Topic: GOOGLE - on October 3, 2009 at 1:42:00 PM CEST
Google: Pirate Bay booted off search by mistake
"Google received a (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) take-down request that erroneously listed Thepiratebay.org, and as a result, this URL was accidentally removed from the Google search index," Google said in a statement. "We are now correcting the removal, and you can expect to see Thepiratebay.org back in Google search results this afternoon."
Later, Google updated it's statement: "The removal appears to be an internal error and not part of a DMCA request."
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Topic: Space - on October 3, 2009 at 1:02:00 PM CEST
The Milky Way unveiled as we have never seen it before
Herschel has recently achieved another major milestone in the currently ongoing performance verification phase. Building on the already demonstrated photometric capabilities of the PACS and SPIRE science instruments employed in the 'sneak preview' and 'first-light' observations, for the first time Herschel has now observed in the 'SPIRE/PACS parallel mode'.
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Topic: MUSIK - on October 3, 2009 at 12:44:00 PM CEST
Wolfgang's Vault Opening Entire Concert Catalog For Downloads
The once controversial Wolfgang's Vault, which has amassed the largest collection of licensed streaming live recordings on the Internet, is about to make a treasure trove of those concerts available for downloading.
Beginning Nov. 3, the site will add more than 1,000 titles from 919 artists to the approximately 500 that are currently available for purchase from the site's Concert Vault section, Bill Sagan, CEO and founder of Wolfgang's Vault LLC and its parent company, Norton LLC, tells Billboard.com. The additions will include more than 160 Grateful Dead concerts as well as titles from artists such as Santana, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Aretha Franklin, Bonnie Raitt, Hall & Oates, Journey, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jethro Tull, Chicago, Miles Davis, Dolly Parton, Merle Travis and many others.
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Topic: FUN - on October 3, 2009 at 12:41:00 PM CEST
Heut’ schon LSD gehabt?
Nein? Dann kann man ohne weiteres dahin klicken. Sehr kurzweiliges Flash-Spielzeug für die kurzen Momente der freien Zeit, die das Leben manchmal so hergibt. Das reicht dann allerdings auch.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 3, 2009 at 12:39:00 PM CEST
Mexico makes record drugs seizure
Mexican authorities say they have made their largest-ever seizure of chemicals used in the manufacturer of the synthetic drug methamphetamine.
A total of 37 tonnes were confiscated in two separate raids in different parts of the country.
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Topic: DRUGS - on October 3, 2009 at 12:37:00 PM CEST
Top 10 Most Powerful Drug Lords
We have all heard of wealthy businessmen like Bill Gates – but there is also an underworld of incredibly rich and powerful men who control much of the international trade in drugs. Their many successes makes one wonder whether there is any point in having a “war” on drugs – it seems to not be helping a great deal. This list looks at ten of the most powerful drug lords in modern history.
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Topic: DOPE HEAD - on October 3, 2009 at 12:35:00 PM CEST
Four Civil Guards arrested in Nerja and Almuñecar
Four Guardia Civil have been arrested in Nerja and Almuñecar with 2,000 kilos of hashish, and four other people have also been detained.
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