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Automated Master Lock Crackers Two machines designed to solve padlocks automatically. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Smart car goes all-electric! DaimlerChrysler has announced a new version of the Smart car that is 100% electric. You just plug it in to charge it. It's even quicker than the regular gas version at city speeds. It's being tested in Europe first, then it may come to the USA. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Insane College Dorm Room Prank! Twelve students at Brandeis used 600 galvanized screws to turn a unsuspecting classmate's dorm completely upside-down! A must see video! From digg on July 13, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


DiggUpdate 2.5 Released Don't miss a second of digg.com with DiggUpdate in your menu-bar. New version includes Growl Support, fade-away Digg Windows, Pause/Resume updates and more. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


First high-res photos of Apple's Nike+iPod Sport Kit Here are some pics of the new Nike+iPod wireless Sport Kit. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Former CIA operative Valerie Plame sues Cheney, Rove, and Libby Former CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson and her husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, filed suit in federal court today against Vice President Dick Cheney, his former Chief of Staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, top Presidential advisor Karl Rove and other unnamed senior White House officials, for their role in disclosing her CIA status. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


The Iraqi sniper about whom the U.S.A. doesn't want you to know. The ONE time I saw this story on U.S.A. television was on a local news station. Just try and search for it on CNN.com. The only official news sites on which it is listed are foreign. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


2.71 Full PSP Firmware Emulation Support [Devhook 0.44] on 1.50 PSP's Welcome to 2.71, oh you haven’t updated yet ;) That won’t matter anymore now with the latest release of Devhook 0.44 Booster has enabled FULL emulation of the 2.71 PSP firmware via Devhook that runs great on 1.50 PSP's. This amazing update will finally allow you to run Flash and all new features from 2.71 on your "homebrew friendly" 1.50 PSP From digg on July 13, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


NASA and the Wake-Up Tune The songs may seem frivolous, but the astronauts welcome them as moments of good cheer during their hectic assignments. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


The McLes Diet: Super Size Me debunked "Eating McDonald's for a year has not had the deleterious effect that many people predicted...after McDonald's for a year, I am thoroughly satisfied that my hypothesis has been proven: McDonald's is not the issue, it's the lack of exercise." From digg on July 13, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Intel Launches Conroe Tonight! Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Extreme, all launching tonight! 1.86GHz for $183 to 2.93GHz for $999, availability to come on July 23rd. Intel's goingn to make deep price cuts on existing processors too. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


BREAKING: US Vetoes Anti-Israel UN Resolution on Gaza Kidnapping United States vetoes resolution claiming a "disproportionate use of force." Bolton says resolution is unbalanced and ill-timed. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


RIAA loses in file sharing case The RIAA suffered a legal setback today, as a file-sharing case was dismissed and the defendant awarded attorneys fees. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Behind the Scenes: Family Guy Behind the scenes of Family Guy, the best show on TV. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Oil hits $76 as Mideast violence escalates. LONDON - Oil prices hit a new high above $76 a barrel Thursday in a market agitated by escalating violence in the Middle East, the standoff with Iran over its nuclear program and news of explosions on Nigerian pipelines. Light, sweet crude for August delivery shot up $1.35 to $76.30 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Super firewall aims to stop DDOS Computer researchers in Europe are developing a new prototype architecture for halting distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks. The Diadem Firewall deploys both hardware and software on the edge of a provider's network rather than within. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


How waving morphed into talking A study of how baboons gesture with their hands suggests gesturing may have been a precursor to human language, scientists say. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


EA announces six games for Wii, Praises the system "Once we started to experiment with Madden on Wii, there was an explosion of innovation. Everyone in the studio is energized by the creative opportunity afforded by both the hardware and controller. By reaching..." From digg on July 13, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


How To: Hack A Toyota Prius & Get 100 miles per Gallon A year and a half ago, the Monrovia, Calif., engineer hacked his Prius by replacing the battery with a lithium-ion version and adding a system that plugs into an ordinary 110-volt socket. After charging in the garage overnight, the souped-up Prius gets about ........... From digg on July 13, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Penn & Teller debunk the myth of Creationism Well-done piece on Evolution versus Creationism. Very entertaining. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Microsoft gives FREE pizza, 1000 points, and music downloads to XBOX users Just send them an email, include your gamertag, and they'll sned you a free pizza, 1000 Microsoft points (for downloading Live! Arcade games) and give you free tunes too. If you use Xbox Live, be sure to do this! It's FREE! From digg on July 13, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Muslim Teacher Blows Himself Up In Class Lesson plan goes astray as teacher in Pakistan religious school handles grenade when it goes off. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Automatically fetch iTunes album art I love iTunes and my iPod, but I'm anal and I simply cannot abide with not having album art for my imported CDs. This handy utility integrates transparently with iTunes and automatically retrieves album art from Amazon among many other things. A complete thrill. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Google Spreadsheets updated, finally poses threat to competitors The version number for Google Spreadsheet has been updated from 1.1.4b to 1.1.4d today — with it comes some new features that are now beginning to give Google a competitive edge against similar services. You can now right click in a cell to perform actions like cut/copy/paste and add borders to cells and load time has also improved. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


