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SWIG (Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator) : The Basics SWIG is a software development tool that connects programs written in C and C++ with a variety of high-level programming languages. SWIG is used with different types of languages including common scripting languages such as Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl, Ruby and PHP. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..


Robot thinks people taste like bacon NEC researchers have created a robot for tasting wine. When turned against its masters, the robot said definitively, "bacon!" and "prosciutto!" From digg on September 29, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..


Students Win as San Joses State relents on Skype Yesterday, the school relented, ensuring that students will be able to continue making cheap calls over the Internet From digg on September 29, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..


Harry Potter: Order of The Phoenix (Hi-Res Pics) In response to massive fan interest, Warner Bros. has released high resolution versions of the recent magazine and newspaper articles about the upcoming fifth Potter epic "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix". From digg on September 29, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..


Leo Laporte wants to Trademark NETCAST, re-branded his podcasts as NETCASTS Leo in his speech at the PODCAST Expo 2006 has suggested podcastors change the name from "PODCAST" to "NETCAST" in beliefs this is a more accurate name than Podcasting. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..


Senate OKs $448 billion defense bill, a record The House-Senate compromise bill provides $378 billion for core Pentagon programs, about a 5 percent increase, though slightly less than President Bush asked for. The $70 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan is a down payment on war costs the White House has estimated will hit $110 billion for the budget year beginning Oct. 1. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..


Going Back In Time...digg v1.6 Weren't around before digg v3? Miss the good old days? Here's a picture for you of what digg used to look like. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..


Principal Shot At Wisconsin School CAZENOVIA, Wis. - A ninth-grader shot his principal three times in a rural school just before classes were to start Friday, after a custodian wrested from the boy one of the two weapons he had carried into the building, the sheriff said. No one else was hurt. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..


Florida Senator Foley To Resign Over Sexually Explicit Messages to Minors Saying he was "deeply sorry," Congressman Mark Foley (R-FL) resigned from Congress today, hours after ABC News questioned him about sexually explicit internet messages with current and former congressional pages under the age of 18. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..


Roles Your Favorite Stars Didn't Get This is a list by movie and actor. You can see what might have been. Like that Christopher Lee turned down the role of Grand Moff Tarkin in the original Star Wars (and suggested his frequent co-star Peter Cushing to Lucas), only to appear in the prequels years later as Count Dooku. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..


Mass. judge allows out-of-state gay couple to wed A Massachusetts Superior Court judge ruled on Friday that a lesbian couple from Rhode Island could marry in Massachusetts because Rhode Island does not have a law specifically banning it. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..


Reggie Thinks That Nintendo Could be #1 Again Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime believes Nintendo could in fact be industry leader again thanks to Wii. "We certainly want to and between the success we've had with the Nintendo DS in the handheld space and the success we see with the Wii, Nintendo can become the dominant player again in this industry. And certainly that's my focus." From digg on September 29, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..


Journalism on Drugs - Exploring Legal Highs New Scientist paid one lucky journalist to take a variety of legal high drugs and write up her experiences for the magazine. The article is pretty thorough, and explores the legal, social, political and health issues that surround the sale of these products. Many of them are banned in some countries. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


How do blind people play baseball? Bleepball! (Video) Great story about the world series of bleepball, baseball for the blind. 10 different videos giving the full breakdown. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


64% of You Use Firefox A site that was recently dugg and recieved over 20,000 extra visits has published some stats: 64% used Firefox, Mac and Linux usage much higher than usual. "Digg is like a giant filter that feeds out to the rest of the web/blogosphere, since now we have a ton of referrers." From digg on September 29, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Research brings hope body parts can regrow Buoyed by recent genetic breakthroughs, researchers at Northwestern University and across the country have hopes of achieving a feat long thought to be impossible: enabling people to replace damaged body parts or even regrow missing limbs. Like salamanders humans possess the right genes, they just lay dormant in us. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Zune: Hurts Microsoft and Partners more than Apple Yesterday, Microsoft announced pricing and release dates for its anticipated Zune portable media player. Once thought to be the greatest threat to Apple's dominant iPod lines, some experts now contend that the device will do more damage to Microsoft partners instead. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


We've Played The Wii, Our Thoughts The first game I tested my Wii skill at was Excite Truck. The first thing I noticed was the size of the Wii-mote. It is like... perfect and compact and sexy and... well it is comfortable to say the least... From digg on September 29, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


The Best and Worst Star Wars Video Games LucasArts decided to take those scenes and turn them into a game. Watching paint dry on a refurbished X-Wing would be more exciting. - By Libe Goad and Robin Yang From digg on September 29, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Intel's Spy Software Extends To The Home Given that its Active Management Technology (AMT) is building built into its desktop and laptop processors, this snooping tech will soon find its way into the home, according to Intel's Brendan Traw. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..


Congressman resigns after e-mails questioned Rep. Mark Foley, R-Florida, resigned from Congress on Friday, effective immediately, in the wake of questions about e-mails he wrote a former male page. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..


The Daily Show: "You jackin' it?" Jason Jones gets in the case of Carl Monday, the reporter who humilliated on TV a kid caught "jackin' it" on a public library. Jones decides that the best way to become a hard-hitting reporter like Monday is to give him a taste of his own medicine! From digg on September 29, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..


Why Your Web App Sucks "The reason it is so hard to make a great web application is because it is so easy to make it suck. The greatest ideas do not always translate into the greatest applications because of poor execution. What makes them so bad though? Let’s take a look." From digg on September 29, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..


Report: Apple, Wal-Mart in talks over movie alliance Apple is currently in discussions with Wal-Mart over an alliance that would allow the retail giant to profit from iTunes Store video downloads, according to a report by Variety. This disproves Walmart's supposed threats about Apple recently unveiled video store. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..


Hacking your cellphone for better reception Poor cell reception at home? Install a cellular amplifier, and put an end to frustrated redials From digg on September 29, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..


US Citizens Can Now Be Deemed "Enemy Combatants" and Stripped of All Rights "A federal appeals court Wednesday ruled President Bush has the authority to designate U.S. citizens as "enemy combatants" and detain them in military custody if they are deemed a threat to national security." Everyone get scared and submit. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..


Get Those Questions Answered with your cell phone and Mozes Mob Looking for the "best" coffee shop in an unfamiliar area? Mozes Mob, the newest SMS-based tool from Palo Alto-based Mozes (previous post), lets you get answers to questions from other people who you probably don't know, but who may know just what you are looking for. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..


The Top Ten College Pranks of All Time The staff at the Museum of Hoaxes studied hundreds, if not thousands, of examples of the genre of the college prank to find the ten most worthy of immortal fame. The pranks were judged according to three criteria: creativity, fame, and shock value. A must read. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 8:32 p.m..


