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Saudi promises to take language promoting intolerance out of textbooks. Ambassador John Hanford said Saudi Arabia is already making sincere progress in cleansing its textbooks from bigoted references. He said that they have not removed all objectionable material, and that they plan to complete a comprehensive review within the next two years. From on July 21, 2006 at 10:18 p.m..


Linux Printer Compatibility Database A database of printers compatible with Linux operating systems. From on July 21, 2006 at 10:18 p.m..


Germany seeks EU ban on stem-cell research funding. Germany is trying to rally countries that have reservations on the stem cell research funding. Poland, Austria, Slovakia, Luxembourg, Malta and Slovenia have expressed concerns. They are also trying to convince Italy. Finland has proposed restrictions on reproductive cloning that could limit some stem cell research. From on July 21, 2006 at 10:18 p.m..


The 5-in-1 network admin's cable Do you find yourself toting several of these cables everywhere you go? Do you often wish you had brought a different cable with you after you have arrived on-site? There is nothing worse than showing up for an on-site visit without the correct cable you need for a job. So what is a network admin to do, carry around several bulky cables everywhere? From on July 21, 2006 at 10:18 p.m..


" I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that. " Maybe it can. This week saw the release of the first speech recognition software capable of handling continuous speech without the user having to train it in advance, namely Nuance's Dragon Naturally Speaking (DNS) version 9. it is better and better software algorithms and language models, for example software can now learn on the fly. From on July 21, 2006 at 10:18 p.m..


How big media is wooing the MySpace set "The company (StreetWise) organizes groups of teens and young adults to promote films, music and video games through a variety of means. Some StreetWise members post messages on popular social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook" "StreetWise has 70,000 registered members." From on July 21, 2006 at 10:18 p.m..


An Americans guide to English Premier League` Enjoy. From on July 21, 2006 at 10:18 p.m..


Awesome 4-rooms-in-one house!!! (Pics) a house designed by Luigi Colani has the ability to rotate the center pylon of the house. This reveals a new room each time it is rotated. Very cool. From on July 21, 2006 at 10:18 p.m..


Vince Carter dunks OVER 7'2 Weis at the 2000 Olympics. The best dunk ever, hands down. Vince Carter dunks over 7'2 Weis at the 2000 Olympics. This is so good, the first time I saw it, I pooed myself a little. From on July 21, 2006 at 10:18 p.m..


Get Your Music on Your 770 Nokia Wite the Oboe Applet from MP3tones, you can take all or your music with you. From on July 21, 2006 at 10:18 p.m..


Israel Massing Troops on Lebanese Border "Israel massed tanks and troops on the border Friday and warned civilians to flee Hezbollah-controlled southern Lebanon as it prepared for a likely ground invasion to set up a deep buffer zone." From on July 21, 2006 at 10:18 p.m..


Spore Lives Up to the Hype "Will Wright does not do things by halves. That's just as well, since with Spore, he will attempt to outdo The Sims, now officially the biggest-selling game of all time. Next Generation had a unique chance to get some hands-on Spore action, so we can offer some insight." From on July 21, 2006 at 10:18 p.m..


The NFL's Top 5 Backup Quarterbacks OK, here's the problem: You just lost your starting quarterback for the next three games, and you need two of them to reach the playoffs. Which clipboard carrier do you choose? From on July 21, 2006 at 10:18 p.m..


Zune Details Emerge! Microsoft portable a totally "Integrated Experience" Engadget has "received word from a trusted insider that the shape everyone's been expecting the Zune to take may not be the approach most people assumed." Check out what they were able to uncover from their 'insider contact.' From on July 21, 2006 at 10:17 p.m..


No Hope for Flash 8 and 9 for Linux Mike Melanson, the author of the Penguin.SWF blog which tracks Adobe's progress on Linux Flash Players, announced that a new version of Flash Player for Linux is not likely due to missing APIs. In his words: "To be sure, it's not that Linux can't do XYZ, it's that there are so many ways to do XYZ." From on July 21, 2006 at 10:17 p.m..


Hollywood Fears for Its Future As studios slash jobs and restructure to boost profits, Hollywood's creative and executive ranks are having a collective anxiety attack. From on July 21, 2006 at 10:17 p.m..


What if Black Holes Didn't Exist Theoretical physicists have recently been frustrated by a bold hypothesis concerning black holes—specifically, that they don't exist. From on July 21, 2006 at 10:17 p.m..


Network Tech: "Shot Dead" by a Cop (While Upgrading Cell Network Tower) A Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer shot and killed a cell phone tower worker early Thursday morning while the man was making a routine upgrade to the network. From on July 21, 2006 at 10:17 p.m..


FTC closes 'Grand Theft Auto' inquiry "The Federal Trade Commission has unanimously approved its consent order and agreement with "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" publisher Take-Two Interactive Software, the company announced Friday." From on July 21, 2006 at 10:17 p.m..


Pat Buchanan slam neocons for Mideast 'warmongering' Appearing on MSNBC, conservative pundit Pat Buchanan -- along with MSNBC host Chris Matthews -- slammed neoconservatives for what Buchanan described as Mideast 'warmongering' surrounding the crisis in Lebanon. Video and Transcript included. From on July 21, 2006 at 10:17 p.m..


Inside The Spaceship Factory On a 50-acre spread in North Las Vegas, near the intersection of Warp Drive and Skywalker Way, the prototypes for future space stations are being built from strips of fortified fabric, supertough inflatable skin and lattices of metal. From on July 21, 2006 at 10:17 p.m..