McCain Attacks Christian Right, Talk Show Hosts Senator John McCain sure seems like he's running for President -- but for which party? Esquire article has him saying talk radio hosts "aren't good for America" and urges people to protest the Christian right. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


super smash bros melee black hole glitch? can you believe the power of a super scope and peach's turnips put together create a black hole glitch? well four guys were able to do it on super smash bros melee? Well you better believe it its freakin awesome!!!!!! all i could say was......... WOW!!!!!!! for video watch it on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKvbVEjHU8w From digg on July 13, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Toying With Terror Alerts? In these perilous days, we must be ready to think the unthinkable. No, I don't mean the possibility of terrorist attacks. No, I'm talking about a thought that rarely forces its way into conversation: the quite reasonable suspicion that the Bush Administration orchestrates its terror alerts and arrests to goose the GOP's poll numbers. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Drupal will have an install system (and some other goods) Drupal has been criticized a lot for being "hard to install". Soon Drupal will have a new install system. Also, anyone will be able to create a distribution out of Drupal core, contributed modules, and themes. There will be a Drupal for blogger distribution, and a forum distribution is already in the works. Other features planned... From digg on July 13, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Verizon Cripples RAZR Phones Audio Ability What's the difference between a Motorola RAZR from Cingular and a Motorola RAZR from Verizon? The Verizon one doesn't let you transfer audio files to the phone via either Bluetooth or USB. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Reverend compares Ken Lay to Martin Luther King Jr, Jesus at funeral The Reverend Dr. Bill Lawson compared Lay with civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and Jesus Christ, and said his name would eventually be cleared. "He was taken out of the world right at the right time," he said. "History has a way of vindicating people who have been wronged." From digg on July 13, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Lightscribe Adding Color? The staff at TGDaily were flipping through the user's manual for one of their Lightscribe-equipped drives when they stumbled across a rather oblique mention of an upcoming color version of the current monochrome technology. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Linear Accelerator To Reveal Secrets Of Archimedes At least, that’s what scientists at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center are using to reveal works by the ancient Greek mathematician that are hidden in 1,000-year-old parchment. Most of his works were lost to history until 1906, when scholar John Ludwig Heiberg found some of Archimedes’ treatises hidden in a medieval prayer book. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Exclusive Photos of Google's Own Secret Area 51 Forget photos of baby Suri. Check out these close encounters of a Google kind in Oregon where rumor has it the Internet juggernaut is conducting a highly classified search for more extraterrestrial revenue-making products. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Hilarious clip about a guy who goes shopping with a stocking on his head Guy goes into shops and tries to buy things dressed as a robber. Check out the reactions from the staff. Priceless From digg on July 13, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Women: Science Tells if they are Hot or Not Women's brains respond to erotic images as quickly and strongly as men's. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 10:31 p.m..


Our Profession: Our Future 'Our Profession - Our Future' is a statement about professional standards from the Directors of Teaching Australia, the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership. The document sets the scene for the the teaching profession to engage in the development of national professional standards. From EdNA Online on July 13, 2006 at 10:30 p.m..


WEBIST 2007 - 3rd International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies The purpose of the 3rd International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies (WEBIST) is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested in the technological advances and business applications of web-based information systems. The conference has four main track, covering different aspects of Web Information Systems, including Internet Technology, Web Interfaces and Applications, Society, e-Communities, e-Business and, last but not least, e-Learning. WEBIST focuses on real world applications; therefore authors should highlight the benefits of Web Information From EdNA Online on July 13, 2006 at 10:30 p.m..


ICT Outlook Forum This forum provides a showcase of Australian ICT research and development. The theme for this year's forum is: 'Investing in research for your success'. From EdNA Online on July 13, 2006 at 10:30 p.m..


New Immigration Website The Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs has released its new website aimed at providing a simpler more effective way to access its information and services. The site is organised into business streams for: visa and immigration; living in Australia; managing Australia's borders; business services. Service channels are provided for client groups to access information and services specifically related to their needs. For example a student wanting to study in Australia will find all the information they need in one place. From EdNA Online on July 13, 2006 at 10:30 p.m..


Internet Job Index - Olivier This monthly index provides data on the Australian jobs market online. Both a sectoral analysis and an occupational analysis are provided. The statistical data is sourced from surveys of the online 'job boards' Seek, MyCareer and CareerOne. From EdNA Online on July 13, 2006 at 8:30 p.m..


** Break News ** Rockets hit the northern Israeli port city of Haifa Is this the beginning of a full blown war in the middle east ? From digg on July 13, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


Fox news crew shot at on Live TV while in Israel(with video) Title says it all, Full video and Transcript of Audio. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


Vlogger Charged with Civil Contempt After being excused by the Federal Grand Jury last month, the Assistant US Attorney is bringing civil contempt charges against vlogger Josh Wolf after all. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


The 9 : 9 of the Craziest Videos Every Weekday Early each weekday morning, Maria Sansone and the 9 Team scour every inch of the world wide web and find the 9 best, weirdest, and funniest photos, sites, stories, and videos on the 'net. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


New Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Concept Art IGN: "Nintendo has released a batch of new art pieces for its anticipated new Wii action adventure The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. The works showcase new characters and locations featured in the upcoming title, which is set to launch with the new console later this year." From digg on July 13, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


Silk Fibre To Help Repair Damaged Nerves Silk may be able to help repair damaged nerves, according to scientists. The UK researchers have shown how nerve cells can grow along bundles of a special fibre, which has properties similar to spider silk. They hope the silk will encourage cell re-growth across severed nerves, possibly even in damaged spinal cords. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


Empressr, A Flash PowerPoint Competitor Empressr, headquartered in New York, is the newest entrant into this space. It’s a flash-based application with rudimentary features. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


Webisodes of The Office now online As promised NBC has started offering the webisodes for The Office. As advertised, it shows the accountants ( Angela, Kevin and Oscar) discovering that money is missing from the company account and they are going to find it. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


New Trend, Skating on Invisible Boards! This is the "Invisible Board" section of the skate video "Yeah Right!" by Girl/Chocolate. The skaters were filmed skating on green boards, ...then the boards were edited out. It's definitely one of the cooler portions of an all-around awesome movie. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:31 p.m..


