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Richard Clarke Blasts Key Scene In ABC’s 9/11 Docudrama Richard Clarke -- former "counterterrorism czar" for Bush I, Clinton and Bush II -- explains why scene in the ABC docudrama "Path to 9/11," which makes the claim that the Clinton administration passed on a surefire chance to kill or catch bin Laden, is totally inaccurate and misleading. Clarke is currently a counterterrorism consultant for ABC. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 6:41 p.m..


Dogs "cheated" on famous intelligence test Chimpanzees and two-year-old children are as clever as each other but dogs are not as smart as previously thought, according to a new Australian study. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 6:41 p.m..


Dogs "cheated" on famous intelligence test Chimpanzees and two-year-old children are as clever as each other but dogs are not as smart as previously thought, according to a new Australian study. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 6:41 p.m..


India: Coke clean, Pepsi in trouble The word is finally out. Pepsi has pesticides almost three times the permissible limit. According to the National Test House (NTH), a central government laboratory, the Pepsi sample was almost three times the minimum 0.5 parts per billion level and the individual presence of residual pesticides had also crossed the permissible 0.1 PPB limit. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 6:40 p.m..


myFairTunes6 v.0.2b - Windows C++ Port of QTFairUse6 Open source program myFairTunes6 is designed to remove the digital rights management (DRM) from your iTunes Music Store-purchased songs. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 6:40 p.m..


myFairTunes6 v.0.2b - Windows C++ Port of QTFairUse6 Open source program myFairTunes6 is designed to remove the digital rights management (DRM) from your iTunes Music Store-purchased songs. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 6:40 p.m..


Amazing Photo of the Moon This image is a mosaic of 15 separate and slightly overlapping 8.2 megapixel images from a Canon EOS-20D (unmodified), taken in Raw mode and converted and stitched together in Photoshop CS2. Stunning! From digg on September 5, 2006 at 6:40 p.m..


Amazing Photo of the Moon This image is a mosaic of 15 separate and slightly overlapping 8.2 megapixel images from a Canon EOS-20D (unmodified), taken in Raw mode and converted and stitched together in Photoshop CS2. Stunning! From digg on September 5, 2006 at 6:40 p.m..


Richard Clarke Blasts Key Scene In ABC’s 9/11 Docudrama Richard Clarke -- former "counterterrorism czar" for Bush I, Clinton and Bush II -- explains why scene in the ABC docudrama "Path to 9/11," which makes the claim that the Clinton administration passed on a surefire chance to kill or catch bin Laden, is totally inaccurate and misleading. Clarke is currently a counterterrorism consultant for ABC. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 6:40 p.m..


Apple's flip-floppy stance on sex Podcasts continues Ever since Apple started including Podcasts in the iTunes Music Store over a year ago, they have had somewhat of a nebulous stance on allowing Podcasts through the iTMS that contain sexual content. However, recently, when the sex education Podcast "Sex is Fun" got removed from iTunes without an explanation as to why. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 6:40 p.m..


Apple's flip-floppy stance on sex Podcasts continues Ever since Apple started including Podcasts in the iTunes Music Store over a year ago, they have had somewhat of a nebulous stance on allowing Podcasts through the iTMS that contain sexual content. However, recently, when the sex education Podcast "Sex is Fun" got removed from iTunes without an explanation as to why. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 6:40 p.m..


Test Your Survival Skills If you are forced to spend the night outside, what's the first thing you should do? Start a fire, build shelter or climb a tree? From digg on September 5, 2006 at 6:40 p.m..


Test Your Survival Skills If you are forced to spend the night outside, what's the first thing you should do? Start a fire, build shelter or climb a tree? From digg on September 5, 2006 at 6:40 p.m..


Dual-Core CPU Buyer's Guide To give you the information you need to make an informed decision, we've corralled all the processor specs into a comprehensive buyer's guide. If you've been sitting on the fence trying to decide whether to jump into the dual-core market, dither no more. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 6:40 p.m..