The Hollow Earth Theories and How The Nazis Fell For Them According to the first theory, we live on the crust, but there is another world on the inside where lies, some say, the realm of Agartha, the home of the King of the World. The second theory has it that while we think we live on the outer crust, we actually live in the interior (on a convex surface instead of a concave one). From on July 21, 2006 at 10:17 p.m..


Danica is way down road to staying with IndyCar "Danica Patrick sounds as if she has already made a decision on her racing future, even if she's not quite ready to announce it." From on July 21, 2006 at 10:17 p.m..


Assessment for Learning Right from the start, I conceived Yacapaca as an 'assessment platform', but what sort of assessment? In particular, does it qualify as a tool for Assessment for Learning (AfL)? I've spent a merry evening going through various writings on AfL and trying to match the attributes of AfL to Yacapaca features. Very instructive and reasonably successful. Like anyone who has been in education for a while, I'm a little sceptical about new jargon. The actual concepts seem to come around in an approximate 9-year cycle, like sunspots. Each time, they have a new label. For ex From Chalkface: Blog on July 21, 2006 at 8:31 p.m..


Democracy Player 0.8.5 Released (including an Intel-Mac Version) A new version of Democracy Player, the most popular dedicated video RSS client, was released today. IN THIS RELEASE: a new Intel-Mac version, stand-alone torrent support, fullscreen controls on Windows, and an advanced 1-Click subscription system. Democracy Player is 100% free / open source and is available on Windows, Mac, and Linux. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 7:31 p.m..


Top 10 Tallest Buildings in the World The ranking is based entirely on the buildings' structural height. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 7:31 p.m..


Marshall Faulk to have knee surgery, and miss the entire 2006 season. St. Louis Rams running back Marshall Faulk will miss the entire 2006 season, after having knee surgery. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 7:31 p.m..


Kevin Rose on Cranky Geeks Episode 19 Kevin Rose is on John C. Dvorak's Cranky Geeks. The other guest is the founder of Craigslist.org Craig Newmark. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 7:31 p.m..


Disturbing video of Palestinian Toddlers: "I want to kill the Jews" THIS IS CHILD ABUSE! Prospects for peace look bleak when Palestinian children, from birth, are systematically taught to want to murder Jews (NOT Israelis, but Jews), while the whole world says nothing, and condems Israel. Both sides are suffering, but while Israelis teach their children songs of hope, Palestinians know nothing but death and hatred. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 7:31 p.m..


World's fastest car: 0-60 in 1.67 seconds; 270 mph top speed The Bugatti Veyron is no longer the world's fastest car. Today, a new automaker called Barabus unveiled a car with 1005 horsepower, a ridiculous 0-60 time of 1.67 seconds, and a top speed of 270 mph. Even better, it will be sold for under $500,000 -- much less than the Bugatti's $1.3 mil From digg on July 21, 2006 at 7:31 p.m..


CollegeHumor.com and The Onion both in talks to be bought by big media "The satirical newspaper and Web site The Onion has been in talks to be acquired by Viacom, which could use them to complement its Comedy Central brand...At the same time, Barry Diller's InterActiveCorp is close to a nearly $20 million deal to invest in CollegeHumor.com, including options to acquire the site" From digg on July 21, 2006 at 7:31 p.m..


50000GB DvD's Could Wipe Out Computer HD's, HD-DVD's, and Blu-Ray Professor V Renugopalakrishnan of the Harvard Medical School in Boston claims to have developed a layer of protein made from genetically altered, light-sensitive microbe proteins which could store up to 50K GB or 50 terabytes... From digg on July 21, 2006 at 7:31 p.m..


Firefly/Serenity Documentary Released For Free Via BitTorrent The makers of the documentary offer a free, Creative Commons licensed .torrent download of their film, Done The Impossible which is also being released on DVD. Must see for all the Firefly/Serenity fans. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 7:31 p.m..


Mac Marketshare Increasing Gartner and IDC have recently reported on 2Q 2006 market share. Both firms report solid gains from 1 year ago, with IDC reporting a jump from 4.4 to 4.8% U.S. Marketshare and Gartner reporting a jump from 4.3 to 4.6%, making the Mac maker the 4th largest maker of computers behind Dell (32%), HP (18.9%), and Gateway (6.2%). From digg on July 21, 2006 at 7:31 p.m..


The Birth of PC Gaming A look back at the birth of PC gaming and how the computer has become a form of entertainment. It’s difficult to pin down what the first true PC game was. Broadly defined, early computer games date back to primitive missile simulators (circa 1947) and Tic-Tac-Toe games on very early computers with analog electronics. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 7:31 p.m..


A Day in the Life of Yoshitaka Amano 1UP has posted an extremely rare glimpse into the life of Final Fantasy's acclaimed visionary Yoshitaka Amano. Videos show inside his office, how he works, and even what he listens to. For Final Fantasy fans, this is a must-see. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 7:31 p.m..


Crime of the future - biometric spoofing Watch where you leave your fingerprints - soon they could be the target of thieves looking to break into your bank account. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 5:30 p.m..


IBM, AMD To Deepen Opteron Ties Top execs expected to go public with effort to boost Big Blue's servers with AMD's chips, CNET News.com has learned. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 5:30 p.m..


Jays manager Gibbons challenged Shea Hillenbrand to fight After Shea Hillenbrand wrote on the clubhouse bulletin board that the "ship was sinking," Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons challenged him to a fight. "He challenged me to a fight, and wanted me to get up and punch him in the face," Hillenbrand told FAN 590 in Toronto. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 5:30 p.m..


Judge tells paintball vandals to shoot their cars or go to jail. Two men found guilty of shooting a mans car with paintball guns were given the option of shooting their own cars, cleaning up the mess they had caused and 40 hours of community service, or spending 60 days in jail. Somehow I don't think they'll choose jail. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 5:30 p.m..