Weight Loss Social Networking Site SparkPeople.com starts MySpace-like feature, in an effort to jump on the social-networking site bandwagon. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:31 p.m..


Tiger's 4000 frame per second golf swing perfect form... and a nice site as well! From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:31 p.m..


The cure for "You know that song, it goes Dun Dun Duuuh..." Musiclens lets you search for music using vague criteria like how loud it is or its tempo and mood. Pretty spiffy flash interface as well. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:31 p.m..


Should we flood the air with sulphur? A soon-to-be-published paper by a Nobel laureate will seriously consider injecting sulphur into the stratosphere to combat climate change. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:31 p.m..


New Source of Multipotent Stem Cells Discovered in Human Hair Follicles Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have isolated a new source of adult stem cells that appear to have the potential to differentiate into several cell types. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:31 p.m..


Fruit genes discovery to improve flavors A vast bank of fruit genes identified by researchers in New Zealand is set to give rise to new nature-identical flavors for use by food makers. Their breakthrough will allow genetic engineers to recreate natural flavor compounds using traditional fermentation techniques, rather than having to resort to chemical synthesis or costly extracts. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:31 p.m..


Logic Game Basically you have to work your way through this trying to work out the url of the next number. I've only managed to get up to number 25....Good Luck From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:31 p.m..


Gorbachev: 'Americans Have a Severe Disease' "Americans have a severe disease -- worse than AIDS. It's called the winner's complex," The former Soviet leader had severe criticism for two of the most important people in the Bush administration: Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:31 p.m..


ASUS Releases Sleek Gaming LCD "1280x1024 native resolution, a very nice 2ms response time for optimal gaming and minimal ghosting, has three USB 2.0 ports, DVI-D, D-SUB, 1.3-megapixel webcam, microphone/headphone inputs and even an integrated 2.1-channel speaker system that includes a a fancy tube-like subwoofer on the back side." From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:31 p.m..


How to tie your shoelaces - fast! Amazingly fast way to tie your shoelaces. Why have I not been doing this all my life, I could have saved ... minutes! From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:31 p.m..


Japan Magazine compares PS3 & Wii "In the latest issue of its Otona Fami (the casual version of the Weekly Famitsu), Enterbrain has made a study on the approaching launch of the Wii and the PS3, with Nintendo's machine winning over gamers, retailers and developers." There is even a poll with women's opinions. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:31 p.m..


Online financial offers: Legitimate or Spam? Well, the answer is obviously spam; but this is still an interesting read given it's written by the Texas attorney general and he recently prosecuted and won an anti spam case. Be a good article if you wanted to send your grandma a warning she would trust. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:31 p.m..


The Sun Helps Clean the Sky We may be flooding the air with pollutants, but the 'atmospheric detergent' that mops them up is still going strong. That's because the amount of cleanser in our skies seems to depend on ultraviolet radiation coming from the Sun, rather than the amount of pollution it has to clean. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:31 p.m..


Texas Instruments, Telecom Italia join Linux phone group Texas Instruments, Telecom Italia and Chinese telecommunications company ZTE have joined the Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum, the consortium said Wednesday. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:31 p.m..


Free Linux Disks (not Ubuntu) TheLinuxStore.ca has started a new project. A project that will give away free Linux disks of your favorite distribution (SUSE, Fedora, Mandriva, Gentoo, Debian, Knoppix). Have a look, give feedback, donate to the cause, request a disk. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:31 p.m..


DVArchive Version 3.2 is available For use with replaytvs the great program dvarchive has just been updated to a new version. This new version is a long awaited update and worthy of download. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:31 p.m..


What Page Six Politics is About Like the mafia? Page Six is not the only back alley where favors are traded, mudballs are slung, and scores are settled. It is, however, the favored venue at the Post for blind items of . . . how shall we say, dubious veracity? From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:31 p.m..


Google's Click-Fraud Crackdown Google's $6 billion-a-year advertising business is at risk because it can't be sure that anyone is looking at its ads. Click fraud has become a classic security arms race. Google improves its fraud-detection tools, so the fraudsters get increasingly clever ... and the cycle continues. Meanwhile, Google is facing multiple lawsuits as a result. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


Even Shorter Sudoku Solver - In Python The current shortest Python sudoku solver program is 178 bytes long and fits on four lines with no line longer than 80 chars. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


PS3 in some deep trouble, bluray and cell not going well Apparently the cell is having some MAJOR production issues and there are DRASTIC shortages of the bluray laser diodes. The article covers 2 seperate news articles and also talks about what it could mean for the PS3 From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


Key dates in Microsoft antitrust case This is a list of the key dates in the European Union's antitrust proceedings against Microsoft Corp. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


Options for U.S. Limited As Mideast Crises Spread The Bush administration suddenly faces three rapidly expanding crises in the Middle East, but it has limited options to defuse tensions in any of them anytime soon, U.S. officials and Middle East experts say. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


Living Alone Raises Risk of Heart Attack People who live by themselves are at twice the risk of serious heart problems compared to those who have a partner. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


