| Wednesday, September 3, 2003 |
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Once Mild, Islam Looks Harsher in Indonesia
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New York Times: NYT HomePage
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The moderate strand of Islam that absorbed touches of Buddhism and Hinduism is being eroded, some fear at a rapid pace. |
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Coke Moves With Caution to Remain in Schools
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New York Times: NYT HomePage
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Some parents are concerned that a senior vice president at Coca-Cola's largest bottler now has a seat on the PTA's board of directors. |
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Dean Criticizes 'Foreign Policy Based On Petulance'
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Blog for America
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BURLINGTON--Howard Dean issued the following statement this morning regarding the Bush administration's labeling of several European countries as "chocolate makers": "The role of America in the world today is at a crossroads. As we hear disturbing reports that more American... |
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Three new cellphones from Sony Ericsson
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Gizmodo
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Three new cellphones from Sony Ericsson: the Z600, which has a clamshell design, a built-in digital camera, tri-band GSM/GPRS, a 65,000 color display, and swappable faceplates, which is a first for a clamshell handset; the Z200, (pictured at right, we agree with The Register's assessment that it's oddly reminiscent of the original Apple iBook), which has a 4000 color display, tri-band GSM/GPRS, swappable faceplates, but no digital camera; and the dual-band GSM/GPRS T230, which is aimed at the low-end of the cellphone market. Read... |
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Morning News Roundup
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Blog for America
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The Long Beach (CA) Press-Telegram covers the Dean 2004 Meet Up "phenomenon" ahead of tonight's meetings:[I]t's like doubled every month for the past six month,' says another Dean backer, Dan Brezenoff. "There are people who have never been in politics... |
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Census Shows Ranks of Poor Rose in 2002 by 1.3 Million
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New York Times: NYT HomePage
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The number of Americans living below the poverty line increased even though the economy technically edged out of recession during the same period. |
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As China Gallops, Mexico Sees Factory Jobs Slip Away
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New York Times: NYT HomePage
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Mexico, long the maker of products for a variety of American companies, is rapidly being supplanted by China. |
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Israeli Defense Chief Renews Call for Expulsion of Arafat
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New York Times: NYT HomePage
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Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said that Israel might move to expel the Palestinian leader, Yasir Arafat, by the end of the year. |
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Day 3 of September to Remember: Go to Meetup!
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Blog for America
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When Dean supporters come together, extraordinary things happen. Joining Meetup is an essential part of joining the Dean community. The monthly Meetup has spawned self-organized groups, rallies, ideas, organizations, outreach and an unstoppable energy. In March, Joe Trippi said that... |
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The British (Taxis) Are Coming (to Westchester)!
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Gothamist
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A new way to get your Anglophilia on in the New York area, without resorting to Soho House or yet another packet of fish & chips: British taxi cabs are coming to a Westchester-area livery cab company. No word on whether the drivers will say, "Hallo, guv'nor!" Okay, it's Westchester,... |
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Wireless Adapter for Xbox on Its Way
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Microsoft Watch from Mary Jo Foley
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Microsoft is readying in time for this holiday season a wireless adapter for its Xbox gaming console. |
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Coalition to Fight Online Identity Theft
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eWEEK Technology News
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Microsoft Corp., RSA Security Inc., eBay Inc. and several other technology companies and groups have joined together to form a new organization to fight online identity theft. |
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FileMaker Enters Applications Business
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eWEEK Technology News
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FileMaker Inc. is expanding beyond database software this week by entering the business applications market. |
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FindWhat.Com finds $8m for Miva
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The Register
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Online store play |
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BT says sorry for poaching Zetnet punter
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The Register
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Honest mistake, Guv |
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Update: Dual-CPU Mac G5's Delayed
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Extremetech
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Apple Computer has apparently delayed volume shipments of its new dual-processor G5 machines by about a month, according to customers and Apple employees. |
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Microsoft To Release Wireless Xbox Adapter
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Extremetech
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Microsoft will release a wireless LAN adapter for the Xbox this holiday season, according to a filing for Federal Communications Commission approval for the device. |
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Intel Increases Stake In Elpida
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Extremetech
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DRAM supplier Elpida Memory, Inc. said Monday that Intel Corp. had increased its stake in the company, proviing a bit more capital to assist Elpida in developing next-generation DRAM. |
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Mandalay's Hand Stays Hot
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The Motley Fool
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Profitable strip properties make up for Grand Victoria's slide. |
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Drinking at Grand Central
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Gothamist
