Topic: HOLLYWALD - on February 27, 2005 at 4:11:00 PM CET
UK pioneers digital film network
The world's first digital cinema network will be established in the UK over the next 18 months.
The UK Film Council has awarded a contract worth £11.5m to Arts Alliance Digital Cinema (AADC), who will set up the network of up to 250 screens.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on February 27, 2005 at 4:06:00 PM CET
Underwater bike ride to launch students' eight-week crime spree
As US coast-to-coast crimewaves go, it is not in the league of Bonnie and Clyde. It lacks both violence and avarice and is further hindered by an overabundance of pre-publicity.
Undeterred, a couple of students from Cornwall are intent on making American criminal history by spending their summer breaking as many US laws as possible.
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Topic: TV - on February 27, 2005 at 3:48:00 PM CET
Schmeckt nicht, gibt' s nicht
Erfolgreiche Bilanz nach genau einem Jahr im Vorabendprogramm bei VOX: "Schmeckt nicht, gibt' s nicht - Cool Kochen mit Tim Mälzer" ist mit durchschnittlich 1,56 Millionen Zuschauern die erfolgreichste Kochsendung im deutschen Fernsehen.
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Topic: Space - on February 27, 2005 at 3:41:00 PM CET
Starless 'Dark' Galaxy Found
An international team of scientists said it's found a new type of galaxy, one without stars.
But not everyone's convinced this "dark" galaxy is anything more than the debris from two galaxies colliding.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on February 27, 2005 at 12:54:00 PM CET
Microsoft admits targeting Wine users
The software giant has admitted specifically excluding users of the popular Windows compatibility toolkit with its update tool
Microsoft prioritised making its anti-piracy tool prevent users of Wine, an open source toolkit that allows users to run Windows applications under Linux, from downloading Windows updates, the software giant said on Friday.
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Topic: POLITIK - on February 27, 2005 at 12:28:00 PM CET
Lalu chucks humour, takes to poetry
For a change, it was neither President A P J Abdul Kalam nor poet-politician Atal Bihari Vajpayee who were reciting poems and couplets in Parliament, but Railway Minister Lalu Prasad, more famous for his rustic wit and humour. "Uthna hai aur bhi oopar, hain oonchaiyan pukaarti, Hai apaar kshamatayen, ashayen tumhe niharti (We have to rise higher, for the heights beckon us. Unlimited capacities and expectations are looking upon you)", Prasad said in his Railway Budget speech while referring to financial challenges.
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Topic: STRANGE - on February 27, 2005 at 11:06:00 AM CET
T-MOBILE TERRORIST STRIKES AGAIN: HARDCORE PHONE VIDEO OF ROCKER FRED DURST
I'm Sorry U Sellout :)
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Topic: SECURITY - on February 27, 2005 at 10:27:00 AM CET
Bank of America loses customer data
Bank of America Corp. has lost computer data tapes containing personal information on up to 1.2 million federal employees, including some members of the U.S. Senate. The lost data includes Social Security numbers and account information that could make customers of a federal government charge card program vulnerable to identity theft.
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Topic: MUSIK - on February 27, 2005 at 10:12:00 AM CET
Intelligent MIDI Sequencing with Hamster Control
After much consideration of different technical design aspects and contemplating various musical ideas, I was able to arrive at a project that would fulfill all of my musical and engineering goals.An intelligent MIDI sequencer was designed with hamster control. The MIDI sequencer intelligently produced melodies by manipulating the musical elements of rhythm and note-choice. Guided by inputs based on hamster movements, Markov chains were used to perform such beat and note computations.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on February 27, 2005 at 10:07:00 AM CET
At last, I understand the dangers of Google AutoLink!
Like many others, I had written off Dave Winer's recent obsession with the new Google toolbar. That was until I actually downloaded and installed the thing, and realised - oh my god! There are some really important points he's raised, and everyone needs to hear them right now!
JavaScript to Kill Google Autolink
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Topic: NEWS english - on February 27, 2005 at 9:53:00 AM CET
Founder of Amnesty International Dies
Peter Benenson, who founded Amnesty International more than four decades ago, has died. He was 83.
Benenson, who was educated in some of Britain's top schools, began his own human rights campaigns as a boy in support of Spanish civil war orphans and Jews fleeing Hitler's Germany.
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Topic: MUSIK - on February 27, 2005 at 9:42:00 AM CET
Bono should ``head World Bank
Could the only person ever nominated for an Oscar, a Grammy, a Golden Globe and the Nobel Peace Prize now take over at the World Bank?
On Friday, the Los Angeles Times devoted its lead editorial to the proposition that Bono, the frontman of Irish rock band U2, "should be named the next president of the World Bank".
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