Topic: health - on November 28, 2006 at 4:17:00 PM CET
Clinton and Kami campaign for AIDS
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton has joined Kami, an HIV-positive character from children's programme Sesame Street, to send a message of tolerance ahead of World AIDS Day on December 1.
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Topic: POLITIK - on November 28, 2006 at 4:14:00 PM CET
Embassy denies asking Bush twins to leave Argentina
The U.S. Embassy in Argentina rejected reports that it had told President George W. Bush's twin daughters to leave the country after a widely publicized purse-snatching incident.
ABC News reported on its Web site on Monday that embassy officials had "strongly suggested" that the twins, Jenna and Barbara Bush, cut short their visit to Buenos Aires due to security concerns.
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Topic: DRUGS - on November 28, 2006 at 1:49:00 PM CET
Warning over Afghan drug economy
Afghanistan's soaring opium production threatens to wreck efforts to rebuild the country after years of war, the UN and the World Bank have warned.
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Topic: FUN - on November 28, 2006 at 12:35:00 PM CET
German Weather Lady Can't Stop Laughing
Laughing during a weather report appears to be a universal phenomenon.
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Topic: Phone - on November 28, 2006 at 12:05:00 PM CET
Opera Mini 3.0 Just Released
Opera Mini has been the dominate force in mobile web browsing and with good reason. They have continuously perfected their product and has shown no signs of slowing down. They recently held a 2-stage public beta test for Opera Mini 3.0, which ended last night. Many beta testers reported the new browser as reliable as it’s predecessor Opera Mini 2.0 and were pleased with the additional features added.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on November 28, 2006 at 11:56:00 AM CET
First look at $100 laptop Linux interface
Made by www.90percentofeverything.com, this video demos the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child, aka "Hundred Dollar Laptop") User Interface. It's pretty unconventional and worth having a look. Check out 90percentofeverything.com for a clearer version of this video.
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Topic: SCIENCE - on November 28, 2006 at 11:44:00 AM CET
Buddha on the brain
Ex-monk B. Alan Wallace explains what Buddhism can teach Western scientists, why reincarnation should be taken seriously and what it's like to study meditation with the Dalai Lama.
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Topic: NEWS english - on November 28, 2006 at 11:43:00 AM CET
Humpback whales have "human" brain cells: study
Humpback whales have a type of brain cell seen only in humans, the great apes, and other cetaceans such as dolphins, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
This might mean such whales are more intelligent than they have been given credit for, and suggests the basis for complex brains either evolved more than once, or has gone unused by most species of animals, the researchers said.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on November 28, 2006 at 11:37:00 AM CET
Virtual property queen says thanks a million
In just 32 months, Chinese language teacher Ailin Graef has transformed an outlay of $US9.95 into virtual assets worth at least $US1 million in real money.
Graef has achieved this in a virtual world called Second Life where she is better known as Anshe Chung, the community's foremost property magnate.
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Topic: MUSIK - on November 28, 2006 at 11:08:00 AM CET
Pioneering DJ 'Fluff' Freeman dies
The radio DJ Alan Freeman, whose treacle-smooth voice and "not 'arf" catchphrase made him a British broadcasting favourite for almost 50 years, has died at the age of 79.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on November 28, 2006 at 11:06:00 AM CET
Chinese firm develops under 200 dollars computer
The new computer, manufactured by the Jiangsu Menglong Science and Technology Co, is being priced at 1,599 yuan (181 dollars), a leading Internet portal, Sina.com said Monday.
The computer operates at speeds of 750 megahertz, has a 40 gigabyte hard drive and 256 megabytes of memory, the report said.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on November 28, 2006 at 10:59:00 AM CET
Online video sharing quality comparison
Other sites such as Eyespot and Daily Motion confirms that at the moment there seems no stopping the rise of online video sharing sites, there is a wealth to choose from. Which one to choose is probably based on what you need it for. YouTube is the most popular (and will probably stay so with the merge with Google Video), but also one with the most “competition”. Revver and Metacafe allow you to share revenue if that is what you want, MyHeavy and Blip are more integrated social networking sites, and Soapbox has the highest video quality (in my opinion), but is only a small marketplace at the moment. Please, let me know your thoughts.
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