Minor League game goes 26 innings. Game between Brooklyn and Oneonta of the NY-Penn League (A) goes 26 innings and lasts over 6 hours. Oneonta wins the game 6-1. One of the longest games ever. The record was set in 1981 going 33 innings between Rochester and Pawtucket of the International Leauge (AAA). From digg on July 21, 2006 at 5:30 p.m..


Microsoft responds to Windows Genuine Advantage false positive accusations The company claims that it takes every report received from WGA feedback very seriously. It has a team designated to investigate each assertion individually, and many times it will give the customer a valid copy of Windows just for detailing how he came across the unauthorized version of Windows in the first place. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 5:30 p.m..


Johnny can so program "Oh my god," readers must have thought. "How could the quality of American computer-science students have sunk so quickly in the short time span of just eight years?" It's an absurd conclusion, of course, but readers have been conditioned to believe any claim, no matter how outlandish, about the decline of the U.S. educational system. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 5:30 p.m..


FREE AJAX based Word Processor This seems to be what everyone thought Google was going to do, but someone else has now beaten them to it. AjaxWrite is just as it sounds a Ajax based Word clone. It seems to have the basic functions that I would need. But I can already tell it is not as functional as word. I like the ability to save as PDF, that's a nice touch. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 5:30 p.m..


IMDb updates. Adds thumbnail pictures of actors to listings Check out the cast lists... From digg on July 21, 2006 at 5:30 p.m..


Herti spy-plane now available for civilians The US military routinely remotely controlled planes - robot planes (or UAVs - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) over Iraq and Afghanistan. Now BAE, the manufacturer of Herti (High Endurance Rapid Technology Insertion) wants to target the commercial market. Herti can fly for up 25 hours at a stretch, and has a range of more than 1,000 kilometers. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 5:30 p.m..


Wii Virtual Console to Have 20-30 Titles at Launch It seems as if Nintendo is hard at work making the virtual console robust for the Wii launch. If this is true this could mean that the Wii might be the best launch for a console Nintendo has ever had. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 5:30 p.m..


A Secret the Media Kept "Toward the end of 1979, hundreds of American and Canadian journalists and news organizations got hold of a dynamite news story that would have made personal reputations and careers and sent circulation or broadcast ratings soaring. Any one of these reporters could have had the scoop of a lifetime." From digg on July 21, 2006 at 5:30 p.m..


Dark and distant heavenly bodies revealing the secrets of star and galaxy f British astronomers are releasing the first data from the largest and most sensitive survey of the heavens in infrared light to scientists across Europe. The UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey has completed the first of seven years of data collection, studying objects that are too faint to see at visible wavelengths. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 5:30 p.m..


Engineers to Build Everglades Reservoir Engineers next month will begin building one of the world's largest manmade reservoirs _ the size of a small city _ as efforts continue to restore natural water flow to the Everglades. The reservoir, roughly 25 square miles in area, is set for completion in 2010. It will hold 62 billion gallons of water. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 5:30 p.m..


Wireless Broadband Could Go Live Nationwide in Less Than 3 Years If Craig O. McCaw gets his way, you'll be able to do all that, and more, in as little as three years' time. McCaw's Clearwire Corp. has amassed enough licensed radio spectrum to create a nationwide, wireless broadband network based on an emerging technology called mobile WiMAX -- a powerful cousin of WiFi. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 5:30 p.m..


Microsoft voted Britain's favourite brand Who would've thought? Pollsters reckon Microsoft is Britain's favorite brand. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 5:30 p.m..


How to Stop saying "Um" and "Ah" during a speech One of my largest pet peeves as an audience member is a speaker who does not have his or her 'ums' or 'ahs' under control. I learned how to stop the 'ums' during my first year of teaching, and the technique that I was shown was quite simple... From digg on July 21, 2006 at 5:30 p.m..


America's Burned Bridges "The cataclysm in the Middle East represents the final and total failure of the Bush administration's foreign policy. After 9/11, the world was on our side, and we had a unique opportunity to turn tragedy into triumph, to strengthen the alliances and global institutions that have long sustained American preeminence. We wasted that opportunity." From digg on July 21, 2006 at 5:30 p.m..


Clean Windows XP install without losing data Fred Langa shows you how to completely rebuild, repair, or refresh an existing XP installation without losing data, and without having to reinstall user software, reformat, or otherwise destructively alter the setup. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 5:30 p.m..


The Jihadis that you meet each day This is scary, 'they're here....." From digg on July 21, 2006 at 5:30 p.m..


Free Tool Scans Sites For Threats A security start-up on Thursday unveiled a free tool that scans Web sites for malicious code and other exploits, giving users a chance to steer clear of dangerous URLs before they click on links. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 5:30 p.m..


Toronto Hydro nearing launch of wireless internet access Toronto Hydro Telecom now says its hi-speed internet access will be ready to go September 7th. The utility provider claims that the connection and speed will rival anything on the market right now and that the first six months will be FREE! From digg on July 21, 2006 at 5:30 p.m..


Why Microsoft could be setting itself up for a long-term decline "Some of the principles Microsoft has pledged to adopt are almost shocking, coming from this long-arrogant company. The company permanently adopted many of the temporary restrictions the DOJ had ordered in resolving the antitrust action. Those restrictions would otherwise have expired in 2009." From digg on July 21, 2006 at 5:30 p.m..


2006-2007 NHL Schedule Released The National Hockey League raises the curtain on the 2006-07 regular season on Wednesday, Oct. 4, with the Carolina Hurricanes raising the Stanley Cup championship banner to the roof of RBC Center in Raleigh, N.C., prior to their game against the Eastern Conference finalist Buffalo Sabres. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 5:30 p.m..