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The Times looks at two of the drinks for your drinking pleasure at Grand Central outdoor cafe run by the Campbell Apartment. They are the Vanderbilt Punch ("tall, lightly sweetened refresher made with rum, Cointreau, cranberry and papaya juices, and a slice of orange") and Big Apple Cobbler ("bourbon and... |
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Jayson Blair in Jane
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Gothamist
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The Post's Keith Kelly has a scoop on Jayson Blair's first piece of writing post-Times: His Jane magazine article is about mistakes he made and suggests readers not repeat them. Like getting ticketed for speeding in the company car, and not paying the ticket, only to have your company crack... |
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512MB MultiMediaCards
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Gizmodo
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ATP is coming out soon with a 512MB MultiMediaCard for MP3 players, digital cameras, and PDAs (a big step up from the 128MB the cards were topping out at previously) and is working on a 1GB MultiMediaCard as well. Read [Thanks, Russell]... |
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WiFi Detector vs. WiFi Finder
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Gizmodo
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Over at SecurityFocus.com, Bob Rudis pits Kensington's WiFi Finder against SmartID's WFS-1 WiFi Detector, and confirms what we reported the other day: the WFS-1 blows away the Kensington. In test after test, the WFS-1 outperformed the WiFi Finder; if Kensington were smart, they'd pull their product off the market before they embarrass themselves even further. Read [Via Wi-Fi Networking News]... |
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Scripting News
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Michael Watkins: "There is very little talk these days about preemption, much less American empire." |
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First look at the ZVUE! personal video player
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Gizmodo
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A first look, and the first actual picture we've seen, of the new ZVUE! personal video player from HandHeld Entertainment. The ZVUE!, which up until now was suspected to be pure vaporware, is supposed to cost just $99 when it comes out, and has a 2.5-inch LCD screen and a 200MHz processor. There are a few things they had to sacrifice to get the price that low though. There is no internal memory -- everything plays from SD or MMC Flash memory cards -- and it also won't play video files encoded in anything except HandHeld Entertainment's own proprietary HHE format, which means you won't be able to play MPEGs, QuickTime, or WMV files on the ZVUE!. Still no confirmation of when it might actually hit stores. Read [Via I4U.com]... |
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Is Parson a scapegoat?
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Michael Gartenberg
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Anil Dash disagrees with me about Parson and thinks he is a scapegoat. Pason is more than a scapegoat. He modified a known virus in an attempt to wreak more havoc. Did it do as much damage as Sobig? No, but I dont think thats the point. Anyone who goes in this direction of attacking public infrastructure should be punished, not romanticized. As for assigning blame to Microsoft, they of course bear the burden of making their systems more secure but as I have pointed out in the past, finger pointing at Redmond doesnt resolve the issues nor does it relieve users of the bearing responsibilities for the systems they own or deploy. |
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Copyright protected CDs illegal in France? Not quite
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The Register
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Unfit for human consumption |
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Feds sexed up case - Blaster suspect
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The Register
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I am not the one they need to get! |
| Commercializing Open Source Software : Slashdot : [6:40:09 AM] |
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Review of MiTAC's Mio 8380 Smartphone
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Gizmodo
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PPCSG.com review of the MiTAC Mio 8380 cameraphone, which is one of the first handsets to run on Microsoft's Smartphone operating system. They give the 8380 points for having lots of memory (32MB of Flash ROM, 16MB of RAM) and nice features like the ability to record unlimited amounts of video with its integrated digital camera, but they don't like its relatively short battery life and its lack of Bluetooth. Read... |
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Review of LG's all-format DVD burner
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Gizmodo
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There been been a few dual-format DVD burners to come out that can handle both competing recordable DVD standards out there (DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW), but CNET reviews LG Electronics's GSA-4040B, which looks like the first drive to support those two formats as well as DVD-RAM. There doesn't seem to be a huge amount of demand for DVD-RAM burning, mainly because there aren't really that many regular DVD players that'll play a DVD-RAM disc. Read... |
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Snow Says China Plans to Loosen Currency
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New York Times: NYT HomePage
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BEIJING (AP) -- The U.S. treasury secretary said Wednesday that Chinese leaders indicated they would move toward letting their currency trade freely on world markets, but he came away with no timetable for ending exchange-rate controls. |
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Scripting News
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Andrew Grumet is looking for help adding external authentication to Manila. I am pretty sure it can be done, but I'm not sure how. |
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Attempted Prospect Park Rape
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Gothamist
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This is crazy: A homeless man assaulated and tried to rape a woman near the Third Street entrance of Prospect Park yesterday at noon. A police officer patroling the area chased and arrested the man. The Post says the woman, a fashion designer, had her faced very badly bruised and... |
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Congestion builds up on GPRS; WAP blocked
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The Register
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Incapacitated |
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Lindows signs up PC Club
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The Register
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US retail thang |
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Mobile phones sales climb
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The Register
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But not for Moto or Siemens |
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Broadband runs like water
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The Register
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Utility value |
| What's Always Next? : Slashdot : [5:40:04 AM] |
| MS vs. Open Source Office Suite Compatibility : Slashdot : [5:40:04 AM] |
