Topic: GOOGLE - on March 6, 2010 at 1:57:00 PM CET
Topeka 'renames' itself 'Google, Kansas' - In Bid For Google's Fiber Optic Test Market
At 79, Bill Bunten doesn't exactly understand the Internet boom. The Topeka, Kansas, mayor has an e-mail account, he said, but his assistants take care of most of his online communications and tend to search the Web for him.
But Bunten believes so firmly that younger residents of Kansas' capital city will benefit from faster Internet connections that he wants Topeka -- which he describes as a place of many lakes and the site of a burgeoning market for animal-food research -- to change its name for a month.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on March 3, 2010 at 11:10:00 AM CET
Google now owns location advertising
Google has been awarded a patent on advertisements targeted by location, which bodes badly for any competitor without its own patent stack.
The patent, which was filed in 2004 and awarded last week (and spotted by Venture Beat), covers "determining and/or using location information in an ad system". It seems pretty comprehensive since it covers the selection of an advertisement based on the location of the viewer, and the monitoring of the user's location to judge the subsequent impact of the ad.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on March 3, 2010 at 11:09:00 AM CET
Der Polizist, der Hooligan war
Im Beruf sollte er Recht und Gesetz schützen, in seiner Freizeit prügelte er Dutzende Männer ins Krankenhaus: Der Bielefelder Polizist Stefan Schubert tobte sich acht Jahre lang als Hooligan in Deutschland und Europa aus. Niemand hielt ihn auf.
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Topic: MUSIK - on March 3, 2010 at 11:08:00 AM CET
Massive Attack rapper Willy Wee jailed for robbery
A rapper who recorded with the dance act Massive Attack under the name Willy Wee was jailed alongside five others today for their part in 13 robberies.
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Topic: KAMELE - on March 3, 2010 at 11:05:00 AM CET
Have All Of The Fun Of Sleeping Inside A Dead Camel With None Of The Mess
On to the streets of Sydney, Australia today, The Discovery Channel rolled out a replica of a dead camel carcass that Bear Grylls once used to survive in the Saraha desert during an episode of Man Vs. Wild.
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Topic: NATURE - on March 3, 2010 at 11:04:00 AM CET
Wedding elephant destroys 20 limos in 15-hour rampage
An elephant hired for a Hindu wedding in India caused more than £200,000 damage after trying to reach an in-heat female.
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Topic: TV - on March 1, 2010 at 10:32:00 AM CET
Jay Leno returns to TV to regain late-night crown
Jay Leno returns to "The Tonight Show" on Monday, and so does his desk -- a sign that struggling network NBC wants its flagship late-night TV program to return to normal after Conan O'Brien failed as its host.
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Topic: NATURE - on March 1, 2010 at 10:31:00 AM CET
Weight of bugs in Britain's soil has nearly doubled in just 10 years
Unnoticed by the people of Britain, a transformation has been happening beneath our feet. In the first study of its kind, scientists have analysed the soil the country depends on.
In just the top 8cm (3in) of dirt, soil scientists estimate there are 12.8 quadrillion (12,800 million million) living organisms, weighing 10m tonnes, and, incredibly, that the number of these invertebrates – some just a hair's breadth across – which in effect make the soil has increased by nearly 50% in a decade. At the same time, however, the diversity of life in the earth appears to have reduced.
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Topic: FUN - on March 1, 2010 at 10:29:00 AM CET
How genetics works
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Topic: ART - on February 28, 2010 at 9:58:00 AM CET
A brief history of art
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on February 27, 2010 at 9:48:00 PM CET
ACTA: "Keine Verpflichtung zu Netzsperren"
EU-Handelskommissar Karel de Gucht hat sich in der Debatte um das umstrittene Anti-Piraterie-Abkommen ACTA gegen die Verpflichtung zu Netzsperren nach wiederholten Urheberrechtsvergehen ausgesprochen. Unterdessen ist eine Liste von Ländern durchgesickert, die sich gegen die Veröffentlichung von Verhandlungsdokumenten wehren.
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Topic: ART - on February 27, 2010 at 1:41:00 PM CET
Staple Art of Baptiste Debombourg
Eindrucksvolle Arbeit des französischen Künstlers Baptiste Debombourg. 35,000 staples, placed over 75 hours.
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