Topic: GINGER - on December 18, 2003 at 4:21:07 PM CET
Segway Stumbles in Europe
Christmas shoppers in Europe won't be asking Santa for a Segway Human Transporter this holiday season. While it may be a revolutionary gizmo, the two-wheeled scooter also appears to be illegal in most of Europe.
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Topic: MUSIK - on December 18, 2003 at 4:12:00 PM CET
Play that fungi music
When it comes to mushrooms, a Prague composer knows the score
Deep in a forest on the outskirts of Prague, Vaclav Halek stands above a small cluster of mushrooms, pen poised above a sheet of music paper.
Within seconds he is rapidly scribbling notes, stopping only to chuckle delightedly, his hand waving in the air as if conducting an orchestra. Ten minutes later he has completed a score, "sung" to him by the Tubaria hiemalis (Krzatka zimni) below.
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Topic: - on December 18, 2003 at 4:04:24 PM CET
Sony shows off jogging robot
A small step for a Sony robot could turn out to be a giant leap for robotkind.
Sony has showed a new version of its Qrio robot that can jog at a top speed of 14 metres per minute.
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Topic: ROBOT - on December 18, 2003 at 3:58:29 PM CET
World's First Running Humanoid Robot
Tokyo Japan, December 18th, 2003 -
Sony Corporation today announced the development of dramatically enhanced motion of Sony's humanoid robot, enabling integrated motion control for walking, jumping and running. By applying this technology to QRIO, which is one of Sony's technology platforms, Sony has successfully created the world's first* running humanoid robot.
(* As of Dec. 18th, 2003, based on Sony's investigation, as an autonomous robot with internalized control system and power supply system)
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¬> QRIO ¬> movie
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Topic: SCIENCE - on December 18, 2003 at 3:52:01 PM CET
Goodbye sunshine
Each year less light reaches the surface of the Earth. No one is sure what's causing 'global dimming' - or what it means for the future. In fact most scientists have never heard of it.
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Topic: e-bay - on December 18, 2003 at 3:48:22 PM CET
SpiderHole.com - domain name
Here is the latest and greatest catch-phrase from the captors of Saddam Hussein... Often repeated in newspaper headlines and on the CNN crawl (see the "More Info" button below).
Transfer is free (domain is at GoDaddy.com), so your winning bid is all you pay! No reserve, bidding starts at $1.
¬> spiderhole.com/
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Topic: COMPUTER - on December 18, 2003 at 3:23:50 PM CET
55 Operating Systems On A PowerBook
I run a large number of operating systems on my PowerBook 17, both because I am fascinated by operating systems and environments, and also because a lot of my professional work is and has been in this area (in other words, I legitimately need to run quite a few of these systems). It is helpful to think of the setup as an "iPod of Operating Systems" - I use a portable external FireWire drive that contains all the systems.
¬> kernelthread.com via /.
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Topic: SECURITY - on December 18, 2003 at 2:00:04 PM CET
Cisco warns of holes in PIX firewalls
Network equipment maker Cisco is warning customers about security holes in its PIX firewall product and firewall software that runs on the Catalyst 6500 Series and 7600 Series switches.
Cisco issued two security advisories on Monday describing vulnerabilities that could allow remote attackers to shut down Cisco firewalls using HTTP or SNMP requests designed to exploit the weaknesses.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on December 18, 2003 at 1:52:34 PM CET
What exactly is Google Print (BETA)?
Google's mission is to provide access to all the world's information and make it universally useful and accessible. It turns out that not all the world's information is already on the Internet, so Google has been experimenting with a number of publishers to test their content online. During this trial, publishers' content is hosted by Google and is ranked in our search results according to the same technology we use to evaluate websites.
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Topic: DOPE HEAD - on December 18, 2003 at 1:37:42 PM CET
Bug Bombs Blast Bungalow
The owners of the house at 3715 Euclid Ave. reportedly set off 19 bug bombs in the home to exterminate insects, only to have the gas inside the containers fill the house until a pilot light ignited it, tearing the house apart.
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Topic: NEWS - on December 18, 2003 at 1:26:59 PM CET
Neue deutsche gemütlichkeit
Sex cannibals gone wild
What do you think? Is Meiwes—who had the presence of mind to videotape himself asking Brandes if he wanted to be killed and eaten before killing and eating him—guilty of murdering his alleged victim, or is he guilty of a lesser crime?
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Topic: SECURITY - on December 18, 2003 at 1:20:44 PM CET
Devices on limo saved Musharraf's life
High-tech jamming devices saved Pakistan's president from an assassination attempt, delaying by a few crucial seconds the detonation of a bomb that targeted his motorcade, intelligence officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
¬> salon.com
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