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North Korean General: 'War Is Inevitable' If President Bush continues to ask North Korea to "kneel," war "will be inevitable," and it would begin on the Korean Peninsula, North Korean Gen. Ri Chan Bok told "Good Morning America" anchor Diane Sawyer, in an exclusive interview inside North Korea. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Suggestions for New Google Operators "Google has the search operators link, site, inurl, intitle, and a couple more. But here’s some I want to see which are still missing..." From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Drag and drop with the Grid - Part 2 In Part 2, we will take that knowledge and create an extension of the Grid that adds several useful methods for working with Drag and Drop, automates the initialization process and adds functionality to do row ordering via Drag and Drop with no additional code. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Sony to Bring Limited Edition PS2, Updated PSP Sony will revamp its marketing efforts in upcoming months, rolling out limited edition products and pushing its upcoming next-generation console, vying to garner lucrative holiday season consumer spending. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Scientists develop cancer-killing virus -- near cure South Korean scientists have said they have developed a new genetically altered strain of virus which is highly efficient in targeting and killing cancer cells. The new therapy developed by the team from Yonsei University uses a genetically-engineered form of the adenovirus. Following 3 rounds of injections, more than 90 percent of cancer cells. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


PS3 reviews not looking so hot apparently. It seems the news is just worse and worse as each day goes by after alot of reviews of the ps3 have gave less than favorable reviews, IGN probably summed up the overview from its various editors in their Weekly broadcast... From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


ICANN approves domain for Asia-Pacific The Internet will soon have a domain to unify businesses and other users in the Asia-Pacific region. A key oversight agency has approved a ".asia" domain for Internet addresses. Finalizing the contract between ICANN and DotAsia could take weeks. Registrations for English-language names is not expected for another six to nine months. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Coffins to Bear Logos of Baseball Team "Major League Baseball has a marketing deal with a company called Eternal Image. It'll put team logos on caskets and urns. " From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


NFL Joins the Fight Against Childhood Obesity The National Football League has joined the fight against childhood obesity with a campaign that goes beyond gym class and aims to get kids out of their chairs in the classroom. The NFL funded $1.5 million "What Moves U" campaign is designed with help from the American Heart Association to address the decline of physical education in schools. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


NASA approves construction of satellite to scan galaxies After eight years of study, NASA has approved the construction of an unmanned satellite that will scan the entire sky in infrared light to reveal nearby cool stars, planetary "construction zones" and the brightest galaxies in the universe. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


25 things to do to grow rich This story describes 25 things to keep mind about your finance From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


Apple Discusses Bootcamp's (1Million+ Downloads) integration in Leopard Shannon Cross: "Can you give us any color on boot camp downloads? What are your surveys saying, over 50% in the store are switchers, are they looking running OSX or Windows?" Tim Cook: "On boot camp, we're over 1 million downloads, which we are very, very pleased with. We continue to have a plan to integrate boot camp in Leopard next spring From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


Mythbusters blooper reel Just some bloopers of the mythbusters, from the mythbusters website. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


Ubuntu 6.10 RC Released The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the Release Candidate for version 6.10 of Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Edubuntu - codenamed "Edgy Eft". The Release Candidate includes installable live Desktop CDs, server images, alternate text-mode installation CDs and an upgrade wizard for users of the current stable release. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


The Next-Gen battle for Exclusives The battle for exclusive titles is starting to heat up. What can we expect to see for exclusives? With many developers doing multi-platform releases and developers saying Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 games will look almost the same, it seems exclusive titles is what will sell consoles. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


UNESCO Courier: Learning is Child's Play edition The first years of children's lives strongly influence their future and particularly their performance in school. Numerous studies show that investing in early childhood care and education pays off, notably in the poorer countries. Nonetheless, efforts made to meet early childhood care needs are generally insufficient. This edition of the UNESCO Courier highlights stories relating to early childhood from around the world. From EdNA Online on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


Gowrie Western Australia The Gowrie Western Australia has four child care centres - Karawara, Kewdale, Melville Aquatic Centre Creche, and Swan. Gowrie is also a registered training organisation offering nationally recognised training in children services. The Centre also offers a number of community support services in a range of locations across Perth. From EdNA Online on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


Are students ready for a technology rich world?: What PISA studies tell us Information and communication technology (ICT) is associated with unprecedented global flows of information, products, people, capital and ideas, connecting vast networks of individuals across geographic boundaries at negligible marginal cost. ICT is an important part of the policy agendas of OECD countries, with profound implications for education, both because ICT can facilitate new forms of learning and because it has become important for young people to master ICT in preparation for adult life. But how extensive is access to ICT in schools and informal settings and how is it used by studen From EdNA Online on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


Master class - instructional design and course development (Brisbane) A comprehensive workshop on how to harness the six phases of the instructional design process. Maximise the benefits of online learning techniques and tactics for developing engaging learning programs. Facilitated by staff from the University of Adelaide Centre for Learning and Professional Development. From EdNA Online on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


Investigating the feasibility of flexible funding for students with disability Monash University has been engaged by the Department of Education Science and Training to begin work on the first stage of an initiative to investigate new flexible funding arrangements for students with disability. This will include scoping the current environment in Australia and assessment of international models, including consultations with stakeholders across education sectors, collection and analysis of data and development and costing of viable models. Evidence from the study will allow the Australian Government to fully consider future funding arrangements. From EdNA Online on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


Indigenous Engagement end of year forum - working towards better practice Real examples of how technology is being used to engage indigenous people in education and training programs. From EdNA Online on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


MCL 2007: Second International Workshop on Mobile Communications and Learning Mobile learning became a fact, due to the technical accessibility and Internet communications. Many online classes, learning systems, university curricula, remote education, and virtual training classes are now part of the corporate education and use. Progress is made in user modeling and adaptive learning models. The generalization of successful practices on mobile learning is favoured by many national and international projects and policy synchronization boards. We solicit research and industrial contributions covering mobile communications and learning theories, applications, and systems. . From EdNA Online on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


Master class - instructional design and course development (Sydney) A comprehensive workshop on how to harness the six phases of the instructional design process. Maximise the benefits of online learning techniques and tactics for developing engaging learning programs. Facilitated by staff from the University of Adelaide Centre for Learning and Professional Development. From EdNA Online on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


ACT Career Education Association The ACT Career Education Association assists both government and non-government school teachers across the ACT and surrounding NSW. It provides for its members: professional development, advice and consultancy, advocacy and support. From EdNA Online on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


Tips for Taking Awesome Halloween Photos Lighting tricks, how to carve jack-o-lanterns to photograph well, and cool links like a how-to for making an anatomically-correct thoracic cavity cake. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..


