Google Checkout Reviewed

A test and review of Google's new Checkout payment service, using the 'Buy Now' button feature. Overall it seems like a solid tool, but it is missing two features that may hurt Google Checkout in the long run.

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Worrying about Flash 9 for Linux

If you haven't been reading your weekly geek-news, Adobe has released Flash 9. This platform is supposed to be bigger and better than the things we've seen from Flash 8. This is all fine and dandy, if you're a Windows or Mac user, Linux users are yet again left out.

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Learn the Linux Command Line and Shell Scripting

You have Linux installed and running. The GUI is working fine, but you are getting tired of changing your desktop themes. You keep seeing this "terminal" thing. Don't worry, we'll show you what to do.

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Ubuntu Developer Summit Paris: New alliances, new horizons

Last week, more than 60 Ubuntu developers met in Paris to plan Ubuntu's next release, codenamed Edgy Eft.

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OpenOffice.org 2.0.3: Ready For Download!

The latest version of OpenOffice.org, the free alternative to Microsoft Office, has been released.

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Google is building new facilities in Oregon (Pics)

Google is expanding by building new server facilities in The Dalles, Oregon.

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Turn your Linux web server into Fort Knox

An in depth article on how to secure your Linux web server. Who says that security is ever "easy"? It's a must-have for anybody running a web server - even if it's at home.

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Linux Make The Switch

Using video it makes it easier to show people how to install and setup Linux. Some people can't install Linux by reading a forum or a blog post on how to do it. So that's why we wanted to do this. More people should Make The Switch.

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Google File System - how Google does it

While many IT shops deal with the issues related to hundreds or thousands of users, Google regularly manages, administers and upgrades software and systems for millions of users. How do they do it? This article presents an excellent overview of the Google file system and its unique capabilities.

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Red Hat CEO Says Linux Could Become U.S. Standard

CEO Matthew Szulik predicts greater growth and innovation for open-source products, and says better education and access to information are crucial.

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Five reasons Google will invent real A.I.

"Wikipedia 3.0: The end of Google?" That's what everyone asked after a popular blog post Monday, but everyone was wrong. Because of five advantages, Google will be first to make a global artificial intelligence and a semantic web. What's more, Google already said they'll do it.

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Skype for Linux - New Beta Finally Released!

After a long, long time, the new Skype for Linux beta is in!!!

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Schools and Open Source

Schools need to save money (know any school districts so rich money doesn't matter?) and one way to do so is via Open Source Software.

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Why Google's a cooler place to work than Yahoo

A Yahoo intern's excited post about his workplace just proves that Google's even cooler.

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Google the ISP with 2^96 IPv6 addresses

Google has 79 billion billion billion IPv6 addresses, is buying up massive amounts of dark fiber, and building a massive data center. Just what is Google up to?

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"An Inconvenient Truth" Gets Five Stars For Accuracy

19 climate scientists who had seen the movie or read the book said Al Gore's movie got most of the science right.

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Google Redesigns Personal Accounts Page

While not rolled out in the US yet, Google is apparently ready to relaunch the personalized accounts page in a way that is more user-friendly to the specific accounts with Google that you may have; this French page gives a glimpse of it.

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Rumor: Apple Enterprise Products to use ZFS

With the demise of WinFS in Vista, Apple has an even greater opportunity to stick it to Redmond by incorporating the leading edge open source ZFS file system cum storage manager into the next major release (Leopard) of Mac OS X.

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Google Desktop 4 Gets Gadgets

Google on Tuesday (27th June) released the final version of Google Desktop 4, the search engine's desktop search utility and sidebar application.

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Google to create a Linux OS

It could be for wider deployments on the company's own desktops, as an alternative to Microsoft, but still for internal use only.

But it's possible Google plans to distribute it to the general public, as a free alternative to Windows.

Google has already demonstrated an interest in building it by 2007

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Google Reader - some new improvements

Google Reader have some new improvements to managing your stuff to better enable doing lots of things at once.

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Cable Guy Says Google, Yahoo Are Toast

Leo Hindery's Washington Insider Keynote at the Convergence 2.0 conference asserted that portals (Google, Yahoo etc.) are stealing money from providers (cable cos, telcos), and they will eventually be toast.

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OpenSUSE Linux Vs. Vista (Video)

"Is Linux prettier than Vista? Check out Xgl on OpenSUSE"

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Google Could've Bought MySpace (for half price)

Google could've bought MySpace for half price. They passed because they thought the could do it better on their own. Talk about a strategic blunder.

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Google Desktop has gadget contest. 1st place will get $5000!!

Google is offering $5000 to 1st place, $2000 to 2nd place and $1000 to 3rd place to write a gadget for Google Desktop as part of a contest they're holding! WOW!!

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Nokia, Vodafone & Google working together to make mobile web surfing easier

Most cell phones today have browsers, but only 19% of US mobile phone users regularly use the web on their phones. The Worldwide Web Consortium, a group backed by 30 industry players, hopes to raise that number by creating guidelines for developers to design sites hat are easy to use on cell phones, which have much smaller screens and tiny keypads.

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Sun says open-source Java possible in 'months'

A Sun Microsystems Inc. executive said Tuesday said the company is "months" away from releasing its trademark Java programming language under an open-source license.

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US Army Lists its Top 10 Inventions of 2005

The US Army recently recognized some special innovators by naming its "Top 10 inventions of 2005," a list that should be of interest to many militaries around the world.

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Go Daddy says their mistake is my problem

On or around June 10, 2006, GoDaddy of Scottsdale, Arizona allowed the fraudulent transfer of my domain PlanetSRK.com. The domain transfer, as mentioned by GoDaddy, was initiated over the phone with little or poor verification.

Now I've lost my domain, my money, and my reputation, and Go Daddy does not care (they've already got paid).

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Supercomputers are about to get a lot more super

The federal government is pushing computer scientists and engineers to greatly step up the speed and capacity of America's supercomputers.

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Survival Tip: How to Make Fire From Ice

Next time you are stuck in the Arctic wilderness and need to make fire, consider this method for making fire with ice. Be sure to check out the ice sphere, looks cool and apparently it works the best!

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How To: Hide MP3s Inside GIF Images

This page describes how to use GIF's "application extension block" to create a file that displays an image if you load it in a browser, but plays music if you load it in Winamp. Includes a demo and a server-side script that will create combo files from your uploaded GIFs and MP3s.

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How to Setup Your ubuntu Computer to be a Router

If you have two network cards in your ubuntu computer, it can be a very powerfull router with NAT, port forwarding, and even QoS so your downloads dont interfere with gaming! This howto will cover setting up Webmin which will be used to configure masquerading, DHCP, DNS servers, and port forwarding. Includes pictures for most steps!

