Topic: STRANGE - on December 12, 2009 at 11:43:00 AM CET
Drittreichste Frau der Welt soll entmündigt werden
Francoise Bettencourt-Meyers, die künftige Erbin des milliardenschweren Kosmetikkonzerns L'Oreal versteht wenig Spaß wenn es ums Geld geht. Sie will ihre 87-jährige Mutter Liliane Bettencourt entmündigen lassen, weil sie Freunde und Besucher zu großzügig beschenkt. Liliane Bettencourt, die derzeitige L'Oreal Haupteignerin gilt als drittreichste Frau der Welt. Nachdem Francoise jedoch vor wenigen Tagen mit ihrem Vorhaben vor Gericht gescheitert ist, kündigte sie nun ihre neue Strategie der Entmüdigung an. Sie wolle sich zuerst Mutters Freunde vorknöpfen. Klagen gegen verschiedene Günstlinge der Mutter werden zur Zeit vorbereitet.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on December 12, 2009 at 11:20:00 AM CET
Vorübergehendes Internetverbot für niedersächsische Polizei
Laut einem Bericht von Hit-Radio Antenne Niedersachsen dürfen niedersächsische Polizisten in ihren Dienststellen derzeit nicht das Internet nutzen. Grund sei, dass die automatische Updatefunktion der Virenschutzsoftware nicht funktioniere.
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Topic: WAR - on December 11, 2009 at 11:21:00 AM CET
Blackwater Guards Tied to Secret Raids by the C.I.A.
Private security guards from Blackwater Worldwide participated in some of the C.I.A.’s most sensitive activities — clandestine raids with agency officers against people suspected of being insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan and the transporting of detainees, according to former company employees and intelligence officials.
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Topic: WEB - on December 11, 2009 at 11:19:00 AM CET
Part of the Daily American Diet, 34 Gigabytes of Data
The average American consumes about 34 gigabytes of data and information each day — an increase of about 350 percent over nearly three decades — according to a report published Wednesday by researchers at the University of California, San Diego.
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Topic: WEB - on December 11, 2009 at 11:16:00 AM CET
Average American Consumes 34 Gigs Of Data Per Day; Good Thing ISPs Want To Limit You To 5 Gigs/Month
There's a new study that's making the rounds, noting that the average American consumes about 34 gigs worth of data/information each day. That number has been increasing at a pretty fast pace as well. This is, obviously, not just internet data. It includes TV, radio, mobile phones, newspapers, video games, etc.
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Topic: MUSIK - on December 10, 2009 at 12:12:00 PM CET
Portishead track for Amnesty
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Topic: TV - on December 10, 2009 at 12:11:00 PM CET
Die verkaufte Unabhängigkeit des ORF
Was dabei herauskommt, wenn die Koalitionsregierung, wie geplant, 160 Millionen Euro in das Unternehmen reinsteckt. - Eine Analyse des neuen ORF-Gesetzes im internationalen Vergleich
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Topic: GOOGLE - on December 10, 2009 at 12:08:00 PM CET
Nicht Google ist böse, sondern US-Behörden
Überraschung! Auf Daten, die bei Google gespeichert sind, kann selbstverständlich auch von US-Sicherhietsbehörden zugegriffen werden. Was bisher eher wie eine Verschwörungstheorie klang, ist nun von Google-Chef Eric Schmidt aufgedeckt worden. Christian Stöcker beschreibt das und einiges anderes auf Spiegel-Online: Google will die Weltherrschaft.
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Topic: weiss nicht - on December 10, 2009 at 11:43:00 AM CET
Bizarre Lights over Norway
Witnesses from Trøndelag to Finnmark compared the amazing sight to anything from a Russian rocket to a meteor or a shock wave - although no one appears to have mentioned UFOs yet.
The phenomenon began when what appeared to be a blue light seemed to soar up from behind a mountain. It stopped mid-air, then began to circulate.
Within seconds a giant spiral had covered the entire sky. Then a green-blue beam of light shot out from its centre - lasting for ten to twelve minutes before disappearing completely.
dailymail.co.uk Caption Competition popsci.com geekologie.com geekologie.com ziza.ru 34 via
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Topic: SCIENCE - on December 10, 2009 at 11:39:00 AM CET
LHC Reaches Record Energy
Yesterday evening the Large Hadron Collider at CERN for the first time accelerated protons in both directions of the ring to 1.18 TeV. Even though the 1 TeV barrier per beam was first broken a week ago, this marks the first time that the beam was in the machine in both directions at the same time, allowing possibly for collisions at a center of mass energy of 2.36 TeV. Although the test lasted mere minutes, it was enough to have detectors record the very first events at 2.36 TeV.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on December 10, 2009 at 11:35:00 AM CET
Is there an Artificial God?
In honour of Douglas' memory, Biota.org presents the transcript of his speech at Digital Biota 2, held at Magdelene College Cambridge, in September 1998. I would like to thank Steve Grand for providing this to us. Douglas presented this ''off the cuff'' which only magnifies his true genius in our eyes.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on December 9, 2009 at 10:58:00 AM CET
Der Kampf gegen illegale Downloads bedroht die Informationsgesellschaft
Zum einen beklagen Europas Regierungen die digitale Spaltung, zum anderen jagen sie Filesharer und beschädigen so die Demokratie. Was uns der "war on filesharing" kostet.
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