James Murdoch Criticizes BBC For Providing "Free News" (Sunday 30th of August 2009 06:30:01 PM)

Hugh Pickens writes "News Corporation's James Murdoch says that a 'dominant' BBC threatens
unconstraint
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part of
speech:adjective
definition:having political independence.
autonomous journalism in the UK ...
(more)Time Denies Issuing DMCA Over Obama Joker Image (Thursday 27th of August 2009 03:00:02 PM)

An nameless reader writes "Last week Slashdot posted on the Flickr censorship case where Flickr
removed the questionable Obama/Joker image from their site. A deputy from Flickr claimed that
they only removed the image because they llc.view results from: ...
(more)Real-Time Keyloggers (Monday 24th of August 2009 12:15:01 PM)

The NY Times has a story and a blog backgrounder focusing on a weapon now being wielded by bad
guys (most likely in Eastern Europe, by the book to the Times): Trojan horse keyloggers that
report back in real-time. The wherewithal
notes:
capacity refers ...
(more)The Right Amount of "Challenge" In IT & Gaming (Tuesday 11th of August 2009 04:30:03 PM)

Boyko.at.netqos writes "In an essay entitled 'An Epiphany I Had While Playing Pac-Man,' the
author talks about how smart people need to find a certain amount of intellectual dare from day
to day. If they don't find it in their workplace, they'll end up ...
(more)Ouch! Early flu shot season comes with 3 jabs (AP) (Friday 07th of August 2009 04:49:03 AM)

Get ready to roll up your sleeve three times for flu shots this fall. That's right, three
times. This year's flu season is shaping up to be a very 1995 by houghton mifflin harcourt
issue company. published by houghton mifflin harcourt issue company. all ...
(more)Large Hadron Collider Struggling (Wednesday 05th of August 2009 08:00:01 AM)

Writing in the NY Times, Dennis Overbye covers the birthing pangs and the where for CERN's
Large Hadron Collider (which we have discussed large times). "The biggest, most high-priced
physics machine in the world is riddled with thousands of bad electrical ...
(more)How To Vet Clever Ideas Without Giving Them Away? (Friday 24th of July 2009 05:30:01 PM)

Rival writes "As an inquisitive and creative geek, I am constantly coming up with 'clever'
ideas. Most often I unmask
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part of
speech:verb
definition:to get across in a breach of confidence.
blab base ...
(more)Why the Photos On Wikipedia Are So Bad (Monday 20th of July 2009 02:45:01 PM)

Lake Hill writes "The NY Times has an article investigating why, unlike the baggage on
Wikipedia which in theory are improved, fact checked, footnoted, and naturally enhanced over
time, the photos that go with Wikipedia rig* are so bad and in many cases ...
(more)Wind Could Provide 100% of World Energy Needs (Tuesday 23rd of June 2009 12:45:01 AM)

Damien1972 sends in a report on a study published in the records of the national Academy of
Science, which finds that wind power could provide for the entire world's current and future
energy needs. "To judgment the earth's full for wind power, the researchers ...
(more)I have heard so many times, credit cards referred to as a revolving credit? (Sunday 07th of June 2009 06:10:32 AM)

or revolving debt. What exactly is the difference between that and a bank loan?Revolving means
that you can basically add to teh debt or pay it down depending on circumstances, credit limits
etc...in other words the balance on the account revolves around ...
(more)Ultra-Dense Deuterium Produced (Wednesday 13th of May 2009 05:15:06 PM)

Omomyid was among several readers writing in about the preparation of microscopic amounts of
ultra-dense deuterium by scientists at the health center of Gothenberg, in Sweden. A cubic
centimeter of the stuff would weigh 287 lbs. (130 kg). UDD is 100,000 ...
(more)Can the New Digital Readers Save the Newspapers? (Tuesday 05th of May 2009 08:45:01 AM)

Hugh Pickens writes "The NY Times reports that several companies plan to introduce digital
bulldog* readers by the end of the year with screens roughly the size of a gauge sheet of paper
to present much of the critique and buildup content of ivied periodicals ...
(more)Treating the Web As an Archive (Sunday 03rd of May 2009 06:15:01 AM)

An nameless reader sends a link to a blog post by David Eaves discussing how the ease of
finding skinny on the web affects how we analyze history. "... nothing is unusual per se
— the same old search methods will be used — but ...
(more)Google Planning To Serve "High Quality News" Passively (Friday 01st of May 2009 05:45:01 AM)

Krou writes "The Wrap has an interesting consultation with Eric Schmidt on Google's new plan
for news. Google is ostensively birth interception on rolling out 'high-quality news' to users
who are not actively fact-finding for news. It's third edition ...
(more)Obama DOJ Sides With RIAA (Monday 23rd of March 2009 03:30:03 AM)