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Mad-Cow Disease may Silently Incubate in Humans

The ultimate death toll among humans from mad-cow disease could be massively under-estimated, according to an innovative study conducted among a cannibal tribe.

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Humans 'Destroying Coastal Life'

Scientists studied 12 estuarine and coastal regions in Europe, North America and Australia from the onset of human settlement until today. Their findings, reported in Science, suggest that many of the biggest declines were seen from 1900 to 1950 and 1950 to 2000 as populations grew and industry boomed.

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Speed up the Internet in Ubuntu

Basically you disable ipV6 which apparently conflicts with ipV4, I'm no expert on the whys or hows but like I said, it worked for me.

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World's 2nd Richest Man Give Away Fortune: To Bill Gate's Foundation

Warren Buffett: The world's second richest man - who's now worth $44 billion - will start giving away 85% of his wealth in July - most of it to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Cadbury's will bury 250 tons of chocolate

The company said more than a million chocolate bars and Easter eggs recalled from shop shelves and warehouses will be buried at landfill sites across Britain.

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Cnet Benchmarks: Mac OS X, Parallels and BootCamp on 17inch MBP

This review gives everyone a fair idea how quick Mac OS X is compared to Windows XP and how quick a Paralleis virtual machine of XP is compared to both.

Interesting Read!

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Greenland's Ice Sheet Is Slip-Sliding Away

"The Greenland ice sheet, two miles thick and broad enough to blanket an area the size of Mexico, shapes the world's weather, matched in influence by only Antarctica in the Southern Hemisphere. However, massive glaciers are deteriorating twice as fast as they were five years ago. If the ice thaws entirely, sea level would rise 21 feet."

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Opera 9 vs. Firefox 1.5 - The Complete Battle

An in depth look on how Firefox 1.5 holds up to new Opera 9.

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A beginners guide to install Xgl and compiz in Ubuntu

This page details how to install Xgl on your system. On your Nvidia, Ati , and Intel

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How to Hack a $10 Digital Disposible Camera

Turn a "disposable" 10 dollar digital camera from RitzCamera, CVS, or Walgreens into one you can use over and over, just like a normal digital camera.

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Key India official endorses OpenDocument

"We are glad to note that with formation of a National ODF alliance, India too would be playing a pivotal role in spearheading the ODF revolution..."

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Zwok

I've been playing this, it's great stupid fun :) It reminds me of playing playing Scorched Earth on a 386.

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Linux Gains Ground in Wall Street Nooks, Crannies

Behind the scenes on Wall Street, who is really using Linux? Although developers remain the major practitioners, Linux is also making headway these days as a grid platform for transaction processing, a place for running algorithmic trading engines, and even as a desktop environment...

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Sony Expects to Sell 100 Million PS3s

Sony's massively successful PlayStation and PlayStation 2 consoles both sold upwards of 100 million units worldwide. But despite the PlayStation 3's steep price point, Sony's sales expectations haven't flagged at all.

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Google's Secret IPv6 Plans

According to Lightman, Google has a huge block of "slash 20" addresses exactly what is needed to be a large scale service provider.

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55 Ways to Have Fun with Google - FREE PDF BOOK DOWNLOAD

http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2006-06-22-n39.html

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Scholars decode ancient text, shake up pre-calculus history

On a lark they examined a theretofore unread section of The Method of Mechanical Theorems, which is the book's biggest claim to fame; no other copy of the work is known to exist. What they discovered made their jaws drop.

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Magnets zap migraines

Migraine sufferers might soon be able to block an imminent attack using a device that targets the brain with a powerful magnetic field.

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U.S. gov't will adopt IPv6 in 2008

"In the newest additions to the IPv6 Transition Guidance, the councilâ??s Architecture and Infrastructure Committee has provided a list of best practices and transition elements that agencies should use as they work to meet the deadline."

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How Plants Avoid Feeling the Burn from Sun

"Too much sun, for plants as well as people, can be harmful to long-term health. But to avoid the botanical equivalent of "lobster tans," plants have developed an intricate internal defense mechanism, called photoprotection, which acts like sunscreen to ward off the sun's harmful rays."

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Stephen Hawking: "Earth Could Become Like Venus"

Stephen Hawking expressed concern about global warming Wednesday even as he charmed and provoked a group of Chinese students.

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FJAX (Flash + AJAX)

Jay and Steve McDonald use a tiny bit of Flash to parse their AJAX XML instead of relying on javascript.

"try to go to the Fjax site and point to the Flash. You can't. It's not visible anywhere. That's completely different than how people are used to using Flash." ... not visible unless you have Flashblock installed.

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First review of Pioneer Blu-Ray Burner

ExtremeTech reviews the first Blu-Ray burner. Read on to see if this is the must have for your rig.

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Command line for everybody

Who says that the command line is difficult? Many users don't even try and learn it because it "looks scary". Well, the command line isn't actually that complicated. If you're curious, read on!
(And maybe let your Linux-newbie friends read on so that they don't
call you quite so often...)

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Coffee Break Brain: Study Finds Taking Breaks Helps Form Memories

"Crunch time" in our lives may mean no "break time." While some people feel like they don't have time between meetings, appointments, and chores throughout the day, researchers at the MIT say regular breaks are key to forming memories.

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55 Ways to Have Fun with Google - FREE PDF BOOK DOWNLOAD

http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2006-06-22-n39.html

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Google Minesweeper

An online Minesweeper game created by Google.

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How to Find True North Without a Compass

Which way is north? Whether you're lost in the woods or you're trying to install a sundial in your yard, you're bound to want to find true north from time to time, and chances are when the time comes you won't have a compass.

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Novell Axes CEO and CFO in the same day

Software maker Novell fired its chief executive, tapping its president to fill the post. They also announced the departure of Chief Financial Officer Joseph Tibbetts. How long do you think Novell will still be with us? Does anyone still use Novell anymore?

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UFO Hacker talks about what he found

An exclusive interview with the british hacker that accessed the NASA network in search of UFO proof talks to Wired about what he found.

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250,000 year-old handaxes in Britain

Giant flint handaxes that have been unearthed at a site at Cuxton in Kent, demonstrating that the Britons of 250,000 years ago were a good deal more sophisticated than they are sometimes given credit for.

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Can Mesh WiFi Solve The Net Neutrality Issue?

"He's betting on mesh WiFi as the answer. In fact, some of the telco supporters (the same folks who used to bash muni-WiFi) now point to such mesh WiFi efforts as proof that there is real competition already in the broadband market."

