Topic: VIDEO - on April 14, 2008 at 3:21:00 PM CEST
Carlos Castaneda And The Shaman. Tales From The Jungle
Carlos Castaneda was a controversial figure, for people who grew up reading his work he helped open their eyes to new ways of thinking, but there has been a growing feeling that he might have been talking cobblers - either making it up or lifting the material from other people's work.
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Topic: POLITIK - on April 14, 2008 at 3:19:00 PM CEST
Administration Set to Use New Spy Program in U.S.
The Bush administration said yesterday that it plans to start using the nation's most advanced spy technology for domestic purposes soon, rebuffing challenges by House Democrats over the idea's legal authority.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said his department will activate his department's new domestic satellite surveillance office in stages, starting as soon as possible with traditional scientific and homeland security activities -- such as tracking hurricane damage, monitoring climate change and creating terrain maps.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on April 14, 2008 at 3:17:00 PM CEST
Database Trojan infests pro-Tibet websites
Security researchers have unearthed more details about a Trojan that targets backend databases as well as desktop clients.
The Fribet Trojan has been planted on pro-Tibet websites, possibly using a Vector Markup Language flaw (MS07-004) patched by Microsoft early last year. When visitors to the pro-Tibet websites are infected, the Fribet Trojan creates a backdoor on compromised hosts.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on April 14, 2008 at 3:16:00 PM CEST
Hackers exploit poor website code
Web designers making very old mistakes are letting malicious hackers hijack visitors to their sites, say experts.
Many of the loopholes left in the code created for websites have been known about for almost a decade say the security researchers.
The poor practices are proving very attractive to hi-tech criminals looking for a ready source of victims.
According to Symantec the number of sites vulnerable in this way almost doubled during the last half of 2007.
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Topic: food - on April 14, 2008 at 3:13:00 PM CEST
Uruguay hosts biggest BBQ, grills 12 tons of beef
More than a thousand barbecue fanatics in Uruguay grilled up 12 metric tonnes (26,400 lbs) of beef on Sunday, setting a new Guinness world record while promoting the country's succulent top export.
Army personnel set up a grill nearly 1 mile long and firefighters lit six tonnes of charcoal to kick off the gargantuan cookout.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on April 14, 2008 at 3:08:00 PM CEST
218 HD Resolution Desktop Wallpapers for Nerds
Here are 218 HD resolution wallpapers. Nerds like you and me have big ass screens so ALL of these wallpapers are available in high resolutions of at least 1900x1200. Plus, each one has been hand picked for quality, not quantity.
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