Dual-Core CPU Buyer's Guide To give you the information you need to make an informed decision, we've corralled all the processor specs into a comprehensive buyer's guide. If you've been sitting on the fence trying to decide whether to jump into the dual-core market, dither no more. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 6:40 p.m..


India: Coke clean, Pepsi in trouble The word is finally out. Pepsi has pesticides almost three times the permissible limit. According to the National Test House (NTH), a central government laboratory, the Pepsi sample was almost three times the minimum 0.5 parts per billion level and the individual presence of residual pesticides had also crossed the permissible 0.1 PPB limit. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 6:40 p.m..


Things to Do in Customer-Service Hell many companies’ “phone trees”—the automated menus that ask you to mash one button after the next—are silly mazes that have you chasing your tail. First there was GetHuman. Now there’s a new website, still in beta, called Bringo! (a.k.a. NoPhoneTrees.com), which takes a different approach. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 5:05 p.m..


Apocalypse 2.0 - The Day The Web Broke The increasing reliance on JavaScript and the heating up of the browser wars is bad news for compatibility and a majority of Web 2.0 applications. The browser world is more competitive than ever, and with the explosion of web applications, there is a lot of temptation, and much to be gained, by making "enhancements" to the JavaScript model. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 5:05 p.m..


Macs making a comeback at Circuit City? "A stealthy tipster has clued us in to the possibility that Macs - including MacBooks, MBPs, iMacs and Mac minis - might be making a belated encore appearance at a Circuit City near you." From digg on September 5, 2006 at 5:05 p.m..


Apple cell phone is real and ready for production Analysts for American Technology Research on Tuesday encourage investors to get aggressive in purchasing shares of Apple Computer prior to the launch of the company's much rumored iPod cell phone, which it says is likely to revolutionize the handset industry. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 5:05 p.m..


THE TOP 100 PC GAMES OF THE 21ST CENTURY Next-Gen has ranked the top 100 PC games released since January 2000, based wholly on unit sales. Revenues, aggregate review scores, commentary, franchise information and more are included. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 5:05 p.m..


GTA San Andreas Massive Explosion Videos A collection of videos of people creating huge explosions in GTA San Andreas with piles of hydras, hovercrafts, cars and motorbikes. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 5:05 p.m..


Materazzi reveals insult to Zidane Italy defender Marco Materazzi has broken his silence over the verbal exchange that led to his violent World Cup final clash with French star Zinedine Zidane. Materazzi told Gazzetta dello Sport on Tuesday that it was a remark he made about Zidane's sister that provoked the French captain's moment of madness. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 4:40 p.m..


Breakthrough in PC Cooling - A microscopic air conditioner UW engineer uses ionic wind to create cooling chip. Alexander Mamishev believes he has just the thing for the hottest new computer chip. A microscopic air conditioner. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 4:40 p.m..


Play A Dozen Retro Video Games Online Asteroids, Donkey Kong, Duck Hunt, Frogger, Moon Patrol, Pac Man, Pong, Simon, Space Invaders, Star Castle, Tetris, and Tic Tac Toe. *Quarters not required. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 4:40 p.m..


Satellite Images of Earth at Night Some great (non doctored) satellite images of Earth taken at night. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 4:40 p.m..


Panasonic Notebook Batteries Recalled Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Tuesday it has begun recalling 6,000 lithium-ion batteries used in Panasonic-brand notebook computers in Japan on concerns they might overheat. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 4:40 p.m..


HOW-TO: Dreamweaver AND Flash 8 Running on Ubuntu Dapper! Awesome and easy-to-follow guide to install Macromedia Dreamweaver and Flash 8, or even Macromedia Studio 8 in Ubuntu Linux. Includes useful links and side notes to successfully install this awesome piece of software under the best operating system available nowadays... Ubuntu of course ;) From digg on September 5, 2006 at 4:40 p.m..