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AT&T rewrites rules: Your data isn't yours

AT&T has issued an updated privacy policy that takes effect Friday. The new policy says that AT&T -- not customers -- owns customers' confidential info and can use it "to protect its legitimate business interests, safeguard others, or respond to legal process."

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How to Install, Boot and Run Linux on a USB Flash Pen Drive!

Covering how to Install, Boot and Run Live Linux on a USB Flash Pen Drive. By installing Live Linux on a Memory Stick, you can now bring your operating system, favorites, e-mail, applications, personal settings and files with you to run on any computer that can boot from a USB Flash device. It's like having a mini personal computer in your pocket!

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Key Ballmer Adviser Leaves Microsoft

They're dropping like flies! Martin Taylor, a key adviser to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, has left the software maker.

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Ten tips for new Ubuntu users

Ubuntu has become the most popular Linux distribution for new Linux users. It's easy to install, easy to use, and usually "just works." But moving to a different operating system can be confusing, no matter how well-designed it is. Here's a list of tips that might save you some time while you're getting used to Ubuntu.

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Overwhelming majority of Americans want homes that generate own power

Eight out of ten Americans believe that homebuilders should offer solar power as an option for all new home construction, according to a new survey from the world's largest solar-cell producer, Japan's Sharp Electronics Corp.

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The Devil's Guide to Google

Here's how to become a totally evil, worm-like creature with Google's array of services in under a month:

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Make Your First Firefox Extension

Webmonkey's Paul Adams will show you how.

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Find answers in a 1-second nap

"Isaac claims that the 1-second nap will often offer up the solution to a problem you're working on in the form of a dream, citing the 1-second nap as used by Thomas Edison as an example." via lhacker.

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Researchers Get Closer-Than-Ever View of Individual Atoms

Researchers at Cornell have developed a technique to get a closer-than-ever look at individual atoms within crystal molecules -- allowing them, for the first time, to see the polarity, or physical alignment, of those constituent atoms and to get a view of the smaller atoms.

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Coming soon: Native Wi-Fi support for Linux

Devicescape, which makes Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) embedded devices software, last month released Advanced Datapath Driver for the Linux 2.6 kernel. Previously available only under proprietary terms, the driver will now be covered under the General Public License (GPL).

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Firefox Cheat Sheet

This page lists most of the basic functions Firefox has, and how to access them. Great for those who forgot how to access a certain menu, or for somebody who just switched to Firefox.

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Opera 9 Released!

Opera 9 is finally out! The new version includes bittorrent support, widgets and many other new exciting features.

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Rare "Rainbow" Spotted Over Idaho (photo)

The arc isn't a rainbow in the traditional sense it is caused by light passing through wispy, high-altitude cirrus clouds. The sight occurs only when the sun is very high in the sky (more than 58° above the horizon). The hexagonal ice crystals that make up cirrus clouds must be shaped like thick plates with their faces parallel to the ground.

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China's '08 Olympic Stadium Design Reminds Me of Something...

To some viewers, this design for the 2008 Olympic stadium to be constructed in Beijing looks like a definitive portion of the female anatomy.

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Searching for another earth

Astonishing multimedia presentation created by NASA in connection with its planned search for "another earth."

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Installing SUSE Linux 10.1 on a PowerPC Mac

SUSE and Novell have focused on x86 versions of their desktop Linux distribution. With version 10.0, PowerPC support returned to SUSE.

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Linux 2.6.17 kernel: better WiFi, faster performance

While this new kernel doesn't boast any earth-shaking additions, it does include numerous improvements to Linux for both users and developers.

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Vegetables Can Help Clear Arteries

"Although the pathways involved are uncertain, the results indicate that a diet rich in green and yellow vegetables inhibits the development of hardening of the arteries and may reduce the risk of heart disease," said Michael Adams, lead researcher from Wake Forest University.

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Nanowire Transistors Four Times Faster than Silicon

"Advances in nanowires show they can be fast enough to use as ultrasmall transistors in cheap, high-performance electronics. Researchers at Harvard University have shown that nanowire transistors can be at least four times speedier than conventional silicon devices."

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10 things you should do to protect your network against wireless devices

There's no shortage of information explaining how to create a secure wireless network, but securing your network from wireless devices can be just as important.

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Directv titanium: every channel for only $7500/year

as the site says: Every channel. Every movie. Every Pay per view. Every sport package. Every porn channel. Every HDTV channel. 10 HD DVRs. for only $7500/year! stop reading and sign up today and your first 3 months are free (not).

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'Thirst for knowledge' may be opium craving

The brain's reward for getting a concept is a shot of natural opiates

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Can you see the motion magic eye????

everyone where i work has spent the last 30mins seeing if they can or can't see the image in this picture. i can't.

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Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto Interviewed - Wii Will Create a Cultural Shift

"Nintendo won't simply be taking the same type of games you're already familiar with and giving them a new coat of paint and feature upgrade. We're looking to push boundaries and attract new admirers. Women, girls They're only the beginning. Unlike competitors, Wii's audience is much bigger than the one for a typical gaming system."

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Global Google map update!

5 minutes ago Google added many places in high resolution. Watch this out on Wikimapia!

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Functional Programming For The Rest of Us

"So what is FP? How did it come about? Is it edible? If it's as useful as its advocates claim, why isn't it being used more often in the industry? Why is it that only people with PhDs tend to use it? Most importantly, why is it so damn hard to learn?"

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AMD AM2 Overclocks 500MHz on a 340MHz Bus

As you can see above in our screenshots, we took the 4200+ processor's stock frequency of 2.2GHz and overclocked it to a very fast 2.7GHz. Now this was not simply worthy of a single boot into the OS, but rather a solid system.

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Will OS X Leopard sport a new kernel? Siracusa says it's a possibility.

John Siracusa argues why the Tiger x86 kernel is an evolutionary dead-end, and why Leopard may see an all new kernel when it is released later this year. Could it be L4?

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Evidence for Ultra-Energetic Particles in Jet from Black Hole

An international team of astronomers led by researchers at Yale has obtained key infrared observations that reveal the nature of quasar particle jets that originate just outside super-massive black holes at the center of galaxies and radiate across the spectrum from radio to X-ray wavelengths.

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Linux 2.6.17 kernel: better WiFi, faster performance

While this new kernel doesn't boast any earth-shaking additions, it does include numerous improvements to Linux for both users and developers.

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Doctors who had a taste of their own medicine.

Self-experimentation is quite controversial and generally considered unethical. We owe a lot to these mavericks who risked their health to help others. This article shows the best and worst of it from the Nobel prize winners to those left broken addicts. Some gave themselves agonizing diseases, and others died from malnutrition.

