warning to his faculty and staff Wednesday: Limit cell phone use because of the possible risk of... |
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20:00 pm
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Vint Cerf Preps Interplanetary Internet Protocol »
slashdot TechFiends32 writes "After years of working with NASA to bring Internet connectivity to deep space, scientists say Vint Cerf's efforts may be nearing completion. To combat the apparent challenges of extending the Internet into space (such as meteors and... |
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20:57 pm
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Breaking: Facebook Signs Search and Advertising Deal with Microsoft (Adam Ostrow/Mashable!) »
techmeme Adam Ostrow / Mashable!:
Breaking: Facebook Signs Search and Advertising Deal with Microsoft — CNBC is reporting that Microsoft and Facebook have signed a search and advertising deal. The partnership involves integrating Microsoft... |
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20:57 pm
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New Twitter Anti-Spam Bot Causes Chaos (Sarah Perez/ReadWriteWeb) »
techmeme Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:
New Twitter Anti-Spam Bot Causes Chaos — Twitter Anti-Spam Bot Punishes Community Managers and Causes Follower Counts to Drop — Did you notice a big drop in your Twitter follower numbers... |
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19:27 pm
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Bike Jump Disaster »
digg This dude just doesnt get the speed to clear his jump and ends up slamming into the ground face first. |
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19:26 pm
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Woman Kills Herself Before Foreclosure »
digg A 53-year-old wife and mother fatally shot herself shortly after faxing a letter to her mortgage company saying that by the time they foreclosed on her house that day, she would be dead. |
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19:26 pm
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Nas Delivers Fox News Petition, Says Network Is "Scared" »
digg Nas was on a small podium in front of Fox News headquarters in New York City protesting what he sees as racist attacks against Black Americans and presidential candidate Barack Obama. |
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19:26 pm
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Raiding California: Medical Marijuana Provider Faces 100 Yrs »
digg Should medical marijuana be kept from minors at all costs? Why is it that pharmacists can dispense amphetamines without getting busted, but legal operators who dispense medical marijuana face prison time? Why do armed federal agents persist in raiding... |
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19:25 pm
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Why Are Americans So Willing To Get in Debt? »
digg Why are Americans so willing to do this to themselves? The article explains that as few as 40 years ago, we were a thrifty nation full of "savers," and that banks were focused on whether or not you could repay your loan and not the "fees" they could get... |
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19:25 pm
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Merger of XM and Sirius Appears Close to Approval »
digg The Federal Communications Commission was on the verge of approving a merger between XM and Sirius on Wednesday night, a move that would end a nearly 18-month government review of a deal that would essentially create a monopoly in satellite radio. |
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19:24 pm
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Finally, A Dating Site for Zombies! »
digg Because Even Zombies Need Post-Apocalyptic Love |
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19:24 pm
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Aqueduct Surfers »
digg This looks like the best thing to happen to surfing since Endless Summer 2. |
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19:24 pm
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Russian plans to station nuclear bombers in Cuba »
digg The story broke earlier this week, when Russian newspaper Izvestia quoted an un-named source from within the Russian military: “While they are [Bush administration] deploying the missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic, our strategic bombers wi... |
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19:23 pm
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House Republicans Fire Off Letter To New York Times »
digg In a move reminiscent of past flaps over the perception of liberal bias among mainstream media outlets, House Republicans distributed a letter on Wednesday formally "urging" The New York Times to allow a third party to take out a full-page ad featuring a... |
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19:01 pm
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Intel Unveils Powerful New System On A Chip Designs »
digg Gadi Singer, Vice President of Intel's Mobility Group, and Doug Davis, Vice President of Intel's Digital Enterprise Group, held a conference call today to discuss a brand new product line from Intel targeted at security, storage, communications, and... |
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19:01 pm
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Would a Prettier Linux Make You Switch? »
digg Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth (who we interviewed last year) announced that he's out to make Linux a better-looking operating system than Mac OS X—within two years. An ambitious goal! At O'Reilly's OSCON conference this week, Shuttleworth said: |
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18:25 pm
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Doctor Who fans told to lay off Hamlet »
the register (uk) Trekkies also unwelcome at Stratford stage door
Fans of Doctor Who and Star Trek have been told to lay off autograph hunting at the stage door of the Courtyard Theatre in Stratford, where David Tennant and Patrick Stewart are thesping it up in a Royal... |
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18:25 pm
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eBay auction fraudster jailed for four years »
the register (uk) Hammer to fall
An Oregon man who auctioned counterfeit Adobe software on eBay under a variety of false identities has been jailed for four years. Jeremiah Mondello, 23, of Eugene, Oregon, was also sentenced to a further three years on probation following... |
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18:24 pm
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Exploit code for Kaminsky DNS bug goes wild »
the register (uk) Still think threat is exaggerated?
When Dan Kaminsky disclosed a critical flaw in the net's address lookup system earlier this month, he said it was crucial internet service providers and other organizations install patches immediately. He wasn't... |
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