Wednesday, June 21, 2006
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Dell laptop explodes at Japanese conference (Pictures)
AN INQUIRER READER attending a conference in Japan was sat just feet away from a laptop computer that suddenly exploded into flames, in what could have been a deadly accident.
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"Secret" UV messages on your credit cards and driver's license
If you have a UV light handy, you'll discover a world of secret messages printed on licenses, credit cards, and other official documents as an anti-counterfeiting measure. This web page has some nice photos of the UV ink on a Visa Card, a Master Card, and a CA driver's license.
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Bill Gates: The Carnegie of Our Time?
"The 19th-century steel magnate Andrew Carnegie, who late in life reshaped his legacy from predatory businessman to renowned philanthropist, famously said, "He who dies rich dies thus disgraced."
Like Carnegie, Microsoft mogul Bill Gates wants to be remembered not just for how ruthlessly he made his fortune, but for how he gave it away."
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Like Carnegie, Microsoft mogul Bill Gates wants to be remembered not just for how ruthlessly he made his fortune, but for how he gave it away."
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Microsoft Planning To Add Physics To DirectX
Microsoft appears to be working to add physics support inside of its DirectX application interface, according to a job posting by the software giant.
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Why business blogs are important
More and more companies starts blogging, but why do they do it - what are the benefits? This article gives several arguments and ideas - is blogging the right choice for your company too?
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Forgive Us Our Student Debts: Choosing Science in the Face of Debt
For students at public colleges, the median figure is now $16,000, while private school graduates wind up with a median of $20,000 in debt. Are student debts actually keeping college graduates from considering careers in teaching science or performing research?
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Wetpaint Launches: Wikis Evolve
Wetpaint is a hosted wiki solution with wysiwyg editing. Each wiki is taggable, and Wetpaint includes higher end wiki functions like page lockdown, privacy, etc.
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50 ways to become a better designer
How to become a better designer? Here's a list of 50 good tips to make your design work better, while making your life easier. Nothing earth-shattering, just good old advice.
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How Billions of Bogus Pages Undermine Search Engines and The Web
What the world needs now is someone with global reach, clean search results, and thoroughly authenticated ad servers.
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BBC: Dell and HP have Sleepless Nights Ahead
The BBC's Alfred Hermida has reviewed the MacBook, hailed the leap in power and surprising offer of typically high-end features, leaving serious competition for Dell and HP.
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Satellite imagery of N. Korea missile site
The missile test facility causing all the stir is called the Musudan-ri test facility. A series of satellite images reveal the preparations for testing. Other links contain additional diagrams and discussions.
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U.S. activates missile defense system amid N Korea test launch.
"The United States has moved its ground-based interceptor missile defense system from test mode to operational amid concerns over an expected North Korean missile launch, a U.S. defense official said Tuesday."
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Netflix to start Offering Movie Downloads
I think this is a great idea, basically you have a box for your TV connected to the Internet, and you put movies in your Que, then it downloads the movie for you overnight. How great would that be?
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Global Google map update!
5 minutes ago Google added many places in high resolution. Watch this out on Wikimapia!
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Girl sues MySpace for getting her assaulted
We all knew it was going to happen. We sue McDonalds for getting us fat, then we sue for coffee being too hot and now we sue Myspace for getting us raped. It's like we can't take care of ourselves without being warned first.
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Verizon sues Vonage over VOIP patents
Vonage announced today that it has been served with a patent infringement lawsuit
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Bill Gates Time Line
Forbes has a pretty good look at the past 28 years for Bill Gates. It starts with "In December 1978, the company recorded more than $1 million in sales of BASIC and two other programming languages. " Then ends in 2006 with "Gates, 49, announces his intention to depart in 2008"
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90% of Users Don't Use 95% of Google's Products
Google's market share on their top 20 products reveals that an overwhelming majority of users don't use their apps. "Why then does Google continue to roll out its own unique style of verticals? Perhaps Google has a grand end-game."
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China's '08 Olympic Stadium Design Reminds Me of Something...
To some viewers, this design for the 2008 Olympic stadium to be constructed in Beijing looks like a definitive portion of the female anatomy.
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10 tips on writing reusable code
Website taken down by Scientology after being dugg
Codebot.org was given a takedown notice by the Church of Scientology after getting 2800+ diggs. Here's the discussion from the original link: http://digg.com/links/Amazingly_Scary_In-depth_Look_at_Scientology_
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DSL to Overtake Cable Internet by 2010
The number of households using broadband is expected to double within the next three years as DSL surges past cable Internet as the high-speed service of choice for consumers, analyst firm JupiterResearch said Monday.
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Can Publishers Survive in an RSS Age?
Web syndication technology is a convenient and easy way to stay up on a bunch of sites you read. Easier for everyone, except maybe content publishers who rely on an advertising model that asks readers to look at ads on their front pages in return for the content.
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