The slow, agonizing death of the tie The proportion of men in professional jobs who buy ties, a report says, has dropped from 70% in 1996 to just 56% today. And, to break that down (pay attention at the back, please), only 28% of office managers have bought a tie in the past 12 months. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 4:40 p.m..


Effects of Substance Use Spans Generations In a long-term study conducted across three generations, researchers found that substance use in one generation was associated with problem behaviors and later substance use in the following generation. In turn, the substance use in the second generation was related to problem behaviors in the third generation. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 4:40 p.m..


Teammate doesn't expect Roethlisberger to miss more than 1 game Ben Roethlisberger will miss one game following his emergency appendectomy. Hines Ward, who had the same procedure four years ago, will be surprised if the Pittsburgh quarterback misses a second. After all, Ward said, isn't Roethlisberger's remarkably fast recovery from his June motorcycle accident proof enough how fast a healer he is? From digg on September 5, 2006 at 4:40 p.m..


How much less are you making? "here's a handy map showing how far median incomes have dropped over the past six years. And it's good news for most of you: Compared to Michigan and North Carolina you're not doing so badly after all." From digg on September 5, 2006 at 4:40 p.m..


Two Top Democrats Blast Rumsfeld John Edwards, Joe Biden Eye Support For Possible Presidential Runs. Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards said Rumsfeld should resign as a way to own up to his failures in Iraq. "The most significant comparison with World War II is that we soon, will have been in Iraq as long as World War II, with much less success," Biden said. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 4:40 p.m..


Mate tells of Irwin's last moments A life-long friend of Steve Irwin today told how the Crocodile Hunter pulled a deadly stingray barb from his own chest before losing consciousness and dying. "It's a very hard thing to watch because you're actually witnessing somebody die ... and it's terrible," he said. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 4:40 p.m..


Glaciers Keep Disappearing (before and after pics) An exhibition of old and new photographs at the Swiss Alpine Museum in Bern documents the gradual disappearance of Switzerland's glaciers. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 4:40 p.m..


Webcomic "Diesel Sweeties" to run in print newspapers Starting on January 8, 2007 Diesel Sweeties is going to be running in newspapers through United Feature Syndicate. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 4:40 p.m..


Apple to hold 'Showtime' event on September 12th Apple today confirmed that it will hold a special event on Tuesday, September 12th at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco, California. An invitation sent to select media, including iLounge, reads simply, "It's Showtime." From digg on September 5, 2006 at 4:40 p.m..


First Battlestar Galactica webisode released! The first BSG webisode 'The Resistance' has been released. Get a glimpse of what has happened between seasons 2 and 3 of Battlestar Galactica. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 4:40 p.m..


Chuck Norris : The BEST of Walker, Texas Ranger Clips On Conan O'Brien That lever might be the funniest thing ever. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 4:40 p.m..


New Facebook Redesign More Than Aesthetic Michael Arrington runs down the new features of Facebook. The "feeds" are meant to change the old “Encyclopedic interface", but do much more as well. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 4:40 p.m..


Flashback: GOP Congress blocks Clinton's push for anti-terror legislation Bill Clinton, rather than just breaking the law as Bush did, decided to go to the Republican congress in 1996 and ask them for authority to do more eavesdropping in order to stop the terrorists. Ironically, the Republican Congress many of whom are still in office, shot it down citing the Constitution and personal liberties. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 4:40 p.m..


'Invincible' reigns over box-office again on Labor Day weekend 'Invincible' was the No. 1 movie for the second straight weekend, taking in $15.2 million from Friday through Monday. 'Crank' was 2nd with $13 million and the remake of 'The Wicker Man' was 3rd with $11.7 million. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 4:40 p.m..


List of free celebrity stock images Just a simple site that holds thousands of free cutout stock images in psd format, categoriezed into athletes, actors and musicians amongst some. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 4:40 p.m..


