Topic: STRANGE - on May 5, 2009 at 11:34:00 AM CEST
Chance in a Million
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Topic: DRUGS - on May 5, 2009 at 11:30:00 AM CEST
Drogenbericht: 3 bis 7 Prozent der Internetnutzer "süchtig"
Im Drogenbericht der Bundesregierung ist dem Internet ebenso ein eigenes Kapitel gewidmet wie Alkohol, Cannabis und Heroin. Nach Angaben der Drogenbeauftragten Sabine Bätzing wird das Problem der Onlinesucht gravierender.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on May 5, 2009 at 11:28:00 AM CEST
Google patent feeds ebook 'monopoly' infrared 3D - The world is flat. The page is not
If there were any doubt that Google is in a prime position to establish a legal monopoly in the world of digital books, the US patent office has snuffed it out.
Earlier this year, as spotted by The New Scientist and churned up late last week by National Public Radio, Google patented a book-scanning technology that can digitize the world's texts without subjecting them to the cruel treatment of a flatbed scanner.
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