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DSL to Overtake Cable Internet by 2010

The number of households using broadband is expected to double within the next three years as DSL surges past cable Internet as the high-speed service of choice for consumers, analyst firm JupiterResearch said Monday.

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BBC: Dell and HP have Sleepless Nights Ahead

The BBC's Alfred Hermida has reviewed the MacBook, hailed the leap in power and surprising offer of typically high-end features, leaving serious competition for Dell and HP.

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Nokia Launches Five New Phones

Nokia has unveiled five new mid-range handsets including two CDMA handsets; the Nokia 6275/6275i and 2875/2875i, two GSM handsets; the Nokia 6151 and 6080, plus the Nokia 1110i.

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Nokia Launches Five New Phones

Nokia has unveiled five new mid-range handsets including two CDMA handsets; the Nokia 6275/6275i and 2875/2875i, two GSM handsets; the Nokia 6151 and 6080, plus the Nokia 1110i.

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Can Publishers Survive in an RSS Age?

Web syndication technology is a convenient and easy way to stay up on a bunch of sites you read. Easier for everyone, except maybe content publishers who rely on an advertising model that asks readers to look at ads on their front pages in return for the content.

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The COMPLETE command line list for Linux, Windows, Oracle, and MacOS

Complete list of command line tools you would need. Check it out!

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Scientists discover leukaemia trigger

Scientists here believe they have uncovered the trigger for leukaemia, a cancer of the blood that afflicts millions worldwide.This could pave the way for the design of new drugs to combat the abnormal proliferation of white blood cells and might also lead to new treatments for other types of cancers.

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InfoWorld: Novell hits a desktop home run with SLED 10

For the forthcoming SLED (Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop) 10, Novell went back to the drawing board to rethink what makes a good desktop. The result is extremely impressive... SLED 10 is hands down the most polished desktop Linux distribution I've ever used -- and that includes Ubuntu.

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The $200 Billion Broadband Scandal

"Do you have a 45 Mbps, bi-directional service to your home, paying around $40? Do you have 500+ channels and can choose any competitive service? You paid an estimated $2000 for this product even though you did not receive it and it may never be available. Do you want your money back and the companies held accountable?"

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Opera Prepares 'Serious' Desktop Browser Push

Opera Software on Tuesday will use Seattle as the venue for the launch of the next version of its desktop browser and a marketing campaign to lure more users, according to blogs that track the company's moves.

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The Portable *Everything* Player

Plays: DVD-Audio, DVD-Video, SACD, standard CD, OGG Vorbis, MP3 & WMA, Picture CDs, DivX AVIs on DVD and CD, 4+ hour playback of audio only Equalizer, Bass Management DVD FBI warnings skipping, 192khz, 24bit DAC

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Wii instant messenger named !!M, Seriously !!M

I guess it would be pronounced EEM

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Microsoft's Forgotten Monopoly: Fonts

Opera CTO Hakon Wium says the existence of a font monopoly is retarding the progress of Web browser development.

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How to speed up PDF loading with Adobe Acrobat

It took me far too many years to finally get sick of how slow Adobe Acrobat loads PDF files. It was taking between 10 and 30 seconds to load a single file. How could this be? Well, I found a solution and I highly recommend it to everyone, everywhere - it's that good.

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7.6% of all iPod owners would switch to a mac

A stunning survey reveals that 7.6% of windows users would switch to a mac, even if it couldn't run windows. That said, over 20% would switch if they could run windows.

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11 cousins give up stomachs after tests confirm rare genetic defect

Mike Slabaugh doesn't have a stomach. Neither do his 10 cousins. Growing up, they watched helplessly as a rare hereditary stomach cancer killed their grandmother and some of their parents, aunts and uncles. The choice was: risk the odds that they might not develop cancer, with a 70 percent chance they would; or have their stomachs removed.

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Bill Gates' e-mail to employees on his retirement plans

Bink has posted an email that Bill Gates sent out to all Microsoft employees and Subsidiaries.

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20 Must Have PC Maintance Downloads- Reviewed by PCWorld

Most are Free or Very Low Cost - pretest by PCWorld

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Top 10 Myths of College Funding

Top ten Myths of College Funding
College is not a luxury for anyone seeking a lucrative career; the difference in lifetime earnings between a high school graduate and a college graduate is over $1 million and climbing.

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Flickr WILL Give Commercial APIs to Zooomr, others

Flickr has come under fire recently for the perceived 'lock-in' that their API creates. Surprisingly, Flickr developer Stewart Butterfield posted in the thread on Flickr: "I actually had a change of heart and was convinced by Eric's position that we definitely should approve requests from direct competitors as long as they do the same.

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Nokia, Siemens in $31.6 billion telecom merger

European telecom makers Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG have agreed to combine their telephone equipment units in a deal valued at roughly 25 billion euros ($31.6 billion), according to a newspaper report.

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Microsoft vs. Cisco Systems: The New Clash of Tech Titans

"Both companies are dominant in their main markets. Both need new worlds to conquer. Both have seen their growth slowed. Both have embarked on new initiatives based on acquisitions."

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Jonathan Schwartz Praises Ubuntu Linux

Dapper Drake is now officially available on the Sun's UltraSPARC platform, the world's only GPL microprocessor...

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How to run full Windows XP under Ubuntu Dapper

A how to for using the QEMU virtual PC to load up a full install of Windows XP SP2 under Ubuntu Dapper.

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ReviewLinux.Com: GParted LiveCD 0.2.5-1 A Must Have Disc!

Excellent review on GParted LiveCD 0.2.5-1 ( Gnome Partition Editor ). This review works you through the process of repartitioning a WindowsXP NTFS hard drive. The LiveCD is a must have for all Linux users.

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Interactive Map of Alternative Energy Around the World

A pretty nice map by Popular Science of various alternative energies and how they are utilized around the world. Notice that most are in Europe.

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Latest cure for cancer: 500 oranges

Is mainstream medical science ignoring an inexpensive, painless, readily available cure for cancer? The government nutrition researcher has published new evidence that suggests vitamin C can work like chemotherapy - only better.

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IBM Makes AJAX Play for Open Source Collaboration

"IBM announced plans this week to contribute what it calls "key intellectual assets" to the open source community, in an effort to help companies and software developers adopt and share best practices for AJAX software development. The technology contributions will extend the code already available in the Dojo Toolkit."

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Microsoft losing its edge; will worsen with Gates Departure

Ballmer may lack the strong leadership needed to tackle the challenges facing Microsoft. "The direction they've laid out has not impressed investors," says some analyst, "We need the old Microsoft with the direction and vision they had - Gates's vision."

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Photoshop howto: Make your very own planet.