Blizzard announces WOW faction-class crossovers Expansion to wildly popular MMORPG will add Horde Blood Elf paladins and Alliance Draenei shamans to mix--with potentially revolutionary results. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 5:30 p.m..


Steroids Through Baseball Cards: A Chronology of Bonds and McGwire Cards Take a trip through time as we look at Barry Bonds' and Mark McGwire's baseball cards, from 1987 through 2002. Which one had the better regimine? Who hid their roiding better? Why did I let my mom throw out my McGwire rookie card!? From on July 21, 2006 at 3:57 p.m..


India's biggest life insurer opts for Linux All of LIC’s 2,048 branches, 100 divisional offices, seven zonal offices, head office and subsidiary offices will be covered by the deployment. Along with this all of LIC’s desktops will also simultaneously be converted to Linux. Approximately 60,000 users and five to six thousand servers will migrate to RHEL. From on July 21, 2006 at 3:57 p.m..


Optical illusions, mirages that don't deceive The aim of this paper is to dispel the excessively widespread myth that optical illusions are errors of the visual system. From on July 21, 2006 at 3:57 p.m..


Confused about high definition TV? Read this! If you're thinking of jumping on the high definition bandwagon, do yourself a favour and read this guide/breakdown. It will tell you everything you need to know and more... From on July 21, 2006 at 3:57 p.m..


Hardest football hits of 2005 (Video) 7-minute video of the hardest hits of 2005 in the NFL. From on July 21, 2006 at 3:57 p.m..


Halting global tax tyranny The UN is relentless in its desire to tax US citizens for any number of their schemes. Fortunately, Dr. Ron Paul is just as relentless in his fight to ensure that they can't. His legislation passed the House last month and is now in the Senate. This will remain an annual fight however, because the UN desperately wants our money to squander. From on July 21, 2006 at 3:57 p.m..


Snow Falsely Claims Racial Income Gap Is ‘Not Widening Anymore’ "Not only is the income gap still widening, but African-Americans are faring worse under Bush than they were under President Clinton. [...] Under Clinton, the racial income gap was closing because the average median household income of African-Americans grew faster than that of whites. Under Bush, the opposite has been true." From on July 21, 2006 at 3:57 p.m..


Cisco to be under scrutiny again at Black Hat Cisco Systems Inc.'s products will again come under scrutiny at this year's Black Hat USA 2006 conference, which kicks off later this month in Las Vegas. Conference organizers say that 15 new exploits will be discussed at this year's event and that two of them target NAC (Network Admission Control). From on July 21, 2006 at 3:25 p.m..


Secret human cloning project revealed by maverick scientist A maverick fertility expert has revealed hard evidence of a controversial attempt to produce the world's first cloned human baby. From on July 21, 2006 at 3:25 p.m..


Microsoft to make defragmenting automatic in Vista? "Now, according to Paul Thurrott, Windows Vista comes complete with an automatic defragmentation scheduler. The default is for the user's hard drives to be defragmented at 4:00 AM every Sunday, when presumably most people won't be doing other work on their computer." From on July 21, 2006 at 3:25 p.m..


Sideload - More Free Music On The Internet, Yeah! In sideload.com you'll find lots of music tracks to choose from, combined with the online music locker provide from MP3tunes, you'll be abele to find your favorites MP3, preview them over the web and with one click, save them on your locker. From on July 21, 2006 at 3:25 p.m..


Dual-booting Windows and Linux the easy way (Linux.com videos) An excellent step-by-step videos-based guide. There is no longer a reason to have any machine in the house/office which is Windows-only. From on July 21, 2006 at 3:25 p.m..


Ricky Williams having difficulty adjusting to Canadian football "Three yards and a cloud of dust" doesn't work too well when you only have 3 downs. From on July 21, 2006 at 3:25 p.m..


How to Ruin a Web Design - The Design Curve As a professional web designer I've noticed a consistent trend in the majority of the projects I've worked on: The more time that is spent dissecting, analyzing, and critiquing a design by the wrong kinds of people the worse that design gets. The same trend applies to the number of people involved in the design process. From on July 21, 2006 at 3:25 p.m..


Wendy's Getting New Frosty Flavor THE TITLE SAYS IT ALL From on July 21, 2006 at 3:25 p.m..


Weird Things Weirdos do With Half-Life Mods A collection of hilarious videos of Half-Life mods. From on July 21, 2006 at 3:25 p.m..


Senator Infole: "Gore Is Full of Crap" Senator Infole attacked Al Gore on his global warming activism yesterday, falsely claiming that all recent science confirms that it is a hoax. From on July 21, 2006 at 3:25 p.m..


Working Smarter with Photoshop's Adjustment Layers If you're not using this Photoshop tool, you're probably costing yourself a lot of time. From on July 21, 2006 at 3:25 p.m..


Mike Nelson to give mainstream movies the MST3K treatment Do you feel that some of the movies coming out of Hollywood are just, well, missing something? RiffTrax are downloadable audio tracks that you play in sync with your DVDs. They are written and performed by Mike Nelson, former host and head writer of Mystery Science Theater 3000. From on July 21, 2006 at 3:25 p.m..


