Topic: ROBOT - on March 9, 2007 at 11:13:00 AM CET
Robo-salamander's evolution clues
A robot is being used by a Franco-Swiss team to investigate how the first land animals on Earth might have walked.
The bot looks a lot like a salamander; and the scientists can change the way it swims, slithers and crawls with commands sent wirelessly from a PC.
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Topic: ROBOT - on March 9, 2007 at 11:11:00 AM CET
Israel's Killer 'Bot: Safe Enough for War?
In late 2004, the U.S. Army introduced a ground robot, modified to carry a machine gun, grenade launcher, or anti-tank rockets. Someday, not too far off, these modified Talon 'bots (ordinarily used for bomb disposal) would be headed into Iraq -- marking the first appearance of unmanned infantry.
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Topic: TV - on March 9, 2007 at 11:09:00 AM CET
Police may be called in over fixed TV shows
The crisis engulfing broadcasters including ITV, Channel 4 and now Channel Five over premium-rate interactive services deepened yesterday as regulators warned that police could become involved and MPs said the affair had destroyed the credibility of the industry.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on March 9, 2007 at 11:07:00 AM CET
Skype founder's high-flying hanky-panky
As an entrepreneur, Janus Friis fancies himself a disrupter. But that term could just as aptly apply to his high-flying hanky-panky aboard a recent transatlantic flight with the stepdaughter of one-time 007 actor Roger Moore.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on March 9, 2007 at 11:05:00 AM CET
Hacker builds tracking system to nab Tor pedophiles
Amidst concerns that pedophiles are using public Tor (the Onion Router) servers to trade in child pornography, über-hacker HD Moore is building a tracking system capable of pinpointing specific workstations that searched for and downloaded sexual images and videos of kids.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on March 9, 2007 at 10:05:00 AM CET
‘Happy Slap’ Crackdown Sparks Row
A new law in France makes it a crime — punishable by up to five years in prison — for anyone who is not a professional journalist to film real-world violence and distribute the images on the Internet.
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Topic: SEX - on March 9, 2007 at 10:01:00 AM CET
In a sex-saturated culture, certain body parts remain unspeakable
Scrotum. Scrotum, scrotum, scrotum.
There, I said it.
You can hide the newspaper from anybody in your house who is offended by the anatomical name of a body part.
Apparently there is a significant body of opinion that young readers are too fragile to withstand exposure to such a word.
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Topic: SEX - on March 9, 2007 at 9:57:00 AM CET
Red Light District holds 2nd annual Open Day
This year’s Open Day will take place on Saturday, Mar. 31, from 12 noon through 18:00 (6 PM). Unveiling of Statue in Honor of Prostitutes
Highlight of the event will be the unveiling of a statue in honor of prostitutes around the world.
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Topic: NATURE - on March 9, 2007 at 9:49:00 AM CET
Extreme Series - Google Earth Community
Cool pictures of neat places
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Topic: WEB - on March 9, 2007 at 9:28:00 AM CET
Welcome to the Uncyclopedia!
If you're here, you've probably found us through some blog, or other variety site, and have stumbled on to the Main Page with the intent of contributing to our giant mass of misinformation to add to the even larger mass of porn and other misinformation called the Internet. If not, then you've been sent here by an admin for an error in judgment or lack of sanity. Either way, we're glad you're here and reading this.
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Topic: WEB - on March 9, 2007 at 9:24:00 AM CET
Random live webcams from the Net
These webcams were found automatically through a variety of clever search techniques. Their owners might or might not have intended for them to be public. But they obviously are. Many of them are security cameras in companies or semi-public places. If you hover over the picture you'll see what location information is available. If you click on it, a window will open and you can see a live video feed, plus comments and ratings and other information. 1399 webcams are available as of last scan.
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