Topic: BOARD NEWS - on January 5, 2007 at 11:56:00 PM CET
"Ist Wales im Winter geschlossen?"
"In welcher Stadt ist Ihr Tokioter Büro?" oder "Um welche Zeit fährt der Mitternachts-Zug?" Die kuriosesten Fragen mussten die Mitarbeiter der britischen Tourismusbehörde bei ihrer Arbeit beantworten. Eine Auswahl davon haben sie nun veröffentlicht.
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Topic: INVENTIONS - on January 5, 2007 at 3:04:00 PM CET
Celebrity Patents
So, inspired by Google’s new easy-to-use patent search, I decided to dig up some of the celebrity patents that have been issued over the years. The following 18 patents are all by celebrities not usually known for being inventors. You can follow the links to the actual patents to learn more about each one.
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Topic: iPod - on January 5, 2007 at 3:02:00 PM CET
Homebrew app turns DS Lite into iPod
While the usefulness of such a homebrew application is definitely arguable, what is not arguable is how well it mimics the iPod interface and the aesthetical appeal of said interface. Personally, we would like to give this a try, but with memory issues and more viable solutions for portable music, we don't see ourselves utilizing this application in the long run.
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Topic: STRANGE - on January 5, 2007 at 3:00:00 PM CET
US law bans Cubans from Swedish hotels
Swedish hotels are turning away official delegations from Cuba because of American laws.
Hotel chains Scandic and Sheraton have said that the controversial Helms-Burton Act prevents them as American companies from playing host to delegations from Havana.
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Topic: Bastard pop - on January 5, 2007 at 2:31:00 PM CET
Top 100 Bootlegs of 2006
On New Year's Eve, I started running the Daft Monkey chart calculations on all of the bootlegs released between January 1 and December 31 2006. It took about three long nights to complete, but I am happy to present to you the world's only pseudo-scientific mashup charting system and the top 100 "most active" bootlegs of 2006.
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Topic: ART - on January 5, 2007 at 2:12:00 PM CET
NobodyHere
Where this guy gets his ideas, how he has so many of them, and what on earth they're for is all beyond me, but i know it's a wonderful way to waste many many hours. go find "dreaming" Nobody Here.
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Topic: NEWS english - on January 5, 2007 at 1:50:00 PM CET
Boy, 7, electrocuted in Thai hotel while charging game
A mother whose 7-year-old son was killed in a Thai hotel when he unplugged his Gameboy from an electrical socket has described the horror of finding his body.
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Topic: ROBOT - on January 5, 2007 at 1:45:00 PM CET
Robot mother helps South Koreans prepare for birth
With South Korea's birth rate at its lowest ever, medical students are resorting to robots to practice bringing babies into the world.
Kyunghee University Medical Center in Seoul is the first institution in South Korea to use Noelle, a life-sized robot, and her "newborn" to give obstetric students experience.
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Topic: SCIENCE - on January 5, 2007 at 1:41:00 PM CET
No joke: This Texans cheerleader works with NASA
Summer Williams is a Houston Texans cheerleader. She's also a rocket scientist. This is a true story. "Well," Williams said, "I don't actually use the term 'rocket scientist.' "
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Topic: VIDEO - on January 5, 2007 at 1:38:00 PM CET
vidmeter
Tracking the top videos from Break.com, Daily Motion, Google, iFilm, Metacafe, Myspace, Revver, vSocial, Yahoo, and Youtube
Top videos from around the net... and, most of it's porn.
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Topic: SECURITY - on January 5, 2007 at 1:35:00 PM CET
PDF security hole
Wow, this is massive
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Topic: COMPUTER - on January 5, 2007 at 10:36:00 AM CET
Phishing fraudsters get flashy
Fraudsters are starting to use Flash-based content instead of regular HTML on phishing websites.
The ruse, recently noted on PayPal-mimicking fraud sites www.ppal-form-ssl.com and www.welcome-ppl.com, is reckoned to be an attempt to fool basic anti-phishing defences (such as browser toolbars) that look at page content. The move represents the latest salvo in the ongoing war between phishing fraudsters and security defenders.
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