Topic: COMPUTER - on August 20, 2009 at 5:05:00 PM CEST
40 years of Unix
The computer world is notorious for its obsession with what is new - largely thanks to the relentless engine of Moore's Law that endlessly presents programmers with more powerful machines.
Given such permanent change, anything that survives for more than one generation of processors deserves a nod.
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Topic: Terror - on August 20, 2009 at 3:22:00 PM CEST
'Terrorist Facebook' – the new weapon against al-Qa'ida
Social networking is not just for the MySpace generation. Intelligence agencies are adopting a controversial new technique to identify terrorist masterminds.
Intelligence agencies are building up a Facebook-style databank of international terrorists in order to sift through it with complex computer programs aimed at identifying key figures and predicting terrorist attacks before they happen.
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Topic: VIDEO - on August 20, 2009 at 3:19:00 PM CEST
Best Science Visualization Videos of 2009
Some of the most impressive images in science are produced when researchers take numerical data and represent it visually through modeling and computer graphics. The Department of Energy honored 10 of this year’s best scientific visualizations with its annual SciDAC Vis Night awards, at the Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing conference (SciDAC) in June. Researchers submitted visualizations to the contest, and program participants voted on the best of the best. From earthquakes to jet flames, this gallery of videos and images show how beautiful (and descriptive) visual data can be.
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Topic: NEWS english - on August 20, 2009 at 3:17:00 PM CEST
Woman 'Pregnant' With 12 Babies Exposed as Fraud
Just a few days after a Tunisian woman claimed she was pregnant with a record-breaking 12 babies, the 34-year-old has been exposed as a fraud, the U.K.’s Daily Telegraph reported Wednesday.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 20, 2009 at 1:34:00 PM CEST
10 drugs not to take while driving
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 20, 2009 at 1:24:00 PM CEST
The world's first cocaine bar
Route 36 has turned La Paz, Bolivia into a hotspot for drug tourism, tempting backpackers from all over the world.
"Tonight we have two types of cocaine; normal for 100 Bolivianos a gram, and strong cocaine for 150 [Bolivianos] a gram." The waiter has just finished taking our drink order of two rum-and-Cokes here in La Paz, Bolivia, and as everybody in this bar knows, he is now offering the main course. The bottled water is on the house.
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Topic: W A R - on August 20, 2009 at 1:23:00 PM CEST
CIA hired Blackwater in plan to kill militants
The CIA in 2004 hired contractors from the private security firm Blackwater USA as part of a secret program to track and assassinate senior al Qaeda figures, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.
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Topic: WAR - on August 20, 2009 at 1:22:00 PM CEST
CIA heuerte Blackwater-Mitarbeiter für Terroristenjagd an
Sie halfen bei der Planung, beim Training, bei der Überwachung: Der US-Geheimdienst CIA hat laut "New York Times" Mitarbeiter der umstrittenen privaten Sicherheitsfirma Blackwater für die Jagd auf Qaida-Mitglieder engagiert - die Verträge seien inzwischen gekündigt.
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Topic: FUN - on August 20, 2009 at 1:19:00 PM CEST
Theme park rollercoaster body odour ban
Thorpe Park is banning visitors from putting their hands in the air while riding its rollercoasters following complaints about body odour.
The new rule will apply at the theme park in Chertsey, Surrey, from Wednesday and signs will tell visitors to keep their arms down and 'Say no to BO'.
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