Five Simple Steps to designing with colour "Designing with colour is perhaps the element of graphic design which is the most difficult to get right. Why? Well, because it is the most subjective. For some, a palette of dark grey with splashes of bright pink will be just great; to others it would just be all wrong." From digg on October 19, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..


Genetic repair mechanism clears the way for sealing DNA breaks Scientists investigating an important DNA-repair enzyme now have a better picture of the final steps of a process that glues together, or ligates, the ends of DNA strands to restore the double helix. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..


The Best Hope for Alzheimer's Sufferers? Don't Wait for a New Drug........ Would somebody kindly provide Charlton Heston a resveratrol pill? Or maybe some folic acid, vitamin E, ginkgo biloba, carnitine or the Chinese herbal called huperzine. Researchers around the world report that resveratrol, known as a red wine molecule, may be "a boon for treating Alzheimer’s disease" by virtue of its ability to mimic calorie From digg on October 19, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..


How Firefox 2.0 Will Be Marketed Read/WriteWeb spoke to Chris Beard, Mozilla's vice president of products and discussed how Firefox 2.0 is going to be marketed via mainstream marketing tools and techniques - television, advertising on mainstream websites, partnerships with big companies, etc. Will open source also be part of the mix, as Chris Messina suggested? From digg on October 19, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..


An unconventional desktop environment for an unconventional Linux distro Terra Soft's decision to utilize Enlightenment's e17 desktop environment is of particular interest to Linux enthusiasts. Based on the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries, e17 is an experimental Linux window manager and desktop environment with a number of unique and innovative features. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..


Does Abortion Increase A Woman's Risk For Breast Cancer? There are two ways that abortion raises a woman’s risk for breast cancer. The first way is not debated. It’s called the "protective effect of childbearing," and scientists have acknowledged this effect for centuries. The second way is debated, and scientists have studied this effect - known as the "independent link" - since 1957. It has to do ... From digg on October 19, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..


Drag and drop with the Grid - Part 1 The Grid's new Drag and Drop feature is based entirely on the YAHOO.util.DragDrop library. Interacting with dragged rows from the grid is exactly the same as interacting with any other YUI drag and drop object. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..


Cursor Run Your mouse cursor is challenged by a red cursor. Click to accept the challenge. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 10:32 p.m..


Fifteen Exercises for Learning a new Programming Language Here are 15 exercises that will help you learn and get familiar with a programming language in no time. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Old buddies reunite in hopes of taking tech world by storm...again Each is a likable tech player who had tremendous success in decades past, followed by high-profile failures. Amelio got chased out of Apple, setting the stage for Jobs' return. Wozniak, who just published his autobiography, shut down his latest start-up, Wheels of Zeus From digg on October 19, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Wii Sports box art revealed? British Gaming Blog is reporting that the above is final box art (at least for Europe) for Wii Sports, proper box and all. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Introducing Tangerine The kids at Potion Factory are at it again. Their latest gorgeous app is Tangerine. Tangerine scans your iTunes library and analyzes the beat intensity of your tracks so that you can create playlists based on the intensity of the music (i.e. fast paced songs for working out, and slower songs for when you are pitching woo). (From TUAW.com) From digg on October 19, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


LOST - Further Instructions Recap Nice recap of the newest LOST episode for those who missed it. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Judge Orders Cheney Visitor Logs Opened A federal judge has ordered the Bush administration to release information about who visited Vice President Dick Cheney's office and personal residence, an order that could spark a late election season debate over lobbyists' White House access. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


The Newest Time Waster "Line Rider" Featured in TIME Now in beta form, the addictive, low-tech time waster was introduced just last month and has quickly amassed a worldwide cult following. Created by a programmer with the screen name ~fsk who claims to be from the small European country of Slovenia, the digital amusement first showed up Sept. 23 on deviantART... From digg on October 19, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Stephen King's THE MIST Film Adaptation Finally Coming! "The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Green Mile"'s Frank Darabont will direct one of Stephen King's most anticipated (and creepiest) stories. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


AMD Quad-Father 4X4 Update - Configurations Come Into Focus Recently we spent some time in private conference with AMD down in the lovely city of New York and learned of a few more details with respect to their upcoming "4X4" platform offering and a two-chip, dual-core CPU bundle affectionately dubbed the "Quad Father". From digg on October 19, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..


Here comes the Upravlator! While we haven't quite managed to whip ourselves and others into quite as much of a frenzy as the Optimus series has previously garnered, the Upravlator still is looking pretty hot, and now we know exactly how it's looking thanks to an exclusive pic of the device we just got in our inbox. Like we said yesterday, it's a 12-button device, with a top- From digg on October 19, 2006 at 8:31 p.m..


Tyranny's Cash Drawer? The Security-Industrial-Congressional Complex (SICC) People are easily misled by promises of government salvation, especially when they are consumed by fear for their physical safety or their economic security. Making matters even more difficult is the state's co-optation of a large number of people who have discovered that in the United States the rise of Big Brother offers enormous opportunities .. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 8:31 p.m..


Stephen Colbert Joins Firefox Development Team! Is John Stewart Next? We all know that freedom-loving super-pundit Stephen Colbert is a huge hero, but I never knew his skills were so diverse.It turns out that Stephen helped develop Firefox 2.0! From digg on October 19, 2006 at 8:31 p.m..


Niche Player No More; Apple in the running for top Computer-Maker In fact, Apple sold more of its Macintosh computers—1.61 million—than in any other quarter..."They delivered in spades," Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster says of Apple's Mac sales. "It's a sign that Apple has turned the corner from being a niche player to being a player that is starting to make a run at bigger players." From digg on October 19, 2006 at 8:31 p.m..


