Topic: COPYRIGHT - on November 13, 2006 at 4:39:00 PM CET
Procol Harum in copyright fight
Members of UK rock band Procol Harum have appeared in court in a dispute over the hit A Whiter Shade of Pale.
For almost 40 years the number one song has been credited to the lead singer Gary Brooker and lyricist Keith Reid.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 13, 2006 at 4:36:00 PM CET
Medical marijuana law leave patients, police in a fog
In her spacious suburban home, Robin DeBow cleans countertops until they gleam, vacuums the carpets to plush perfection and then turns toward her most pressing chore -- tending the large pot plant budding in her sunny front room.
It's a job DeBow has fought for years to perform. Though not a marijuana user herself, the 44-year-old Lewis County woman has been authorized to provide the potent herb to her son, Chris Chastain, a 27-year-old paraplegic.
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Topic: TOYS - on November 13, 2006 at 3:18:00 PM CET
Paper battery developed
Oh those crazy Koreans. They keep pumping out devices that boast DMB radios, multi-megapixel cameras, and unique swiveling designs, but what about powering these multifunction devices?
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Topic: GOOGLE - on November 13, 2006 at 11:58:00 AM CET
Free cellphones for all, if...
Web search leader Google Inc.'s chief executive, Eric Schmidt, sees a future where mobile phones are free to consumers who accept watching targeted forms of advertising.
Schmidt said Saturday that as mobile phones become more like handheld computers and consumers spend as much as eight to 10 hours a day talking, texting and using the Web on these devices, advertising becomes a viable form of subsidy.
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Topic: STRANGE - on November 13, 2006 at 11:54:00 AM CET
Australian scientists build working air guitar
CSIRO has built a virtual guitar to showcase its expertise in designing and manufacturing electronic and intelligent textiles with which people effortlessly control computers.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on November 13, 2006 at 11:52:00 AM CET
Sun open sources Java - Java Is Free
Sun Microsystems is today expected to give-in to years of pushing and open source major elements of Java while hinting at changes to the way Java is certified and tested for compatibility.
Sun is breaking open Java Standard Edition (SE), used on the desktop and a foundational element of Java 2 Enterprise Edition for servers, and Java Micro Edition (Java ME), which powers 1.5 million handsets worldwide.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on November 13, 2006 at 10:47:00 AM CET
Google Earth in 4D
Google skipped right past the third dimension and landed directly in the fourth (time) by offering historical maps on Google Earth. Now you can travel back in time — for example, I am looking at the globe of 1790.
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Topic: Religion - on November 13, 2006 at 10:42:00 AM CET
Sir Elton: Ban organised religion
Sir Elton John has said he would like to see all organised religion banned and accused it of trying to "turn hatred towards gay people".
Organised religion lacked compassion and turned people into "hateful lemmings", he told the Observer.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on November 13, 2006 at 10:15:00 AM CET
Vista, Office 2007 cracked. Kind of.
The crack for Windows Vista (which is called "Vista BillGates") is not a true crack, as it replaces components from the final version of the operating system with those from earlier betas. This allows the would-be pirate to use a product key that worked with Beta 1, Beta 2, RC1, or RC2, with the Gold release of the operating system. This allows the OS to be activated normally over the Internet, but does not bypass the activation system itself. Microsoft had made these earlier betas available to the public on a limited basis.
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Topic: e-bay - on November 13, 2006 at 10:08:00 AM CET
"Sexist" Austrian urinals sold for 5,343 euros
Four urinals shaped like a woman's lips were sold on eBay on Sunday for a total of 5,343 euros (3,594 pounds) after their owner removed them from a public toilet in Vienna following protests that they were sexist.
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