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Suspect in Decadence stabbing 'isn't violent,' says group home director
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Queer Day
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Tod Martinek, accused of stabbing a Pennsylvania man in the French Quarter (actually he stabbed him in the back) during last weekend's Southern Decadence festival once signed "KKK" into a church attendance book and was described as confused but not... |
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Gay fraternity starts up at U of Virginia
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Queer Day
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The University of Virginia may be adding a gay fraternity. "Out on Rugby," currently a fraternity with probationary status, hopes to promote the interests of gay male students while offering its members the benefits of Greek life. The group, whose... |
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Scripting News
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Four years ago today, a manifesto for decentralized syndication, arguing in favor of RSS over the heavyweight approach being sold by the big publishing companies. Today it may seem unnecessary, but back then most people assumed Vignette would define the standard. It didn't turn out. |
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North Carolina county offers partner benefits
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Queer Day
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After nearly a year of grappling with the issue, Durham, North Carolina, county commissioners quietly voted 5-0 Tuesday morning to become the first in the state to offer health insurance to the same-sex domestic partners of its employees. "This was... |
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Scripting News
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Two years ago today we were planning a session for Seybold on Sept 26 about The Next Technology Revolution. It was cancelled because we had our revolution, on Sept 11. |
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U of Michigan adds gender identity protection - sort of
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Queer Day
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The latest edition of the University of Michigan's Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities includes gender identity in the section about discrimination. Campus queers say that's a step in the right direction but they'd like to see gender identity in... |
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Scripting News
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Adam Curry is blushing because he's Halley's blogger of the day. I wonder if Halley knows that today is Adam's birthday. He's 39 years old. Just a baby. |
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DNA test may free Dolores Vazquez in teen's murder
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Queer Day
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Matching traces of DNA found at separate murder sites in southern Spain yesterday looked likely to prove the innocence of Dolores Vazquez, facing a second trial for the 1999 murder of her former partner's daughter. Supporters claim Vazquez has been... |
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Justice minister plans cross-Canada tour in support of marriage rights
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Queer Day
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Canadian Justice Minister Martin Cauchon is launching a cross-country tour in defense of gay marriage amid growing protests against the government's same-sex legislation. "We'll be talking to Canadians," says Cauchon aide Mike Murphy. "We have to explain to people why... |
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Republicans plan to force marriage issue
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Queer Day
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Knowing that Democratic presidential candidates squirm when it comes to taking a strong stand for or against same-sex marriage rights, Senate Republicans plan to use a hearing this week to force Democrats to take firm positions. Sen. John Cornyn, Texas... |
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Malaysian leaders denounce 'homos' and lipstick
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Queer Day
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In a speech marking Malaysia's national holiday, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said the nation was succeeding despite the efforts of foreign powers, influence of Westerners, yada yada. "They are very angry especially their reporters, many of whom are homos... |
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Scripting News
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DaveNet referrer stats page. |
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Scripting News
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Dean meetups across New Hampshire tonight. |
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Sony Ericsson unveils Xmas phone line-up
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The Register
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Reg Kit Watch Will set the tills a-jingling (it hopes) |
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MS, eBay, Amazon et al join ID theft busters
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The Register
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Scam to the lam |
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Hain Celestial Bags a Bummer
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The Motley Fool
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The owner of Celestial Seasonings Tea stumbles after a profit warning, but remains healthy. |
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Scripting News
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 I'm asking people with weblogs to point to yesterday's DaveNet piece. I'd like to see it rise on Daypop, Blogdex and Technorati, so it has a chance to influence campaigns, not just the presidential campaign, but local ones too. I spoke last night with Matt Gross, who blogs for the Dean campaign. Nice guy. I recommended he read the piece. ";->"
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Scripting News
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Marc Nozell, a NH resident, spoke with an Edwards campaign worker yesterday, asking him to come to an campaign event in his hometown, Merrimack. Nozell asked if the event was on the Edwards website. Not yet. Does Edwards have a blog? No, but they're thinking of starting one in NH. |
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Taking Microsoft to task on spam
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CNET News.com
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California state Sen. Debra Bowen tells CNET News.com that when it comes to acting against spam, Microsoft is talking out of both sides of its mouth. |
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Wanted: CIO for the United States
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CNET News.com
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Industry watcher Payton Smith says the departure of Mark Forman as the administrator for e-government leaves a huge void in the federal government. |
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Gateway takes chainsaw to costs, staff
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The Register
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Major cutbacks - WSJ |
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Smartphone infidelity = content opportunity?