What's Holding Up a Pretexting Law? The HP spying scandal has shown why federal legislation is needed to crack down on data thieves who impersonate people to get their personal information. So why are advocates of the law still getting a busy signal on Capitol Hill? From digg on October 19, 2006 at 8:31 p.m..


Charles Darwin's works go online The complete works of one of history's greatest scientists, Charles Darwin, are being published online. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 8:31 p.m..


Zelda:Twilight Princess for GameCube NOT to be sold in U.S. Retail Stores! Joystiq has confirmed with numerous Gamestop and EB Games retailers that the Gamecube version of the newest Zelda offering has been removed from their computer system. Their websites have also been updated to reflect the change. Get out the pine box and some nails, prepare to bury your Gamecube. It's over. The Gamecube is dead, long live the Wii. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 8:31 p.m..


Open Source Music Software & The AGNULA Project [Linux] The AGNULA project is creating what is possibly the first computer system tailored specifically for musicians — and it's all based around the Linux operating system. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 8:31 p.m..


Where's the Cowboy Talk Now? Wouldn't this be a good moment for the American president to draw a very distinct line in the sand? Wouldn't it be appropriate for him to make clear to the North Koreans that if they do any such thing, they will suffer cataclysmic consequences? Wouldn't this be a good time for some of that famous cowboy talk? From digg on October 19, 2006 at 8:31 p.m..


OpenBSD Turns Eleven! "It's been eleven years to the day since the formation of the OpenBSD Project. In celebration, here's a little timeline of memorable events. Feel free to add your own entries and links. Happy Birthday, OpenBSD!" From digg on October 19, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


The Seven Most Primitive Ways to Start a Fire Without a Match Illustrated guide from Field & Stream to using a bow drill, fire plough, flint and steel, etc. It doesn't get any more low-tech than this! From digg on October 19, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


"If I Did It" - OJ Simpson to Confess...Hypothetically The former football great reportedly has been paid a whopping $3.5 million to write about the double murder that shocked and riveted the nation in 1994. But Simpson is not actually confessing to the murder — rather, he’s writing a “hypothetical” book tentatively being called “If I Did It.” From digg on October 19, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Bob Ney, Guilty but Still at Capitol Rep. Bob Ney is headed to prison early next year after pleading guilty to charges of accepting tens of thousands of dollars in illegal gifts from lobbyists. Until then, Mr. Ney has a comfortable place to bide his time. His Congressional office — the one that he has effectively acknowledged selling to the highest bidder — is still open for business. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Gravity Measurements Confirm Greenland's Glaciers Precipitous Meltdown Of late, the enormous glaciers that flowdown to the sea from the interior of Greenland have been picking up speed. In the last few years, enough ice has come off the northern landmass to sustain the average flow of the Colorado River for six years or fill Lake Mead three times over or cover the state of Maryland in 10 feet of water. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Just how different IS Wii Madden? (answer: very) I knew Wii Madden allowed for juking, passing, etc with the Wii remote, but this new video is the first one that really shows how sports games will be revolutionized. Includes interviews/demonstrations with the developers & producers. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


Officials: UK 'Number One al-Qaeda Target' Al-Qaeda has become more organised and sophisticated and has made Britain its top target, counter-terrorism officials have told the BBC. Security sources say the situation has never been so grim. They believe the network is now operating a cell structure in the UK - like the IRA did - and sees the 7 July bomb attacks "as just the beginning". From digg on October 19, 2006 at 7:32 p.m..


UN: Ocean 'dead zones' increasing fast The number of “dead zones” in the world’s oceans may have increased by a third in just two years, threatening fish stocks and the people who depend on them. Fertilizers, sewage, fossil fuel burning and other pollutants have led to a doubling in the number of oxygen-deficient coastal areas every decade since the 1960s. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 7:31 p.m..


How to get listed in news search engines Do you want your website included in Google news or Yahoo news? Here is a step by step guide that shows you how you can get listed in news search engines. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 7:31 p.m..


How To Get Free Stuff At Trade Shows How To Get Free Stuff At Trade Shows. I'm no talking just a T-shirt or a pen. I'm talking some score some serious hardware, like 1GB flash drives and 700 watt power supplies. Come find out how to do it. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..


Surprise Of The Year: Xbox 360 Has Sold Out In Japan The Xbox 360 has sold out In Japan. Well, the special-edition Blue Dragon bundles have, anyway. Pre-orders began yesterday for the SE bundle, of which there are 10,000 units, and it miraculously managed to sell out in Japan almost immediately, with the additional 90,000 'standard' bundles reportedly selling fast. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..


O’Reilly on Blogosphere: ‘I’d Go in With A Hand Grenade’ O’Reilly said that he knew “for a fact that President Bush doesn’t know what’s going on in the Internet.” O’Reilly then said, “I have to say President Bush has a much healthier attitude toward this than I do. Because if I can get away with it, boy, I’d go in with a hand grenade.” Watch it: From digg on October 19, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..


Scientists Create Invisibility Cloak for Microwave Light A new invisibility cloak can hide objects in the microwave range of light. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..


South Park - Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy - Season 10 - Episode 10 Cartman is appointed to the post of School Hallway Monitor at South Park Elementary. In his new role, Cartman takes it personally when an infraction is committed in his jurisdiction. When Kyle discovers that a teacher is having sex with a student, he and Cartman have to team up to put a stop to the inappropriate behavior. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..


Intravenous Vitamin C Kills Cancer Cells Recall how hydrogen peroxide is poured on wounds to kill germs. Well now researchers clearly show high-dose vitamin C, when administered intravenously, can increase hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) levels within cancer cells and kills them. I.V. vitamin C was also demonstrated to kill germs and may be an effective therapy for infectious disease. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..


Commercial jet graveyard Thanks to google maps, this is a commercial jet graveyard (airport is just for landing them, note no terminals) north of Los Angeles. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..