I'm going to teach you how to make a planet that looks somewhat realistic although, in the end, whether it looks realistic or not is entirely up to you and the way you play with settings.

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Proof: 'artificial' light causes breast cancer

Sleep in the dark, and you could reduce the chances of getting breast cancer. Dramatic new research shows the risks to women of artificial lights at night, in or out of bed. The research is "the first proof" of a link between artificial light at night and cancer.

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How Many Miles per Gallon Does Your CPU Get?

We might all be plenty happy to ogle over the next gigahertz revolution, but CNet recently pointed out that rating processor performance alone is becoming a useless measure. We can make the processors fast, the quesiton is, can we do it without burning through the mother board (and the electric bill).

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MicroSoft OneCare: Sleazy Protection Racket?

Depending on how you feel about Microsoft, its new Windows Live OneCare security service either amounts to a welcome helping hand or a particularly sleazy protection racket.

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How to Make Colossal Structures Look Like Toys in Photographs

In an artist's photographs, the six-acre Roman Colosseum resembles an upside-down soda cap, Las Vegas and Rome look like model-train landscapes, and an 80,000-ton boat seems as if a child could pluck it from the water.

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Very Difficult Analytical Puzzles

Can you solve these?

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Why lottos and terrorists matter

Why are we willing to fight terrorism, though statistically, terrorist attacks almost never happen; though we barely lift a finger to help save people from routine traffic accidents, backyard pool drownings, and asthma, which happen dailt?. Why people buy lottery tickets? This is both sensible and entertaining audio.

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Linux Kernel 2.6.17 released!

Linux v2.6.17 had been released. Changelog at http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.17

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Open Source Windows Clone ReactOS releases 0.3 RC1

ReactOS is a free software implementation of Microsoft Windows.

You can test it without installing by using a Live CD, or Images to be run by emulators. It already works with Software like Microsoft Office and Nero Burning Rom and games like Deus Ex and Unreal Tournament.

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Drugs firm blocks blindness cure

Company will only seek licence for medicine that costs 100 times more and is blocking access to a medicine that is cheaply and effectively saving thousands of people from going blind because it wants to launch a more expensive product on the market.

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A New Technique to Quickly Erase Hard Drives

Sometimes you need to QUICKLY erase your Hard drive. The article explains how to do it when you only have seconds, and the data needs to be 100% unrecoverable.

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Yahoo's Chinese Search Engine Found To Be Biggest Censor

The Chinese version of Yahoo Inc.'s search engine was the worst offender in censorship tests that included rivals Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.'s MSN and local competitor Baidu, an international free press advocacy group said.

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How One Spammer Got BILLIONS of Pages into Google in 3 Weeks

One Romanian company has taken spamming Google to new heights. Learn how they got over 7 billion spam-filled pages into Google in under 1 month.

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How Linux can compete with Windows Vista

At first glance, you'd think an operating system like GNU/Linux that installs in less hard drive space and requires a less-beefy computer than Windows Vista would be an automatic sales superstar. Not so! If anything, Linux needs to become more hardware-hungry in order to compete effectively with Vista.

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Hi-Res Panoramic Image of Paris

Such a beautiful City

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Animal Studies Suggest Vegetables May Reduce Hardening Of Arteries

New research suggests one reason vegetables may be so good for us a study in mice found that a mixture of five common vegetables reduced hardening of the arteries by 38 percent compared to animals eating a non-vegetable diet.

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Liquid Nitorgen + Swimming Pool = Awesome!

Ever wonder what happens when you dump a bucket of liquid nitrogen into a swimming pool?

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15 Exercises to Know A Programming Language: Part 1

The fastest way to learn a new language is to write some code. Here are 15 exercises from veteran programmer Larry O'Brian to kick start your studies.

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NewsForge: Flock beta rocks!

Flock is a "social browser" built on the Firefox code base, which integrates blogging, photo sharing with Flickr or Photobucket, "favorites" (a.k.a. bookmarks) using del.icio.us or Shadows, and other collaborative features.

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Oceans Reaching the Point of No Return

The UN has warned the world's governments that humankind's exploitation of the sea could be passing the point of no return.

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Tutorials bringing you from newbie to coding pro

I was looking for a way to learn coding (PHP, Javascript, CSS), and I found this website. Its created by Ron, the maker of "SayBox". It brings you from the ground up with extremely descriptive tutorials in many different coding subjects. Its growing quickly, and more tutorials are being added very often... give it a look and digg on!

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JavaScript Lisp Interpreter

"I wanted to get a feel for just how powerful JavaScript is as a programming language, so I sat down one evening and wrote this. It turns out that it was quite good for this application, since it is so flexible - dynamically sized arrays are used throughout, and associative arrays make the symbol table quite easy."

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Google Calendar Officially Supports Safari

This was news to me. I accessed my google calendar today to discover that Safari is now officially supported. Link goes to Overview page where Safari is listed as a supported browser.

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Why hasn't Linux made it mainstream on the desktop?

"If Linux is so much better than Windows, why hasn't it made it mainstream on the desktop?"

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Google targets GPS in-car personalized advertising

"Eric Schmidt, Google CEO, believes that when he is listening to the radio in his car, radio ads should personally address him about his needs. For example, while driving past a clothing store, a radio ad should remind Eric that he needs a pair of pants and instruct him to turn left at the upcoming clothing store."

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Gas Giants Gobbled Up Most of Their Moons

During planetary formation, rocky moons grew out of the solid material surrounding each planet. As these moons grew larger, leftover gas slowed them down, and they fell into the planet to be consumed.

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Top Ten Accidental Discoveries

Just read the title

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The dirty truth about allergies

A study that compared lab rodents with their wild counterparts could shed light on whether overly hygienic environments cause allergies and autoimmune disease.

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How to Write a Master's Thesis in Computer Science

If you are about to embark on the task of developing a Master's thesis in Computer Science, then this document may be of interest to you. The scope of this document is very narrow and deals only with certain features of thesis development that are unique to the field of Computer Science.

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All the World is a Map

A conferenace for "neogeographers," -- a generation of coders whose work is inspired by easily obtained map data, as well as the mashups made possible by Google Maps and Microsoft's Virtual Earth.

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Mac OS X 10.4.7 to deliver audio fixes, more

An update to Apple Computer's Mac OS X Tiger operating system due within a matter of days will deliver audio enhancements for several of the company's applications, AppleInsider has learned.

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How much should broadband really cost?

"My wife usually pays our bills," "But one day, when I saw how much we were paying Comcast for our cable TV and broadband, I was shocked. It was outrageous."

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New effort to spread OpenOffice.org launched in New York City

A group of grassroots activists in the OpenOffice.org community have just announced they are going to undertake a similar media campaign to the Spread Firefox campaign, starting with a free (as in beer) New York City daily newspaper called "The Metro".

