Topic: JOEOEOEORG - on October 9, 2008 at 1:38:00 PM CEST
Will the Far Right Doom Austria's Mainstream Parties?
Despite their worst defeat in postwar history, Austria's Social Democrats and conservatives are preparing to enter into a second coalition government. But gains made by the country's far right, suggest the future could be dim for Austria's two mainstream parties.
No one pays much mind to the short, elegant man standing at a taxi stand in front of Vienna's Hofburg Imperial Palace, once home to the Habsburg dynasty. With his salt-and-pepper hair, alert eyes and bushy eyebrows, he spends a full 20 minutes standing among the people without being recognized. He's on his mobile telephone trying to build a new government for Austria.
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Topic: SCIENCE - on October 8, 2008 at 10:11:00 AM CEST
Dear! Change the Lightbulb, I Lost the Internet!
The US government is funding research into using next-generation LED lighting as data network access points. Room or street lamps would link with devices using visible light, carrying data beyond over existing power lines.
"This is a unique opportunity to create a transcendent technology that not only enables energy-efficient lighting, but also creates the next generation of secure wireless communications," said Prof Thomas Little of Boston Uni.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on October 8, 2008 at 10:06:00 AM CEST
Google takes aim at drunken messaging
The forward-thinking folks at Google have implemented a novel solution to prevent regretful drunken digital correspondence to friends, family, co-workers, and loved ones.
Gmail engineer Jon Perlow is introducing Mail Googles, a new feature that will tease the bean before ill-conceived late night and weekend emails can be sent out.
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Topic: PHOTO - on October 8, 2008 at 10:03:00 AM CEST
Test :)
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Topic: food - on October 8, 2008 at 10:01:00 AM CEST
Plumbing mishap turns water into wine
Water into wine - a miracle? Nope, a plumping mishap by bungling Italian authorities.
The Marino Grape Festival normally features a fountain in the square where free wine flows. But at this year's festival sparkling chilled white wine started flowing through the reisdent's own taps.
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Topic: TV - on October 7, 2008 at 2:11:00 PM CEST
Salma Hayek Lets It All Hang Out On German TV
Salma Hayek nearly had a wardrobe malfunction on German television this weekend. The beautiful actress wore a traditional dirndl that could barely keep her massive boobs contained! Read more after the bump.
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Topic: logisch - on October 7, 2008 at 1:43:00 PM CEST
Hidden USB Storage - Create a Secret Data Stash with a Fake Phonejack
If you're like me, you may or may not have secret files plotting world domination and other devious deeds. These files obviously need to be hidden from the prying eyes of sisters, FBI agents, grandparents, etc. We are going to convert a phone jack in the wall into a secret USB memory device.
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Topic: LEGO - on October 7, 2008 at 1:40:00 PM CEST
Lego Tower Record Broken
The folks in Vienna just put themselves on the Lego map by building a record breaking Lego tower. At 29.48m the size is nothing to sneeze at, in fact it required a crane for the final construction. It was built by hundreds of children to celebrate the four-day 100 Years of Friends of Children festival and really put the hurt on Legoland Windsor in England - beating them by a whole 18cm.
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Topic: PHOTO - on October 7, 2008 at 1:35:00 PM CEST
Earth From Above
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Topic: STRANGE - on October 7, 2008 at 1:31:00 PM CEST
Lehman Bros head took home $300m
The head of failed US investment bank Lehman Brothers has told Congress that he took home about $300m in pay and bonuses over the past eight years.
Richard Fuld, whose firm went bankrupt last month, made the statement during testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
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Topic: POLITIK - on October 6, 2008 at 1:33:00 PM CEST
Medical checkup for McCain and Palin
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Topic: POLITIK - on October 6, 2008 at 10:16:00 AM CEST
Palin Criticizes Obama's 'Terrorist' Connection
Sarah Palin has accused presidential candidate Barack Obama of "palling around" with terrorists - referring to his acquaintance with a former member of the Weather Underground. So who were the Weather Underground?
Embroiled in an unpopular war in Vietnam, with many of the grievances of the civil-rights movement still unanswered, the US government was facing widespread protests in the late 1960s.
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