| Thursday, September 4, 2003 |
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As Suburbs Grow, So Do Waistlines
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New York Times: NYT HomePage
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Is suburban life bad for you? Two recent reports on sprawl's effects on health suggest the answer is yes. |
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101st Airborne Scores Success in Reconstruction of Northern Iraq
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New York Times: NYT HomePage
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The U.S. military, not the civilian-led occupation authority based in Baghdad, is the driving force in the region's reconstruction. |
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Push-in Bandits
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Gothamist
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A pair of robbers has been terrorizing residents in Gramercy Park, East Village and Chelsea. Their M.O. is to watch people entering their apartments or knock on their doors and then force their way in. They demand cash, cellphones, and sometimes drugs, leading police to believe they are junkies. The... |
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Equal Semantic Rights For "Floozy"
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Gothamist
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MSNBC's Scoop columnist Jeannette Wells would like to bring to attention the male celebrity slut, namely Ben Affleck (Gwyneth reportedly said Ben Affleck's ideal woman would be a stripper with a beer in each hand), Colin Farrell (so true, every other statement he makes is about doing this girl or... |
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David "Everyone, Look at Me, I'm Crazy" Blaine
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Gothamist
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In an effort to show everyone that he's just crazy, David Blaine cut off his ear during a press conference in London earlier this week. Reuters reports: The daredevil U.S. magician apparently drew blood after he was asked whether he could show the assembled reporters any new tricks. He... |
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Subway Stabbing Death
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Gothamist
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A man was found stabbed to death at the 116th Street 2/3 station in Harlem. The 44 year-old man's body was found on the platform at 9:45pm last night. One subway rider in the station told NY1, It's been, generally speaking over the last few years, actually a pretty stable... |
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Creative unveils MuVo 2 MP3 players
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The Register
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Reg Kit Watch Plus: Sharp extends Actius notebook line |
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99c iTunes song auction bids top $100,000
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The Register
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Update Test case opportunities a-plenty |
| Semiconductor Employees Suing IBM : Slashdot : [6:32:35 AM] |
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Hitachi's tiny RFID chips
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Gizmodo
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From Hitachi, an extremely tiny RFID chip that doesn't require an external antenna and could potentially be embedded in all sorts of paper products like money, tickets, magazines, etc. There were some earlier reports that the European Central Bank was going to start putting Hitachi's RFID chips in every euro note, but that is apparently not the case. If true, it means that stores could potentially do all sorts of disturbing things like know how much money you had in your wallet based on the RFID tags they would detect. Read [Thanks, Cem]... |
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Britney says she won't kiss other women - just Madonna
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Queer Day
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Oops, I wouldn't do it again? Britney Spears told CNN that before the MTV Music Video Awards, she'd never kissed a woman, and she never would again - unless it were Madonna. "I didn't know [the kiss] was going to... |
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Aibo ERS-7
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Gizmodo
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Brand new version of Sony's Aibo robotic dog. The new Aibo ERS-7 is way goofier-looking than our Aibo ERS-210, but has better image and face recognition technology, and improved mechanism for more fluid body movement. Comes out in November. Read... |
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Microsoft Mice
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Gothamist
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There is ominous looking about this Microsoft-issued press photo of the new wireless computer mice. Sure, the model may have both horizontal and vertical scrolling with a single wheel, but lined up like that, they look ready to attack. If only they could, against various viruses.... |
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Amphibious car
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Gizmodo
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About a million people wrote in with the news about the Aquada, an amphibious car from British car company Gibbs. It's certainly stretching the definition of a gadget a bit, but what the heck, a car that can do 100mph on land and 30mph in the water doesn't come along all that often. Read... |
| Amphibious Car Beats Urban Congestion : Slashdot : [5:32:30 AM] |
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Charge It to the Man
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The Motley Fool
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Go ahead, put it on the company credit card. No one will notice. |
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Saving Money on Gifts
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The Motley Fool
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Frugality and generosity can co-exist. |
| A Year of Your Life... Wasted : The Motley Fool : [5:32:25 AM] |
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More Microsoft Mess
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The Motley Fool
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The company has issued a patch for five more flaws. |
