Topic: NEWS english - on August 16, 2007 at 9:27:00 PM CEST
The Renovatio Project
In many ways it is the machine we wanted in the beginning. At its heart beats 90 degree water cooler GM based engine architecture. The machine is an entirely fresh modern direction consistent with past brand experience and the structure of our enterprise as extrapolated from our vision and value system.
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Topic: NEWS english - on August 16, 2007 at 9:11:00 PM CEST
The 6 Most Over-Hyped Threats to America (And What Should Scare You Instead)
Some say that the government and the media are partners in a vast conspiracy, with a goal of making you so afraid that you'll submit to their every desire. And, well—that sounds about right. Whether it's the threat of a terrorist attack, a shady foreign dictator, or men putting their genitals into other men, the powers that be want to keep you afraid of things you simply shouldn't be afraid of. Here are the six most unwarranted sources of fear the Man uses to keep you dumb… and Himself in power.
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Topic: NEWS english - on August 16, 2007 at 7:54:00 PM CEST
Major Skype outage in progress: "12-24 hours" for a fix
Skype has confirmed it is having software problems on its network, resulting in a lack of connectivity for millions of Skype users. Many users cannot currently authenticate to Skype, rendering all voice, chat, and voicemail services effectively offline. Some users appear to be unaffected, having authenticated before the problems began last night.
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Topic: NEWS english - on August 11, 2007 at 9:29:00 AM CEST
13 Year Old catches Reuters faking pics
News agency Reuters has been forced to admit that footage it released last week purportedly showing Russian submersibles on the seabed of the North Pole actually came from the movie Titanic.
The images were reproduced around the world - including by the Guardian and Guardian Unlimited - alongside the story of Russia planting its flag below the North Pole on Thursday last week.
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Topic: NEWS english - on August 6, 2007 at 10:06:00 AM CEST
Italian rescue dogs
Scores of specially trained dogs have been deployed as lifeguards on Italy's busiest beaches this summer.
The dogs, mostly of the Newfoundland or Labrador breeds, are trained to jump out of helicopters and boats and swim to the rescue of struggling swimmers.
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Topic: NEWS english - on August 3, 2007 at 5:48:00 PM CEST
Airline Upgrades Toilet to Include Bidet
If you have ever used a toilet in a Japanese home you will notice some nice features such as a warmed seat and a built in bidet, a nozzle the size of a pencil that comes out from underneath the toilet seat and squirts water.
If you have not seen one or visited Japan you may still have a chance to use one of these nifty toilets.
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Topic: NEWS english - on August 1, 2007 at 11:38:00 AM CEST
Please enjoy this cartoon
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Topic: NEWS english - on August 1, 2007 at 11:35:00 AM CEST
Hypercolor Shower Tiles
this product may be incorporated in applications where ambient temperature changes occur naturally or through human interaction,or where environmental variations in temperature may be purposefully influenced through a wide variety of designed means.
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Topic: NEWS english - on July 28, 2007 at 10:47:00 AM CEST
Wikipedia and the Intelligence Services
While researching my next article about the Lockerbie bombing, I witnessed an incident that made me wonder whether intelligence agents had infiltrated Wikipedia.
Anyone who knows the universal success of Wikipedia will immediately grasp the importance of the issue. The fact that most Internet search engines, such as Google, give Wikipedia articles top ranking only raises the stakes to a higher level.
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Topic: NEWS english - on July 24, 2007 at 11:38:00 AM CEST
TomTom bids €1.8bn for map provider
TomTom has put a €1.8bn cash bid on the table for Tele Atlas, the company that supplies map data to the sat nav firm's 10 million GPS devices.
The idea is that social-networking type information can be integrated into the mapping data to create a more dynamic service for TomTom users.
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Topic: NEWS english - on July 21, 2007 at 1:33:00 PM CEST
Xtreme Tech Support Atop the Bay Bridge
Telstar Logistics has a great write-up on Chris Brennan (Unaesthetic on Flickr), who was granted special access to Bay Bridge in order to fix some wireless networking systems and IP camera equipment, and while up there he shot some amazing photos from the top of one of the towers on the western span of the bridge.
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Topic: NEWS english - on July 1, 2007 at 6:02:00 PM CEST
Sorry, No iPhones Today
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