Orbitz Offering Gay And Lesbian Travel Packages Where's My F'ing Straight Travel Package? From digg on October 19, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..


Bacteria Found Nearly 2 Miles Underground Scientists found a gold mine of bacteria almost two miles beneath the Earth’s surface. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..


Stargate: LEGO This rotating Stargate is 19 inches tall with light-up chevrons. An RCX drives a treadmill, which spins the inner ring randomly for x seconds, then reverses direction, seven times. Won best medium space award and best brick mod at BrickFest 2005. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..


A Billion Dollars a Year for Pot? American taxpayers are now spending more than a billion dollars per year to incarcerate its citizens for pot. The new BJS report is noteworthy because it undermines the common claim from law enforcement officers and bureaucrats, specifically the White House drug czar, that few, if any, Americans are incarcerated for marijuana-related offenses. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..


How to beat a speeding ticket ...or at least better your chances From digg on October 19, 2006 at 6:31 p.m..


Bug Guide Take a look here at this hickory horned devil (Citheronia regalis) on the Bug Guide hosted by Iowa State University Entomology. Image Copyright © 2005 Debbie Roos Animal sciences bug, Citheronia regalis, hickory, horned devil From Golden Swamp on October 19, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..


Rotator Cuff Tear WebMD is advertising its sports injuries pages during the baseball playoffs. An example of the excellent medical information at WebMD is the section here on the common injury to pitchers, the shoulder rotator cup tear. Health sciences cuff, injuries, pitcher, rotator, shoulder, sports From Golden Swamp on October 19, 2006 at 6:30 p.m..


Major New Version of Democracy Player - Open Source RSS Video Player This version is faster, adds Flash playback on Mac, and has a new 'Search Channel' feature. With this feature, you can auto-download any items in a video RSS feed that match a keyword search. The interface has also been reorganized. For Windows, Mac, Linux. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


Sears Blatently Rips Off Apple Switcher Commercials to Sell Xbox 360 The title pretty much says it. It's practically a straight copy. Whatever Sears is paying their ad firm, it's too much. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


EnergyNight shines a bright light on new work A voltmeter hooked up to the MIT Museum Friday night would have registered a giant two-hour spike during the second annual MIT EnergyNight. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


Amazing Pictures: Lords of the Logistic You have seen nothing like this.. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


Apple At 6.1% U.S. Market Share, Up 1.5% From Last Year Gartner has released preliminary market share numbers for 3Q 2006 (calendar, Apple's financial 4Q) which show Apple seeing substantial industry growth at 1.5%. Apple now ships 6.1% of all U.S. "PCs", 4th in the industry behind Gateway (6.4%), HP (23%), and Dell (32.1%). From digg on October 19, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


Automatic speech recognizer claims 98% accuracy Fonix Speech has updated its automatic speech recognition (ASR) software that runs on Linux, among other OSes. The company claims that VoiceIn SE 4.1 boosts recognition by 24 percent, to accuracy rates as high as 98 percent, and offers significantly improved recognition accuracy in "noise-saturated" environments. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


Group Trying to Unionize Starbucks We are Starbucks Workers Coming Together for: * Increased pay and raises * Guaranteed hours with the option of fulltime status * An end to understaffing * A healthier and safer workplace From digg on October 19, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


Why we need Google Gadgets on the Mac Apple Gazette discusses why we need Google Gadgets (the little widgets that come with Google Desktop) on the Mac. One thing that he hasn't mentioned, but I think is important is - if we can use Gadgets on the Mac too, then we're that much closer to a cross-platform standard. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


Google Rivals Eyeing Digg, Facebook, CNET "Google Inc.'s $1.65 billion acquisition of Internet video site YouTube Inc. has turned up the pressure on rivals to keep pace in a rapidly changing online environment. (...) Still, deals are likely to get done. Another likely target is Digg Inc., an Internet news site that lets people post stories they find online." Read on From digg on October 19, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


Nielsen to track video gaming alongside TV viewing Nielsen Media Research is looking to leverage its TV measurement infrastructure to report console gaming statistics as well. As part of the recently launched Anytime Anywhere Media Metrics (A2/M2) platform, Local People Meters installed in about 10,000 households across America will use audio matching technology to identify what games panelists From digg on October 19, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


HOWTO Install Flash9 BETA in Ubuntu Linux Flash 9 beta availible for Linux, but rememeber, that this is beta, so there might be some bugs still in it. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 5:32 p.m..


Islamic Indoctrination in Public Schools Ruled Constitutional by Supreme Ct A three-week intensive indoctrination into the Islamic faith by a California public school district was allowed to stand by the U. S. Supreme Court last week. A California federal trial court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals had earlier ruled that such indoctrination was constitutional. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


The long tail lives: Universal sells 250,000 out-of-print tracks All hail the long tail—Universal has just announced the first results from its own experiment with making niche products available online, and it turns out that the strategy works. This is excellent news for groups like Fairport Convention and Eddie & the Hot Rods, but it's also a win for consumer choice From digg on October 19, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


Just how slow is the PSP when loading? Just how fast is the DS? "We know that the PSP takes a while to load. Some games are better than others, sure, but overall if you switch games out on-the-go you could be in for something of a wait before you're playing again. Just how good/bad is it? Gamespot took a look at the loading times for a lot of PSP games and came up with some interesting numbers." From digg on October 19, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


88 Surefire Tips for Succeeding in College From studying abroad and homesickness to sleeping well and shower shoes, this in-depth guide has everything you need to come out on top in school. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


Splinter Cell: Double Agent is the first 360 game to support 1080p PS3 is no longer leading the 360 in the area of graphics; the first 360 game supporting 1080p HD has emerged! From digg on October 19, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


Google Announces Website Optimizer Google AdWords advertisers will now have access to a self-service site optimization tool that helps them determine what content works best to sell their products. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


One Soldier speaks out against war His unit’s highest-ranking enlisted man laid out the mission in stark terms. “You’re not going to make Iraq safe for democracy,” the sergeant said. “You are going for one reason alone: oil. But you’re still going to go, because you signed a contract. And you’re going to go to bring your friends home.” From digg on October 19, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