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Sharp's latest ultralight
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Gizmodo
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New ultralight laptop from Sharp. The Actius AV18P is just one inch thick,weighs under four pounds, and has a 12.1-inch LCD screen, a 40GB hard drive, 256MB of RAM, a DVD/CD-RW combination drive, built-in 802.11b. Should be out today.... |
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Transgender woman declares insurance victory
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Queer Day
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It took several years, but Gloria Stein finally got life insurance at the rate she thought she deserved: Female preferred. And why not? She's a trim, nonsmoking size 8 who takes no medication beside female hormones, which is hardly unusual... |
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A gay rodeo clown tells all
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Queer Day
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A former Wisconsin farm boy who as an adult joined the dot-com migration to Silicon Valley, Douglas Graff was Mr. International Gay Rodeo 1999, and a regular fixture on the gay rodeo circuit before becoming a clown. "After you get... |
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Couples marry in Texas days after law bars recognition
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Queer Day
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Gay and lesbian couples traded vows of commitment at an Austin church Wednesday night amid the continuation of the debate on same-sex marriages. The ceremony was held at the Metropolitan Community Church the night before Sen. John Cornyn was to... |
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Cathedral bans queer Christians in order to be 'sensitive'
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Queer Day
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A queer Christian group says it is "horrified" after being told it cannot hold a service at Manchester Cathedral. Organizers of the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement have been told permission to hold a special service at the cathedral for... |
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U.N. condemns Australia for denying gay man survivor benefits
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Queer Day
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The United Nations, which hasn't had much to say about "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," has condemned the Australian government for discriminating against same-sex couples in a case involving veterans' pensions. Its Human Rights Committee ruled last month that the Australian... |
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Universal to Cut Prices of Its CD's
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New York Times: NYT HomePage
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Battered by online piracy, the world's largest record company said that it would cut prices on compact discs by as much as 30 percent. |
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Economic Worries in China as Companies Pile Up Debt
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New York Times: NYT HomePage
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China's central bank is expressing alarm that reckless lending may be causing an unsustainable boom. |
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Some Successful Models Ignored as Congress Works on Drug Bill
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New York Times: NYT HomePage
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Congress has given birth to a prescription drug plan for Medicare that many experts say would fail to meet the needs of the elderly. |
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In Texas Fight, One Democrat Finally Blinks
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New York Times: NYT HomePage
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With the defection of a leading lawmaker, the band of state senators holed up in New Mexico has lost its ability to deny a disputed Republican redistricting plan. |
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U.S. Drafts Plan for U.N. to Back a Force for Iraq
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New York Times: NYT HomePage
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Administration officials have also said that they expect to ask Congress for an additional $60 billion to $80 billion to pay for reconstruction and occupation of Iraq. |
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As City Goes Back to School, Bloomberg's Plan Faces Test
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New York Times: NYT HomePage
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The mayor's grand experiment to turn around the New York City school system begins on Monday, kicking off an academic year that has many filled with hope and fear. |
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California partners bill heads for governor's desk
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Queer Day
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Legislation that would give domestic partners many of the same legal rights as married couples was sent to California Governor Gray Davis' desk Wednesday following a heated Assembly debate in which opponents claimed the bill amounted to same-sex marriage. They... |
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Queer alcohol abusers need separate approach, summit finds
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Queer Day
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Queer drinkers should be treated differently when it comes to alcohol abuse prevention strategies, delegates at an Australian conference have determined. A list of recommendations coming out of the NSW Alcohol Summit includes a call to tailor prevention strategies to... |
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Eddie Izzard shoots from the hip
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Queer Day
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With Bette Davis eyes and a manly build, Eddie Izzard doesn't look as if he imitates squirrels. And yet, telling a childhood story of hiding makeup in a tree hole, his big blues become furtive and his square jaw softens.... |
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Will the next Paul Hill's target be queer?