Why would Toyota issue a recall designed to make vehicles less safe? Toyota originally discovered the compliance issue and, in a letter to the NHTSA in July 2005, the company asked regulators to let them to ignore it as "inconsequential to safety." NHTSA denied that petition. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


College gender gap widening Women now make up 57% of college enrollment in the US and men are continuing to lose ground. At the graduate level, men make up 42% of total enrollment. Men are still the majority in MBA, non-education doctorate, law and master's of science programs, but women have made strides in several traditionally male fields. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


Amphibious 'Quadski' Hits The Waves (Pictures) Gibbs Technologies, a high-speed amphibian (HSA) technology specialist, has unveiled a prototype of what it says will be the first commercially viable high-speed amphibian quadbike/all terrain vehicle (ATV), the Quadski. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


Holographic Solar: At Least 25% More Efficient! In a recent demonstration in Japan, Holographic Solar was shown to increase the efficiency of solar cells by at least 25%. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


Donny Deutsch Shatters the Ann Coulter Myth Donny really did a number on Coulter last night. There wasn’t a talking head that would give in to her vaudevillian brand of extremism. He’s telling her that there are no liberal bogeymen. Then he gets started on her shots at the 9/11 widows. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


Incredible pictures: the moment lightning shared the sky with a rainbow When a rainbow formed in the sky people stopped and stared at the natural wonder. But then lightning sparked across the evening panorama as two of nature's most spectacular phenomenon created an unusual alliance. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


Doomsday graph 'proving' global warming: flawed! There are five potential areas of error. 1) Errors caused by environmental change in the general location of the measuring instrument. 2) Errors arising at the point of measurement, such as equipment or procedural faults. 3) Errors arising from statistical processing by GISS and CRU, such as poor station information 4) Errors arising from station From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


What do you do with 3,000 golf balls? Hilarious prank where a guy's car gets filled with tons of golf balls. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


New iPods to use OLED displays OLEDs are pretty cool displays, so this isn't such a surprise except for one thing - they're not so good outside. An MP3 player that you can't read outside? From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


Why money doesn’t bring happiness The more money you earn, the more time you are likely to spend working, commuting and doing other compulsory activities that bring little pleasure, according to an article in the June 30 issue of Science that provides a novel explanation for why money doesn’t bring happiness. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


Greatest Error Message of all time? The Register reports on what might be the coolest and most accurate error message of all time. Is this likely to start a new trend towards honesty, accuracy and openness in error messages? Sure beats "Page Not Found"! From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


A Mission to Repeal Murphy’s Law The new head of BP faces daunting challenges. BP's troubles include the worst oil spill on the North Slope of Alaska; an explosion at BP’s largest refinery, which killed 15 workers in Texas City, Tex.; the near loss of a $1 billion offshore platform; and most recently, accusations that BP traders manipulated the propane market. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


New Virus Pretends to be WGA UPDATED: A virus posing as Microsoft's controversial anti-piracy software is spreading via AOL's popular Instant Messenger network From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


File Management With Vista Explorer One of the most significant changes to Vista's interface is the new look of the Windows Explorer file management tool. Explorer has undergone much more than just cosmetic changes. It's now more intuitive and easier to use in many ways--although it may take a little getting used to for those who have become set in the ways of Windows 2000/XP. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


Debian server hacked The Debian GNU/Linux project today admitted a hacker had compromised one of its internal servers. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


Youth Crime In America DECLINING: Video Games To Blame? An 11 year decline in youth violence has led the U.S. Department of Justice to proclaim, "the offending rates for 14-17 year olds reached the lowest levels ever recorded." The lowest levels ever recorded. In other words, the PlayStation era has, in fact, produced the most non-violent kids ever. From October 2005, but it needs repeating. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 2:30 p.m..


Interesting Case: A nice man becames a paedophile because of a brain tumour "Neuroscientists are calling it “the most interesting case history in the world” and it involves a nice man who became a paedophile because he had a brain tumour." From digg on July 13, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Rhinoceros Subspecies Is Now Extinct "The West African black rhino is now feared extinct," the Switzerland-based environmental group said, and Africa's northern white rhino could soon follow. IUCN's announcement suggests a third of Africa's rhino subspecies are now effectively lost. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


How I trained myself to get up earlier in the morning Not enough hours in the day? Need to get some more time to concentrate on your work? Find out how a notoriously late riser trained himself to get up at 6am using Web 2.0 and psychology. If it works for a writer, it might work for a programmer (and, perhaps, offer a happier alternative to burning the midnight oil). From digg on July 13, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Bush's Touted Deficit Reduction to Be Reversed by 2007. The reduction of the budget deficit to $296 billion, touted by President George W. Bush in a White House ceremony yesterday, will be completely reversed by 2007. A report in today's Wall Street Journal shows that by 2007, the budget deficit will rise to $339b. The projection was offered by the White House's own Office of Management and Budget. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Federal judge strikes down Georgia's voter ID. Georgia is finding it is difficult to balance the state's interest in preventing voter fraud with the persons right to vote. Some accuse them of trying to find an easy way out since this does nothing about absentee ballots, where most of the fraud seems to be taking place. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


