Sunday, May 28, 2006
Middle School Student Suspended for Sharing Caffeine Gum
A middle school student was suspended for three days for sharing chewing gum because it contained caffeine, school officials said. The gum is "a stimulant that has no other redeeming quality," said Amy Palermo, schools superintendent.
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Online Workers paid 2¢ to draw Sheep Facing Left; 10,000 in All
The Sheep market is a collection of 10,000 sheep created by workers on Amazon's Mechanical Turk. Each worker was paid $ .02 (US) to draw a sheep facing left..
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World's largest iPod
"Visitors walking down Third St. have been gawking at this thing for the past couple of days. The 25 ft. iPod is attached to the side of the Unizan Bank building across from the state house. Not only does it look like an iPod, but it actually plays music!"
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35% of Software in the World is Pirated
35% of the packaged software installed on personal computers (PC) worldwide in 2005 was illegal, amounting to $34 bln in global losses due to software piracy.
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YShout: A Free PHP + AJAX Shoutbox. Now officially v2!
YShout is a free and lightweight package that allows you to easily add a shoutbox to your website. It's standards compliant, customizable, and more. V2 adds tons of new features, check it out!
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Microsoft to Buy Ebay?
The New York Post created some buzz among those who didn't cut out of town early this (U.S.) holiday weekend by reporting Friday that Microsoft, for several weeks, has been discussing the possible acquisition of online auction site eBay. The talks reheat.
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Highly Detailed Earthquake Simulation
Elaborate simulation of 7.7 quakes on the San Andreas fault may be expanded to calculate risks to neighborhoods or even specific blocks.
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XM Pulls FM-Enabled Radios from Kiosks & Online Store
As further investigation showed that only satellite radio receivers with an FM-Modulator were the units being pulled. On XM's Online Store, most units were listed as "Out of Stock"
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Campaign Against Digital Rights Management Heats Up
Calling themselves freedom fighters, members of the Free Software Foundation are engaging in a campaign against Digital Rights Management, which they emphatically refer to as Digital Restrictions Management.
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Netflix says movie downloads by yearend!
The CEO doesn't think movie downloads will be a big deal anytime soon, but they're ramping up to begin web delivery this year. In the past they got shot down by the major studios, so perhaps they'll start small with independent films.
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"Elephants Dream" film is an open source success story
DVD sales seem to have generated enough funds to pay the bills, and the Blender Foundation is already talking about other projects.
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Apple developing new Mac for education
Exclusive: Apple Computer is working feverishly on the design of a new Macintosh computer that the company hopes will strengthen its position in the education sector when it goes on sale later this year...
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