Google releases Tesseract OCR as open source Google have released Tesseract OCR as open source. The OCR (Optical Character Recognition) system is being used by google in their google books project, and presumably they want to see it picked up and improved by image processing researchers. OCR, the conversion of scanned, written, documents into electronic textual documents, is hard, very hard, to do reliably. Part of the pr From StuartYeates's blog on September 5, 2006 at 4:40 p.m..


The Informant: "Confidential Source 1" Fadl, who is now in his 40s, is arguably the US most valuable informant on Al Qaeda; he has provided crucial intelligence about the group's operations and has made positive identifications of suspected members. Fadl explained the nature of the enemy to us when we knew very little. He spoke to us in great detail, and everything panned out. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 12:04 p.m..


The Electronic Eavesdropper on the Line "Ever wonder where your voice goes after you hear that ominous warning, "Your call may be recorded . . ."? Ever doubt that it goes anyplace at all? Well, in today's hi-tech, computer-driven world, there's a place for everything." From digg on September 5, 2006 at 12:04 p.m..


Tech Stocks Are Back. Don't Blink. Technology shares, laggards in stock markets worldwide for six and a half years, are back. But those who blink might miss the rally. The gains may be fleeting because there is little evidence that business is improving for technology companies, and the U.S. economy is slowing. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 12:04 p.m..


Geesee to offer cross-site chat by tag Geesee is an early stage startup from Slovakia that will combine topical web chat, tag search and widgets. If you’ve seen MeeboMe, imagine instead a widget that connects a network of web chat rooms organized by tags with access points across many blogs and web pages. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 12:04 p.m..


Attention, Shoplifters With $30 billion in theft, there's a revolution in surveillance systems. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 12:04 p.m..


Fluxbuntu Linux nBuild1 Alpha is Here! Fluxbuntu is a Ubuntu-based derivative that uses FluxBox as the window manager. It is lightweight, swift and efficient compared to Gnome and KDE. These features makes Fluxbuntu suitable for vast range of computers, from low-end to high-end. Installs on a Pentium 2 233MHz with 384MB of Ram within 12 minutes after starting the install process. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 12:04 p.m..


Tobacco Companies Raising Nicotine Dosage on the Sly since 1998 While most of us thought the country was trying to curb smoking, and the rapacious habits of the tobacco companies, it turns out the industry has been sneakily making cigarettes more addictive. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 12:04 p.m..


GMail Hacks/Tips "I’ve been using GMail since 2004 and have always thought it was the best email service. With the large amount of space it offers, and the amazing features the possibilities are endless. Here are some nifty hacks/tips that allow you to get the most out of your GMail account." From digg on September 5, 2006 at 12:04 p.m..


Facebook Gets a Facelift Facebook looks different today. They've added two features: News Feed, which appears on your homepage, and Mini-Feed, which appears in each person's profile. Judging by 95% of the comments there, not a lot of people like this. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 12:04 p.m..


Pictograms of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Pictograms unveiled- BOCOG released the Pictograms of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on the occasion of the 2-year countdown to the opening of the Games. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 12:04 p.m..


GPL to be tested in court in Israel It looks like there's a GPL dispute heading to court in Israel. It's between Jin (the original authors) and IChessU (who redistribute it). The case appears to rest on notions of separation between programs, which has long been a grey area with respect to the GPL, because there are complex technical issues involved and the GPL appears to rely on common sense. At this point I need to explain a bit about the IChessU client, to clarify From StuartYeates's blog on September 5, 2006 at 12:04 p.m..


Mini Multitasking With the Dell XPS M1210 This sturdy looking ultraportable laptop from Dell, features RoadReady technology, and is built around the latest Core 2 Duo processor. From Read laptop reviews and notebook news at the laptops weblog - Laptopical on September 5, 2006 at 12:03 p.m..