"One Red Paperclip" Guy Lands In Hospital After Bizarre Stapling Mishap Kyle MacDonald, the blogger who traded a single red paperclip for a two-story Canadian farmhouse, was rushed to the hospital yesterday after contracting a severe case of tetanus from a rusty staple. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Choosing baby's sex to be outlawed in UK. Sex selection of babies for non-medical reasons is set to be outlawed in the UK under Government plans for a shake-up of embryology regulation. Allowing parents to pick sex for reasons such as "balancing" the make-up of their family could be the start of a "slippery slope" to designer babies, she warned. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Online Casinos To Congress: Thanks For The Publicity! With the House of Representatives moving yesterday to try to ban online casinos in the US, you'd think that would be bad news for those casinos, many of whom admit the majority of their customers are from the US. Not so, apparently. The stock market has driven the stock of many of these online casinos up following the news of the bill being passed From digg on July 13, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Apple Launch New Retail Site The new site has larger photos, slide shows and a drop-down menu of U.S. states and flags for Canada, UK and Japan stores. The design is much less cluttered than before. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Wearable audio / video DJing "MC This is the only artist in the world who has brought visual projection from the interior to the streets, rooftops, forests and deserts in one step. MC This can project live images from 4 or more video sources, mix them, add effects to them and project them anywhere he goes on a number of unique screen surfaces." -- Great Pic. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..


Too Much Sleep May Significantly Increase Risk of Parkinson's Disease Sleeping too long could be bad for your health, new research shows. A team of scientists has found that people who sleep at least nine hours a night are almost twice as likely to develop Parkinson's disease as those who get by on six hours or less. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..


Study: Podcast Are Most Popular With Trekkies & Mac Users People who download podcasts share a distinct personality, according to an ongoing study of online behavior. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..


New Version of Quicksilver Released New to this version: Support for Droplets, Hierarchical Triggers, Preliminary support for trigger scope, Redesigned Preferences, and New Guide Pane. Get it now! From digg on July 13, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..


Little Bird helicopter flies unmanned for first time The Little Bird has achieved a major milestone in its development by flying unmanned for the first time. Soon we'll have battlefields with flocks of warbirds, all networked, armed and very dangerous ... and not a pilot in sight! Then something about skynet I think... From digg on July 13, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..


Emurse : Create and Track Your Resumes When finding your perfect career, don't leave the most important parts up to chance. Writing a great resume and keeping it up to date is essential. Getting your foot in the door requires an organized approach and maybe even a little bit of networking. Wouldn't it be swell if you could do that all from one place? From digg on July 13, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..


CNN Poll - Confidence in elected officials lowest since the 70s A CNN "QuickVote" shows that the majority of people - 89% at time of writing - have never had less confidence in their elected officials. Since I can't link directly to the poll, you can vote at http://loudobbs.com (its on the left side) but I don't know for how much longer. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..


Top 10 Drinking movies ever made. Modern Drunkard's take on the top films where alcohol plays the lead role. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..


Vishing : The New Internet Con Internet con artists are turning to an old tool — the phone — to keep tricking Web users who have learned not to click on links in unsolicited e-mails. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..


Amazing Animation Clip! A perfect clip of music and animation. One of the best music clip I have ever seen. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..


What not to do in a server room Some pretty helpful advice about what not to do with a new server room (w/pictures) From digg on July 13, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..


Amazing Photography Of Star Wars On Earth Check out these photos of Star Wars characters mixed with Parisian architecture. I like the shot of Boba Fett, it looks like he can't find his car. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..


Unreal dev says Intel graphics harmful to game industry "'We would all be better off,' if Intel exited the graphics market." - Mark Rein, VP Epic games. I suspect Epic may soon get a visit from a few Intel Bunnytroopers? Maybe game devs should focus less on pushing the latest expensive graphics hardware and more on better content? Don't blame Intel's crappy graphics for crappy games IMO. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..


Study: Americans Would Keep Their Wi-Fi Over Their iPods, Or Home Phones Survey of American adults indicates that majority would ditch their MP3 players over their wireless networks, if pressed. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 7:30 a.m..


The Golden Age of the Internet How many people realize that we're living in a golden age, the Golden Age of the Internet? It won't last; golden ages never do. We are already seeing a combination of government, carrier, and business interactions that will eventually turn the Net into a restricted and somewhat proprietary network. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 7:30 a.m..


Secure Computing's Bid for Security Secure Computing believes it can build the next $1 billion security powerhouse, one that can compete with Cisco and Symantec and growing companies like Barracuda Networks and IronPort, which are both considered near-term IPO candidates. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 7:30 a.m..


TWiT.tv redesign, at last! After months of development, the completely redesigned TWiT.tv website has launched, "After many months of hard work by Arktyp and Lullabot (and Shooby who fixed all the entries by hand) the new look TWiT.tv is up and running." This site will feature the new Dell sponsorship, and is a place where all of Leo's podcasts are now centralized. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 7:30 a.m..


Hilarious Japanese Prank If I ever had the time or money to do this, I certainly would. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 7:30 a.m..


Video: Man Attacks Clerk In Adult Toy Store "The video shows the store clerk, Sue Su, walking over to the suspect to help him in the adult section of Semo Video in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Just as she approaches him, he extends his leg in a side-kick, knocking her square in the face and onto the ground." From digg on July 13, 2006 at 7:30 a.m..


Tony Blair's top bag man arrested British Prime Minister Tony Blair's top fundraiser, Lord Levy, was arrested Wednesday in an investigation into whether Labour party leaders improperly nominated financial backers for seats in the House of Lords. The arrest could mean major political trouble for Blair, who counts Levy as a key political ally. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 7:30 a.m..


NASA Researching Lunar Homes Within 25 years, the Home and Garden Channel may need to add some new entries to its lineup, shows like Designing for the Space Suits and Moonscapers Challenge. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 7:30 a.m..