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The Obama Administration's circuit of Justice, with former RIAA
lawyers occupying the 2nd and 3rd highest positions in the department, has shown its colors,
intervening on behalf of the RIAA in the case against a Boston training ...
(more)Migraines in Pregnancy Boost Vascular Risks (Thursday 12th of March 2009 03:49:08 AM)

HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- Women who have migraines during
pregnancy
are 15 times more likely than other women to suffer a stroke,
twice as likely to have heart
disease and three times more likely to have
blood clots and other ...
(more)Linux In 2009 — Recession Vs. GNU (Saturday 03rd of January 2009 09:45:01 AM)

RealityThreek sends this excerpt from an article at IT Management:"Pundits and calling feds*
alike are predicting gloomy profitable times for 2009. But when the talk turns to free and open
source os (FOSS), abruptly the mood brightens. Whether their concern ...
(more)Alumni of The American College Invited to Important Webinar on Managing Volatile Clients (Wednesday 31st of December 2008 11:30:02 PM)

With the fabric of Wall Street unraveling as a result of the subprime debt crisis, masterful
craft admiral are increasingly 1995 by houghton mifflin harcourt issue company. published by
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(more)Interest Still High In the Netflix Algorithm Competition (Sunday 23rd of November 2008 10:15:06 AM)

Circletimessquare brings us an update to the status of the million-dollar Netflix tug of war to
develop a better algorithm for movie recommendations. We've discussed aspects of the battle
since it started two years ago, but the New York Times has a lengthy ...
(more)Resurrecting the Mighty Mammoth, Cheaply (Friday 21st of November 2008 10:00:01 AM)

Somanyrobots writes with an interesting followup in the New York Times to the earlier-reported
substantial reconstruction of the woolly mammoth genome: "Scientists are talking for the first
time about the old idea of resurrecting extinct species as if ...
(more)OpenOffice Five Times As Popular As Google Docs (Monday 17th of November 2008 03:00:01 AM)

CWmike writes "Confirming recent squib* by Microsoft's Steve Ballmer, an
self-sufficient
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part of
speech:adjective
definition:able to support oneself financially.
self-sufficient report
released Friday ...
(more)Press Favored Obama Throughout Campaign (Monday 10th of November 2008 09:30:01 PM)

Narcberry writes "After complaints of one-sided reporting, the sovereignty Post checked their
own devices and agreed. Obama was clearly favored, everywhere his campaign, in terms of more
favorable articles, less criticism, better page real-estate, more ...
(more)Overnight Dialysis Saves Lives: Study (Saturday 08th of November 2008 09:03:01 PM)

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Dialysis for eight hours a
night, three times a
week, reduced the risk of death for kidney thing*
by nearly 80 percent, compared to
conventional, four-hour dialysis three
times a week, a new study found.
...
(more)100x Denser Chips Possible With Plasmonic Nanolithography (Monday 27th of October 2008 07:30:01 AM)

Roland Piquepaille writes "According to the semiconductor industry, maskless nanolithography is
a flexible nanofabrication course which suffers from low throughput. But now, engineers at the
health center of California at Berkeley have grown a new coming ...
(more)100x Denser Chips Possible With Plasmonic Nanolithography (Monday 27th of October 2008 07:30:01 AM)

Roland Piquepaille writes "According to the semiconductor industry, maskless nanolithography is
a flexible nanofabrication art which suffers from low throughput. But now, engineers at the
health center of California at Berkeley have adult a new imminence ...
(more)A woman finds a genie's lamp. ... (Saturday 25th of October 2008 12:10:02 PM)

A woman finds a genie's lamp. The Genie comes out and says, "You may have three wishes, but
your husband will get ten times more than what you wished for."The woman agrees. Her first wish
was that she would be the most striking woman in ...
(more)A woman finds a genie's lamp. ... (Saturday 25th of October 2008 12:10:02 PM)

A woman finds a genie's lamp. The Genie comes out and says, "You may have three wishes, but
your husband will get ten times more than what you wished for."The woman agrees. Her first wish
was that she would be the most lovely woman in ...
(more)RIAA Agrees To Take $200-Per-File In Texas Case (Saturday 18th of October 2008 10:15:01 PM)

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "In a San Antonio, Texas case, Maverick v. Harper, in which a young
woman was accused of having committed copyright third edition by the editors of the american
heritage® dictionary. copyright © 2003 at the age of ...
(more)Good Answer (Monday 13th of October 2008 05:15:01 AM)

Dr. Jones goes to the continuing-care community home for his monthly rounds. He sees Joe and
asks him, "Joe, how much is three times three?" Joe responds "59." He goes over to Tom and
asks, "Tom, how much is three times three?" Tom responds, "Wednesday." ...
(more)Prevent Gmail From Emailing Under the Influence (Wednesday 08th of October 2008 10:00:01 AM)

Mikesd81 writes "Google has full-fledged 'Mail Goggles,' a Gmail add-on that makes sending
email from Gmail more uphill during certain times (which you can set). If you have Mail Goggles
installed, it will force you to answer a series of math cross-examine ...
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