Foley Submits Resignation to Congress Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., submitted a letter of resignation from Congress on Friday in the wake of questions about e-mails he wrote a former male page, according to a congressional official. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


"South Park" Co-Creators Matt and Trey Pick Top 10 Episodes Here's a quick read-through of the top 10 episodes chosen by Matt Stone and Trey Parker. Each episode is accompanied by why they those it and a memorable picture. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


List of Top 5 Most Famous Brothels A list of the most famous houses of ill repute from WorldSexWiki. One in Prague allows you to sleep with women for free, but there's a catch... From digg on September 29, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


4 students wear the same outfit, then suspended 4 girls who wore the same outfit on the same day were all suspended for violating school rules. The principle has declined to say which rules were broken. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Bush: Criticism dovetails with 'enemy propaganda' President Bush told a largely military audience Friday that critics who believe that fighting the war in Iraq has made America less safe are "buying into enemy propaganda." "You do not create terrorism by fighting terrorism," Bush told a meeting of the Reserve Officers Association in Washington. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


See the semi-hidden list of free stuff in the iTunes 7 store Find the semi-hidden free stuff page in the new iTunes Store. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Email: Rove Killed Interior Nomination for Abramoff In an email exchange subject-lined "were you able to whack mccain's wife yet?" Ralph Reed and Jack Abramoff discuss derailing the nomination of a woman named Angela Williams to an Interior post. With the White House's help, Abramoff's effort was successful. Ralph Reed emailed Abramoff, "talked to rove about this and I think I killed it." From digg on September 29, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


GM Hires Fox News Mouthpiece Sean Hannity As Spokesman General Motors has hired right-wing talk show host Sean Hannity to be the lead spokesman for a car giveaway campaign called "You're a Great American." From digg on September 29, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Use absentee ballots: Don't trust vunerable Diebold voting machines What more do people need to hear or to see or to read to convince them Diebold voting machines simply can't be trusted From digg on September 29, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Ashcroft Is Denied Immunity in Court Case A federal judge in Idaho has ruled that former attorney general John D. Ashcroft can be held personally responsible for the wrongful detention of a U.S. citizen arrested as a "material witness" in a terrorism case. Judge Edward Lodge, in a ruling issued Wednesday, dismissed claims by the Justice Department that Ashcroft and others have immunity. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


A spot in the sun | the Daily Mail It looks like a speck of dust on the surface of the sun. But this spectacular picture shows the space shuttle Atlantis alongside the International Space Station (ISS) silhouetted as they orbit the earth. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


Compilation of Web 2.0 Tools for School With the start of the new school year, many teachers and students are seeking new products and technologies to help them through their upcoming academics. With the increase of teachers using blogs and wikis, and students networking and utilizing online tools, the demand for easier and more efficient ways of learning is on the rise. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


Daily Show's Jon Stewart: 'I-Report for CNN' Video from the 09/28 episode of "The Daily Show" starts with a riff on the softball tactics of print media cover-stories in the U.S. compared to other countries. Then, Jon Stewart jumps on the CNN, "I-Report" bandwagon. "With CNN's I-Report, you'll be able to tell your friends that your balls were on Wolf Blitzer's head." From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


Baseball: A study in 'clutchness' For the last five years, Major League Baseball has spoiled us in October. It's not just the improbable comebacks and controversial plays, or even the exceptional number of postseason matchups that have come down to one final elimination game. The best part of the show has been a steady parade of the clutch hit. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


The USB Smart Drive "The worlds first smart USB flash drive which is capable of showing personal ID and remaining capacity without the use of a battery, with the most unique technology - Bi-stable cholesteric liquid crystal display, showing up to 11 Character capacity, graphs and digits." From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


Sen. Inhofe Lashes Out At CNN, Grossly Distorts Global Warming Science Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) has responded angrily to yesterday’s CNN segment debunking his diatribe against global warming science. His rebuttal is shockingly dishonest. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


How to beat anyone at Rock Paper Scissors With the 2006 World Rock Paper Scissors Championships coming up in November in Toronto and $10,000.00 on the line (not to mention bragging rights of being able to call yourself "World Champion of RPS"), trying to get some sort of edge on your competition is becoming a focal point for a lot of players. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


Who wants to be a millionaire with The Simpsons A bit easy, and don't try to go through more than once. The questions repeat. But I doubt anyone can go all the way first time around From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


November 2006: Vote To Impeach The framers of the Constitution created the impeachment power. The power is in the hands of the American people to change control of Congress, which has failed to hold President Bush accountable, and force the new one to act. That is what we must, and can, do this November. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


Apple using shoddy up-sampling for some iTunes vids? When Apple announced the new VGA res for all iTunes videos the other week -- including new versions of their current QVGA catalog -- we were definitely stoked to be getting 4x the pixels for our video dollar, even if we were a bit miffed at having to re-purchase some of those videos which we'd already bought. Unfortunately, it looks like the From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


Photo: Real Wolverine....Brazilian X-Men Fan Inserts 3 Claws under Skin Good luck boarding a Plane with those.... From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


How to Survive a Zombie Apocolypse, from Rev3 Find out how to survive a zombie apocolypse from an Army Ranger, no joke, that guy in the middle is an actual Army Ranger...remember, ninjas are like knots... From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:32 p.m..


GalaxyGoo This is a science resource and community site. GalaxyGoo develops educational software for maths and science. The projects are freely available to educators, students, and the general public. Most are web-based. They try to tackle difficult subjects, concepts that may be challenging to communicate, for example, the relationship between the sine curve and the rotation of the radius around the circle is succinctly demonstrated with a Sine Curve Visualization Tool. GalaxyGoo community members are scientists, educators, parents, programmers, artists, and writers from around the world. From EdNA Online on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..


New plan gives little kids big voices in Council decisions : Media Releases : News : The University of Melbourne When was the last time children were consulted about the layout of their local park? The City of Port Phillip's visionary Municipal Early Years Plan has drawn attention from National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (NAPCAN) as the winner of a Child Protection Week award. Developed in partnership with the University of Melbourne's Centre for Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood (CEIEC), the Municipal Early Years Plan will recognise children as active citizens who should be consulted. CEIEC will engage children from a variety of age groups to express their ide From EdNA Online on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..