Why antivirus apps from Symantec, McAfee and Trend Micro do not work Antivirus applications from Symantec, McAfee or Trend Micro -- the three leading AV vendors in 2005 -- are far less likely to detect new viruses and Trojans than the least popular brands -- AusCERT claims their MISS rate is about 80 percent. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


October Debut for Microsoft 'iPod Killer' Microsoft's so-called "iPod killer" could be unveiled as early as late next month, with the company preparing to build momentum towards an October launch, sources close to the situation have told BetaNews. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


America, get to know your new cycling hero, Floyd Landis! Floyd Landis's astonishing comeback in the Tour De France Thursday erased almost all of an 8-minute gap between him and the Tour leader. Now, with only 3 stages left, can Landis catch Oscar Pereiro and make up the 30-second difference. Yes, and much more. Armstrong who? From digg on July 21, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


200MPH Radio Controlled Jet The Gruapner Hotspot Jet goes up to 200MPH and has a Jetcat P80 turbine on the back. The best part is that actually sounds like a jet. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Down with Brown - Changing Login / Splash Screen on Ubuntu Dapper Drake Let’s be honest. Ubuntu is a beautiful operating system, but whoever decided that brown was going to be its signature colour wasn’t playing with a full deck. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..


Evangelicals Urge US Not to Restrain Israeli Attacks "For the first time in the history of Christianity in America, Christians will go to the Hill to support Israel as Christians," he said. The event was planned months ago, and is not a direct response to the ongoing violence in the region. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..


‘Sexiest Woman Alive’ raises $30,000 with date A date with Esquire's "The Sexiest Woman Alive" and "7th Heaven" star Jessica Biel raised $30,000 to help a teenager who lost her leg in a prom night limousine accident. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..


Google Finance about to go Version 2? Hot on the heels of their own impressive financial news today, Google is apparently getting ready to launch version 2 of their Google Finance tool. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..


AOL, Google Offer Aid To The Handicap AOL began testing closed captions in streaming news from CNN to help the deaf or hearing impaired, and Google's research unit launched a search engine that favors Web pages it determines are easier to read for the visually impaired. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..


Too busy to make it to class or work? Send your robot clone instead. Ishiguro, whose job is teaching at Osaka University, an hour's drive away, designed Geminoid so he could "robot in" to his classes and skip the commute. As he steps out from behind a curtain like the Wizard of Oz, standing beside his robot self, the shift is disconcerting. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..


Do More Tech Toys Make You Happier? Think that new video Ipod will make you happier? Wrong. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..


What Is It Like to be a Spider? Jumping spiders will spot a prey spider sitting in a web, then take a route that eventually gets them closer to the prey while staying hidden from it. This hunting “detour” may take hours, during which the jumping spider often does not have the prey in visual contact. That is, it seems to have “memory” of a “goal”. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..


How the Console 'Failures' Finally Won Just cause history is written by the winners, doesn't mean the losers don't contribute anything. In fact, according the this article they might just contribute most things, at least in the world of videogames. Quite an interesting read. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..


The real cause of Global Warming: Solar Radiation Global warming because of man is a convenient truth, but it has no actually basis is fact. Just like the Geocentric Universe, if you say something enough times people start to believe you. Well a theory that actually has some real scientific evidence is that Solar Radiation during the normal sunspot cycles is increasing on average. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..


Jon Stewart on Bush's Veto and Stem Cell Research The president used his first veto to stop publicly funded stem cell research, Jon Stewart rips him and his cronies a new asshole! From digg on July 21, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..


Iranians witnessed North Korea Missile test One or more Iranians witnessed North Korea's recent missile tests, deepening U.S. concerns about growing ties between two countries with troubling nuclear capabilities From digg on July 21, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..


By 98-0 vote, Senate approves 25-year extension of Voting Rights Act "The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to extend the landmark Voting Rights Act for another 25 years, as lawmakers of both parties said federal supervision was still required to protect the ability of minorities and the disadvantaged to cast ballots in some regions of the country." From digg on July 21, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..


Patrick Norton's Digital Digs A look at Pat's house from the golden age of TSS. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..


Update: 'Anti-terror' cutlery for airlines introduced The company, Arthur Price, said it was the first to design such a set, intended for use by business-class customers, replacing plastic cutlery. The knives, forks and spoons have been created to specifications based on new British Department for Transport guidelines that have their origin in security concerns. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..


Bubbles Go High-Tech to Fight Tumors You’ve bathed in them, popped them, endured bad song lyrics about them. Now, University of Michigan researchers hope to add a more sophisticated application to the list—gas bubbles used like corks to block oxygen flow to tumors, or to deliver drugs. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..


Digg Adds Digg Sports and "Minor Changes" Digg has finally added the digg sports category! Other changes include being able to set the default container on digg! Thank you digg! From digg on July 21, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..


Role Playing Game Inspirational Posters Probably not as effective, but definitely funnier than the ones hung on the walls of offices... From digg on July 21, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..


The World's Most Misunderstood Programming Language "Despite its popularity, few know that JavaScript is a very nice dynamic object-oriented general-purpose programming language. How can this be a secret? Why is this language so misunderstood?" From digg on July 21, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..


Security Geek Fired By Suits: For Doing His Job? A security geek is fired by executive management after the company is broken into by thieves and lose nearly $100k in equipment. The security geek had previously recommended safety measures that would have presented this, but they were shot down by those same executives! Who should have been fired in this story? From digg on July 21, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..


Cartridge World caught in a Bait and Switch “No problem,” soothed the sales smoothie. “We’ll fill it up in half an hour, while you wait.” Half an hour later, my OM discovered that Cartridge World can’t refill a C3909X cartridge, but has a dandy workalike cartridge… for only $120. Sixty bucks times two. Smells like a classic bait-and-switch. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..


What if Steve Jobs Blogged? Apple Legal is quick to take action against those outside the company who are believed to be revealing trade secrets, so it's no surprise that Apple employees are a pretty tight-lipped bunch. With the notable exception of Surfin' Safari, there is almost complete radio silence in the blogosphere via The Campus at Cupertino. Until now. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..