Iran going back before UN Security Council "World powers agreed Wednesday to send Iran back to the United Nations Security Council for possible punishment, saying the clerical regime has given no sign it means to negotiate seriously over its disputed nuclear program." From digg on July 13, 2006 at 7:30 a.m..


Firefox 2.0 Beta 1 Is No Slam-Dunk eWEEK Labs' tests show that Version 2.0 of the browser will be a worthy upgrade, but competitors—including Internet Explorer 7—are inching ahead. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 7:30 a.m..


Caught on Video: Two Northwest Airlines Planes Collide on Runway Read Above. From on July 13, 2006 at 6:22 a.m..


Moms Prefer Smell of Their Own Baby's Poop Mothers consistently ranked the stink of their own child's poo as less revolting than that of other babies. From on July 13, 2006 at 6:22 a.m..


China: imprisoned blogger Hao Wu freed after 140 days The sister of blogger and documentary filmmaker Hao Wu reports that he has been released by authorities in China after nearly five months in jail. From on July 13, 2006 at 6:22 a.m..


Study: 75% of women don't know how to use mobile gadgets A study concluded that 75% of women don't really know what they're doing when it comes to mobile gadgets. From on July 13, 2006 at 6:22 a.m..


Coming soon: 3-D imaging that flies 'through' and 'around' cancer Stanford University researchers demonstrated for the first time the ability to create 3-D positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) images for "fly-through" and "fly-around viewing" of cancer in the lungs and colon, according to a study in the July issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. From on July 13, 2006 at 6:22 a.m..


Bono has it wrong: More Foreign Aid Will Increase Global Poverty This myth may really rattle your brain. Lots of well-meaning people believe foreign aid will cure poverty. U2's lead singer, Bono, stops almost every concert to tell his fans that Western governments can end poverty. From on July 13, 2006 at 6:22 a.m..


Quantum Computer: Laser tweezers sort atoms Physicists of the University of Bonn have taken one more important hurdle on the path to what is known as a quantum computer: by using 'laser tweezers' they have succeeded in sorting up to seven atoms and lining them up. The researchers filmed this process and report on their breakthrough in the next issue of the prestigious journal Nature. From on July 13, 2006 at 6:22 a.m..


SC: 13/07 Microsoft issue July Windows update patches - MS Office a major focus Microsoft has issued its July 2006 updates for a number of programs and systems; the Microsoft Office software suite is a main focus of July's Patch Day In addition to Microsoft Excel, the company released MS06-038 to cover three malformed string parsing Office bugs and MS06-039 to correct two more flaws in the way Office handles PNG and GIF image files ... From MCS Safe Computing Bulletins on July 13, 2006 at 6:22 a.m..


VMWare SERVER for free! I suppose in response to Microsoft's Client version being free. Go and get it! From digg on July 13, 2006 at 5:32 a.m..


City with strictest gun control in the nation declares crime emergency Surprise, surprise. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 5:32 a.m..


Kitten born with two faces, one body (With picture) A bizarre act of nature was found in Grove City Wednesday -- a kitten was born with two faces. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 5:32 a.m..


Breaking: Senate Votes To Demolish FEMA The Senate voted 87 to 11 Tuesday night to create a new federal entity to replace the much-criticized Federal Emergency Management Agency. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 5:32 a.m..


SC: 13/07 Microsoft issues major update for Mac OSX Office system Microsoft has issued an update to its range of Office products for the Apple Macintosh ... From MCS Safe Computing Bulletins on July 13, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..


techXtra : in Engineering, Mathematics, and Computing TechXtra is a free service which helps users find articles, books, websites, the latest industry news, job announcements, technical reports, technical data, full text eprints, the latest research, teaching and learning resources and more, in engineering, mathematics and computing. TechXtra cross-searches 25 different collections relevant to engineering, mathematics and computing, including content from over 50 publishers and providers. From EdNA Online on July 13, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..


Study Reveals Schoolyard Bullying is Just Like Child Abuse The Universtiy of Western Sydney has released a study that has found the emotional scarring caused by schoolyard bullying is equivalent to the psychological damage caused by child abuse. From EdNA Online on July 13, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..


Honey We're Killing the Kids - Study Guide This is a six-part series which exposes the dangers of a high-fat, high-sugar, high-calorie diet and a lifestyle lacking in exercise. The series documents the involvement of six families in a program that, provided they remain committed to its simple principles, will allow them to change their future health. EnhanceTV have created a study guide to accompany this series, written specifically for secondary students. It provides information and suggestions for learning activities in English, Studies of Society and Environment, Health and Human Development, Health and Physical Education and Media. From EdNA Online on July 13, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..


Punch List of Best Practices for Electronic Resources This list of eleven key issues, and the best practices addressing them, deals with management of any information resource that requires a computer or other electronic device (such as a PDA) for access. It was unanimously endorsed by the membership of the Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). From EdNA Online on July 13, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..