Scientists use an 'ice lolly' to find polar bacteria in their own back yard To study the bacteria which survive in extreme cold, scientists no longer have to go to extreme environments, such as Antarctic lakes and glaciers. Bacteria previously isolated from polar climates, and have properties which allow them to survive in extreme cold, have been isolated from soil in temperate environments. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


"Dark Business" - A Unique Multiplayer Tactical Gaming Experience This is a story of subterfuge, misinformation, negotiation, and intense, violent conflict. The stage is set in a mission where three sides - US, Russian, and Resistance - must try to deal with, betray, or trick each other to accomplish their mutually-exclusive objectives. What team will come out on top, who will be able to claim victory? Read on! From digg on September 29, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


Man Hits His Wife and Tries to Play it Off Like it Didn't Happen... This is messed up... but kinda funny... From digg on September 29, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


What Waterboarding Really Looks Like Photographs taken by Jonah Blank last month at Tuol Sleng Prison in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. His photos show one of the actual waterboards used by the Khymer Rouge. Here's a painting by a former prisoner that shows the waterboard in action... From digg on September 29, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


CNN Fact Checks Senator Inhofe's Diatribe Against Global Warming Science On Monday, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) took to the Senate floor and launched into a 45-minute diatribe on global warming science. Repeating his claim that global warming is a hoax, Inhofe said, "The American people know when they are being used and when they are being duped by the hysterical left." In particular, he attacked the news media. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


The most satisfying game I've ever played. :) If you just can't take any more from your boss, but don't want to end up in handcuffs for assaulting them, then this page is for you. I thoroughly enjoyed this. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


iPod vs. Zune SMACKDOWN! BBSpot takes it to the streets, throwing Chuck Norris, a Ford Excursion, and promises of everlasting health against the reigning champion of MP3 players and its scrappy challenger from a small company known as Microsoft. Lets get rrrreeeaaaady toooooooooooo rrrrruuuummmmbbblllleee! From digg on September 29, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


PC World's 100 Fearless Forecasts here's our definitive list of technologies we're looking forward to seeing. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


The Detainee Law Explained For those of you wondering exactly what all the fuss was about, here are what The Associated Press glibly called "the highlights". From digg on September 29, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


Borat Goes To The White House and Gives a Speech... Really Borat Goes To Washington, Sacha Baron Cohen's character Borat does his bit to promote Sacha's movie (trailer) He's not making friends Borat Not Amusing Kazakhstan Leaders, White House Secret Service but he is amusing his fans. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


C/C++ : Function Pointer Tutorials Function Pointers provide some extremely interesting, efficient and elegant programming techniques. You can use them to replace switch/if-statements, to realize your own late-binding or to implement callbacks. Unfortunately - probably due to their complicated syntax - they are treated quite stepmotherly in most computer books and documentation. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


Penn And Teller's Bullshit On PETA (NSFW) Love the live action animal scenes. Check out the chicken eating out of the KFC buckets. Great view of the crap that PETA spews. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


Are you a scary manager? It often comes as a surprise to bosses to discover an employee finds them intimidating. Here are a few reasons why managers can seem scary. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


No, I can't fix your computer, but here is a website that will help! The recent front page post that shows how often "computer experts" are asked for help with their computer. If you are one of those people, keep a link to this handy and give it out, it is aimed at the home, non-tech-savvy computer user. It will show them how to clean out spyware/viruses, defragment, install Firefox, and much more. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


Apple Releases 10.4.8 10.4.8 has been released to the public via download page and software update From digg on September 29, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


NVIDIA G80 Spy Pics Five up-close and personal pictures of NVIDIA's new G80 reference video cards. You can see the new water cooler implemented on one that will be required due to 300 watt power loads. And yes, it is longer than the current generation's high end card. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


Bush/FoxNews: Democrats Are Now The Party of "Cut and Run" In his most direct attack this election season, Bush flatly charged that Democrats are incapable of effectively fighting the War on Terror. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


Review of Konqueror - web browser and file manager for KDE Konqueror was developed to be a universal file manager, web browser and file viewer for the K Desktop Environment (KDE). It was released to the world on 14 June, 2000. At that time, it was described as “the next generation web browser, file manager and document viewer”. This isn't very far from the truth. Read a review by Softpedia. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


Doctor lashes out after being convicted of growing 50,000 Cannabis plants When the jury handed down its decision, Katelaris told them: "Regrettably the next generation will suffer from your ignorance". He later described the jury to the media as sheep. Outside court following his conviction, Katelaris said the courts and police had "behaved very poorly", while holding up a sign with the name of a pro-cannabis website. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


Wine 0.9.22 RELEASED! Wine takes another step towards version 1.0 with this excellent release, the usual slew of directX improvements and bugfixes are all there. :) From digg on September 29, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


Fox bets big on Borat This year, the hottest preholiday buzz is for a fake Kazakh journalist named Borat, who cheerfully spouts anti-Semitic slurs, uses a sidewalk planter for a toilet and misbehaves in front of a Manhattan lingerie store. The movie so far has generated the most breathless word of mouth fame in recallable history. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


Why Alexa is Worthless Alexa is a total sham because their statistics are based on the behavior of (and easily manipulated by) the users who are foolish enough to install their eponymous toolbar. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


VIDEO►USA 1930's Great Depression - Life Around The Nation Imagine a collection of Hundreds of Photos of Life in the USA during the 1930s Great Depression.......The images of the people actually seen to take a life of their own......THEY ARE ALL IN COLOR.....A rarity of the period From digg on September 29, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


White House Falsely Claimed Abramoff Had "Very Few" Meetings with Staff A House Government Reform Committee report establishes based on e-mail messages and other records subpoenaed from criminal lobbyist Jack Abramoff's lobbying firm that at least 485 contacts occurred between Abramoff's lobbying team and White House officials between 2001 to 2004. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


Hubble Discovers Dark Cloud in the Atmosphere of Uranus Just as we near the end of the hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean, winds whirl and clouds churn 2 billion miles away in the atmosphere of Uranus, forming a dark vortex large enough to engulf two-thirds of the United States. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


5 Quick And Easy Ways To Stop Blog Spam BEFORE it gets to your blog A great list of easy ways to stop comment spam before it ever hits your blog. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


SHIFT: The Web 2.0 Drinking Game (Digg plays a part)!! I'll apologize right now for using "Web 2.0" in the title of this column. It's a terrible buzzword, but it defines the very sites I'm gonna deal with today, so please forgive me. If you're unaware, Wikipedia states that the term Web 2.0 "refers to a supposed second-generation of Internet-based services — such as social networking sites, wikis From digg on September 29, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


The Colbert Report: Green Screen Challange: iPod + Colbert Tonights episode's latest Green Screen Challenge video, has Colbert dancing to the beat of his own drum, in his own iPod commercial! From digg on September 29, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


In-depth comparison of digg and Netscape There are many differences and similarities between digg and Netscape. This post discusses the differences of finding stories, voting, adding stories to your favorites, the frontpage and the audience between digg and Netscape. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