Chimp plays Pacman Amazing video of a chimp playing Pacman. He is pretty good too. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


Photos of some very creative advertising Most advertisements are dull and boring to look at, but here are some photos of some amazing advertisements. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


The best part of Web2.0 Then along comes Wikipedia with tons of info, and with it the whole Wiki concept, and sites like WikiHow and lets people post how-to’s on everything you can think of. This is when I started getting excited about the net again, finally the web was being used for information. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


Wikiality: The Colbert Wikipedia Because, If enough people believe something is true...it is — just like on Wikipedia. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


Colbert's The WØRD: Sherlock 10/18/06: Stephen Colbert talks about former Secretary of State James Baker's study on our future options in Iraq, and the fact Baker went against the Bush Administration with his findings. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


Quantum Computing Gets Boost From 'Entanglement' Of Atom Pair Physicists at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have taken a significant step toward transforming entanglement--an atomic-scale phenomenon described by Albert Einstein as "spooky action at a distance"--into a practical tool. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 4:32 p.m..


Top 10 Most Valuable Comic Books If you have one of these in your basement, you can start planning your next holiday. The top comic is valuated at $440,000 USD. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 3:53 p.m..


Gaim 2 Beta 4 Released Gaim 2.0.0beta4 has just been released on SourceForge. Download your copy now! From digg on October 19, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


dead.licious 1.0 dead.licious is a tool for verifying that all of your bookmarks in your del.icio.us accounts are still valid and gives you the option of removing those dead links From digg on October 19, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


Glossy versus matte: fight! An overwhelming 86 percent of respondents preferred the old-school anti-glare matte finish for their laptops, with only 8 percent voting for the glossy reflective finish. Only 5 percent were indifferent. Clearly, non-glossy won by a landslide. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


Physics demo using the Verlet algorithm Amazing java applet that that demonstrates the Verlet algorithm. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


Mario Kart coming to the arcades again The flyer of Mario Kart GP2 shows new characters like Waluigi and some Tamagochi, new carts and items. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


Bizarre facts and history behind the products you use daily Find out weird and bizarre information on the daily products you use such as Hershey's Syrup, Nestea, Scotch Tape, Spam, Turtle Wax, Uncle Ben's Rice, Wonder Bread, Spearmint Gum... From digg on October 19, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


The faces of Meth addiction Hey I party as hard as the next person. But just check out these before and after pic. of Meth users From digg on October 19, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


Tips and Tricks for the Linux Network Admin There's always something new and progressive in the free and open source software universe. Here's a roundup of some recent worthy happenings in the fun worlds of iptables and VoIP: getting SIP through iptables NAT firewalls, adding new modules to iptables with Patch-O-Matic, monitoring iptables in real-time, and a look at the excellent AstLinux. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


Learn more about Googlebot's crawl of your site and more! Check out these cool charts! We show you the number of pages Googlebot's crawled from your site per day, the number of kilobytes of data Googlebot's downloaded per day, and the average time it took Googlebot to download pages. Webmaster tools show each of these for the last 90 days. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


Mac Apps that make switching easy and worth it! Here are the list of apps that have made switching from Windows to Mac OS X simple and make me never want to go back. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


Roller Coaster + Bowling == Fun Just a little fun with Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 From digg on October 19, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


NBC CBS Downplay Detainee Bill that Eliminates Our Rights In her report on President Bush's signing of the controversial detainee bill, ABC's Martha Raddatz noted Sen. Russ Feingold's general opposition to the bill but gave no indication of Feingold's specific criticism -- that the bill "allows the government to seize individuals on American soil and detain them indefinitely with no opportunity" From digg on October 19, 2006 at 3:32 p.m..


Author Discovers and Releases Original Coca-Cola Recipe..."Celery Cola" ...However, while reviewing the book Pendergrast came upon a recipe for "Celery Cola" and quickly realized that this was not an early formulary guide of Pemberton's. This was in fact a formulary book produced shortly before Pemberton's death, and there was a good chance that it contained the original Coca-Cola formula From digg on October 19, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


No-Fly lists even dumber than suspected This excellent investigative piece from CBS News will blow your mind. The TSA's lists contain people who are dead. They contain incredibly common names like "Robert Johnson." Even worse, because the gargantuan lists have to be widely circulated, the CIA won't allow the names of ACTUAL terrorist suspects to be added to them. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Ancient Ruins in Iraq's War Zone Academics say the Hatra site, 68 miles southwest of Mosul, is arguably the most spectacular archaeological site in Iraq - even with 70% of the ancient city's 750 acres yet to be excavated. Blending Greek, Roman and Arab architecture, the present day remains date back to between the first century BC and the second century AD. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Apple iPhone to be BLACK; 'Display is Breathtaking'; Touch Sensitive Edges The iPhone is a black device that is nearly featureless on the front...The most remarkable feature of the iPhone is the display is breathtaking as it emerges from behind what appears to be black plastic. The whole front with exception to a couple of millimeters along the edges of the iPhone are touch sensitive... From digg on October 19, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Screenshots form the Latest Leopard Build text icon previews and phishing alerts in Safari coming up! From digg on October 19, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Worlds Fastest Street Legal Car - 2200BHP One guy in england decided to slowly overhaul his 1972 Voxel Vectra, not what most people would think as a mean machine. What he ended up with was a 9.3 liter v8, 2200 horsepower beast that can go from 0-60 in ONE second. And its street legal! From digg on October 19, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


CNN Devoted 50x More Coverage to Dem. Reid Scandal than to Hastert Scandal From October 12-17, CNN aired 3,361 words about allegations that Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (NV) improperly reported a land deal in which he made $700,000. Seventeen different CNN transcripts in the Nexis database include mention of the Reid land deal -- and that doesn't even count October 18... From digg on October 19, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Report: Click Fraud Rate On Google & Yahoo Down According to a new report on the scope of fraudulent clicks on search-related ads, the click fraud rate among top-tier search sites like Google and Yahoo is dropping, while second-tier search providers rose. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Recording Industry Willing To Admit That File Sharers Are Big Music Fans Since Napster first hit the scene in about 1999 just about everyone outside of the record labels immediately realized that it was a great place to market to music fans. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


