Topic: GOOGLE - on July 7, 2010 at 2:25:00 PM CEST
The truth behind the Google Favicon
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Topic: FUN - on July 7, 2010 at 2:16:00 PM CEST
Russian Teaches Dachshund To Scuba Dive
Any dachshund owner knows the feisty breed rarely backs off from a challenge, but one in Russia is taking that reputation to new heights - or depths.
The dog named Boniface is learning how to scuba dive.
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Topic: BP - on July 7, 2010 at 2:14:00 PM CEST
Rare 1970s BP board game promises oil 'thrills' comes back to haunt them
They were trouble-free times when oil barons were dining out with rich sheikhs and counting their profits.
But little did they know their drilling exploits would come back to haunt them.
Up to four would-be tycoons can compete at exploring for oil, building platforms and laying pipelines to their home countries.
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Topic: BP - on July 7, 2010 at 2:11:00 PM CEST
Ban On Photographing Near Gulf Oil Booms
The day before yesterday CNN's Anderson Cooper reported that, from now on, there is a new rule in effect, which de facto bars photographers from coming within 65 feet of any deployed boom or response vessel around Deepwater Horizon (official announcement). The rule, announced by the US Coast Guard, forbids 'photographers and reporters and anyone else from coming within 65 feet of any response vessel or booms out on the water or on beaches. In order to get closer, you have to get direct permission from the Coast Guard captain of the Port of New Orleans,' while 'violators could face a fine of $40,000 and Class D felony charges. What's even more extraordinary is that the Coast Guard tried to make the exclusion zone 300 feet, before scaling it back to 65 feet.
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Topic: MUSIK - on July 7, 2010 at 2:09:00 PM CEST
'The internet's completely over', declares petulant Prince
He further popped: "The internets like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated. Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with numbers and that cant be good for you."
Mercifully, Prince's new-found Luddite tendencies - which have led him to close his official website - don't extend to large mixing desks, electric guitars or CD players, because that would certainly put the kibosh on Saturday's Daily Mirror freebie.
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Topic: TV - on July 7, 2010 at 2:06:00 PM CEST
Monkey-eating eagle divebombs BBC filmmaker as he fits nest-cam
A BBC film crew has filmed the intimate life of one of the world's largest and most powerful eagles, the harpy eagle of Central and South America.
In doing so, the crew survived a flyby attack by a primate-hunting harpy.
Despite their huge size, the birds are notoriously secretive, and are rarely seen in the jungle tree tops.
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Topic: EU - on July 4, 2010 at 12:31:00 PM CEST
Kissing in cars, feeding stray cats and building sandcastles all banned in Italy
More than 150 "public security" laws have been introduced since Silvio Berlusconi, the prime minister, granted extra powers to local councils to help them crack down on crime and anti-social behaviour.
In the latest episode in the fight to maintain "public decorum", Vigevano, a town near Milan, this week slapped fines of €160 (£130) each on a young couple who dared to sit on the steps of a local monument.
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Topic: STRANGE - on July 4, 2010 at 12:30:00 PM CEST
Woman wins millions from Texas lottery for 4th time
Joan R. Ginther, a native of Bishop, Texas, made her fourth appearance Monday at lottery headquarters in Austin to collect seven figures, lottery officials said.
Ginther, 63, won $10 million, the top prize in Texas Lottery's $140,000,000 Extreme Payout scratch-off ticket she bought for $50, pushing her total wins to $20.4 million.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on July 3, 2010 at 10:20:00 AM CEST
Scroogle's future in doubt
The long-term future of proxy server Scroogle is seriously in doubt, according to operator Daniel Brandt. Scroogle has scraped Google pages since 2002 by piping results through an anonymizing server. By using the service surfers could remain anonymous, but more importantly use Google without the compulsory 40-year cookie.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on July 3, 2010 at 10:19:00 AM CEST
Pirate Party to Run Pirate Bay from Swedish Parliament
After their former hosting provider received an injunction telling it to stop providing bandwidth to The Pirate Bay, the worlds most resilient BitTorrent site switched to a new ISP. That host, the Swedish Pirate Party, made a stand on principle. Now they aim to take things further by running the site from inside the Swedish Parliament.
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Topic: FUN - on July 3, 2010 at 10:17:00 AM CEST
What Better Way To Teach Your Children
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on July 3, 2010 at 10:16:00 AM CEST
Polizisten raubten aus Frust
Zwei Bundesbeamte haben ab Dezember des Jahres 2009 mehrfach Vietnamesen angegriffen und ihnen Geld abgenommen. Ende Februar wurden die Polizisten festgenommen. Der Richter machte kein Hehl aus seiner Fassungslosigkeit beim Lesen der Anklage.
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