Buoyed by eagle, Woods surges into Open lead Tiger Woods stood in the middle of the 14th fairway with a dazed look, so far away from the green he couldn't tell where his ball landed. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..


Examining How Headlight Glare May Affect Driver Behavior Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Lighting Research Center (LRC) has demonstrated that headlight glare may increase driver discomfort and result in poor visibility. From digg on July 21, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..


Happy Birthday It's Yacapaca's birthday, exactly two years since we started the project. And, according to Sergej, we shall today make our 1000th 'commit' (update) to the software itself. That's not quite 1000 improvements because it includes all the original development effort, but it's close. What's both fascinating and cheering is not just how it's grown, but how fast it is growing now. I last reported student numbers at 100,000 on 21st May; today they will hit 125,000. That's 25% growth in just two months; the fastest growth rate in Yacapaca's From Chalkface: Blog on July 21, 2006 at 10:18 a.m..


OmniWeb 5.5 beta goes public Finally, after dealing with a wait no individual should ever have to endure, The Omni Group has blessed us with the official public beta release of OmniWeb 5.5 From on July 21, 2006 at 9:05 a.m..


Kofi Annan Calls For Cease-Fire Secretary General Kofi Annan called today for an immediate end to hostilities between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia. From on July 21, 2006 at 9:05 a.m..


North Korea and Iran Working Together on Long Range Nukes, Surprised? One or more Iranians witnessed North Korea's recent missile tests, deepening U.S. concerns about growing ties between two countries with troubling nuclear capabilities, a top U.S. official said Thursday. Hill said the six [missiles] succeeded in hitting their target range. From on July 21, 2006 at 9:05 a.m..


Dark Matter Might Have Been Detected For The First Time Axions produced during the big bang could be lurking all around us, contributing to the dark matter that constitutes 22 percent of the universe. Other axions, freshly formed inside the sun, could be streaming through us. From on July 21, 2006 at 9:05 a.m..


Tour de France: Landis in epic win After losing more than 10 minutes on Wednesday, Landis bounced back to move within 30 seconds of leader Oscar Pereiro and rival Carlos Sastre. From on July 21, 2006 at 9:05 a.m..


Meet the Remote-Control Self Thanks to his amazingly lifelike android clone, Hiroshi Ishiguro can now be in two places at the same time. From on July 21, 2006 at 9:05 a.m..


Microsoft Fundamentals for Legacy PCs is a kick in the teeth for users Sounds nice in theory, but home users may be disappointed. For the software operates as a thin client, which means its not exactly a proper operating system and mostly runs from a remote server on a network. From on July 21, 2006 at 9:05 a.m..


Ubuntu / Kubuntu / Xubuntu / Edubuntu Edgy Eft Knot-1 6.10 Released Pre-releases of Edgy are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage. They are however recommended for Ubuntu developers and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs. From on July 21, 2006 at 9:05 a.m..


Nintendo now offering free repairs for cracked DS Lites. "Nintendo, while still standing behind their claims that DS Lite hinge cracks are a minor problem, is now offering to repair DS Lite's with the problem free of charge." From on July 21, 2006 at 9:05 a.m..


Apple Silences Sceptics with Sales Avalanche; 50% from Windows users Another interesting figure to come out of the conference call was that 50% of customers polled at Apple's retail stores described themselves as 'new to the Mac,' indicating a surge in interest from people more accustomed to using computers running Microsoft's Windows operating system. From on July 21, 2006 at 9:05 a.m..


The Secret Life Of Machines If you like Myth Busters you should check out The Secret Life Of Machines. This show was great I love the washing machine episode where they flip a car to show you how a solenoid valve works. I recommend using the BitTorrent downloads. From on July 21, 2006 at 9:05 a.m..


Jimmy Kimmel on Unnecessary Censorship Jimmy Kimmel takes regular clips and bleeps words that weren't really bad to make them sound SO much worse. HILARIOUS! From on July 21, 2006 at 9:05 a.m..


A Glimpse at the Future of Our Sun A team of astronomers recently used Arizona’s Infrared-Optical Telescope Array (IOTA) of three linked telescopes to peer 4 billion years into the future, when our Sun balloons up to become a red giant star. The three instruments act as a powerful interferometer, providing a view that would only be possible with a much larger instrument. From on July 21, 2006 at 9:05 a.m..


On hottest day recorded, schoolgirl is sent home for not wearing jacket School governor Margaret Pinkney said: "It just seems petty to me. We should be using a little common sense because with this heat it's a different ball game. Teachers should be able to bend the rules a little. Headmaster Nigel Pattinson was unavailable for comment. From on July 21, 2006 at 9:05 a.m..


Brilliant men always cheat on their wives "Every creative act, every new formula, every ground-breaking innovation, is an act of rebellion that may - if successful - destroy an old, existing concept. So every time a brilliant mind sees a new possibility, it is faced with a moment of supreme risk-taking..." "..."despite the dangers, both on and off the intellectual field." From on July 21, 2006 at 9:05 a.m..


WhatsOnMyBookshelf.com Lauches As an online co-op, WhatsOnMyBookshelf allows users to trade books online using a simple point system. The exchage of a book accompanies the exchange of credits. Each book, when registered, recieves a point value based upon the new book price. Then you redeem credits to order that book. From on July 21, 2006 at 9:05 a.m..


Dell knew about "dozens" of burned laptops two years before recall! Dell grappled with apparently severe overheating problems in scores of notebooks for at least two years before it announced a recall of 22,000 notebooks last year, according to a source close to the company. The documentation included detailed evidence, on a notebook-by-notebook basis, of which component areas suffered the brunt of the overheating From on July 21, 2006 at 9:05 a.m..


