Topic: GOOGLE - on November 12, 2003 at 12:58:13 PM CET
Don’t panic yet, human news editors
When Google News was launched over a year ago there was mild nervousness amongst journalists. Was this a new kind of news site that might beat them at their own game?
A year of Newsknife’s Google News Watch suggests that automated Google News is a reliable, consistent performer rather than a News Schwarzenegger set to terminate human-edited news sites.
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Topic: BLOGLIFE - on November 12, 2003 at 12:52:44 PM CET
CrAzY SyTeS
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Topic: LOST FOUND - on November 12, 2003 at 12:46:40 PM CET
Ten most overpaid jobs in the U.S.
Almost no one in America would admit to being overpaid, but many of us take home bloated paychecks far beyond what we deserve. "Fair compensation" is a relative term, yet HR consultants and executive headhunters agree some jobs command excessive pay that can't be explained by labor supply-and-demand imbalances.
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Topic: LOST - on November 12, 2003 at 12:41:22 PM CET
Kasparov fights computer to draw
World number one chess player Garry Kasparov has drawn with a computer in the first of a four-game match.
Mr Kasparov and the programmers agreed on a draw on the 37th move after three hours and 20 minutes of play.
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Topic: TV - on November 12, 2003 at 12:39:38 PM CET
Is TV a dinner killer?
THEY are telly’s best-loved stars – but watching them could seriously damage your health.
Experts who studied the eating habits of Homer Simpson found his intake of doughnuts, chops and beer could send him to an early grave.
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Topic: POLITIK - on November 12, 2003 at 12:33:14 PM CET
Billionaire Soros takes on Bush
George Soros, one of the world’s richest men, has given away nearly $5 billion to promote democracy in the former Soviet bloc, Africa and Asia. Now he has a new project: defeating President Bush.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on November 12, 2003 at 12:29:55 PM CET
Microsoft Releases Fix for Security Flaws
Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O on Tuesday released its latest batch of security updates to fix four new holes in its software, including three that are rated "critical."
All of the holes could allow an attacker to run malicious code on a user's computer, the Redmond, Washington company said.
The critical holes affect the Internet Explorer Web browser and Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The two Windows holes do not affect Windows Server 2003. The IE hole is rated "moderate" for Windows Server 2003.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on November 12, 2003 at 12:16:29 PM CET
Patch-Day bei Microsoft
Wie von Microsoft angekündigt, erscheinen Patches nur noch an jedem zweiten Mittwoch eines Monats. Heute ist es soweit: Patch-Day. Insgesamt vier Security Bulletins beschreiben Fehler im Internet Information Server, Word und Excel, Internet Explorer und Windows 2000/XP und liefern Bugfix-Pakete dafür. Anwender können die Updates einzeln über Links in den Bulletins bekommen oder automatisch über die Windows-Update-Funktion einspielen.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on November 12, 2003 at 7:30:32 AM CET
Viren-Reinigungstools versagen im Test
Sechs von neun Desinfektions-Tools konnten infizierte Windows-Systeme nicht vollständig vom Sober-Wurm befreien.
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Topic: SECURITY - on November 12, 2003 at 7:04:50 AM CET
Forscher entwerfen Bushs nukleare Sense
US-Waffentechniker haben erstmals in einem nicht-geheimen Dokument die Anforderungen an eine neue Generation von Atombomben formuliert. Die "Mini-Nukes" sollen präzise und flexibel sein, relativ wenig Menschen töten - und Nuklearwaffen zu einem Teil der "normalen" Kriegführung machen.
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Topic: SCIENCE - on November 12, 2003 at 7:00:09 AM CET
Ärzte wollen komplettes Gesicht verpflanzen
Die erste Transplantation eines vollständigen Gesichts könnte kurz bevorstehen. Mediziner in Großbritannien, den USA und Frankreich behaupten, den riskanten Eingriff technisch bewältigen zu können - sobald ethische und psychologische Fragen geklärt sind.
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