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The Register
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On the fly |
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Govt rings in teleworking changes
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The Register
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Not so flexible working |
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Citigroup wants to buy Hynix' non-memory biz
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The Register
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To pay with a Diners' Club card? |
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Intel samples Prescott, Dothan
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The Register
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Better late than... |
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Alton Towers told off for BT bash
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The Register
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Can't dodgem this one |
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Siemens' Symbian smartphone slips - sources
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The Register
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Series Sixty schedule on skids |
| MS vs. Open Source Office Suite Compatability : Slashdot : [3:39:59 AM] |
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Your Tax 'Rebate' Pays for Oil
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Dan Gillmor's eJournal
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Just after receiving his family's $400 check, the "tax rebate" that came to taxpayers with children in the latest Bush... |
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Stealing Legally
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Dan Gillmor's eJournal
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Larry Lessig: Kluger Krugman. So defraud Californians of $9 billion, pay $1 million. But develop a new technology to make... |
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Intel invests $23m more in Elpida
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The Register
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Memory maker's DDR II investment tally grows |
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SIA raises Q3 sales forecast on strong July figures
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The Register
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But is it enough to show real growth over 2002? |
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Teen's Felony Case Thrown Out
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Wired News
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After more than a year fighting a felony charge for writing a short story about conducting a violent attack at his school, an Oklahoma teen's case is dismissed. But the felony charge will stay with him for life. By Kim Zetter. |
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Security Expert Turns Political
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Wired News
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Wired News talks with Richard Forno about his latest book, a departure from his usual computer security work. In it, he warns that 'the real danger facing America is what we're allowing ourselves to become.' By Michelle Delio. |
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ID Theft Battle Intensifies
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Wired News
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A group of Internet retailers and security firms joins forces to combat online identity theft. The move comes as con artists continue to find new techniques to separate shoppers from their credit-card data. By Joanna Glasner. |
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TDIs Fuel Diesel Obsessions
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Wired News
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Volkswagens have always had something of a cult following, but that's nothing compared with the love and devotion lavished on the diesel-engine models. By James Bernard Frost. |
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Burning Man '03 Ashes, Dust
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Wired News
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The death of a California woman mars this year's Burning Man festival, but its shaken founder says organizers will learn from the tragedy and make the community stronger. Xeni Jardin reports from Black Rock City. |
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Blaster Suspect a Typical Teen?