What end-users can't stand about you "[It irks me] when an IT manager 'fixes' something on my computer and then says 'It should work now' and walks away," says Jeff, who, like other users interviewed, didn't want his last name or company named for fear the IT pros in his organization read this publication. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Meet the iTunes Wannabes From MySpace to AOL, the list of would-be iTunes rivals is getting longer, but don't expect them to knock Apple from its perch just yet. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Review: Sony Ericsson P990i Smart Phone It's only when you open up the flip that you see the major difference: a 35-button keyboard. This phone screams to be turned into a BlackBerry. The resolution remains the same as before, at quarter-VGA (320 x 240), which back in 2002 was considered extravagant. But with so many communicators and satnav PDAs sporting VGA (640 x 480). From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


Want change? Target leaders, not Wal-Mart The folks worried about the middle-class squeeze should be picketing Congress and the White House, not Wal-Mart. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


Duke President: Is U.S. Edge In Education Really Eroding? Even as they welcome students back to campus, our country's colleges and universities are deluded by their own historical excellence, and their many contributions to U.S. strength may be eroding. That, at least, is how a special commission of the U.S. Education Department sees it. But Asia worries that the US, not they, have the secret advantage. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


Iran Demands UN Relocates From New York "The U.S. tries to pressure Iran in any way possible. We are convinced that considerations should be made regarding the United Nations which is based in this country”, spokesman Gholam-Hossein Elham told reporters during his weekly press conference. “Either the UN must be relocated from the U.S. and set up in a different country or ..." From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


Inmate picks electric chair A Shelbyville man who is scheduled to be executed on Sept. 19 has asked to die by electric chair, raising the possibility that the state could carry out its first electrocution death in 46 years. [Shelbyville eh] From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


Wii - The Closest You Will Get To Playing The Wii Right Now,IGN at Leipzig Some incredible movie footage as Fran walks you thru several games on the Wii console, includes camera showing all Wiimote motions as he plays. Games demoed include: Battalion Wars 2, Mario Strikers Charged, Wii Orchestra, Wii Sports, and updated Red Steel. Red Steel shows no signs of freehand swordplay, difficult up-close. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


And The Best Antivirus Is… Virus.gr tested quite a few different software companies to see how they would stack up against each other. How did the 147,000+ virus test pan out? Here are the results From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


Digg.com CEO Jay Adelson blog It is still a bit empty, but looks promising (though no AJAX yet), and I am looking forward to see what Jay, Digg's CEO, has to blog about in the near future.. more digg.com news perhaps? From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


Just Try Voting Here: 11 of America's worst places to cast a ballot Here is a list -- partial, but emblematic -- of American democracy's more glaring weak spots. #1 The New Poll Tax, Atlanta, Georgia; #2 Machine Meltdowns, Beaufort, North Carolina; Fort Worth, Texas; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (tie)... read on for more. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


SanDisk faces MP3 license dispute Electronics manufacturer SanDisk is facing a legal fight over its use of popular MP3 compression technology. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


Tiger Woods wins 5th straight tournament Tiger Woods wins the Deutsche Bank Championship by two shots over Vijay Singh. Vijay had a 3 shot lead to start the day too, but Tiger stormed back with two eagles shooting 8-under-par for the day. Incredible. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


800,000 Year-Old Ice: Evidence of Human Impact on CO2 In Air Air from the oldest ice core confirms human activity has increased the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere to levels not seen for hundreds of thousands of years. Bubbles of air in the 800,000-year-old ice, drilled in the Antarctic, show levels of CO2 changing with the climate. But the present levels are out of the previous range. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


Web Worker Daily - For The New Vitrual Workforce "What are the best tools and what is the right gear to stay in touch with your team? How do you motivate your distributed teams when you are all dispersed all over the planet? The answers for these questions are hard to come by, and it was precisely for these reasons, we are introducing a new group weblog/community, Web Worker Daily." Go Om! From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


Anticipation Plays a Powerful Role in Human Memory Psychologists have long known that memories of disturbing emotional events - such as an act of violence or the unexpected death of a loved one - are more vivid and deeply imprinted in the brain than mundane recollections of everyday matters. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


