Topic: FUN - on December 21, 2006 at 3:19:00 PM CET
Ho, Ho, Ahhrgh......
funny cartoon xmas
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Topic: GOOGLE - on December 21, 2006 at 3:11:00 PM CET
GoogleOS II: Starring Linus Torvalds
In this sequel to our original GoogleOS blockbuster, we try to clarify our thoughts on what GoogleOS will look like. You'll have to read to the end for the exciting conclusion, but we can hint that Linux creator Linus Torvalds has a starring role to play.
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Topic: WEB - on December 21, 2006 at 3:03:00 PM CET
The new 100 most useful sites
Two years ago most Britons didn't have broadband and Web 2.0 was barely a twinkle in a developer's eye. Things have changed - as our cream of the crop for 2006 shows
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Topic: WEB - on December 21, 2006 at 2:48:00 PM CET
2007 Web Predictions
In this post we look forward to 2007 and ruminate on what trends will be important over the coming year.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on December 21, 2006 at 2:41:00 PM CET
Google Press Center: Zeitgeist
A year’s worth of search speaks to our collective consciousness, and 2006 is no exception. To compile these year-end lists and graphs, we reviewed a variety of the most popular search terms that people typed into Google.
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Topic: WEB - on December 21, 2006 at 2:01:00 PM CET
Siemens says sets network speed record
Siemens said in a statement it had processed data using exclusively electrical means at 107 gigabits per second -- roughly two full DVDs per second -- and sent it over a single optical fiber channel in a 100 mile-long (161-kilometre) U.S. network, the first time outside of a laboratory.
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Topic: TV - on December 21, 2006 at 1:51:00 PM CET
BBC moves to file-sharing sites
Hundreds of episodes of BBC programmes will be made available on a file-sharing network for the first time, the corporation has announced.
The move follows a deal between the commercial arm of the organisation, BBC Worldwide, and technology firm Azureus.
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Topic: WEB DESIGN - on December 21, 2006 at 11:41:00 AM CET
Top 7 Freshest Designs of 2006
2006 was the year of Web 2.0 design and pretty much that type of design got old real quick. Below I have listed the Top 7 Freshest Designs in my mind that I have come across this year and although these kind of lists can easily be argued, I try to provide you with enough reasoning behind my decisions.
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Topic: STRANGE - on December 21, 2006 at 11:39:00 AM CET
School accuses 5-year-old of sex harassment
A kindergarten student was accused earlier this month of sexually harassing a classmate at Lincolnshire Elementary School, an accusation that will remain on his record until he moves to middle school.
Washington County Public Schools spokeswoman Carol Mowen said the definition of sexual harassment used by the school system is, "unwelcome sexual advances, request for sexual favors and/or other inappropriate verbal, written or physical conduct of a sexual nature directed toward others."
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Topic: NEWS english - on December 21, 2006 at 11:38:00 AM CET
Skydiver in 12,000ft fall survives
A British skydiver had a miraculous escape when he plunged 12,000 feet into a blackberry bush in New Zealand after his two parachutes failed.
Michael Holmes, 25, from Jersey, was filming a group of other parachutists on the freefall shortly before he crashed into rough scrubland at Five Mile Bay. He sustained lung injuries and a broken ankle.
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Topic: health - on December 21, 2006 at 11:03:00 AM CET
Vein Viewer Infrared-absorption interactive "X-ray" gadget.
VeinViewer is an infrared-absorption interactive "X-ray" device using advanced real time signal processing and a projector.
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Topic: MUSIK - on December 21, 2006 at 10:49:00 AM CET
David Bowie and Bing Crosby Christmas Duet
One of the most successful duets in Christmas music history — and surely the weirdest — might never have happened if it weren't for some last-minute musical surgery. David Bowie thought "The Little Drummer Boy" was all wrong for him. So when the producers of Bing Crosby's Christmas TV special asked Bowie to sing it in 1977, he refused.
Bing and Bowie: An Odd Story of Holiday Harmony [washingtonpost]
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