The New Web 2.0 NBA.com NBA.com has been given a complete overhaul for the upcoming season. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Kid roller skates under multiple cars Amazing video of a kid that is doing the splits and his whole body is inches off the ground. He then roller skates underneath a few cars. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Google Webmaster Tools Update Googlebot activity reports – view nice visualizations of when Googlebot crawled your served. Crawl rate control – slow down the Googlebot if it’s costing you too much bandwidth. “Enhanced” image search – Opt into enhanced image search features, which enables tools like the Google Image Labeler game to use your images. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Theories of Evolution: A secret link between ''Lost'' and ''Heroes'' Exclusive: Jeff Jensen investigates a secret link between ''Lost'' and ''Heroes''! Plus: hunches about Kate and Sawyer, Sun, and the Island From digg on October 19, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Best Buy Mole: No PS3 Replacement Plan, No Employee Discount A mole deep inside the belly of the blue beast that is Best Buy sends word that even employees must shell out full price. Also, "I noticed that there is no Replacement Plan offered on the PS3. Either the PS3 is too expensive, or they haven't gotten it yet." From digg on October 19, 2006 at 1:31 p.m..


Have Your Lost USB Drive Ask For Help It's like a digital luggage tag for your USB drive that pops up a message [via autorun] to notify the user that it's a lost drive. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 1:31 p.m..


Review: Slackware goes to 11 Slackware Linux 11 was released at the beginning of this month, which marks 13 years of continued development. Slackware Linux, while not the first Linux distribution, is the oldest surviving one, and is starting to show signs of aging. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 1:31 p.m..


100GB Xbox 360 HDD Coming In March! The 100GB Hard Drive was just announced for the Xbox 360 at X06: Korea and is set to debut in March of 2007. The price has yet to be determined. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 1:31 p.m..


How Close Is Runaway Climate Change? Runaway climate change is a theory of how things might go badly wrong for the planet if a relatively small warming of the earth upsets the normal checks and balances that keep the climate in equilibrium. Scientists estimate that when the temperature reaches an extra 2˚C above that equilibrium the earth's natural systems will be in serious trouble. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 1:31 p.m..


The BF2 Topgear Parody This is a a parody of Top Gear, Look how a tank stands out to a jeep :-) From digg on October 19, 2006 at 1:31 p.m..


Visa stops card processing for Allofmp3.com From NYTimes: "... credit card company Visa International said that it had suspended card service to the site, citing concerns over copyright issues." Since when has it been Visa's obligation to judge business morality? Will they also stop services to porn industries? Suggestions on where express displeasure with Visa? From digg on October 19, 2006 at 1:31 p.m..


The success and failures of geotagging Pier and Church on Kos Without a doubt, geotagging on sites such as --> From StuartYeates's blog on October 19, 2006 at 1:31 p.m..


Rare, original footage of Mahatma Gandhi - Narration by Jawaharlal Nehru This is a must bookmark video, save it for your archives. One of the rarest, last footage of the great Mahatma Gandhi. The comment on youtube says the narrator is Jawaharlal Nehru. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..


British Troops will be out of Iraq in 16 months : Tony Blair Tony Blair set a 16-month limit for keeping British troops in Iraq yesterday as he admitted for the first time that they would be a "provocation" if they stayed too long. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..


8 U.S. Soldiers Ordered to be Court-Martialed Eight soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division were ordered Wednesday to be court-martialed on murder charges stemming from their service in Iraq, and two could get the death penalty for allegedly raping a 14-year-old and killing her and her family. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..


U.S. Soldiers Are Sick of It American soldiers also are beginning to suffer injuries from a silent and pernicious weapon material of U.S. origin—depleted uranium From digg on October 19, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..


22.7GHz Cluster of Vegetable Fueled Computers "The cluster consisted of 31 PCs with a sum total processing power of 22.7 GHz and an average 733 MHz per node. Their peak power consumption on their vegetable-oil-powered generator was about 30A." From digg on October 19, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..


SC: 19/10 Hackers subverting Instant Messaging clients It's reported that cybercrooks are increasingly hijacking instant-messaging accounts to lure people to their information-thieving Web sites ... From MCS Safe Computing Bulletins on October 19, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..


Top 10 Tips To Lose Weight Without Losing Mind So you have decided to lose weight. Almost all of us go through it at one point or another. But, with so many different diets, pills, advice and information, how do you go about it without going crazy? Here are some tips that worked for me and some others. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


Happy students do worse in math Here's one for the school books. Countries whose kids are the least happy, least confident math students also do better on math tests. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


Congress Members and their Family Ties Everyone joined in to investigate 438 members of Congress, and tentatively found 19 spouses who were paid by a member's campaign committee-totaling some $637,424 since January 1, 2005. These members of Congress are giving our tax dollars to their wives. An interesting experiment in networked journalism. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


Allegations that Paul McCartney Brutalized Wife A London newspaper claims a divorce document filed by Heather Mills, Paul McCartney's estranged wife, alleges that the former Beatle attacked her during their marriage. The legal papers also allegedly say McCartney was often drunk or high on drugs during the four-year union. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


Reluctant Redneck Re: Olbermann on the Murder of Habeus Corpus! on YouTube! There is no better way to get common sense into people than a video response like this, coming from the mouth of a real American representation of We the People. Finally, someone with some common sense on YouTube! From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


Ten Best Free Wordpress Templates Wordpress is a great blogging system there are so many themes available that it becomes hard to find the best these are Some of the best Free Quality Wordpress templates. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


How much of your favorite energy drink or soda would it take to kill you? Take this quick test and find out! From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


Elections May Leave Bush An Early Lame Duck On desks around the West Wing sit digital clocks counting down the days and hours left in the Bush presidency, reminders to the White House staff to use the time left as effectively as possible. As of 8 a.m. today, those clocks will read 825 days, four hours. But if the elections go the way pollsters and pundits predict, they might as well read 20 From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


Paving the Way Out of Poverty Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus was awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize not for giving to the poor, but for helping them to help themselves. His program is so successful that 58% of borrowers are now out of poverty. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