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Queer Day
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Columnist Mike Thomas notes the death sentence for Paul Hill, who murdered two people at a Pensacola abortion clinic in the name of saving children. He says Paul Hill is scary, but more worrisome is Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore,... |
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Macauley Culkin talks to Barbara Walters about playing Michael Alig
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Queer Day
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Macaulay Culkin's first film role in nearly a decade will be quite a departure from the "Home Alone" movies that made him famous. More like "The Good Son," with lots of makeup. In "Party Monster," Culkin plays Manhattan club kid... |
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99c iTunes song auction bids top $100,000
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The Register
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Test case opportunities a-plenty |
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MS launches Office security blitz
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The Register
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Full House with five fixes |
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Easynet ups revenues, narrows loss
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The Register
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Broadband take-up 'very encouraging' |
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Universal to slash US CD prices
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The Register
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Prices cut by up to 31 per cent |
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Anita Bryant foe Robert Kunst wants Hillary to run in 2004
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Queer Day
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Queer activist Robert Kunst, best known for taking on Anita Bryant in the '70s, has found a new focus: persuading Hillary Clinton to run for president in 2004. "It's something I am not going to do," says she, "but it's... |
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Back in the Southwest
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Blog for America
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Brightest New Mexico... flying in to Albuquerque tonight, with a thunderstorm flashing to the south, half-way between us and Las Cruces, and the desert below us lit up by a waxing moon, I couldn't help but think of what an... |
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AOL-MSN outage leaves questions
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CNET News.com
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Customers of Road Runner and America Online have access restored to Microsoft Web sites, but new details of the outage are raising new questions. |
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The futility of utility computing
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CNET News.com
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Jon Oltsik explains why IT shouldn't wait around for vaporware solutions before tackling serious corporate computing issues. |
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Services megadeals not quite so mega
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CNET News.com
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Multimillion-dollar contracts touted by IT services companies may amount to less than meets the eye. Behind those big numbers lie the true costs involved in such deals. |
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Mobo makers to bundle CPUs with Athlon 64 boards
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The Register
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Want sufficient supplies for retail buyers |
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Reg opens everything wireless store
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The Register
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Competition What's in a name? |
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2000 jobs safe as PowerHouse sold
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The Register
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Kiwi firm to the rescue |
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Resumé writing - BOFH style
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The Register
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Episode 19 CV or not CV? That is the question... |
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Ingenuity Helps Prisoners Cope
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Wired News
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Spartan life in prison sometimes inspires clever design -- scrap metal and salt water, for example, can make a handy cigarette lighter. A new book chronicles some of the engineering wizardry behind bars. By Noah Shactman. |
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Viruses, Worms: What's in a Name?
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Wired News
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Researchers who first discover viruses or worms get the honor of naming them. Sometimes, the names are easy to pick. But as more viruses are created, researchers are having a harder time coming up with catchy monikers. By Michelle Delio. |
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Nokia's N-Gage Gets Second Look
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Wired News
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N-Gage is a cell phone, video-game deck and MP3 player. Not too long ago, the combo was viewed as a clunker, but Nokia is using so much marketing muscle that the gaming industry is taking it seriously. By Suneel Ratan. |
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'Cool Hunters' Like Apple's Shine
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Wired News
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Apple Computer's market share may be slim compared with the likes of Microsoft and Dell, but youth marketing experts say the company is the height of cool among young consumers. By Leander Kahney. |
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I'll Take My Music a la Carte
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Wired News
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Music industry statistics show a dramatic increase in shipments of CD singles to retailers. Some analysts believe the change reflects the growing influence of online music services, while others shrug it off as a fluke. By Katie Dean. |
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Romanian Blaster Suspect Arrested
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Wired News
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Police arrest a 24-year-old Romanian man suspected of releasing Blaster.F, a relatively tame variant of the Blaster Internet worm. |
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Court Blocks FCC Media Regs
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Wired News
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U.S. federal court judges grant a stay order that prevents the new Federal Communications Commission media ownership rules from taking effect. The ruling marks the latest skirmish in the battle over media market reforms. |
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Was Computer Search Illegal?
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Wired News
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The recording industry violated a New York woman's constitutional rights by searching her computer for illegal music, the woman's lawyers say. The RIAA's lawyers disagree, setting the stage for a lot of lawyers to make a lot of money. |
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Engineers Befuddled by Blackout
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Wired News
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Transcripts of calls made among power technicians just before the big August blackout reveal confusion about power-line failures and frustration over computer problems. 'We have no clue.... Our computer is not happy,' said one worker. |
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Website Owner Nabbed in Porn Scam
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Wired News
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Federal agents arrest a Florida man who authorities say operates thousands of websites that use misspelled Web addresses to direct minors to porn sites using a maze of pop-up advertising. |
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Scripting News
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David Galbraith: "There is a possibility that the weblog space will Balkanize." |
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Scripting News
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Jake: "We've got a new set of features for testing: RSS feeds for Manila discussion groups, and for news item departments. This beta also includes a new department list page." |
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Arkon Powered Multimedia Mount Reviewed
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Pocket PC Thoughts
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"The best use for GPS is in the car, right? So, ok, you take your nifty little combo into the car and you're having a ball with it, driving all over the place, mapping routes, and thrilling to the fact that your Pocket PC knows exactly where you are, every minute! Only problem is, you are now officially a reckless driver." ...And so begins PocketNow's terrific review of the Arkon Powered Multimedia Mount kit. This is a bit like those kits for mounting your Pocket PC/GPS/mobile phone to the dashboard of your car, but it is MUCH more flexible and useful than the others. This article has no fewer than 32 photos and pages of text that describe in detail how well the Arkon kit works. If you use your Pocket PC or GPS in your automobile at all, you owe it to yourself to read this review. |
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Scripting News
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Gary Price reports that a portion of the Internet Archive is now searchable, and that Google has received a new patent. |
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Scripting News
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NY Times: Universal to Cut Prices of Its CD's. |
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Intel to launch HT Mobile P4s on 21 Sept.