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Nano simulations better than reality?

A materials scientist from Sandia National Laboratories argues that nanoscale computer simulations can actually provide more detailed info than "real" experiments.

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How to boycott the Music Industry and still enjoy music

The article offers alternatives to buying CDs and DRM infested files. Alternatives include listening and recording internet radio, audio blogs and a large list of free music download sites.

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5 Steps to a Safer Wireless Network

"Use Wi-Fi at home or the coffee shop? Your computer could be vulnerable to hackers. Here are some easy ways to stay protected."

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Becoming a father changes your brain

Becoming a father tends to change a man's outlook, but now scientists are showing it might also change his brain. This ScienCentral News video explains that new research in father mice reveals how time spent with their young benefits the brain.

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Hillary Clinton wants a White House 'privacy czar'

I am not a big Hilary fan, but I can get behind this. Senator Clinton urged creation of a "privacy bill of rights" Friday to protect people's personal data.

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Ubisoft on Wii vs. Original Xbox

"I do not have the right to speak in details of what Wii can do graphically. What one can say, it is that on the sum of all that it can do, Wii is more powerful than Xbox. But there are things which Xbox can make and which Wii cannot make."

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Cell could offer dramatic boost for scientific computing

A new paper from a group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, "The Potential of the Cell Processor Scientific Computing," explores the performance of IBM's Cell processor on some specific types of code commonly found in high-performance computing (HPC) applications.

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AOL-Netscape Launches Massive "Digg-Killer"

On Thursday, AOL's Netscape property will no longer be just another portal - it's being converted into a Digg-killer.

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Four alternative operating systems

Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, SUSE, and Linspire are making headway in the desktop market, but if you want to try something really different, you can find other, less-well-known alternative operating systems.

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Earth's heart of gold

There's enough gold buried deep within the Earth's core to cover the entire land surface of the planet to a depth of half a metre, an Australian researcher says.

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Female Brains React Surprisingly Fast to Erotic Images

Previous research indicated men are more aroused by erotic images than women, "But that was not the case."

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Standard and Poors Lifts Apple to Strong Buy

"We believe Apple can trade at 2.5 times this estimate, based on our view of its strong cash position, faster growth than peers, and its unique position to capture the digital home market"

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Why breeding White Tigers is wrong (With PICS)

Did you know that breeding White Tigers is not natural and more than 80% of the cubs die of birth defects? White Tigers can ONLY exist in captivity by continual inbreeding, such as father to daughter, brother to sister, mother to son and so forth. In several cases, the White Tiger has facial deformation and is rejected by the Zoos.

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Adobe Speaks On Microsoft PDF Battle

"Adobe has issued a statement of response to recent reports that it has been unable to agree licensing conditions with Microsoft regarding the inclusion of PDF support in a future version of Office."

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Firefox Add-On with Live Updates from the World Cup

Mozilla, along with Google/Nike-sponsored site Joga.com, have released a Firefox Extension for the World Cup that shows you notifications of goals/penalties/etc right in the browser. Great way to follow the World Cup while you're at work. GOOOOOAL!

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Google Launches U.S. Government Search

From Google's Blog: "Want to find those IRS forms to get in your taxes on time? Need to figure out where to send your DMV fees, or find the phone number for your local parks and rec department? Google U.S. Government Search launches today"

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Great Ideas That Changed Videogames Forever

An awesome list of the 20 most important gameplay ideas that changed videogames - everything from the life bar, to power-ups, to grappling hooks, to end bosses.

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Every programmer knows there is one true language: The new one every week.

A catalog maintained by Bill Kinnersley of the University of Kansas lists about 2,500 programming languages. Another survey puts the total even higher, at more than 8,500. That means we've been inventing one language a week, on average, ever since Fortran.

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The Reasons Windows Vista Keeps Getting Delayed

A blog entry from manager of developer teams at Microsoft. The author cites "the code is too complicated," "poor organizational decision-making," and "ignorant as to a proper estimation of software schedules" as just a few of the reasons the release date of Windows Vista continues to be pushed back.

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How to set up Xen 3.0 from binaries in Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake)

This tutorial contains step-by-step instructions for installing Xen 3.0 from precompiled binaries in Ubuntu Dapper Drake.

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Bill Gates Leaving Microsoft in 2 years

Bill Gates will move to the Gates Foundation full time in 2 years.

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97% of IT workers feel "traumatized" by their job

According to a survey released this month by Dublin-based consulting firm SkillSoft, 97 percent of IT professionals feel traumatized by their daily work. Indeed, 80 percent of them get tense just thinking about going to the office.

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Howto: Google 'Did you mean' to any website

I had never really thought about suggestions for search on a retail website, but the thought of traffic flow and analysis really piqued my interest level. The first thing I thought of to accomplish this was the Google-API.

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The Definitive Flock Beta 1 Review

Paul Stamatiou reviews the latest beta from Flock and even shows a few screencasts of nifty features. It's definitely something worth checking out.

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How To Make Digital Photos Look Like Lomo Photography

The Lomo is a poorly made Russian camera that takes pictures with an interesting style. In the 1990s a cult following developed and hasn't stopped since. Here's how to create a Lomo-like effect using Photoshop.

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New glacier theory on Stonehenge

A geology team has contradicted claims that bluestones were dug by Bronze Age man from a west Wales quarry and carried 240 miles to build Stonehenge. In a new twist, Open University geologists say the stones were in fact moved to Salisbury Plain by glaciers.

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An Inside View From a Google Employee

Here are the main points from an interview with what seems to be the guy who took over the Google Calculator project as his current 20% project His nickame is ZorbaThut and he's been programming for 17 years.

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The New Fuel That Will Shape the Future

If, hypothetically, all U.S. cars ran on 100 percent corn-based ethanol, and if one Ivy League professor's analysis is correct, then 97 percent of the entire country's land area -- including real estate now occupied by cities -- would be needed to grow corn.

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New Firefox Extension Packs All Your Extensions Into One .xpi File!

The Firefox Extension Backup Extension lets you backup all of your extensions, themes, bookmarks, preferences...and the Compact Library Extension Organizer bundles everything into a single .xpi file that you can install on any installation of Firefox.

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New Firefox Extension Packs All Your Extensions Into One .xpi File!

The Firefox Extension Backup Extension lets you backup all of your extensions, themes, bookmarks, preferences...and the Compact Library Extension Organizer bundles everything into a single .xpi file that you can install on any installation of Firefox.

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New Firefox Extension Packs All Your Extensions Into One .xpi File!