Piloting a wheelchair with the power of the mind Recent successful tests of neural prosthetics bring the devices closer to widespread use From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


Exclusives for 360, Wii, and PS3 This is a list of the exclusive titles for the next gen consoles. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


The Ten Common Myths of IT Ten common rationalizations people in the IT world turn to whenever their authority or professionalism is challenged. They have been around as long as the modern computer and they transcend all cultural and industrial boundaries. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


Apple's share of U.S. PC market jumps to 6.1 percent U.S. sales of Apple's Macintosh computers over the past twelve month's have grown faster than any other major PC manufacturer, boosting the company's share of the U.S. PC market to 6.1 percent, according to data released by Gartner on Wednesday. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


Grape seed extract inhibits growth of colorectal tumors in mice. After eight weeks, tumor volume in treated mice were reduced by 44 percent and tumor weight by percent, compared to control animals. No toxic side effects were observed in treated mice, despite the high doses. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


Yahoo beats Microsoft to punch with IE update It posts an optimized version of Internet Explorer 7 before Microsoft's own final release of the browser. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


Amazing Pro Photoshop Tutorial! Old Hag to Beautiful Woman! Ever wanted to turn back the clock? In this Pro Photoshop Tutorial I take an old woman and transform her into a beautiful young model. Remember this is a Pro tutorial so it focuses on advanced techniques rather than the basics.Please mirror this if you can to avoid crashing the server. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


Tip:Rename your digital photos automatically in Windows XP Unless you really have a lot of time on your hands, I doubt you want to go through the massive folder that contains your European vacation photos and rename them Europe_1.jpg, Europe_2.jpg, and so on down the line. If you're running Windows XP on your computer, you don't have to do this. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


Countdown Special Comment: Death of Habeas Corpus: "Your words are lies, Si Keith does it again with another scathing comment on our loss of liberties. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


Ubuntu 7.04 - the "Feisty Fawn" - Mark Shuttleworth In the next cycle we'll expand on the brand new infrastructure that has landed in Edgy as well as branching out in some exciting new directions. This combination of courage and restlessness is also found in a young deer that sets out to explore a world that is new and exciting - seeing the world through eyes unprejudiced by what has gone before. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


The New T3 Motion Upright Police Vehicle Because Cops just don't look dorky enough on Segways. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


Leonardo da Vinci: Animated Illustrations These animations aim to bring some of Leonardo’s visions to life.‘The animations have been made using various techniques: a combination of traditional drawn animations and computer-generated animations. The biggest task was to bring those two together, and try as far as possible to emulate the drawings in Leonardo’s sketchbooks. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


A Chat with Yahoo! Research Director Ricardo Baeza-Yates Yahoo! Search's team interview with Ricardo Baeza-Yates, Director of the Yahoo! Research Labs in Barcelona, Spain and Santiago, Chile. He maintains ties with both universities as a part-time professor, leveraging his affiliations with both to collaborate on joint research. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


'We Are a Dangerous Country' Diane Sawyer spoke briefly with Ambassador Li Gun, deputy director general of the North Korean Ministry for Foreign Affairs. This is a transcript of the interview."Why would the United States want to hurt Korea? The United States is a very big country," I said.She answered, "Because you're afraid of us, of North Korea." From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


AVG Anti-Virus 7.5 Free Edition Finally Released Grisoft a few weeks ago released AVG 7.5 but I refrained from posting about it because they did not update the free version at that point. They finally upgraded the free version to AVG 7.5 which is great for people looking for a free anti-virus solution. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


Intel to Include 1GB NAND Chipset on New Notebooks At the Intel developer forum this past spring, Intel announced that the company would include 1GB of flash memory integrated into its upcoming mobile chipsets. The technology, dubbed Robson, is part of the Santa Rosa Centrino platform, expected to launch in the second quarter of 2007. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


Sony CEO Gives Latest on PS3 Sony of America CEO Kaz Hirai gives the latest on the PS3 in an interview today, including details on the number of units that will be available, initial titles, and online services - which apparently includes downloadable music and video. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


One of the closest Finishes in Formula 1 History. 4 Formula One cars passing finish-line within 0,19 sec! From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


Best Dad Ever!!!...Dad gives best gift to son! Read then watch the video This is an incredible story...and by far makes Dick Hoyt the best dad in the world award!"I try to be a good father. Give my kids mulligans. Work nights to pay For their text messaging. Take them to swimsuit shoots. But compared with Dick Hoyt, I suck."Read the article first and then watch the video From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


Make a Self-propelled hovercraft in Fifteen Minute, This instructabel coves how to build a hovercraft out of a foam tray, cardboard, and some other household items. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


Colbert Breaks Down Santorums Lord of the Rings Analogy A few days ago Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum used a Lord of the Rings analogy to explain the war in Iraq. Fearing that some may not have gotten it, Stephen tries to clarify From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


Internet Explorer 7: Less then 24 hours passed an a vulnerability is found Less than 24 hours have passed and there is already a vulnerability in the Internet Explorer code base. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


Can an American judge take a British company offline? The fallout from a legal battle in the US has sparked talk of a constitutional crisis for the net From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


How to back up and restore your Ubuntu system There are many, many different ways to back up your Ubuntu system. Here we’re going to look at two of them, one of which is a full system backup and the other is a way to copy folders and files. The point of this article isn’t to be super inclusive of every method under the sun, but to provide a guide as to how I do this and why it works for me. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


Photos: More Lego Weirdness!.........'Lego Abominations' The Astronaut Twins are always cheerful. Today they are particularly cheerful, because they're here to introduce our new collection of Lego Abominations. (The Lego Abominations are even more abominable when viewed full-size. Each photo links to its flickr page where you can see it in high-resolution.) From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


1996-2006 - Ten Years of Apple.com w/screenshots The Web has changed a lot since 1996. As the Internet has evolved, websites have changed with them, but for most of the last 10 years, Apple.com has look very much the same (at least the front page, anyway). From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