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The Register
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And prices to fall a month later, apparently |
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2,000 jobs saved as PowerHouse sold
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The Register
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Kiwi firm to the rescue |
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Israeli boffins crack GSM code
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The Register
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Phreak Like Me |
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Resumé writing - BOFH style
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The Register
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Episiode 19 CV or not CV? That is the question... |
| Ian Clarke, Ernie Miller On Free Speech, Privacy : Slashdot : [2:32:14 AM] |
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Scripting News
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 A new session for Day 2 at BloggerCon, on news readers and aggregators at 11AM in Pound 200. As with all Day 2 sessions, it's free for all who are interested.
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Scripting News
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On this day in 2001, I had a strange technical dream. |
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What's Next for Oracle?
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eWEEK Technology News
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Built on grid computing and due to debut at Oracle World, Oracle 10G marks the company's biggest technology release in a decade. Can Oracle tackle the grid and PeopleSoft, too? |
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Samsung touts dual-die 1Gb DDR chip
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The Register
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Same footprint as a 512Mb part |
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Scripting News
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Hey I'm in a Netflix subscriber now. The first movie I watched is The Witches of Eastwick, a movie I've not been able to find in the video stores. It's the real Alpha Male story, not the one that women make up. ";->" |
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Scripting News
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I'm sniffling, coughing and sneezing. This cold has been creeping up on me. Gotta do the Thursday evening meeting. May not do dinner. Ahhh choo! |
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Scripting News
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Library Stuff reports that My.Yahoo now does RSS. |
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Scripting News
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Ed Cone: "The John Edwards campaign weblog is about to launch." |
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Scripting News
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Jenny finds my search-the-aggregator script interesting. |
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For Student Essayists, an Automated Grader
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New York Times: Technology
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An automated essay-scoring system developed by the Educational Testing Service has given teachers some relief. |
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Heart of Darkness, on a Desktop
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New York Times: Technology
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More and more PC owners are discovering software lurking on their computers that they had no idea was there. And viruses are only part of the story. |
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Technology Briefing: People
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New York Times: Technology
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CHIEF NAMED;. |
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I.B.M. Promotes Power of Linux
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New York Times: Technology
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I.B.M. Promotes. |
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Technology Briefing: Telecommunications
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New York Times: Technology
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McLEODUSA TO OFFER WIRELESS SERVICE; JUSTICE DEPT. RAIDS 3 WEBMD OFFICES;. |
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Technology Briefing: Internet
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New York Times: Technology
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SUSPECT HELD IN RELEASE OF NEW WORM;. |
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Take-Two Profit Increases 60%
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New York Times: Technology
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Take-Two's "Grand Theft Auto 3" and "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City," the two best-selling video games in the United States last year. |
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Identity Theft Victimizes Millions, Costs Billions
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New York Times: Technology
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About 3.3 million American consumers discovered within the last year that their personal information had been used to commit crimes. |
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Spelling It 'Dinsey,' Children on Web Got XXX
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New York Times: Technology
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Prosecutors charged a Florida man with violating a new law that makes it illegal to use misleading Internet domain names to entice minors onto pornographic Web sites. |
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Universal to Cut Prices of Its CD's
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New York Times: Technology
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Battered by online piracy, the world's largest record company said that it would cut prices on compact discs by as much as 30 percent. |
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Crazy Kart Racing Game Released
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Pocket PC Thoughts
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int13 Productions has just launched a brand new go-cart racing game for the Pocket PC called Crazy Kart. If driving furry little animals around a variety of racetracks is your thing, you've got to take a look at this game. Four 3D characters to choose from Three cups, five worlds, and twelve handcrafted maps Smooth gameplay Entertaining sound track Additional external map modules I'm usually not very good at arcade-type Pocket PC games, but I've played this game a bit and really enjoyed it; it takes me back to the days my kids and I wasted playing Mario Cart. You can go to the link above to download a free demo or buy the full version for $15. I also really like that the developer's site has a short video you can view if you just want to see what the gameplay looks like. That way, you can get an idea what the game is like before installing the whole game. |
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Scripting News
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Bob Stepno reports that the Times ran a correction on Saturday to the piece I cited yesterday, re the "house blogger" who was traveling with the Dean campaign. It only gets more confusing, however. |
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World+dog parades iPod wannabes
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The Register
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Reg Kit Watch MP3 crazy |
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Blaster-F suspect arrested in Romania
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The Register
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Dan Dumbitru |