The String Theory Wars Have a look at this article from the current New Yorker. It focuses on the recent anti-string theory books from Lee Smolin and Peter Woit. The article provides a decent summary of Smolin's and Woit's views, but it is seriously marred by the lack of any contrary views of the matter.The views expressed by Smolin and Woit appear to be in the minority. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Why It's getting harder to become a Star QB in the NFL Top-flight quarterbacks have been getting increasingly difficult to find for years now. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Bush Rules: US Congress wrapped around his Finger Today's Senate vote on President Bush's detainee legislation, after House approval yesterday, marks a defining moment for this nation From digg on September 29, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


The growing world of Google Earth Google Inc.'s Michael Jones likes to take pictures with a super high-resolution camera like those used on spy planes during the Cold War. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


10 Things That Should Have Been Invented By Now. Exerpt: "# 5 - The Warp Drive. Screw Mars, screw the Moon and screw the near Earth orbit International Space Station. We want new galaxies, new star systems and we really want that cool streaking star effect when we engage warp drive." From digg on September 29, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Narwhals May Produce Signature Vocalizations for Communications Scientists have found preliminary evidence that narwhals, Arctic whales whose spiraled tusks gave rise to the myth of the unicorn, produce signature vocalizations that may facilitate individual recognition or their reunion with more distant group members. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


New Search by Color on yotoPhoto Have you ever wanted to find an image that matches your logo, template, ad layout or even the outfit you're wearing? We did... (okay, except for the outfit part :-)) That's why we've added color searching capabilities to our advanced search options. Now anyone can quickly find images containing any color. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


C64 games to hit Virtual Console Commodore 64 games will make a showing on the Nintendo VC for the Wii. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


US/Mexico volleyball game using border fence as net No switching sides allowed! From digg on September 29, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


GameCube Controllers on Wii Compatibility Nintendojo.com asks for clarification on GameCube controller compatibility with Wii. WaveBirds to work with Wii, GameCube controllers to work with some Wii games, GameCube controller working in place of Classic Controller undecided. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Libertarian Ejected From Public Festival In Kansas City officials want to know why police ejected Jason Peck, Libertarian candidate for the 24th District in the Kansas House, from the Mission Arts and Eats Festival. During the festival's second night, Peck conversed with event goers and distributed campaign literature. No one objected until Councilwoman Suzie Gibbs had police eject him. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


The Starfire: U.S. Laser Weapon Research The U.S. government is seeking to develop a powerful ground-based laser weapon that would use beams of concentrated light to destroy enemy satellites in orbit. The largely secret project is part of a wide-ranging effort to develop space both defensive and offensive. The White House has recently sought to play down the issue of space arms. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


IE7 still handles feeds better than Firefox From Lifehacker: "I said it before and I'll say it again: Internet Explorer 7 handles RSS feeds better than Firefox 2.0. While Firefox 2 RC1 handles RSS feeds very nicely (and has since the beta), IE7 still has advanced feed handling features that Firefox lacks." From digg on September 29, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Facebook to put viral ads in your news feeds? MediaWeek is reporting that Facebook will soon add sponsored stories or banner ads to the news feed on users' front pages. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Detainee Bill Passes Senate And Becomes A Stain On The Pages Of History The Senate on Thursday endorsed President Bush's plans to prosecute and interrogate terror suspects, all but sealing congressional approval for legislation that Republicans intend to use on the campaign trail to assert their toughness on terrorism. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


No, I can't fix your computer! In a world where the term "computer expert" can refer to many things, why do people assume that ALL people in the computer field can solve their computer problems? From digg on September 29, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


Is Diggnation really a success? -- Scoble Frank Shaw, who is Vice President of Waggener Edstrom (Microsoft’s main PR firm), asks an interesting question: “If “Diggnation” were on a national cable or broadcast feed, would 250k viewers be seen as success or the road to to cancellation? You decide….“ From digg on September 29, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


'06 Elections? No Matter Who Wins, Freedom Will Erode & Govt Will Grow Every election season, various pundits and politicians declare the upcoming contest to be the most important one of our lifetime. The very future of the universe, they claim, hangs in the balance. But given the enormous inertia of American statism and the fuzzy distinctions between the major parties, that assertion is usually pure hyperbole. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 1:32 p.m..


A free plugin that enables QuickTime to play almost every popular codec!!! Allowes Quicktime for Mac to play: * Divx, XviD, FLV, AVI * MS-MPEG4 v1, MS-MPEG4 v2, MS-MPEG4 v3, DivX 3.11 alpha, 3ivX, Sorenson H.263, Flash Screen Video, Truemotion VP6 * These formats when they are inside an AVI: h.264, mpeg4, AAC, AC3 Audio, and VBR MP3. Wow. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..


C++ Optimizations A few C++ code optimizations, we should be reminded of from time to time. "These optimizations are fairly easy to apply to existing code and in some cases can result in big speedups. Remember the all-important maxim though, the fastest code is code that isn't called." From digg on September 29, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..


Video: Borat Comes to Washington Borat, also known as actor Sacha Baron Cohen of "Da Ali G Show," spoke to the press about his upcoming movie "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" during a visit to Washington, D.C. Thursday. (Everything he says is a joke.) From digg on September 29, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..


Virtual schools and tutors offer students new opportunities As more and more people gain high-speed access to the Internet, opportunities arise that weren't possible before. One such opportunity is the idea of virtual education. More and more students are finding new opportunities for learning that involve reaching out over a TCP/IP connection. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..


10 ways to become a better blogger If nobody bothers to read your blog posts, you might as well just scribble your thoughts on a cocktail napkin. But if you truly want to share your ideas and opinions, check out these pointers for crafting an engaging blog and building a loyal following. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..


FOX News Does Bush's Bidding Faux News: Fair And Balanced From digg on September 29, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..


X06 shows Xbox 360 exclusives: Halo Wars, Banjo-Kazooie 3, Splinter Cell 5 Barcelona, Spain—On the shores of one of the world’s most artistic and progressive cities, Microsoft Corp. today thrilled attendees at its annual X06 event by inviting everyone to experience the next generation now on the Xbox 360 system. How? With Halo Wars, Banjo-Kazooie 3, Splinter Cell 5, Doom Arcade and more exclusives. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..


U.S. Education Fair Schedule From usjournal.com: U.S. Journal of Academics on September 29, 2006 at 12:30 p.m..


HP To Acquire Voodoo PC Voodoo PC has agreed to be acquired by Hewlett-Packard, Voodoo founder and Chief Technology Officer Rahul Sood announced on his blog Thursday. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


The IT energy crisis Measurements like "watts per square foot" will become more important for CIOs and IT departments in the years ahead, according to a new report from Gartner. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


Study Shows Internet to Be Resilient Against Terror Attack Researchers have simulated what would happen to Internet reliability in the United States if terrorists were able to knock out various physical components of the network. The good news is that it would be very difficult to cause major disruptions across the country, although destruction of some key parts could seriously degrade Internet quality. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..