U.S. Military Says Attacks in Iraq Up 40 Percent U.S. military officials reported a 40 percent increase in the daily average of attacks in the Baghdad area. From on July 21, 2006 at 9:05 a.m..


Inside Apple's latest iPod touch-screen patent Another patent filing by Apple Computer that details a touch-screen interface for an iPod or handheld device has surface in the United States, AppleInsider has discovered. From on July 21, 2006 at 9:05 a.m..


Girl on a bike does some crazy tricks. A girl on a bike at a high school assembly does some sweet tricks (really).This girl is amazing! All I can say is that she needs to be in some flatland trick bike tournaments. From on July 21, 2006 at 9:05 a.m..


Skype intros new Wi-Fi phones Internet phone provider Skype is expanding its Wi-Fi calling options with the launch of three new wireless phones that will have the Skype Internet calling software embedded in them. From on July 21, 2006 at 9:05 a.m..


How To GROW A Chair: An Interview with Richard Reames "Using ancient grafting techniques and a few basic tools, Richard Reames shapes living trees into furniture and sculpture near his home in Oregon for clients worldwide." Has awesome pictures. I've never heard of this before! From on July 21, 2006 at 9:05 a.m..


The Most Overpriced Places in the United States Slideshow from forbes From on July 21, 2006 at 9:05 a.m..


NASA satellite image of Java tsunami strike NASA satellite image shows the region’s bathymetry and depicts the earthquake's epicenter. From on July 21, 2006 at 9:05 a.m..


New Samsung Monitor Pumps Up The Color While it might not include a gimmicky feature like a swiveling neck, it does feature 97% color reproduction — said to be the best of any monitor in the industry, whose average is 87%. It also impresses with its 2-ms response time, cutting down on those annoying blurs you get on some LCD screens, and a 2,000:1 contrast ratio. From on July 21, 2006 at 9:05 a.m..


Disney Launches New Look and Features for Online Streaming Video Site Disney Motion is your source for the latest and greatest in free broadband Disney videos and info. It's also the home of "Gears Behind the Ears" and “Mouse on the Street” exclusive video series profiling the creative magic of Disney. All new features include much improved streaming video quality and playlist customization. From on July 21, 2006 at 9:05 a.m..


Evergreen Solar's Sales are Mounting Evergreen Solar manufacturer of solar products using its 'String Ribbon' wafer technology, said yesterday that it has landed its largest sales agreement to date, a $200 million deal to SunEdison. Evergreen Solar, could you think of a greener name. From on July 21, 2006 at 9:05 a.m..


Voice Recognition Banking ABN Amro customers will call, state their account number, answer a pre-scripted question, and the system will then analyze their voice to confirm their identity. They can then check account balances, trade stocks, or transfer money without entering any further numeric codes or passwords. From on July 21, 2006 at 9:05 a.m..


Zidane given ban and fine by Fifa Zinedine Zidane has been banned for three games and fined £3,260 for head-butting Italy's Marco Materazzi during the World Cup final. A shame he's already retired... From on July 21, 2006 at 9:05 a.m..


very cool flash personal website Damn!!!! From on July 21, 2006 at 9:05 a.m..


Eyewitnesses report Ethiopian troops in Somalia Hundreds of Ethiopian troops in armored vehicles rolled into Somalia on Thursday to protect their allies in this country's virtually powerless government from Islamic militants who control the capital. From on July 21, 2006 at 9:05 a.m..


Excel tutorial for beginners This is a basic, useful tutorial of Excel. From on July 21, 2006 at 9:05 a.m..


254 Different Apple Mail Icons Looking for a new look for your tired Apple Mail? Here's a comprehensive list of replacement icons. From on July 21, 2006 at 9:05 a.m..


VW Wardriving Commercial In a recent Volkswagen Commercial, a VW Rabbit is shown driving aimlessly around a city looking for WiFi with an Apple PowerBook. From on July 21, 2006 at 9:05 a.m..


Motorcycle Faucet Bring your ride inside. Biomimicry is so 1995. Now we have mechamimicry - desings inspired by machines that have already become infused in our world. From on July 21, 2006 at 9:05 a.m..


Cool and Illegal Wireless Hotspot Hacks It's been 3 months since the last article / tutorial by wireless guru, Dan Hoffman of 'Live Hacking Video' fame, and boy was it worth the wait. As always, he takes you step-by-step through some awesome wireless hacks and then shows you how to protect yourself from them. This will make you think twice before firing up your laptop in Starbucks! From on July 21, 2006 at 9:04 a.m..


Casino Hackers Because all these slots are wired together, every coin and bill inserted is monitored and tallied by banks of central computers, often hundreds of miles away. The networks behind these monster jackpots are the essence of Vegas, a city already so wired, and so primed for more, that it's become a proving ground for digital tech at the crossroads. From on July 21, 2006 at 9:04 a.m..


VMware slams XenSource-Microsoft deal VMware has slammed Microsoft's tie-up with open source virtualisation developer XenSource, announced earlier this week, calling it a "one-way street," and accusing XenSource of betraying its open source roots. From on July 21, 2006 at 9:04 a.m..


An Algorithm for Compressing Space and Time Making a slow program fast can lead to both joy and frustration. Frequently, the best you can do is a low-level trick to double or maybe quadruple the speed of a program; for instance, many readers may have implemented John Conway's "Game of Life" using bit-level operations for a significant speedup. From on July 21, 2006 at 9:04 a.m..


PDFCreator - A free tool to create PDF files from windows apps PDFCreator is a free tool to create PDF files from nearly any Windows application. From on July 21, 2006 at 9:04 a.m..