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Wired News
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While some local residents say the Minnesota teen charged with unleashing a variant of the Blaster Internet worm is 'just a kid' who is likely innocent, others believe it was a deliberate act. |
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Fuel-Cell Tech May Be Coming Soon
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Wired News
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Japanese companies are pushing ahead with prototypes of miniaturized fuel cells they say will dramatically improve the battery life of laptop computers. Yet, some experts insist fuel-cell technology is still several years away. |
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Study: Saving Trees Saves Water
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Wired News
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Big cities can conserve both money and water by protecting forests, a new study shows. Forests reduce erosion, filter pollutants and store water -- and they do so more cost-effectively than water treatment plants. |
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Technology Briefing: Software
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New York Times: Technology
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BEA EXECUTIVE TO START COMPANY; INTUIT TO BUY INNOVATIVE SOFTWARE;. |
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Technology Briefing: Hardware
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New York Times: Technology
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GLOBAL CHIP SALES RISE 2.9 PERCENT;. |
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Vivendi Agrees to Talks to Combine U.S. Assets With NBC
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New York Times: Business
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If completed, the transaction would create the world's sixth-largest media company. |
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Mice pave way for online signatures
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The Register
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Cunning plan |
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A Federal Regulator Shows Teeth, Finally
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Dan Gillmor's eJournal
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Reuters: SEC questions Grasso's pay package. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman William Donaldson, in a terse letter addressed on Tuesday... |
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Bad tan
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vividblurry
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Clearly, my boyfriend does not know how to use a tanning bed.... |
| Halley's Comet Imaged As Transneptunian Object : Slashdot : [12:39:53 AM] |
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Nano Inc. vs. Nano Think
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Salon.com
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Nanotechnology, long a favorite of science fiction writers, is now real enough for government money. So let the squabbling begin! |
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King Kaufman's Sports Daily
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Salon.com
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NFC preview: Only a fool would pick a repeat champ in the NFL. This fool says watch out for the Buccaneers. |
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Joe Conason's Journal
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Salon.com
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More U.S. troops have died in Iraq since President Bush declared victory than during the war. And -- finally -- critics from the left and right are beginning to sound off. |
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"Lift" and the failure of indie cinema
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Salon.com
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Why did one of the smartest American movies of recent years go straight to Showtime? |
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Garrison Keillor feels your pain
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Salon.com
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Salon's former Mr. Blue talks about his new novel, the old New Yorker, romantic regrets, broken dreams, and this crazy thing called life. |
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"A crisis in democracy"
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Salon.com
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Gubernatorial candidate Arianna Huffington tells voters that "Big Money is calling the tune in California." |
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"If Americans aren't working, America's not working"
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Salon.com
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In a speech officially announcing his presidential candidacy, Sen. John Kerry vows to create 3 million jobs if elected president -- and cut the budget deficit in half in four years. |
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Bad "Boy"
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Salon.com
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As the serialized gay bashing of "Boy Meets Boy" winds to a close, will the gay hero be duped by the straight guy? Or will viewers get duped into thinking this is really edgy new cultural ground? |
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Get out of our kitchen!
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Salon.com
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They cook better, dress better and decorate better than we do. Death to all metrosexuals! |
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WayLay
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Salon.com
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Furry Math. |
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Crazy in New York
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Salon.com
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I went online looking for casual sex and ended up falling for the guy. But I already have a boyfriend. Now what? |
| Tuesday, September 2, 2003 |
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Not drunk
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vividblurry
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I spent all day at my internship on Capitol Hill, and then I had Reporting at 5:30, and then I had to edit a bunch of stories for the school paper. And by edit, I definitely mean re-write, because to... |
| Reinventing The Transistor For Molecular Computing : Slashdot : [10:39:48 PM] |
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Re: Windows Update: A single point of failure for the world's economy?
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bugtraq at insecure.org
: [10:08:10 PM]
reboot.Ahem, Russ, this is something of a bold claim, unless you stress the ALL :) There have been some deeply troubling patches in the past, I hope you're not trying to dismiss that.And about mis signatures, may I remind you of the fact that a Microsoft ... |
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Apache Evasive Maneuvers Module v1.8
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bugtraq at insecure.org
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Date: 9/01/2003 @ 19:15 Version: 1.8URLs:Website URL: http://www.nuclearelephant.com/projects/dosevasive/ Download URL: http://www.nuclearelephant.com/projects/dosevasive/mod dosevasive.1.8.tar.gz CVS Root: :pserver:cvs at cvs.nuclearelephant.com:/usr/local/cvsrootDescription:mod dosevasive is an evasive maneuvers module for Apache to provide evasive action in the event of an HTTP DoS or DDoS attack or brute force attack. It is also designed to be a detection and network management ... |
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Go2Call Cash Calling vulnerable
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bugtraq at insecure.org
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Hi, sorry fo my english.I found some bug in programm Go2Call Cash CallingIt's dialer for talking from Internet Pc2PhoneIf you send a little UDP packets with size 1500 bytesfor example 1472 chars 'A' on 5000 port then this progwill doesn't work The exploit is very easya part of code on Delphi procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);var C:string;N:integer;MyStream:TMemoryStream;beginMemo1.Lines.Add('start');... |