Taser: Long-Range Stunner With Explosive Darts The range of Taser stun guns could be dramatically increased by allowing them to generate the voltage they need to disable victims in mid-flight. The new dart contains a small explosive charge which detonates when it hits the target. The explosion squeezes piezoelectric materials and this generates a powerful voltage delivered to the victim. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


New Trojan Disguised As Cutting Edge Video Codec Users looking for the latest and greatest video software may not just be in danger from media lawyers. Security firm Panda Software last week warned that zCodec, which claims to offer "up to 40 percent better (video) quality", is in fact an adware program that can install Trojans, rootkits and other malicious software. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


Patents Become a 'Social' Problem Social media -- photos, blogs, networks and tags -- is all about sharing. But social media startups don't want to share their intellectual property. Instead, they're heading to the patent office. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


Net Neutrality Wins More Senators The Net Neutrality movement is gaining support among U.S. senators. At the close of the August recess, the SaveTheInternet.com coalition added four previously uncommitted legislators to the cause. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


NASA Mulls Better Monitoring of Deadly Space Storms. The Solar Sentinels mission, only in an early discussion phase, would provide important data on heavy doses of solar radiation that can threaten astronauts and the electronic components of their spacecraft. An astronaut on a spacewalk could become very sick, or even killed, by a large solar flare, scientists say. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


The end of the American dream? The US economy has been generating strong economic growth over the past few years as it has come out of recession. So far, though, little of that growth has translated into the hands of the average worker, according to new research from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


Osama's Bank Account Not long ago, there arrived at the courthouse, as an exhibit, an unusually complete set of bank records—the records for Account No. CO-565,167.0, at the former Swiss Bank Corporation, now UBS, which describes itself as the world’s largest wealth manager. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


Most Polluted Site In America: Errors, Costs Stall Nuclear Waste Project The effort to avoid a future environmental calamity here, at the most polluted site in North America, is a priority of the Energy Dept. but has foundered because of engineering mistakes and runaway costs. 53 million gallons of radioactive sludge, most of it the texture of ketchup, is stored in scores of underground tanks some of which has leaked. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


Squirrels: If You Can't Beat 'Em, Zap 'Em These cute but pesky rodents are a leading cause of unplanned outages. They chew through power lines, fry themselves by completing electrical circuits and generally wreak havoc on power grids. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


RFID Acts As a Life Saver for Miners ining is quite a risky profession and miners are always at a high risk of accidents in mines. Malmberget mine in Sweden has been using RFID for improving the safety of the worker and that too since the year 2003. The mine safety system was provided by Wtek. This is how the system works. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


NBA: Memphis Grizzlies' Paul Gasol Could Be Out Up To 3 Months Memphis Grizzlies center Pau Gasol could be out up to three months after sustaining a partial fracture in his left foot in the semifinals of the world championships in Japan, officials said. The 7-footer was hurt Friday near the conclusion of Spain's 75-74 semifinal victory against Argentina. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


Freespire Tampering with DistroWatch Statistics? Several readers have emailed us to let us know that Linspire has launched what can only be classified as an attempt to tamper with our page hit ranking statistics by trying to artificially inflate the page hit ranking figures for its new community distribution - Freespire. Upon investigation, it turned out that both linspire.com and nvu.com had bee From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


List of iTunes movies leaked A list of the first movies that will be released on the iTunes Music Store has leaked out. Miramax movies are on the list. I can't wait for Kill Bill part 1 and 2. Read more. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


Slow Start for Hong Kong's Disneyworld Hong Kong Disneyland missed its target of 5.6 million visitors in its first year as the park had "teething problems" while trying to attract masses of tourists from mainland China's booming economy, an executive said Monday. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


Torrents, piracy and beyond: will the film industry survive? "So the guys who started this business all cheated somebody to get there, and now they're being cheated, perhaps, by all these crazy, geeky people all over the internet. I must say, my anguish level is not great." Richard Dreyfus From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