Dell Blogs About Exploding Laptop If you haven't heard yet, there are photos and a video available online of a Dell notebook exploding at a conference in Osaka. Dell are now tackling this issue and other customer service related problems at their new One2One blog. From Read laptop reviews and notebook news at the laptops weblog - Laptopical on July 21, 2006 at 8:30 a.m..


SC: 15/07 Unpatched Powerpoint vulnerability being exploited Only a day after Microsoft's monthly patch day, a new security hole in Microsoft Office is being exploited in cyberattacks; these attacks take advantage of a previously unknown vulnerability in PowerPoint for which no patch is available, security experts at Symantec said in an alert issued Wednesday ... From MCS Safe Computing Bulletins on July 21, 2006 at 7:06 a.m..


Retaining Effective Early Career Teachers The University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) has commenced a new and important study into teacher retention. The study will explore the experiences of early career teachers, with findings set to inform teacher recruitment and retention strategies. From EdNA Online on July 21, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Challenge and Change in The Higher Education Learning Environment: Process and Practice The conference will offer an opportunity to re-consider approaches and share ideas about existing and emerging practices and ways of enhancing the classroom experience in a wide variety of subject areas. The conference is intended to be of interest to anyone involved in learning and teaching in post secondary education as well as those concerned with the development and implementation of innovative learning and teaching approaches or new paradigms of educational practice. This includes lecturers and teachers in further and higher education at all stages in their careers, colleagues engaged in From EdNA Online on July 21, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Millenium Development Goals Report 2006 This report follows up on the progress made towards achieving the eight visions of the Millenium Development Goals set by the United Nations in 2000. These goals include a world with less poverty, hunger and disease, greater survival prospects for mothers and their infants, better educated children, equal opportunities for women, and a healthier environment; a world in which developed and developing countries work in partnership for the betterment of all. From Recent Items on July 21, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..


IAU International Conference: Internationalization of Higher Education: New Directions, New Challenges This Conference is organised by the International Association of Universities (IAU) and will be held during the China Annual Conference for International Education organised by the China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE). The conference will discuss the internationalisation of higher education and will launch the publication of a second global survey undertaken by IAU. From EdNA Online on July 21, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..


School Associations 2005 On January 1, 2005 as required by the Education Act 1994, School Associations came into operation throughout Tasmania. This website provides information relating to the introduction and operation of School Associations. From EdNA Online on July 21, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..


Brainy Robots Start Stepping Into Daily Life In the research field known as artificial intelligence, reality is finally catching up to the science-fiction hype. Advances can be seen in the emergence of bold new projects intended to create ambitious machines that can improve safety and security, entertain and inform, or just handle everyday tasks. Recent experiments in robotics from Stanford University illustrate. From EdNA Online on July 21, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..


All pain, little gain in maths reduction | Higher Education | The Australian Only half of the mathematics teachers leaving universities are being replaced, a new survey estimates. Ms Thomas, from the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute, tracked job advertisements for academics in the HES. She compared these with reports of departures from maths departments in the 18 months to March this year. From EdNA Online on July 21, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..


Supporting Indigenous Higher Education The Australian Governments response to a report by the Indigenous Higher Education Advisory Council (IHEAC) includes the implementation of a number of key initiatives aimed at building partnerships between the education sectors to work for the advancement of Indigenous students in higher education. Julie Bishop MP, launched the Councils policy paper Improving Indigenous Outcomes and Enhancing Indigenous Culture and Knowledge in Australian Higher Education, and announced an immediate $1.73 million investment to support several key priorities in the Councils paper. DEST Media release, 18 July 20 From EdNA Online on July 21, 2006 at 1:23 a.m..


Childhood Development Thinker to Take Up Residence One of the world’s leading experts on early childhood development will be South Australia’s next Thinker in Residence. "Dr Fraser Mustard, from Canada, has enormous expertise and standing in the field of early childhood development." Premier Mike Rann said. From EdNA Online on July 21, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..


Google for Educators Subscribe to the Google Teacher Newsletter to receive updates on new features, tips and other information relevant to teachers. Page also links to Google products for educators: Blogger; Book Search; Google Earth; Google SketchUp; Google Spreadsheets and Writely. From EdNA Online on July 21, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..


EducationGuardian.co.uk | Special Reports | Teachers happy with new inspection system Three-quarters of UK schools believe the new inspection regime has already contributed to improvements in education, an independent study shows. Since the beginning of the autumn term last year, schools have been subject to shorter, sharper Ofsted inspections, with two days' notice rather than the previous six to 10 weeks. From EdNA Online on July 21, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..


Science, Engineering and Technology Skills Audit The audit will focus on the current and future supply of and demand for graduates from the higher education and vocational, education and training (VET) sectors and determine the extent to which Australia's industry research needs are being met. From EdNA Online on July 21, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..


Audiovisual Preservation for Culture, Heritage and Academic Collections This one day course will provide basic information on the problems of audiovisual material, what to do about them – and where to get help and more information. The targets are culture, heritage and academic collections, to focus on a group of people and collections with broadly similar issues and solutions. From EdNA Online on July 21, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..


Global Prize for IT Benefiting Youth in Developing Countries - Call for Nominations for US$100,000 Development Gateway Award The Development Gateway Foundation is calling for nominations for its US$100,000 prize for outstanding achievement in the use of information and communication technologies to improve lives in developing countries. Sponsored in part by Intel Corporation, this year's Development Gateway Award is focusing on initiatives that empower or improve the conditions of youth. Both individuals and organizations are eligible to apply for the award. Applicants must demonstrate that their initiatives are successful, sustainable and replicable. The initiatives must also show significant impact on youth i From EdNA Online on July 21, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..


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