How the Government Traps and Captures an Industry it Regulates His article provided an accurate blueprint for the multi-year gradual process by which doctors, hospitals, and the medical industries in general have since been and are being captured and turned into drudges of government bureaucrats. North's model can be extended, deepened, and enriched in several directions. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..


Think your Senators work for you? Here's how to hold them accountable. RSS feeds for all senators votes. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..


Mark Cuban: Only a "moron" would buy YouTub Billionaire investor and dot-com veteran Mark Cuban had harsh words on Thursday for YouTube, the online site that lets people share video clips, saying only a "moron" would purchase the wildly popular start-up. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..


New Power Suit Amplifies Human Strength Engineers in Japan are perfecting a wearable power suit that amplifies human strength to help lift hospital patients or heavy objects. Driven by portable batteries, micro air pumps and small body sensors , the Stand-Alone Wearable Power Assist Suit is designed to help nursing home workers lift patients of up to 180 pounds. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..


User-Generated Web Content Will Grow Rapidly Through 2010 User-Generated Content (UGC), such as that found on YouTube and MySpace, will continue to grow significantly in popularity and generate increasing revenue over the next several years. By 2010, the volume of downloads/views on these sites will surpass 65 billion, and revenues tied to UGC video are expected to exceed $850 million. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..


Gears Of War Xbox Live Full Co-Op Play Confirmed "It's been a bit of a grey area over the last few months but our man on the scene in Barcelona has had it confirmed in an interview this morning with the infamous CliffyB. Gears Of War will feature full co-op play over Xbox Live. Not just tacked on co-op missions. The entire game." From digg on September 29, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..


TechCrunch: Why the new .Mac webmail is important "I agree that .mac is Apple’s most difficult to use product and needs a lot of work. However, I think that the changes are important for one reason: There are very few Ajax webmail services today that allow users to access multiple email accounts. .Mac will be one of them." From digg on September 29, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Xbox 360 Version of Assassin's Creed Will Feature Better AI Than PS3 At the tail end of IGN's interview with Jade Raymond, producer of Assassin's Creed at Ubisoft Montreal, she let it slip that the Xbox 360's hardware's superior threading will allow for better AI of NPC than will be found in the PS3 version. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Futurama Returns!! Speedbump Studios has created a fan-made commercial for the return of Futurama. This is a funny little clip featuring Bender. Check this out! Remember, Futurama returns in 2008! From digg on September 29, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Digg needs a new link category Does Digg need a topic category for internet culture stories? YES! From digg on September 29, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Boy slave 'crucified' by Sudanese Muslim A Sudanese slave who was assigned to watch his Muslim master's camels was "crucified" when he was caught sneaking out to attend a Christian church, according to reports from Voice of the Martyrs. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Branson unveils Virgin spaceship Sir Richard Branson has unveiled a mock-up of the rocket-powered vehicle that will carry clients into space through his Virgin Galactic business. The Virgin "spaceships" are designed to carry six passengers and two pilots to an altitude of about 140km on a sub-orbital space flight. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Tony Stark (Iron Man) will be played by Robert Downey, Jr. From AICN: "I can’t even express how much I love that choice. First of all, congratulations to Paramount and Marvel for having the nerve to pin their franchise on Downey. He’s had some rough years, but if I’ve ever seen anyone aggressively work to rehab their career, it’s Downey." From digg on September 29, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Revision 3 Forums Live The new and improved rev3 forums are now live so go register a name and start posting. Still lots of bugs but still works for the most part. The link is www.revision3.com/forum From digg on September 29, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Pentagon: Iran funnels millions in weapons into Iraq A Shiite Muslim militia involved in the warfare between Sunni and Shiites in Iraq has received "millions of dollars" and an assortment of weaponry from Iran, a senior U.S. military official says. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


F-22 Raptor Wins Battle in Congress Still, even these critics concede that the plane is an engineering marvel, a Maserati of the skies. It can fly at 60,000 feet, twice as high as any other plane. Its cruising speed is Mach 2 and its top speed is a Pentagon secret. And its radar-eluding stealth technology allows it to fly at supersonic speeds — invisibly. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Survey Reveals Most Haunting Movie Moments Close to 60 percent of those surveyed reported being unable to get a scary image out of their mind after watching a horror film. It's easy to see why, with a feast of frightening films to see that include Hannibal Lecter dining on Ray Liotta's brains while he's still alive in Hannibal. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..


Zune? It's the Aboriginal word for "Loss Leader" About $.99 more than Apple Computer's latest 30GB iPod: We're not going to be profitable this holiday but the Zune project is a multiyear strategy. Coinciding with Zune's launch will be the debut of Zune Marketplace (an expected rival to Apple's iTunes) & and Zune Pass subscription that will give consumers access to "millions" of song files. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..


Nintendo DS Clear Case Mod ! With pictorial goodness.... From digg on September 29, 2006 at 8:32 a.m..


360 CPU Upgraded Manufacturing process to switch from 90nm to 65nm. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 7:30 a.m..


Google Opens Up Registrations for Google Talk Last year, we launched Google Talk, a free and easy service for making voice calls and sending instant messages. It used to be that only Gmail users could use Google Talk but now anyone can sign up for Google Talk. If you haven't tried the service yet, here are 5 good reasons to give it a try: From digg on September 29, 2006 at 7:30 a.m..


Walking on the Bridge To New York City at Twilight.......MASTERPIECE Simply Heavenly Photo of the Brooklyn Bridge at Twilight - -----walking to New York City.....This is the view thousands of New Yorkers see while walking to the city to get tp work during the morning hours.......or joggin after work From digg on September 29, 2006 at 7:30 a.m..


No more RSS for diggnation and co? Revision3 relaunches and it looks fab. But were has the RSS feed gone? I know it is still there but I can not find a link to it anywhere on the all new Revision3 site? Not for diggnation and not for any of the other shows. Am I missing something or is it really not there? From digg on September 29, 2006 at 7:30 a.m..


How to encrypt passwords in a database If you are developing a password-protected web site, you have to make a decision about how to store user password information securely. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 7:30 a.m..


NY Times: Bush's "Tyrannical Law" is "Low Point in American Democracy" Geneva Conventions sidestepped; basic habeas right to challenge imprisonment cancelled; coerced evidence allowed; torture allowed; secret evidence allowed; judicial review blocked; U.S. residents could be detained indefinitely with no hope of appeal. Nearly all Senate Republicans voted Yes. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:32 a.m..


Craigslist Founder Won't Sell out - Says "Who needs the Money?" The founder of craigslist, the free social networking and classifieds Web site, said on Thursday he is not interested in selling out, a few hours after social networking site MySpace was valued at $15 billion. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:32 a.m..


