Topic: ART - on October 26, 2003 at 11:43:15 PM CET
One in six 'original' Warhols is a copy
If you've just paid £5m for one of Andy Warhol's iconic Marilyn Monroe prints you'd better start searching for the great man's fingermarks. In a move that is alarming pop art collectors around the globe, the Warhol estate has re-classified as many as one in six of the pictures previously attributed to him as copies.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on October 26, 2003 at 10:16:13 PM CET
Tired of sitting at endless red lights?
Frustrated by lights that turn from green to red too quickly, trapping you in traffic?
Now anyone can breeze through congested intersections just like the police, thanks to a $300 dashboard device that changes traffic lights from red to green, making nasty commutes a thing of the past and leaving other drivers open-mouthed at your ability to manipulate traffic.
But what if everyone had one?
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Topic: HOLLYWALD - on October 26, 2003 at 9:53:03 PM CET
The German Cult of Michael Moore
The books and films of left-wing American political gadfly and cultural critic Michael Moore are incredibly popular with Germans disenchanted with the United States. DW-WORLD explores the Teutonic fascination with Moore. It's probably safe to say that few countries have embraced the work of American author and documentary filmmaker Michael Moore as feverishly and enthusiastically as has Germany.
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on October 26, 2003 at 8:50:53 PM CET
Sechs-Tonnen-Praline in Italien bricht alle Rekorde
Italienische Schokoladenhersteller haben mit einer fast sechs Tonnen schweren Praline alle Rekorde gebrochen. Die genau 5.980 Kilogramm schwere und 2,15 Meter hohe Schoko-Sünde mit einem Umfang von 2,31 Metern wurde am Sonntag auf der Schokoladenmesse in Perugia vorgestellt.
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Topic: Terror - on October 26, 2003 at 8:30:13 PM CET
Pentagon wants 'mini-nukes' to fight terrorists
Influential advisers at the Pentagon are backing the development of a new generation of low-yield nuclear weapons - so-called mini-nukes - in a controversial report to be published this autumn.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on October 26, 2003 at 8:24:24 PM CET
Man Accused of Stealing 440 Left Shoes
Police arrested a man for stealing shoes at a southern Japanese hospital then found a collection in his home of 440 women's shoes — all for the left foot. The private hospital in Usu city, 500 miles south of Tokyo, began receiving complaints two years ago from patients and employees that shoes removed at the entrance hall were disappearing.
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Topic: DOPE HEAD - on October 26, 2003 at 8:22:42 PM CET
Butt Hole Road
A British couple have been forced to move house because of the shame caused by the name of their street -- Butt Hole Road. Paul and Lisa Allott sold their $250,000 bungalow in Conisbrough, northern England after living there for just 15 months, fed up with the constant leg-pulling.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 26, 2003 at 8:19:51 PM CET
Confiscation of marijuana plants in forest sets record
State officials seized a record number of marijuana plants in national parks and forests this year, confiscating more than 450,000 plants as the growing season winds down.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on October 26, 2003 at 4:38:00 PM CET
Nähmaschinen powered by Windows CE
Microsoft will sein Engagement im Markt für Embedded-Betriebssysteme ausweiten. Das teilte Scott Horn, Marketingleiter der Microsoft Embedded Group, am Rande einer Veranstaltung mit. Wie der US-Nachrichtendienst Cnet berichtet, sei beispielsweise geplant, eine "Hightech-Nähmaschine" mit Windows CE.Net auszurüsten. Für Slot-Machines in Casinos werde eine abgespeckte Variante von Windows XP zum Einsatz kommen, kündigte Horn an.
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Topic: VIDEO - on October 26, 2003 at 11:38:33 AM CET
Der kleinste HDTV-Camcorder der Welt
HDTV-Produktionen scheiterten bisher oft an den hohen Hardware-Kosten. Auf der IBC stellt JVC den super-kompakten HDTV-Camcorder JY-HD10 vor, einen flexibel einsetzbaren 1-CCD DV-Camcorder, mit dem professionelle Videoproduzenten äußerst kostengünstig in die HDTV-Produktion einsteigen können.
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Topic: VIDEO - on October 26, 2003 at 11:37:12 AM CET
Review of JVC's latest high-definition camcorder
Lengthy review over at Videography.com of JVC's HD10 video camera, their professional version of the GR-HD1, which was the world's first (and for the moment, only) high-definition digital camcorder for consumers. It ain't cheap, but it's still amazing that these days you can buy a high-definition video camera for less than $4,000.
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Topic: - on October 26, 2003 at 11:19:50 AM CET
webcam of los angeles fires from mount wilson observatory
The Towercam captures an image every 4 minutes, 24 hours a day from Mount Wilson Observatory, Mt. Wilson, California. (Page will also automatically refresh every 4 minutes.)
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