New torrent client for OSX Released: Bitrocket BitRocket is a Native BitTorrent client for Mac OS X. At the heart of it's core resides the powerful libtorrent BitTorrent library. BitRocket is aimed to be a good alternative to other Mac OS BitTorrent clients. And it Rock.. Blows transmission away for now, so check it out ! From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


The Republican Party Owes You $20,000 "If middle-class income had merely kept pace with economic growth, your $32,000 job would instead be paying you $52,000. But it's not. And the reason is that virtually all of the economic growth of the past three decades has been funneled into the pockets of the well-off, the rich, and the super-rich." From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


Snowe Puts Brakes on Toll Lanes on Internet Olympia J. Snowe is an unlikely Internet heroine. Bucking her own party leadership, she has championed the push by Google Inc., Yahoo Inc., Microsoft Corp. and other Internet giants to prohibit phone and cable TV companies from charging websites for faster delivery of their data. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


Strange Space Pinwheels Spotted The heart of one of the Milky Way galaxy's most massive star clusters harbors as many as five pinwheels, a strange and relatively newly discovered type of stellar object, astronomers say. Pinwheels, or spirals, are quite rare and exotic in our galaxy. To find a whole little garden of them in this remote cluster was startling and beautiful. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


Flirting with an Anti-Gay Protester Fred Phelps and his crew at the Westboro Baptist Church are strictly anti-gay. So, how does one of their men react when Australian 'reporter' Charles Firth cracks onto him? From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


Linux Shell Scripting Tutorial A Beginner's handbook Most of the other tutorials on Linux shell scripting are either too basic or skip too many important intermediate steps. The concept of this tutorial is to maintain a balance between these two. It covers many of the real life examples of shell scripting that are missing from many other tutorials. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


Rethinking Google's system / Human-powered search premieres Scott Jones knows it's probably not wise to try to out-Google Google. But he's also not ready to concede that the world's leading search engine, or any of its main competitors, has the Web search trick down completely. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


Chess Tutorial Nice collection of tutorials for beginner and intermediate players. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


New Clue to World's Tiniest Particles Particle physicists around the world will be designing their next generation of billion-dollar experiments following new findings from a University of Adelaide-led research team. The Holy Grail of the world's particle physicists is to discover and describe new particles that make up the Universe's tiniest building blocks. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


Programming Quotes Here's a compilation of several programming-related quotes. For example: If you lie to the compiler, it will get its revenge (Henry Spencer); It's hard enough to find an error in your code when you're looking for it; it's even harder when you've assumed your code is error-free (Steve McConnell). From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


Subatomic IT Previously untapped properties of electrons and nuclear particles may lead to unimaginably small and power-efficient computers. For decades, computer circuits have been based on the charge, or flow, of electrons. But electrons not only flow; they also spin up or down, offering a new way to store, manipulate and communicate information. From digg on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


The Moon: Now with bonus space junk! Moon Originally uploaded by Stuart Yeates. The moon now has --> From StuartYeates's blog on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


The ongoing development of "History of virtual learning environments" on Wikipedia The Wikipedia article "History of virtual learning environments" is still accumulating research and references for a possible defence against attempted enforcement of patent claims against Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs). Started on 29th July, the page has had over five hundred edits by dozens of contributors. Much of the effort to develop the page has been led by parties From StuartYeates's blog on September 5, 2006 at 9:11 a.m..


Call for Papers: Innovate - Special Issue on Building an Evidence Base Supporting K-20 Online Learning Online learning is a growing phenomenon in education that provides increased access for educational opportunities for students. While online learning is growing, a number of educational researchers are examining online learning as a new delivery model that can stimulate established education models and ensure that data is available to support innovative and best practices. The Call for Papers is for research-based manuscripts that cover the following topics: (1) innovations in education through online learning, (2) stimulating K-20 learning environments through online learning, and (3) assessm From EdNA Online on September 5, 2006 at 9:10 a.m..