Pool ball goes into pocket. Decides it doesn't like it, so goes back out! Can't really describe this very well, but a pool ball just decides to defy gravity and go back on to the table. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:32 a.m..


Technical hurdles delay mobile Skype: CEO Most mobile phone users will still have to wait some time for Internet telephony company Skype's mobile service because of technical hurdles and a lack of suitable handsets, Skype's chief executive was quoted as saying in a Finnish newspaper on Thursday. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


Bigger, better CrossOver adds WoW to Linux Would-be Windows-on-Linux gamers got a very early Christmas present today, with the release by CodeWeavers of the first public beta of CrossOver, with support for World of Warcraft and other "steam-based" games such as Half Life 2 and Counterstrike. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


Top 10 things to do with Google Earth Google Earth Hacks has released their list of the 10 best things about Google Earth. They include screenshots and instructions on all of them, from 3D buildings to joystick controls. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


TinyXP - 55Mb WinXP client This TinyXP not only runs fast, but takes up only 400Mb total space on your system hard drive. Thats the "WINDOWS" folder, "Documents and settings" and "Program Files." By using only 40Mb of RAM, this allows your PC to run fast, I mean VERY fast! From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


Reports: Iraq lost $16 billion on oil exports due to attacks, bad equipment Iraq's most important moneymaker, its oil industry, lost $16 billion in two years to insurgent attacks, criminals and bad equipment, a secret U.S. audit says. Wonder if this has played a role in our prices. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


Colo. School Attack 'Sexual in Nature' The gunman who took six girls hostage in a high school classroom, killing one, had sexually assaulted at least some of them, the sheriff said Thursday. "He did traumatize and assault our children," Park County Sheriff Fred Wegener said. "I'll only say that it's sexual in nature." From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


Swarm of subs set to uncover the ocean's mysteries A fleet of 100 robotic submarines could in five years' time be roaming the vast unexplored stretches of the world's seafloors and helping unlock their mysteries. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


What's Wrong With A Third Party Candidate? Nothing. More choices in a Republic are a wonderful way to hear different ideas. But Mary Starrett, campaigning for Governor in Oregon, is finding that no one wants to hear her ideas. Why? From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


NASA scientists reveal latest information and images on ozone hole In 1987, the United States joined several other nations in signing the Montreal Protocol, an international treaty designed to protect the Earth's ozone layer by phasing out the production of a number of substances believed to be responsible for ozone depletion. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


The Colbert Report: Jesus Camp "The best way to fight evil Islamic fanaticism is with good Christian fanaticism." From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


NYT to Condi: We've "Kept Some of Your Secrets" Earlier this week Condi Rice met with the editorial board of the New York Times and since it was an on-the-record chat, the State Department has made a transcript of the talk available for the public to read on the web. The most compelling part of her chat was when a person from the Times said the paper has not divulged "some of her secrets." From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


Sony issues worldwide battery recall After four major notebook manufacturers issued their own recalls of Sony batteries, Sony finally gives up the ghost and announces a global recall of all Sony-manufactured lithium-ion batteries. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


One of the funniest...and scariest videos that I've ever seen... I happened upon this video the other day, and since then my roommates and I have watched it approximately 50 times. Enjoy... From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


Six Charged in Breakup of AOL Identity Theft Ring The men are accused of harvesting thousands of AOL e-mail addresses and then infecting victims' PCs with malicious software that would prevent them from logging on to AOL without entering their credit card numbers, bank account numbers and other personal information. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


Congress gives Bush the right to torture and detain people forever Say goodbye to your freedoms, America... they're slipping down the drain. If you are suspected of being a terrorist, you can be detained and tortured by the U.S. for the rest of your life. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


Decimating the Constitution with Military Tribunals The tribunal legislation will confirm once again the power of federal officials to use the 9/11 attacks as a way to fundamentally alter the American way of life and dismantle a criminal-justice system whose principles stretch back centuries. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


Seven things to love about networking in Windows Vista Vista is the first version of Windows created for a world where networks and wireless access are ubiquitous. One of Microsoft's goals in creating Windows Vista was to take advantage of that constant connectivity. Did Microsoft get it right? In a lot of ways, I think it did, and I found plenty of reasons why Windows Vista represents a breakthrough.. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


How to Architect Your CSS Great breakdown of how to actually architect CSS, not just create it. "Gone are the days of creating a single CSS file and dropping in rules as needed. As we build new sites, it is necessary to spend time planning how to organize and structure CSS." From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


Human Clock (Flash)...Try it! Each numeral in the Clock uses from one to four people to create the shape From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


Major League Soccer to sell ad space on jerseys Major League Soccer doesn't have the talent, tradition or TV ratings of more storied American sports leagues. But starting next spring, MLS will be the first major team sports league in the U.S. to showcase ads where viewers can't miss them: on the fronts of player jerseys. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


Video of a convoy in Iraq that made a wrong turn, then it all goes to hell Here is a video of a convoy in Iraq that made a wrong turn and went down a dead end road. Well on the way back out things turn to shit real fast. And the army did an investigation into this but say they lost the report. Also Halliburton fired this guy because he got shot. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


Watching How Planets Form With the VISIR instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope, astronomers have mapped the disc around a star more massive than the Sun. The very extended and flared disc most likely contains enough gas and dust to spawn planets. It appears as a precursor of debris discs such as the one around Vega-like stars. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


Ubuntu: Edgy Eft beta out today! The next version of the now wildly popular Linux distribution, Edgy Eft, is due for its beta release today. As the name suggests, Edgy Eft will include bleeding-edge Linux technologies, with many of the packages expected in Edgy to be beta themselves. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


The Colbert Report: Interview With Steve Wozniak Colbert nails Steve Wozniak in a language he can understand: "01011001" From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


Fast Times at Hero High "Fast Times @ Ridgemont High" spoof with Wonder Woman standing in for Phoebe Cates -- pool scene included! From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


Firefox Extensions For Geeks Mozilla's Firefox browser is a great tool for surfing the Net. And thanks to a growing number of free Firefox extensions, it's an especially good tool for people who want every possible ounce of browser power. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


DesignersTalk Redesigns Web design and development forums - gets a much needed facelift! From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


Is it art? Teacher strips in class Mo Xiaoxin, a 56-year-old assistant professor at a university in Changzhou, in eastern Jiangsu province, shocked students by stripping during a lecture on "body art" to emphasize the "power" of the body and to "challenge taboos," the Beijing News said. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


Kentsfield quad-core performance previewed The Tech Report has quad-core Kentsfield benchmarks straight from the Intel Developer Forum, and the chip looks like a beast in multithreaded apps like 3D rendering and video encoding. What's more, the chip will plug into standard LGA775 motherboards, and could become available before AMD's '4x4' platform, which use dual dual-core chips. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