Testing the digg API This is a test that will turn into a tutrial if it works ;-) From digg on July 13, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Confessions of an IT Pro: My Nine Biggest Professional Blunders Over the past 16 years of being paid to make computers and people work together in perfect harmony, I have collected a number of incidents that make me wince and blush in embarrassment when I think of them. The mistakes I've made fall roughly into three categories: technical, political, and career management. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Paralyzed man moves computer cursor through thought. From the article: "A Paralyzed man using a new brain sensor has been able to move a computer cursor, open e-mail and control a robotic device simply by thinking about doing it, a team of scientists said on Wednesday." From digg on July 13, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Running Linux on a Dell? Dell has some cool apps for you. Dell is slowing supporting Linux more and more. They even have a Linux on Dell resource site. You can better support your your BIOS or even upgrade it using their conversion kit from the Windows only exe to a RPM. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Feds want more HIV screening for adults! "Along with Washington's new screening program, the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to release similar guidelines this summer that would expand HIV screening to all adults in the United States" From digg on July 13, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


$900 PC is nowhere near as capable as a $299 XBox 360 console Is Intel killing PC gaming? From digg on July 13, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


How Parachute Spiders Invade New Territory By casting a thread of silk into the breeze spiders are able to ride wind currents away from danger or to parachute into new areas. Some spiders have been discovered hundreds of miles out to sea. Researchers have now found that in turbulent air the spiders’ silk moulds to the eddies of the airflow to carry them further. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Unveiling the mystery of dinosaur extinction Scientists from China, the United States, Russia, Germany and other countries say they are closer to determine the geological stratum record of the mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. The research focuses on the dividing line between Cretaceous and Tertiary periods in China's Heilongjiang Province. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Screenshot of Firefox 2.0 If you are not a Firefox beta tester here are some screenshots of the upcoming release. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Today At Sunset, New York City Turns Into Stonehenge Today, if it is clear, Manhattan will flood dramatically with sunlight just as the Sun sets precisely on the centerline of every street. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Google throws their massive weight behind the ODF office formats Google joined the ODF Alliance over the weekend, a U.S.-based lobbying group supporting the use of the OpenDocument file format (ODF). The Mountain View, Calif., search engine company officially became a member of the Washington-based ODF Alliance on Saturday. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Full-length streaming video: 'Super Size Me' If you haven't seen this great documentary, go see it now. You can watch the full-length, 100-minute award-winning film for free online. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Dude slips half a bomb past TSA workers at Houston airport To sum up, a man had half a BOMB in his bag but was still allowed to fly. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


'Pirates' beats 'Aquaman's' opening weekend record... Wait, what? MS-NBC needs to do some fact checking. An anchor for the news network reports that 'Pirates of the Carribean 2' has beat the $116 million opening weekend for James Cameron's 'Aquaman' - the fictional movie that was the story crux of seasons 2 and 3 of HBO's show 'Entourage.' From digg on July 13, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Killer Kangeroos Palaeontologists digging in northern Australia have found fossil evidence of several new species - including a "killer kangaroo". "There were meat-eating kangaroos with long fangs, and galloping kangaroos with long forearms, which could not hop." From digg on July 13, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Stephen Colbert does the Hawking Title says it all. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under the Age of 30 Youth, we've been told so many times, is wasted on the young. Not this group. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


TV Has Lowest-Rated Week Ever The 4 major networks averaged 20.8 million viewers during primetime last week, "beating" the old record of 21.5 million. NBC blames the long weekend, I blame lousy content. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Inflatable space hotel prototype set to launch An inflatable spacecraft designed to test technology for a future space hotel is being launched from Russia on Wednesday. Genesis I is one-third the size of the proposed hotel and is based on an abandoned NASA concept for an inflatable space station called TransHab. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Newspaper Drops Ann Coulter's Column The Gazette of Cedar Rapids has dropped Ann Coulter's column because of complaints from conservative readers who felt that their views were being misrepresented. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Four Second Fury You have only 4 seconds for each mini-game. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


A Million Bucks in A Month? Remi Frazier has an American dream. He took a plane to New York and launched an unlikely entrepreneurial project—to make $1 million within one month, using only a cell phone, a digital video camera, and a $100 bill. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Bill Gates is On Your Couch Internet Protocol TV gives Bill Gates another chance to claim a seat on your couch. Microsoft has been trying to integrate the TV and the PC for years -- but now phone companies are making it possible. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


The Daily Show on Net Neutrality Jon Stewart discusses Ted Stevens' views of net neutrality, and the Internet. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


The Optimus 3 is Finally Shipping Finally the Optimus 3 mini keyboard with 3 customizable OLED keys will ship on August 15th at $126 before August 1st and $160 after that. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


BREAKING NEWS - Israel attacks Beirut's airport "Israeli aircraft have fired rockets at the runways of Beirut's international airport in Lebanon, forcing its closure and the diversion of flights." From digg on July 13, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Paris Hilton Swears off Sex Celebrity partygoer Paris Hilton has stated that she will not be having sex for a year. The starlet hopes the celibacy will help her "rediscover herself." She also stated she thought one night stands were "gross." From digg on July 13, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Xbox Live Hits 60% Attach As New Details Revealed With Sony still only talking about what’s going to happen with its PlayStation online service, Microsoft took its opportunity to remind developers just how well Xbox Live is performing, as well as highlighting where it’s headed in future. From digg on July 13, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


2006 Australian School Calendar Survey As EdNA Online begin planning the 2007 calendar, feed back would be appreciated on the new look 2006 calendar. Please take a moment to answer the 7 question survey. From EdNA Online on July 13, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


LIBRES LIBRES: Library and Information Science Research Number 15 Issue 2 LIBRES is published by the Department of Media and Information, Curtin University of Technology Perth, Western Australia. In this issue: Connecting Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences Theories Through Learning Strategies: An Online Tutorial for Library Instruction. May Ying Chau; A 'Queer' Manifesto of Interventions for Libraries to 'Come Out' of the Closet! A Study of 'Queer' Youth Experiences during the Coming Out Process. Bharat Mehra; Donna Braquet; A Semantic Broadcasting Method for the Exchange of Encoded Texts between Different XML Schemas. Marios Po From EdNA Online on July 13, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


2006 Australian School Calendar Survey As EdNA Online begin planning the 2007 calendar, feed back would be appreciated on the new look 2006 calendar. Please take a moment to answer the 7 question survey. From EdNA Online on July 13, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..