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The big Bangs
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Salon.com
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A former Creem magazine colleague of Lester Bangs remembers -- and members of the Doors, the MC5, Blondie and the Mekons respond to -- the late, great rock critic's bracing vitriol. |
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The K Chronicles
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Salon.com
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This one's for the men and women serving overseas! |
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Low-brow lover
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Salon.com
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I have been with a man for 10 years who is a controlling anti-intellectual. |
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"Some sliver of authenticity from the truckloads of stinking garbage"
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Salon.com
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After reading Lester Bangs' collection, you have to wonder: What would the legendary critic, who believed that music mattered, make of today's Britney and P.Diddy ludicrousness? |
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The exterminator
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Salon.com
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Tom DeLay -- a former pest killer who has turned his ire on Democrats -- has helped build a huge Republican money juggernaut. But did his engineering of a Texas GOP landslide break the law? |
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The Texas stalemate: It's all about race
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Salon.com
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Few are saying it openly, but the DeLay-Rove power grab in Austin is all about keeping white control of an increasingly Hispanic state. |
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Why Dean and Franken are so hot right now
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Salon.com
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After years of being kicked in the teeth by GOP bullies, Democrats have finally found two brawlers who know how to give it back. |
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Lying in exile
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Salon.com
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Bush took the unsubstantiated word of Iraqi renegades about WMD over intelligence experts in every branch of the U.S. government. |
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Adultery as an act of cultural rebellion
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Salon.com
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Laura Kipnis, author of "Against Love," talks about Newt Gingrich's wanderings and the absurd dream of monogamy. |
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Laying Las Vegas
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Salon.com
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He's a bad boy, a croupier. I'm a bad girl: I've done threesomes, I've done videotapes, and I did another guy last night. We should be the perfect couple. |
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Crime and punishment, Putin-style
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Salon.com
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A government attack on Russia's premier businessman threatens to derail years of economic progress. |
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King Kaufman's Sports Daily
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Salon.com
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AFC preview: Anyone can win this thing except the Bengals, the Texans, and teams whose stars get shot in the butt. |
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Technology Briefing: Telecommunications
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New York Times: Business
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McLEODUSA TO OFFER WIRELESS SERVICE; JUSTICE DEPT. RAIDS 3 WEBMD OFFICES;. |
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Technology Briefing: Internet
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New York Times: Business
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SUSPECT HELD IN RELEASE OF NEW WORM;. |
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I.B.M. Promotes Power of Linux
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New York Times: Business
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I.B.M. Promotes. |
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Penalty Is Reduced in Rap Rivalry Case
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New York Times: Business
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A judge cut the amount the Island Def Jam Music Group must pay for blocking a rival label from issuing a record by the rapper Jeffrey Atkins, known as Ja Rule. |
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Big Investors Urged to Unite for Reforms
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New York Times: Business
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The New York State comptroller, Alan G. Hevesi, proposed yesterday that big investors should work together to try to prevent more corporate scandals like those that hurt shareholders and employees of Enron and WorldCom. |
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Mortgage Index Declines
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New York Times: Business
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By Bloomberg News. |
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No Room Seen for Diller in G.E. Deal With Vivendi
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New York Times: Business
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The merger partners are politely trying to move Barry Diller out of their picture. |
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Drug Maker Sounds the Alarm on Drug Abuse
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New York Times: Business
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The maker of OxyContin, a painkiller that is addictive, is sponsoring a campaign on prescription drug abuse. |
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The No-Frills Middle Class
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New York Times: Business
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Necessities, not luxuries, are driving Americans into debt, a new book says. |
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Senator Ridicules Boeing Lease at Hearing
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New York Times: Business
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Senator John McCain made a passionate and often sarcastic attack on a proposed Air Force plan to lease Boeing 767's for use as aerial refueling tankers. |
| Wednesday, September 3, 2003 |
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From the Road: Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Blog for America
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Greetings from New Mexico! We flew into Santa Fe this morning from Burlington, VT. We're here for the debate tomorrow evening. It was a wonderful flight (not!). We chartered a plane and our expanded debate entourage - the Gov., me,... |
| How Much Does A Cloud Weigh? : Slashdot : [11:31:59 PM] |
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Open Thread: Take Tonight's Meetup to America!
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Blog for America
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The Great American Conversation began tonight at 720 Dean Meetups around the world and kicked-off 30 days that will change politics forever. Tens of thousands of Meetupers broke into small groups to talk about Howard Dean and brainstorm ways to... |
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Open Thread: Take Tonight's Meetup to America!
