Friday, 7. November 2003

Stiftung Warentest warnt vor Nokia-Originalakkus
Betroffen sind Akkus für die Nokia-Handys 3210, 3310, 3330, 5510, 6650 und 6800.


"Nokia-Akkus sind gefährlich und können Feuer fangen." Das ist das Ergebnis einer Untersuchung der Stiftung Warentest und ihrer belgischen Partnerorganisation Test-Achats. Nach Presseberichten über explodierende Handy-Akkus von Fremdherstellern und entsprechenden Warnhinweisen des finnischen Handyherstellers hat die Stiftung Warentest verschiedene Originalakkus von Nokia überprüft und kommt dabei zu einem erschreckenden Ergebnis: Viele Modelle sind nicht gegen Kurzschluss und Überhitzung geschützt. Die Akkus können sich verformen, Feuer fangen oder sogar explodieren.

¬> teltarif

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Sex aid causes bomb scare


A sex aid has caused a bomb scare at a South African rubbish dump, the Cape Times says.

A group of women searching for items for recycling heard a ticking sound coming from a rubbish bag.

¬> bbc

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Simpsons’ evolves as an industry


“D’oh!”? Perhaps it really should be “Dough!” With original shows in production, several reruns a day in syndication and thousands of items that now feature the faces and voices of its unforgettable characters, “The Simpsons” is an industry unto itself.

¬> msnbc

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Transistor überwindet 500-GHz-Grenze


Wissenschaftler an der Universität von haben einen heterobipolaren Transistor mit einer maximalen Betriebsfrequenz von 509 GHz entwickelt.

¬> <a href="www.heise.de"target="_blank"> heise

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Rats to sniff for landmines


A Belgian research project for detecting landmines, using specially trained sniffer rats, will be launched next week when the first batch of rodents are sent on their first assignment to Mozambique.

African giant pouched rats were trained over three years to sniff out explosives at a test site, in Tanzania. They spent two months in field trials among heavily mined areas of Mozambique, along the Limpopo banks.

¬> theage

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Women's jail prisoner admits he's a man


A convicted marijuana grower has told prison authorities he is a man - after spending more than eight months locked up with women.

An inquiry has been launched after Billie Jo Hawks told wardens at Kentucky's Correctional Institution for Women that a mistake had been made.

¬> ananova

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Schlüssel von geheimem US-Atomwaffenlabor verloren


In einem streng geheimen US-Atomwaffenlabor in Kalifornien sind ein Dutzend Schlüssel abhanden gekommen. Mit den Schlüsseln könnten die Labors des Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory der Universität von Kalifornien geöffnet werden, hieß es in einem gestern veröffentlichten Bericht der Regierungsbehörde von Energieinspektor Gregory Friedman.

¬> orf

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Help! my Belkin router is spamming me


The marketing geniuses at Belkin, the consumer networking vendor, have dreamed up a new form of spam - ads served to your desktop, by way of its wireless router.

¬> theregister

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Let your fingers do the talking


Throw away your earpiece, soon your finger could be helping you make and take calls via your mobile phone.

Japanese phone firm NTT DoCoMo has created a wristwatch phone that uses its owner's finger as an earpiece.

¬> bbc

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Anstiftung zum Weblog


Zielgruppe : An Weblogs interessierte Unternehmer und Freiberufler Inhalt : Die schlichten und leicht verständlichen Vorteile von Weblogs für ambitionierte kleine Unternehmen, inclusive Links. <P>

¬> Ralph Segert

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Car Sex Positions - Kama Sutra


If there's anything better than sex in the car, it's sex on the car. If you're in the mood for some open air action, or want to put on a show for the rest of the folks in the parking garage, study these sex positions, lay your honey across the hood and start your engines.

¬> Car Sex Positions

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Simpsons Plant Seeds of Invention


Homer Simpson is not a guy people want to emulate. "D'oh!" is his most-used expression, and with good reason. His endeavors tend to go horribly, horribly wrong.

Nevertheless, Rob Baur of Lake Oswego, Oregon, dreamed of bringing to life his favorite The Simpsons episode, one from 1999 in which Homer grows "tomacco," a combination tomato-tobacco plant. Even though it tastes foul and has a brown, gooey center, the entire town becomes addicted to the fruit after one bite, and Homer gets rich.

¬> wired

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