Intuitive Flash Game Keep the ball up in the air with a paddle, while balancing another ball on a horizontal stick. Moving your mouse moves both paddles. My record is 30 seconds! From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


муѕрасе.com being sold on ebay.com The муѕрасе.com domain name is being auctioned on eBay. It’s a Cyrillic IDN domain name that looks exactly the same as myspace.com. Despite Internet Explorer 7 new anti-phishing feature, seller claims the domain renders fine on it and even shows a picture to prove it… From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


Olbermann: The Beginning of the End of America (video) Video of Olbermann's special comment on the "Military Commissions Act" and the end of Habeas Corpus. Aired Wednesday, October 18. "And if you think this, hyperbole or hysteria, ask the newspaper editors when John Adams was President, or the pacifists when Woodrow Wilson was President, or the Japanese when Franklin Roosevelt was President." From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


The Effects of the 2003 Bush Tax Cuts $14,374,330,000,000 Total Increase in Household Wealth Since April 2003; $625,000,000,000 Total Increase in Federal Tax Revenues Since FY 2003; $207,788,000,000 Reduction in the Deficit in the Past 29 Months Due to Stronger Economic Growth - There you have it. America is over-taxed. Reduce tax rates, increase tax revenue. From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


How to hack LEDs into Lego minifigures for Halloween: step-by-step Photos It's remarkably easy to hack LEDs into Lego minifigures to make awesome, creepy, and tiny decorations for Halloween. In what seems like a miraculous coincidence, a standard LED fits exactly into the head of a Lego minifigure. It's that easy: grab an LED and a head, slip it in, and it fits perfectly From digg on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


Microsoft IE7 released Microsoft have released Internet Explorer 7 and the reviews are mix, to say the least. ZDNet is reporting that: IE 7 is limited to Windows XP SP2 users only; installation requires reboot; reuses old IE 6 code and doesn't yet comply with current Web standards; doesn't match all the features found in Firefox or Opera; carries a Microsoft legacy of not patching its IE flaws quickly enough. Trusted Reviews is --> From StuartYeates's blog on October 19, 2006 at 11:31 a.m..


Jschool This Brisbane Registered Training Organisation (RTO) offers a Diploma of Journalism for Australian and international students. Application forms are available online, and applicants will be assessed on their potential for cadetship positions in journalism. The course can lead to careers in journalism or further study of journalism at university. From EdNA Online on October 19, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..


Young artsworkers awards The Australia Council for the Arts has honoured three young artsworkers with awards for outstanding leadership and contribution to the advancement of community arts and culture. The awards worth $10,000 each were presented today to Mr Khaled Abdulwahab (VIC) and Ms Claudia Chidiac (NSW) and Ms Lenine Bourke (QLD). Khaled and Claudia received Australia Council for the Arts Young Leaders Awards, and Lenine received the inaugural Kirk Robson Award. The awards recognise and celebrate the achievements of young Australian artists and artsworkers, up to the age of 30, who work with communities to pro From EdNA Online on October 19, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..


Darwin's works made available online The complete works of Charles Darwin were published online today for the first time by the University of Cambridge. The university has placed the entirety of Darwin's works online, which represents 50,000 pages of text and 40,000 images of original publications. Users will also be able to download audio versions of the works including Darwin's most famous book The Origin of Species. Education Guardian, 19 October 2006 From EdNA Online on October 19, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..


New early childhood science travelling programme Questacon SciencePlay, a new early childhood science travelling programme will receive Australian Government funding of $1 million. It will be Australia's first outreach programme for early childhood science discovery and will travel to regional, rural and remote Australia, including Indigenous communities. SciencePlay, based on Questacon's early childhood gallery Mini Q, is a combination of presentations, hands-on activities and portable exhibits delivered by science communicators trained in early childhood education. From EdNA Online on October 19, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..


Australian Institute of Community Practice and Governance The Australian Institute of Community Practice and Governance (AICPG) is a professional training organisation for staff and board/committee members of community organisations, solely devoted to the specialist area of community practice and governance. The Institute provides accredited training, seminars, workshops and conferences, and tailored training services. From EdNA Online on October 19, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..


2006 e-learning benchmarking project: final report The 2006 E-learning benchmarking project has built on the baseline developed in 2005 by conducting national surveys of the uptake and use of e-learning by Vocational and Technical Education (VTE) providers, VTE teachers and trainers, and VTE students. The surveys, run in September and October 2006, captured information on the use of e-learning in all TAFE institutes, private and enterprise training providers, adult and community education (ACE) providers and VTE in Schools providers. The 2006 surveys also include providers of government-funded non-accredited training. The results of the 2006 p From EdNA Online on October 19, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..


Nungalinya College This Registered Training Organisation (RTO) offers courses in Theology and Family and Community Services, as well as Cross-cultural Awareness courses for non-Indigenous Australians and the Indigenous Futures Project for young women. The College also works with remote communities in the Northern Territory on special education programs and projects. From EdNA Online on October 19, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..


Online learning in the Arab world How prevalent is e-learning in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the rest of the Arab Gulf? Nidhal Guessoum, associate professor of Physics and Astronomy at the American University of Sharjah (UAE), here provides an insider's assessment. While cultural and political roadblocks remain, several new online learning initiatives show real promise. eLearn Magazine, 18 October 2006 From EdNA Online on October 19, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..


World-first internet code a highlight of ACMA's first year Registering the world's first legislative code of practice for internet and email service providers was one of the highlights of the Australian Communications and Media Authority's first year of operation, as detailed in its annual report for 2005-06, released recently. 'The code, registered by ACMA in early 2006, was developed by the internet industry in support of Australia's Spam Act 2003 and the fight against spam globally. Full credit to the industry for doing so,'said Chris Chapman, ACMA Chairman. ACMA Media release, 19 October 2006 From EdNA Online on October 19, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..


Lifebook N6420 With HD-DVD Todd Gold gives his thoughts on Fujitsu's cutting edge N6420 Lifebook, and Palitoy's much loved Millenium Falcon spaceship toy from the 80s. From Read laptop reviews and notebook news at the laptops weblog - Laptopical on October 19, 2006 at 11:30 a.m..


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