The Firefox Extension Backup Extension lets you backup all of your extensions, themes, bookmarks, preferences...and the Compact Library Extension Organizer bundles everything into a single .xpi file that you can install on any installation of Firefox.

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New Firefox Extension Packs All Your Extensions Into One .xpi File!

The Firefox Extension Backup Extension lets you backup all of your extensions, themes, bookmarks, preferences...and the Compact Library Extension Organizer bundles everything into a single .xpi file that you can install on any installation of Firefox.

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This Is Your Brain Online

How Video Games, Multitasking And Blogging Are Shaping The GenTech Brain.

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Open Source Shooter Nexuiz at version 2.0

The best open source shooter has been released at version 2.0. Many improvements have been made, specialy performance and netcode. But also the visuals have improved. All in all, best open source shooter ever.

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Picasa Web Album launched

The title says it all. Google launched their Picasa Web Album. Looks very neat.

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How To Get Full Multimedia Support in Ubuntu

This gives Ubuntu desktop users the guidance to enable full multimedia support and playback of popular media codecs and technologies in just 3 steps. Covered: DVD (CSS) movie playback support, OGG / THEORA / AAC / MP3 / WMA / WMV/ DIVX / XVID / MPEG-1/2/4 / QuickTime support, Skype, Flash, RealPlayer, JAVA, and more.

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Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sleep (But Were Afraid To Ask)

Written by a chronobiologist, this is a detailed guide to human sleep cycles, how to alter them, what they are...

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Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess a Worthy Follow-Up to Ocarina of Time

GameDaily's Robert Workman gives us a preview of Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess due this fall on both GameCube and Wii. The article talks mostly about how the Wii-mote provides different gameplay over the GameCube, a few comments on possible graphic differences and how Nintendo stays true to its roots with classic Zelda sounds.

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Now you can shop around for Linux distros before installing

OSvids.com, a new site launched last week, is a twist on the traditional Linux screenshot gallery. It provides video views of dozens of distributions, giving potential Linux users a glimpse of open source desktops in action.

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BBC News introduces realtime 'What's popular now' stats feature!

BBC News has introduced a new feature that allows you to see in real-time which stories are most popular with readers, and levels of traffic from across the globe. I want to see more of this on other sites! Link to actual traffic monitor is: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/live_stats/html/map.stm

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Race Is On for Next Generation of Nuclear Weapons

Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico are locked in an intense competition with rivals at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the San Francisco Bay Area to design the nation's first new nuclear bomb in two decades.

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Linux: Reverse Engineering Wireless Drivers

"Following Andrew Morton interview's overview of what will likely be merged into the 2.6.18 kernel story, several developers discussed the legality of the ACX1xx wireless driver."

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*Analyst: Apple Mac market share primed to explode*

"Apple's move to Intel processors and its development of Boot Camp could triple its market share in the home markets, according to Needham & Co analyst Charles Wolf."

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Google Earth & Warcraft 3 running on a Multi-User Table Top Display

Very cool video of Google Earth and Warcraft 3 running on a large multi-user table top display

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Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" 45-degree lean explained

For those who've always wondered how it was done....
"Discover the secret behind the 45 degree lean in the Smooth Criminal video and in the live performance. Michael Jackson and two of his costume designers obtained a US patent (US5255452) in 1993 on "Methods and Means for Creating Anti Gravity Illusion".

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As DVD Sales Slow, Hollywood Hunts for a New Cash Cow

"After more than half a decade as Hollywood's savior, the DVD is looking a little tired and the movie studios, for once, are having trouble coming up with a sequel."

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Archaeologists find port linking trade between ancient Rome and India

Archaeologists working on India's south-west coast believe they may have solved the mystery of the location of a major port which was key to trade between India and the Roman Empire - Muziris, in the modern-day state of Kerala.

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Washington Net Neutrality Reporting Full of Lies

Two separate editorials from DC newspapers both oppose net neutrality efforts -- and yet, both seem to be filled with outright lies or misleading half-truths.

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Toyota launches hybrid minivan in Japan

The 7-seat minivan gets 47 mpg US in the Japanese test and exceeds Japanese fuel economy standards for 2010. Can be had in 4x4 with two electric motors of 105 kilowatts and 50 kilowatts. Stars around $31k.

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PS3 to support free online gaming, and Sony plans e-distribution service

Sony's online gaming service will likely feature free online play, according to comments from SCE president Ken Kutaragi. Article also talks briefly about Sony's content distribution plans.

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Wine Doors opens Windows under Linux

Like WineTools, Wine Doors is designed to user-friendlify your Wine installation -- setting up phony Windows drives, adding Windows applications, and so on. The goal is to let users manage their Wine-based apps with point-and-click ease.

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Flock Launches Public Beta

Today at 3 pm PST they are releasing their first public beta version, available for Windows, Mac and Linux machines.

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The Best Games Never Published

TwitchGuru explores the video game industry's development hell to find the greatest games never published.

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Google Upgrades Mapping Products With Developer Tools

Google rolls several updates to its mapping product suite, including better imagery and new tools for developers who want to embed the applications in Web sites.

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15 Exercises for Learning a new Programming Language

Prashant N Mhatre has a working knowledge of several programming languages but job demands to learn a new language frequently in a short time. Prashant shares 15 exercises to master languages quickly.

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Apple's MacBook Leaves Its Predecessors in the Dust

Washington Post smiles on the new MacBook

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Red Hat CEO Szulik Outlines Future Plans

Matthew Szulik talks about the firm's latest initiatives and future directions.

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Screen grab! 0.7 Firefox Extension - saves entire webpages as images

Screengrab saves entire webpages as images.

Just install it, make sure Java is configured (Java absolutely necessary), and right-click on a page.

You can save the entire page as an image (it scrolls around the page taking shots and stitches it together), just the visible portion, or the browser window.

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Genes Governing Cell "Immortality" Discovered

Embryonic stem cells differ from other cells in the body. They can divide seemingly endlessly; they do not perform a specialized function; and, ultimately, they can become any other type of cell. How they do this remains a mystery, but new research has uncovered some of the genes that allow these cells to renew themselves.

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AOL to Open AIM SDK to Linux, Mac and Pocket PC

AOL opens AIM up to Linux, Mac and Pocket PC developers and adds support for location-based services and PC-to-PC voice calls.

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20 most polluted cities in the world

16 of them are in China. #1 is Linfen City in Shanxi Province, China. "The whole city smells and is covered in smoke."

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The Best Buildings of the Year

The 11 projects recognized with this year's AIA Honor Awards for Architecture include several museums, as might be expected given the undiminished power of museum mania. But there are also an equal number of libraries and government buildings, a happy sign that municipal agencies are increasingly respectful of good design.