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Blog for America
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The Great American Conversation began tonight at 720 Dean Meetups around the world and kicked-off 30 days that will change politics. Tens of thousands of Meetupers broke into small groups to talk about Howard Dean and brainstorm ways to bring... |
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World Business Briefing
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New York Times: Business
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ASIA. |
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Economic Worries in China as Companies Take On Debt
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New York Times: Business
: [11:01:37 PM]
China's central bank is expressing alarm that reckless lending may be causing an unsustainable boom. |
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U.S. Court Blocks Plan to Ease Rule on Media Owners
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New York Times: Business
: [11:01:36 PM]
The order blocks new F.C.C. rules that would make it easier for conglomerates to add new markets and areas of business. |
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Universal to Cut Prices of Its CD's
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New York Times: Business
: [11:01:36 PM]
Battered by online piracy, the world's largest record company said that it would cut prices on compact discs by as much as 30 percent. |
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Big Fine Over Trader's Mutual-Fund Moves
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New York Times: Business
: [11:01:36 PM]
While announcing a settlement with one hedge fund, the New York state attorney general said other hedge funds and mutual funds had also engaged in illegal trading. |
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Some Successful Models Ignored as Congress Works on Drug Bill
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New York Times: Business
: [11:01:36 PM]
Congress has given birth to a prescription drug plan for Medicare that many experts say would fail to meet the needs of the elderly. |
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With a Torrid Month, Toyota Moves Ahead of Chrysler in Sales
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New York Times: Business
: [11:01:36 PM]
Toyota outsold Chrysler in August, the first time one of Detroit's Big Three has fallen to fourth place. |
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Keeping track
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Gizmodo
: [10:49:53 PM]
NTT DoCoMo and Texas Instruments are working on a new, and potentially scary new feature for cellphones: the ability to record calls at the press of a button. When you think about it, there's no technical reason why many of the new smartphones shouldn't be able to do this, and for plenty of people it'd be useful to have a record of their phone conversations to refer to later. And in fact Nokia and Motorola have a feature called "voice notes" in some of their phones which lets you record a few seconds of a conversation. But before this becomes a big overblown issue, a la the recent hysteria over cameraphones being used to take pictures in private areas, it's important to keep in mind that it's always been incredibly easy to record calls made with a landline, and that it's just as legal or illegal to tape record a... |
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Wireless network video camera from Linksys
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Gizmodo
: [10:01:02 PM]
New wireless network video camera from Linksys which is basically a surveillance camera which can connect to a local area network over 802.11b and stream its video feed to any Internet-connected Web browser anywhere. There are already on few of these on the market from D-Link, Panasonic, Toshiba, and others. The Linksys Wireless-B Internet Video Camera is about the same, but does have a couple of nice extra features, like a Security Mode that will email you whenever it detects motion, so you can be alerted to when to tune into the video stream. Read [Thanks, Alberto]... |
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After the iPod
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Gizmodo
: [10:00:54 PM]
We don't think any of these can touch the iPod in terms of design, but ZDNet Australia has a nice roundup of all the different new hard drive based MP3 players coming out this fall which in one way or another are all laying claim to the iPod's crown, like the new 15GB HDD100 from Philips, the 20GB Rio Karma, iRiver's 10GB Hp-100, Toshiba's 20GB Gigabeat G20, and Creative's 20GB Nomad Jukebox Zen NX (pictured at right). Read... |
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Study Finds Appetites Reduced by Hormone
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New York Times: NYT HomePage
: [10:00:17 PM]
A single infusion of an intestinal hormone made people eat less for the rest of the day, regardless of whether they were fat or thin, researchers reported. |
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U.S. Court Blocks Plan to Ease Rule on Media Owners
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New York Times: NYT HomePage
: [10:00:16 PM]
The order blocks new F.C.C. rules that would make it easier for conglomerates to add new markets and areas of business. |
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Adding Eye Contact to Your Web Chats
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New York Times: Business