2006 ACMA Conference: Information, Communications, Entertainment The program for the conference aims to reflect the reality of convergence. While it builds on the strong broadcasting background of the former Australian Broadcasting Authority conferences, this year it goes much further and addresses a plethora of issues confronting the modern communications environment. Themed sessions will be addressed by panels of expert participants from government, industry, special interest and advocacy groups. From EdNA Online on September 5, 2006 at 9:10 a.m..


Girls' Reads - Catalog Listing The Curriculum Materials Information Service (CMIS) provides a catalogue listing of fiction with an appeal for girls. The books are listed in title order and have an age rating. Each title opens to a full review, and an indication of topic and genre. From EdNA Online on September 5, 2006 at 9:10 a.m..


Electronic Resources & Libraries 2007 Conference (ER&L) ER&L provides a forum for information professionals to explore ideas, trends, and technologies related to electronic resources and digital services. The idea of this event is to bring together stakeholders inside and outside of the library to look at the impact the digital environment has on library collections, access to resources, and our organizations. Organisers invite various perspectives and approaches to managing, promoting and accessing electronic resources aiming to foster collaborative, cross-departmental, cross-community approaches to the issues e-resources have brought to our envir From EdNA Online on September 5, 2006 at 9:10 a.m..


Boomerang Books Boomerang Books are Australian book specialists with over 1.2 million titles available for purchase online at discounted prices. The site has a selection of book reviews available arranged in sub-sections by topic, and offers a number of other information services to support readers and educators. From EdNA Online on September 5, 2006 at 9:10 a.m..


4th International Conference on the Book This conference will address a range of themes relating to the book and its surrounds — including the past, present and future of publishing, libraries, information, literacy and learning in the information society. Main speakers will include some of the world’s leading thinkers and innovators in the areas of publishing, editing, librarianship, printing, authoring and information technologies, as well as numerous paper, colloquium and workshop presentations by researchers and practitioners. This is a conference for any participant in the world of books — authors, publishers, printers, li From EdNA Online on September 5, 2006 at 9:10 a.m..


First International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference The conference will promote and celebrate the quality use of the PKP open source software suite – Open Journal Systems (OJS); Open Conference Systems (OCS); and the Open Archives Harvester. It is aimed at all segments of the PKP community: software developers and technical support specialists; journal publishers, editors, and staff; librarians; and researchers in scholarly publishing. The Public Knowledge Project is a federally funded research initiative at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University on the west coast of Canada. It seeks to improve the scholarly and public From EdNA Online on September 5, 2006 at 9:10 a.m..


Psychology These print, video, online and electronic resources are to support the Psychology course of study. Including links to associations and resource suppliers. From EdNA Online on September 5, 2006 at 9:10 a.m..


ELPUB 2007 The 11th International Conference on Electronic Publishing focuses on challenges of Openness in digital publishing. Three distinguished features of this conference are: broad scope of topics which creates a unique atmosphere of active exchange and learning about various aspects of electronic publishing; combination of general and technical tracks; and a condensed procedure of submission, revision and publication of proceedings which guarantees presentations of most recent work. From EdNA Online on September 5, 2006 at 9:10 a.m..


Corso Fondamenti di Informatica in ODL Corso di Fondamenti di Informatica in Open and Distance Learning Linguaggio C, Teoria, Test, Esercizi. Esperimento di didattica a distanza studenti Consorzio Nettuno 2001     From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 5, 2006 at 9:09 a.m..


Study Guides - Web Development Online study guides, examples, and links to other sources for students wanting to learn HTML, JavaScript, Java, and CSS. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 5, 2006 at 9:09 a.m..


History of the Kimono This site is a brief history of the Japanese Kimono and how it has evolved through the ages. It describes the materials, the colors and the various styles worn by men, women and children. From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 5, 2006 at 9:09 a.m..


Boost Laptop Speakers With Boostaroo Tired of tinny notebook speakers? This gadget turns your laptop into a veritable boombox, boosting volume by up to 400%. From Read laptop reviews and notebook news at the laptops weblog - Laptopical on September 5, 2006 at 9:09 a.m..


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