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US looks to Asia to boost grades in math, science

US schools are considering emulating math and science teaching systems in Asia that produce better results, amid concerns over a drop in performance of American students in the two key subjects.

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Running any Linux in Windows without a CD-ROM (for free)

If you are afraid of installing Linux in your hard drive, here you have an article on how to run any version of Linux inside windows without using a CD ROM and with only freeware. Using Easyvmx, VMWare player and a Linux ISO file.

I am happily trying Aurox, Slax, Ubuntu 6.06 and Kubuntu 6.06 right now .... :)

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Goodbye eBay, here comes GBuy

It is yet another small step for Google, on its road to world domination. Welcome to our new overlord.

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Top 10 Coolest Travel Gadgets

Whether your travelling for business or leisure, these gadgets should help make your life easier. Tech Blog lists their top ten coolest travel gadgets.

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Meet the Man who's working to kill Net Neutrality - and is winning

As Verizon Communications' executive vice president for public affairs, policy and communications, Tauke has spent the last few months embroiled in a fiery debate over Net neutrality. And he's winning. The US House of Representatives definitively rejected extensive Net neutrality regulations in a 269-152 vote.

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AMD Plans Major CPU Price Drops Day After "Conroe"

AMD will drastically cut prices on its desktop processors after the July 23rd release of Intel's Core 2 Duo Conroe processors.

* AMD Athlon 64 price cuts will receive price cut up to 30%
* AMD Athlon 64 X2 will receive price cuts up to 50%
* AMD Sempron processors will receive price cuts up to 15%

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Google Earth for Linux (beta) Released!

Title says it all.

Direct Download link:
http://dl.google.com/earth/GE4/GoogleEarthLinux.bin

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What Frequencies can 'you' hear?

Test your hearing with different frequencies of the same noise at the same volume. I can hear up to 19,000. How bout you?

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Why fast foods are bad, even in moderation

Monkeys fed a diet rich in trans-fats a commonly found in fast foods' grew bigger bellies than those fed a diet rich in unsaturated fats, but containing the same overall number of calories. They also developed signs of insulin resistance, which is an early indicator of diabetes.

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DNA students shocked to learn their ethnicity is not what they thought

Ever wondered who your ancestors really are? Or, more importantly, are you really from the background that you think you're from? On Saturday, 65 people got some surprising answers using the latest DNA technology at a workshop at the College of Alameda.

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All-in-One LCDs with removable PC

These LCDs will ship in 32, 37, and 42-inch models and feature an on-board analog TV tuner and removable PC running a Celeron M, up to 1GB of RAM, and 100GB of disk.

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Anti-Aging Molecule Discovered

South Korean scientists claim to have created a "cellular fountain of youth." It is claimed that the newly-synthesized molecule, named CGK733, can even make cells younger.

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Coffee reduces risk of cirrhosis from too much alcohol

Coffee may counteract alcohol's poisonous effects on the liver and help prevent cirrhosis, researchers say. In a study of more than 125,000 people, one cup of coffee per day cut the risk of alcoholic cirrhosis by 20 percent. Four cups per day reduced the risk by 80 percent.

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Revamping the Web Browser

"Surfing the Web has meant using much the same technology for years. Now startups are working on new ways to navigate the Net."

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Google releases SketchUp for Mac OS X

Google has also kicked out a Mac OS X version of their recently-purchased SketchUp, a 3D modeling app for the masses.

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PS2 Outselling Xbox 360 in the US

If you haven't looked at sales numbers for consoles in the US, you may be in for a surprise. Meet Sony's confidence in context.

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Sony: "PC Dead, Nintendo For Kids, We Innovate"

Sony execs Richard Brunois and Phil Harrison claim the PC is dead, long live the PS3. As well, they claim that Nintendo is essentially for kids and they are the true innovators.

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There's a new OS on the block - HelenOS

It's called HelenOS, and it's based on the SPARTAN kernel, licensed under the BSD license, and they've just released version 0.2.0.

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Back to the Mainframe

They'll obviously never replace PC's and distributed computing.. but it appears there's still a niche for the big iron. IBM introduces the z9 series business class mainframe.

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Best Firefox Extensions volume 1-3 by c-net

Three volumes of best firefox extensions by cnet

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Denmark, Norway and Sweden Pressure Apple to Open up iTunes!

First France, now Denmark, Norway and Sweden plan to force Apple to break the exclusive link between its iPod music players and online iTunes store. The three Scandinavian countries have decided to take iTunes to their respective government mediators, or ombudsmen.

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What is Everyone in the World Doing Right Now?

A simple web site for seeing what the world is doing at this very instant. Simply enter what you're doing, and it will show up.

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AMD vs. Intel: Which Chip Offers More Bang for Your Buck in Gaming PCs?

All of these technical comparisons are well and good, but they don't answer the fundamental question: which chip is best for computer gaming systems? Though they continue to use the 90 nm core process for the time being, AMD processors still represent the best bang for your buck.

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Dreamcast Modding FAQ (very complete)

A very well compiled FAQ of almost everything to do with modifying the Sega Dreamcast.

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Researchers Find Gene Linked To Asthma

Danish scientists say they have found a gene with a direct link to asthma. "What makes our find so special is that we found an individual immunological gene that seems to be directly connected to the risk of developing asthma."

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Digg: Soon, Not Just for Geeks Anymore

Digg, the collaborative tech news site, will soon branch out beyond geekdom.

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Web cams found with Google

These web cams were found automatically through a variety of clever search techniques. Their owners might or might not have intended for them to be public. But they obviously are. Many of them are security cameras in companies or semi-public places.1325 Web cams Currently.

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Shuttleworth on Red Hat, HBD, Impi and Gnome v. KDE

Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth speaks with The 451 Group on the different approaches and business models of Canonical and Red Hat. "By acknowledging that we are part of a broader community, we get a lot more willingness from people who want to join that community and jump in and contribute their ideas and their work."

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Ubuntu Dapper Drake - Video Demonstrating Xgl

Video showing the awesome capabilities of Xgl, the X-server architecture supported by Novell.

Unfortunately not very high quality.

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Free 24 hrs Linux Techsupport !

Qunu empowers people to help others with tech support. It's different from other sites you've already heard of because it uses instant messaging to make the support real time. Qunu is your problem solved, instantly.

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Some Interesting Linux WebSites !!

Checkout this some interesting useful and less known webSites about Linux

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Rising Sea Levels

Chart shows mean sea levels for 1993 - 2005. During that period sea level rose, on average, 3 millimeters (0.1 inches) per year. Researchers attributed about half of that increase to melting ice and the other half to thermal expansion as the ocean absorbs excess energy.

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