: [10:00:02 PM]
Phone calls face to face, using a Webcam and a PC. |
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26,000-Hit Wonder Keeps It Hopping
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New York Times: Business
: [10:00:02 PM]
An East Village bar contains a jukebox with the biggest selection of songs in the world. How? The music is encoded as MP3's. |
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Bank of Japan Chief Vows to Continue Easy Policy
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New York Times: Business
: [10:00:01 PM]
The governor of the Bank of Japan said that the central bank would maintain its extremely easy monetary policy even if the economy improved. |
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Technology Briefing: People
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New York Times: Business
: [10:00:01 PM]
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CHIEF NAMED;. |
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Bertelsmann Encounters Some Turbulence
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New York Times: Business
: [10:00:01 PM]
The company reported a decline in income and sales as its music and book-publishing properties in the U.S. faltered. |
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Suez Is Expected to Sell Off Its Water Treatment Division
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New York Times: Business
: [10:00:01 PM]
Suez, the French utility, is expected to announce on Thursday that it is selling Ondeo Nalco to an alliance of private equity investors. |
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Few Ways to Limit Farm Aid, Report Says
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New York Times: Business
: [10:00:01 PM]
On the eve of global trade talks, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a report showing that there were few effective payment limits on farm subsidies. |
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Qwest Restatement Cuts 3 Years' Revenue
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New York Times: Business
: [10:00:01 PM]
Qwest Communications, under a federal accounting investigation, cut its reported revenue for the last three years by $283 million. |
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China Agrees to Free Trading in Its Currency, but Not Now
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New York Times: Business
: [10:00:01 PM]
Treasury Secretary John W. Snow left China after a two-day visit without a specific timetable for addressing the currency issue. |
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Take-Two Profit Increases 60%
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New York Times: Business
: [10:00:01 PM]
Take-Two's "Grand Theft Auto 3" and "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City," the two best-selling video games in the United States last year. |
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Plea of Not Guilty in WorldCom Case
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New York Times: Business
: [10:00:01 PM]
Bernard J. Ebbers, the former chairman of WorldCom, pleaded not guilty to criminal charges that he cheated investors in an $11 billion accounting fraud. |
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Reality TV Rivets Africa, to the Churches' Dismay
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New York Times: Business
: [10:00:01 PM]
An estimated 30 million Africans are watching "Big Brother Africa," making it the most popular, and most controversial, show in Africa. |
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Canada Gets Second Cut in Key Rate This Summer
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New York Times: Business
: [10:00:01 PM]
The Bank of Canada lowered its main interest rate for the second time in less than two months on Wednesday but signaled that the cut might be the last for some time. |
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Merger of Drug-Buying Companies Has Some Doubting Purchase Price
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New York Times: Business
: [10:00:01 PM]
Plans to combine Caremark Rx and AdvancePCS have also raised concerns about the narrowing of competition. |
| VideoNOW PVD Reverse Engineering : Slashdot : [9:31:48 PM] |
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China Agrees to Free Trading in Its Currency (but Not Now)
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New York Times: NYT HomePage
: [9:04:32 PM]
Treasury Secretary John W. Snow left China after a two-day visit without a specific timetable for addressing the currency issue. |
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Pierwise, One Person's Wreck Is Another's Art
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New York Times: NYT HomePage
: [9:04:32 PM]
Artists and architects who fought to keep New York's abandoned elevated railroad from being demolished are now focusing on another relic of the city's industrial past two of its piers. |
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Drug-Plan Manager, Caremark, to Buy a Rival for $5.6 Billion
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New York Times: Business
: [9:04:17 PM]
In a deal that will combine two of the nation's largest companies that manage prescription drug benefits, Caremark Rx said last night that it had agreed to buy AdvancePCS for $5.6 billion in stock and cash. |
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iPAQ 5600 Pocket PC on eBay? Apparently!