Losing the War, Winning a Police State: Managing the American Public? The New York Times disclosure of an official National Intelligence Estimate, which states that the Iraq invasion has worsened the global terrorist threat, carries an unspoken subtext – that the Bush administration is either woefully ignorant of how to combat terrorism or finds the terrorist threat a useful tool for managing the American public. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


Beauty Boils Down to a Simple Average Johnny Depp may be easy on the eyes, but in reality he is just easy on the mind, a new study suggests. While eyes are the vehicles for receiving visual images, the brain decides how attractive those images are. Attractiveness appears to be related to how easy you can wrap your brain around a face. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


Lung cancer drug 'extends life' An experimental lung cancer drug has extended patients' life expectancy by more than 50% in preliminary trials. Patients given the drug AS1404 on top of standard chemotherapy lived an average of 14 months compared with 8.8 months if given chemotherapy alone. The drug belongs to a new class of compounds called vascular disrupting agents. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


SC: 29/09 Microsoft PowerPoint presentation software contains exploitable flaw Microsoft's PowerPoint presentation software is being targeted by a new 'Extremely Critical' exploit which would involve sending by email, or placing on a website, a doctored PowerPoint file, which would then allow the attacker to insert and run malicious programs on a target machine; researchers at McAfee detected the problem when a customer submitted two different malicious PowerPoint files, both of which exploited the same vulnerability ... From MCS Safe Computing Bulletins on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


SC: 29/09 Internet Explorer affected by new vulnerability in ActiveX component We've been advised that another 'Extremely Critical' flaw in the Internet Explorer browser has been notified by security researchers; this time it's the ActiveX component that's at risk - ActiveX enables a program to add functionality by calling ready-made components that blend in and appear as normal parts of the program and are typically used to add user interface functions, such as 3D toolbars, a notepad, calculator or even a spreadsheet ... From MCS Safe Computing Bulletins on September 29, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


Kheel Center Labor Photos More than 350,000 images that document labour and management history in the 20th century. From EdNA Online on September 29, 2006 at 6:30 a.m..


Islamic Manuscripts from Mali Collection Featureing 22 manuscripts from the Mamma Haidara Commemorative Library and the Library of Cheick Zayni Baye of Boujbeha, both in Timbuktu, Mali, the collection represents a wide variety of subjects covered by the written traditions of Timbuktu, Mali, and West Africa. From EdNA Online on September 29, 2006 at 6:30 a.m..


Electronic information system for international law (EISIL) EISIL has been developed, with the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, by the American Society of International Law (ASIL). Through EISIL, that web searchers can easily locate the highest quality primary materials, authoritative web sites and helpful research guides to international law on the Internet. To this end, EISIL has been designed as an open database of authenticated primary and other materials across the breadth of international law, which until now have been scattered in libraries, archives and specialized web sites. From EdNA Online on September 29, 2006 at 6:30 a.m..


Visual impairment simulator for Microsoft Windows (VIS) VIS is an educational tool that can be used to inform computer users about what it is like to use a computer with a disability. When the program runs, it manipulates the images on the user&apos;s screen so that it seems like the user has a visual impairment such as colorblindness or macular degeneration among others. The user will be able to pick which visual impairment to use and the severity of the impairment. VIS can be used for many purposes. Among the intended purposes are: aiding teachers in their lessons about visual impairments; helping the friends and family members of a person with < From EdNA Online on September 29, 2006 at 6:30 a.m..


WebAnatomy.net online anatomy and physiology resources The resources are collected by Jim Swan, Professor of Anatomy and Physiology, The University of New Mexico. From EdNA Online on September 29, 2006 at 6:30 a.m..


National Agricultural Library (USA) The National Agricultural Library is one of four national libraries of the United States, with locations in Beltsville, Maryland and Washington, D.C. It houses one of the world&apos;s largest and most accessible agricultural information collections and serves as the nexus for a national network of state land-grant and U.S. Department of Agriculture field libraries. From EdNA Online on September 29, 2006 at 6:30 a.m..


Mapping history Online exhibition from the British Library&apos;s map collections. From EdNA Online on September 29, 2006 at 6:30 a.m..


PowerPoint flaw hits Windows and Mac's An unpatched flaw in Microsoft&apos;s PowerPoint slideshow software has left users vulnerable to a &apos;zero day&apos; attack. From EdNA Online on September 29, 2006 at 6:30 a.m..


Web-based veterinary anatomy instruction Links to instructional web sites produced by the Veterinary Anatomy faculty at the University of Minnesota. The resources are organised by courses. From EdNA Online on September 29, 2006 at 6:30 a.m..


Tendencias de la Educacion en Linea Se presenta una retrospectiva de la educacion a distancia y una proyeccion a futuro de la educacion en linea.... Se concluye con las Tendencias de la actualidad en esta area aterrizando cuatro aspectos fundamentales: Organizacion, Participacion, Enfoque y Edad From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 29, 2006 at 6:30 a.m..


Life Preservers: An Evolution Learning Game Life Preservers is a video game that teaches National Science standards on evolution, adaptation, and the history of life on earth. It is an engaging, fun, pedagogically rich learning experience that can fit within a single class period. Life Preservers was funded by the National Science Foundation. It was created by the Games for Entertainment and Learning Lab and is copyrighted by Michigan State University, 2005. To give teachers flexibility when they use Life Preservers in their classroom, we created a long and a short version of the game. The short version has only one rou From MERLOT - 10 Most Recent Materials on September 29, 2006 at 6:30 a.m..


Rosie named 'worst looking' in HDTV Rosie O&apos;Donnell has been named the "worst-looking celebrity" in high-definition television, according to Phillip Swann of the industry Web site TVPredictions.com. Swann says Rosie "looks like she uses a Brillo pad" to wash her face. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..


Sex Could Be The Undoing of a Family Values Republican Four-term Rep. Don Sherwood recently had one of the safest seats in Congress as his conservatism played well in his heavily GOP, rural district in northeastern Pennsylvania. Then last year Sherwood admitted to a five-year extramarital affair with a woman 35 years his junior, and settled a lawsuit claiming he had choked her. From digg on September 29, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..


Apple looks towards flash-enabled notebooks "people familiar with the Mac maker say it has been working closely with Intel engineers to implement NAND flash into a future-generation of its MacBook notebook lines. Apple is amongst the best positioned in the PC industry to adopt the technology broadly due, in part, to itssupplier arrangements with the world&apos;s five-largest NAND suppliers" From digg on September 29, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..


At Church, an 'ATM for Jesus' Pastor Marty Baker&apos;s &apos;Giving Kiosks&apos; are catching on. Members say they use credit cards for everything else -- why not tithing? From digg on September 29, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..