Open Scholarship 2006: New Challenges for Open Access Repositories Open Scholarship 2006 is a pan-European conference which will focus on these new challenges and opportunities. In addition to tutorial sessions on advocacy and policy issues as well as functionality and sofwtare issues, OS 2006 will address key themes presented by many leading European practitioners in the field of Open Access. From EdNA Online on July 13, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..


RIAO 2007 - 8th Conference - Large-Scale Semantic Access to Content (Text, Image, Video and Sound) The RIAO conferences, organized by the Centre de Hautes Etudes Internationales d'Informatique Documentaire - C.I.D., treat robust and large-scale scientific and industrial solutions to information processing. From EdNA Online on July 13, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..


Doctoral Papers from the European Conference on Digital Libraries (ECDL 2005). Special Issue of the Bulletin of the IEEE Technical Committee on Digital Libraries (TCDL) This issue of the IEEE Technical Committee on Digital Libraries (TCDL) Bulletin brings us the papers of the Doctoral Consortium (DC) held at the 9th European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries (ECDL), in Vienna, Austria. Includes: Using Your Desktop as Personal Digital Library. Stefania Costache; Visualization and Classification of Documents: A New Probabilistic Model to Automated Text Classification. Giorgio Maria Di Nunzio; Shortcomings of the Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS). Alexander Egger; Automatic Evaluation of Migration Q From EdNA Online on July 13, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..


Functional Checklist for Digital Repositories in the Research Quality Framework (RQF) From the institutional perspective the planned introduction of a Research Quality Framework will have wide ranging ramifications for research, research administration, and research information infrastructure. This document concentrates on the likely issues for the third area, research information infrastructure. Other issues, such as the role of the research office, the formation of research groupings, institutional research strategies, etc, are out of scope for this paper. From EdNA Online on July 13, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


eClasses.Org eClasses.Org offers over 50 online instructor-led courses and 4 Web certificates. The eClasses are for both casual and professional interest in the areas of Web Design, Web Programming and eCommerce. From EdNA Online on July 13, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


Video Games are Good For You The Interactive Software Federation of Europe has taken the initiative to encourage the dialogue between the video game industry and those more familiar with its impact of their products, i.e. sociologists, child psychologists, medical and other experts. From EdNA Online on July 13, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


Dr. Vess's World Civilization Virtual Library The site is designed to be used as a supplement to course materials for history courses. It contains links to on-line museums, research databases, virtual tours of important historic sites, full text versions of many of the assigned readings as well as other readings relevant to items which appear on your outlines, and many other resources. From EdNA Online on July 13, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


Course-Related iPod Projects - Georgia College & State University (GSCU) Learning resources, using iPods as teaching tool. Some of the resources utilise the audio functions of the iPod and these 'retro' models are perfect for language and music listening lessons. Newer models are used for interdisciplinary applications that link music, art, literature, even architecture to illustrate and explain common themes. Video iPod is used for math modeling and addressing the needs of the hearing impaired through animation. From EdNA Online on July 13, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


The Nine Planets For Kids This site suitable for upper primary aged students, includes information about the Nine Planets, discussed in a simplified way. From EdNA Online on July 13, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


3rd National Licensing Forum The National Library of Australia held its 3rd National Forum to discuss the progression of the National Licensing Proposal and Australian Library access to electronic resources. From EdNA Online on July 13, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..


International Conference on Semantic Web & Digital Libraries Organized by Documentation Research & Training Centre (DRTC), Indian Statistical Institute (I.S.I.), Bangalore (India). Semantic Web has invoked much research interest and aims at efficient information representation and retrieval. The aim of semantic web is to build conceptual relations for machine interpretation that eventually will lead to efficient knowledge mapping and organization techniques. From EdNA Online on July 13, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..


TNT, Veoh wake to "Nightmares" in on-demand venture Turner Network Television is set to unveil Wednesday (July 12) the fruits of a partnership with Internet broadcasting company Veoh Networks that will deliver free movies, interviews and other content tied to TNT's upcoming anthology series "Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King" on demand. From on July 12, 2006 at 11:58 p.m..


Paralyzed man moves computer cursor through thought From the article: "A Paralyzed man using a new brain sensor has been able to move a computer cursor, open e-mail and control a robotic device simply by thinking about doing it, a team of scientists said on Wednesday." From on July 12, 2006 at 11:58 p.m..


Disney to Cut Back on Movies Even as it basks in the box office glory of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," Disney is using the opportunity to tighten its belt. They will announce within the next 10 days that it's cutting back on the number of films it makes to around 8 per year - it currently releases around 18 - and will substantially reduce its workforce. From on July 12, 2006 at 11:58 p.m..


Scientists Come up with Strange Ideas to Fight Global Warming 1 . Giant mirrors in space - The upside: The mirrors would reflect sunlight away from earth. The downside: Would cause the light from the sun to flicker. Could cost $120 billion and replacing the mirrors over time could cost 40 times more. 2 . Shoot dust or aerosols in the stratosphere... read on for more... From on July 12, 2006 at 11:58 p.m..


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