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Pocket PC Thoughts
: [7:45:48 PM]
If you're a curiosity seeker, you might want to swing by this eBay auction. The person holding the auction claims to have an iPAQ 5600, a Pocket PC 2002 device capable of either CDMA of GSM phone functionality. I'm a little suspect as to how this person got a hold of such a device, and even whether it would work, but people are bidding, so someone must be interested in it! |
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Details emerge in AOL-MSN outage
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CNET News.com
: [7:35:00 PM]
AOL Time Warner says access to Microsoft Web sites has been restored for Road Runner and AOL subscribers, as more details emerge about a glitch that affected millions of consumers. |
| Mozilla Thunderbird 0.2 Released : Slashdot : [7:31:38 PM] |
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Office 2003's DRM conspiracy
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Lockergnome's Technology News
: [6:49:56 PM]
As we all know, Office 2003 is just around the corner. Now that the builds are stable and readily accessible, people are combing through them looking for all manner of things. One thing that has been noticed by a few observers is the new Information Rights Management functionality, aka DRM for Office. (Kevin Christley) |
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WinTel 1.0.1 - Windows emulator for Mac OS X
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Lockergnome's Technology News
: [6:48:57 PM]
The open source community has moved fast to plug the gap left behind by the disappearance of RealPC and Microsoft's problems getting Virtual PC to run on G5 processors. (Kevin Christley) |
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Free net phone service Skype off to bumpy start
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Lockergnome's Technology News
: [6:47:47 PM]
It's been a rough start for Skype, a free voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service recently launched by a team that includes co-creators of Kazaa. (Kevin Christley) |
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Playstation 3 will be backwards compatible
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Lockergnome's Technology News
: [6:46:29 PM]
Sony Computer Entertainment boss Ken Kutaragi has confirmed that the PlayStation 3 will feature backwards compatibility with the PS2 and PSone, ensuring continued support for older software formats in the new hardware. (Kevin Christley) |
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Download free Russian eBooks
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Lockergnome's Technology News
: [6:45:33 PM]
In the USSR the English language publishing was regarded as a propaganda tool. After the USSR disintegrated the financing stopped and most of those publishing houses collapsed. The books are not likely to be published again in the future. Some of them are class struggle motivated and very intollerant. Some, especially children's books, make nice reading. (Kevin Christley) |
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Proporta iPAQ 2200 Case Series Review
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Pocket PC Thoughts
: [6:44:48 PM]
"Proporta has become a well known UK company as far as PPC (and other devices) accessories are concerned. They're probably most well known for their aluminium cases, but this is by no means the full extent of their repertoire. Not only do they stock quite a range of peripherals from various third party companies as well as their own hardware, but they also find the time to develop their own in house products such as Probackup, Tomeraider, ProWord, etc. But it's back to what they're famous for for this article, as we take a look at the latest additions to their case range." |
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Confessions of a Mac Switcher
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Lockergnome's Technology News
: [6:44:29 PM]
Up until a few months ago I was a Windows Boy, I had been using Windows since my first Compaq PC, featuring Task Book for 3.1. However, I recently have made the partial transfer to Macs by purchasing a PowerBook for me to use at University. I said partial, and Ill explain what I mean later. So then, after a couple of months using the Mac does it live up to the expectations that Apple and its users have created for it, and does it do away with the urban legend created for it by Windows users? (Kevin Christley) |
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Linksys releases cheap console wireless routers
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Lockergnome's Technology News
: [6:42:46 PM]
Linksys has a set of new wireless routers designed specifically for console gamers. The new Wireless Gaming Adapters (WGA) plug into any console with an ethernet connection (i.e. Playstation2, X-Box or GameCube) and link to your home wireless network. (Kevin Christley) |
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DVD-Cloner 1.99 Updated (Shareware)
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Lockergnome's Technology News
: [6:41:16 PM]
DVD-Cloner is a super easy tool to copy DVDs to DVD-R/RW. What you will get are real DVD movies. The DVD-R/RW copied is the same as the original DVD movie, in true DVD format and adopts MPEG2 format. You can clone your DVD entirely within 3 hours, in the same quality as the original. The cloned DVD can be played in any compatible DVD Player. (Kevin Christley) |
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A brief introduction to PHP
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Lockergnome's Technology News
: [6:40:04 PM]
This article introduces you to PHP. You will learn how it came about, what it looks like, and why it is the best server-side technology. It also exposes the most important features of the language. (Kevin Christley) |
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Report: BPO companies 'overhype' services
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CNET News.com
: [6:04:00 PM]
Companies selling their business-process outsourcing services often exaggerate their ability to handle a range of tasks, according to Forrester analysts. |
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Google and Kazaa
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Michael Gartenberg
: [5:48:39 PM]
My colleague Gary Stein has some great comments on Gogle blocking Kazaa lite sites. "OK--Kazaa Lite is a hacked version of the Kazaa media desktop which provides you with all the peer-to-peer music stea...swapping functionality, but with none of the pop-ups. This hacked version allows users to get the benefit of the work that the Kazaa programmers have invested, but removing the necessity of paying for it. This makes Kazaa clearly upset. You see the irony in all of this, right?" |
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Scripting News
: [5:45:38 PM]
OJR interviews on the 10th anniversary of the Web. |
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selling itunes?
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Michael Gartenberg
: [5:37:45 PM]
news.com reports on one users attempt to sell his iTues song on eBay. This is a major issue and it will be interesting to see how this ends up. I have sold my old CDs and record albums in the past and purchased used ones as well. It also raises questions on the buyer, as while the seller clearly had to agree with Apple's license terms the buyer has not accepted them per se. |
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Log Cabin Republicans to campaign for same-sex marriage
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Queer Day
: [5:22:15 PM]
Log Cabin Republicans announce the launch of a nationwide lobbying campaign targeting Republican elected officials and party leaders in response to a United States Senate hearing scheduled for Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution. The hearing... |
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