Windows Weekly: New TWIT.TV Podcast The latest podcast from TWIT.TV - the first episode covers: the real Vista ship date, Windows security, the new Office ribbon, and more... From digg on September 28, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


Game not over for Playstation It may have been late, pricey and facing a crowded market, but the PlayStation 3 still created a buzz at a Tokyo game show as Japanese gamers got their first chance to play the new console. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


OpenOffice.org: Breaking Microsoft’s dominance I am writing this article using Writer, part of the slick new OpenOffice.org suite, which by the way is free and now rivals MS Office in terms of features. MS charges about $499 for its product suite if you buy the professional version. OpenOffice.org works just as well, has more or less the same abilities, and can both read and save MS formats. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


Intercepted Al-Qaeda Letter Says They're Weak, Losing The letter, found in the headquarters of Al Qaeda&apos;s leader in Iraq, Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi...[says] that Al Qaeda is weak both in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region and in Iraq. Perhaps the anti-terrorism policies of the US is working after all... From digg on September 28, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


Ancient writings revealed Original writing by the Greek mathematician Archimedes revealed. It has been scraped off and written over by Greek monks in the Middle Ages. Warning: It will take some time to fully view this webcast (actually 58minutes) Related reading: http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/ancient/AncientRepublish_1707926.htm From digg on September 28, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


What Do You Get When You Mix Kurt Cobain's Suicide Letter & Google Adsense? Well if Google had been around when Kurt was contemplating suicide, he may still be here. Interesting experiment nevertheless.... From digg on September 28, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


Judge Refuses To Convict Hacker "A judge in Wellington, New Zealand, declined to convict a man who ran an unrequested security audit on a bank&apos;s phone systems and was charged with &apos;intentionally accessing a computer system knowing he was not authorized to,&apos; according to an article in the New Zealand Herald." From digg on September 28, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


Ubuntu - Howto upgrade from 6.06 (dapper) to 6.10 (Edgy) Don’t forget this is a BETA release and as such, shouldn’t be considered stable. You’ve been warned! Use this simple guide to upgrade your test box or workstation to Ubuntu Edgy Eft - 6.10! From digg on September 28, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


Video: BBC hidden cam shows China selling prisoners' organs An undercover investigation by BBC News finds that China has a flourishing trade of organs from executed prisoners. China is becoming the destination of choice for rich foreigners in need of organ transplants. One hospital said it could provide a liver for about $100,000. China has more executions than all other countries in the world combined. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


New Layout for Google Reader It seems that Google has released a new layout for their Reader. Looks pretty cool... From digg on September 28, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


U.K. & Most of Europe to Get Satellite Radio by 2010 Radio listeners in the UK are to be offered satellite radio services by 2010. Two groups say they plan to launch a pan-European service of up to 250 channels within the next five years. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


Dust mite droppings damage skin's defences "Faeces deposited on our skin by dust mites may make our skin more permeable to different kinds of allergens and irritants, according to a new study in mice." From digg on September 28, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


HP witnesses invoke right to not testify Former officials and string of private investigators decline to testify in front of House panel Thursday, choosing to invoke their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


eBaum's World - Dude, That Is So Not Funny Eric Bauman made big bucks posting other people&apos;s homemade grossout videos to his Web site. Now the geeks whose clips he swiped on the way up are trying to knock him down. From digg on September 28, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences (PEMS) The School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences encompasses the disciplines of Chemistry, Geography, Mathematics and Statistics, Oceanography, and Physics. The School offers undergraduate courses to cadets of the Australian Defence Force, with postgraduate study at Masters and PhD level which is open to civilians. PEMS carries out multi-disciplinary research which is underpinned by campus facilities, equipment and IT support. From EdNA Online on September 28, 2006 at 11:30 p.m..


Nations vie for giant telescope Australia or South Africa will get to host one of the great scientific projects of the 21st Century. The countries have been shortlisted to be the home of the 1bn-euro-plus Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a giant next-generation radio telescope. BBC News, 28 September 2006 From EdNA Online on September 28, 2006 at 11:30 p.m..


Integrated assessment products and strategies: gauging student achievement and institutional performance Leading educators and institutions are finding that new tools and strategies are allowing them to integrate assessment into the learning process, benefiting both the student and the institution. This webinar will explore the current state of Internet-delivered assessments, as well as emerging trends in how assessments and outcome analytics are being used to enhance student achievement in higher education institutions, ranging from Community Colleges, For-Profits, to Elite Institutions. From EdNA Online on September 28, 2006 at 11:30 p.m..


National Science Week 2007 Grants Funding is available on a competitive basis from the Science Connections Programme (SCOPE) for projects which raise awareness of the importance of science and innovation. Projects are to be conducted during National Science Week 2007 from 18-26 August. Applicants are strongly encouraged to apply online. Closing Date: 20 Oct 2006. From EdNA Online on September 28, 2006 at 11:30 p.m..


You don't need an iPod to enjoy podcasts Imagine listening to network news or a fantasy football show without your radio. You can with podcasts, radiolike programs you download from the Web. You can listen to them whenever and wherever you wish. Podcast was named the &apos;Word of the Year&apos; in 2005 by New Oxford American Dictionary. USA Today, 22 September 2006 From EdNA Online on September 28, 2006 at 11:30 p.m..


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/21/AR2006092101800.html When McLean High School students write this year about Othello or immigration policy, their teachers won&apos;t be the only ones examining the papers. So will a California company that specializes in catching cheaters. The for-profit service known as Turnitin checks student work against a database of more than 22 million papers written by students around the world, as well as online sources and electronic archives of journals. School administrators said the service, which they will start using next week, is meant to deter plagiarism at a time when the Internet makes it easy to copy someone els From EdNA Online on September 28, 2006 at 11:30 p.m..


Canadian Institute for Distance Education Research (CIDER) This is the research arm of the Centre for Distance Education at Athabasca University - Canada&apos;s Open University. CIDER Fellows, Students, and Staff conduct original research, undertake evaluation and training consultancies, publish reviews and summaries, and undertake professional development activities. CIDER&apos;s research scope is broad, ranging from learning and teaching application, financial and issues of access, the strategic use of technology in distance education settings, and other factors that may influence distance education in Canada. From EdNA Online on September 28, 2006 at 11:30 p.m..


Journal of Interactive Online Learning The journal focuses on providing a venue for manuscripts, critical essays, and reviews that encompass disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives in regards to issues related to higher-level learning outcomes. This journal of theory, research, and practice in interactive online learning serving all disciplines aims to: Provide a forum for the dissemination of research on interactive online education; Disseminate ideas that enhance the practical aspects of interactive online education; Further knowledge and understanding of emerging innovations in online education; Foster debate about the u From EdNA Online on September 28, 2006 at 11:30 p.m..


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