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- April 26 - A Connecticut woman’s car is powered by vegetable oil, which not only saves her money, but also saves the environment. |
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- April 26 - More than 3,000 gallons of a potentially deadly chemical were stolen from a New Jersey concrete plant. |
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- With word of a recall on some popular toys trucks, it is possible that danger could be lurking your child's toy box. |
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- Al Arabiya has mysteriously come up with yet another videotape of Western hostages; this time the terrorists' demands are aimed straight at the appeasement bloc in Italy: Iraqi Group Threatens to Kill Italian Hostages. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (Reuters) - A group holding three Italians hostage in Iraq has ... |
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Very Sweet (Apr 26 2004 23:36 GMT) - AL ROUNDUP Pedro Martinez held the lead and left Yankee Stadium a winner. Derek Jeter, of all people, was booed loudly by the New York fans. Martinez and Scott Williamson shut down the Yankees with a four-hitter, and Manny Ramirez hit a two-run homer off Javier Vazquez (2-2) for a 2-0 Boston win Sunday that completed a weekend blowout in the Bronx. With its first series sweep of New York since 1999, Boston improved to 6-1 against the Yankees for the first time since 1913 -- when the Red Sox were defending World Series champions. Despite a starting lineup that included eight All-Stars, the listless Yankees have left their fans wondering when a record $183 million roster will justify its salaries. |
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Ex Libris (Apr 26 2004 23:36 GMT) - In-depth piece in the Guardian UK covering Sony's new electronic book reader, the LIBRIe. As with the Walkman, Sony is first to generate something really cool and unfortunately overpriced, to address a market that will be created from the product itself. They targeted the price of an electronic dictionary (of which they include 3 in ROM), but it appears they overshot that price by about ¥10,000, or about 1/3.) At 190 dpi, contrasted with the 70 to 90 dpi of a regular LCD, it's worth looking into for the screen alone... |
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- Iraq Official Blames U.S. for StandoffIraq's current Governing Council president said Monday the United States has only itself to blame for the military deadlock at Najaf and Fallujah because it allowed its troops to change from "an army of liberation" to "an army of occupation."Yup, that's pretty well what happened. Well, first they were defending themselves, sort of - at least they said they were, defending themselves in advance .... |
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- Smart Mobbers in the Bay Area make note: Howard will be sitting on a fantastic panel later this week, a discussion of the book Living with the Genie: On Technology and the Quest for Human Mastery. Sponsored by the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, the event will take place this Thursday, April 29, 2004, at 7:00 p. |
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- The largest naked event since the dawn of the textile industry takes place, June 12, 2004, as bicyclists in cities around the world intend to ride naked through their town making an impactful statement about world oil and petrochemical dependency. The bare riders will also be protesting involvement in Iraq, promoting peace, civil rights and their personal sovereignty. Cities already signed on (according to the organizers) include: Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto, Canada; London, England, UK; |
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- David Bowie has today asked his fans (DJs...) to bootleg songs of his latest album "Reality" to create a new song (mash-up). "A number of entries will be broadcast via the Bowienet website, with listeners selecting finalists before Bowie chooses the winner." This is one of the first times a major international artist gives the right to do that and encourage people from all over the world to create a new art piece like this. Via The BBC. |
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- Vodafone Ireland is launching a new 'speaking phone' with pre-loaded software capable of audible display to assist the visually impaired, according to ENN. The mobile phone replaces text-based services, such as text-messaging and SMS weather reports, with an audible display. The product is the result of a pilot scheme between Vodafone and the National Council for the Blind of Ireland (NCBI). Based on a Nokia handset, the speaking phone will be available in Ireland this month after launching in the UK in February 2003. |
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- Re-enchantment, virtuosity, connectedness Some time ago I blogged about friendships that “dry out”. But in the springtime there’s a surge of reconnecting: long lost friends make contact, or you pick up from where you once parted with a person or an art. |
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- Secret Service agents questioned a high school student about anti-war drawings he did for an art class, one of which depicted President Bush's head on a stick. Another pencil-and-ink drawing portrayed Bush as a devil launching a missile, with a caption reading "End the war - on terrorism." |
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- Aquà les dejo una serie de artÃculos (en inglés) de MSDN que muestran la programación de componentes del Office System con Visual Basic .NET, en especÃfico: Creación de un verificador de ortografÃa con Word y VB .NET Uso de VB .NET y ASP para generar Libros de Excel 2003 Manejo de Tareas con Outlook y VB . |
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- Momenteel ben ik nog cams aan het toevoegen en verwijderen... Weet je nog een cam die iets van koninginnedagfestiviteiten laat zien mail me dan even: mrlunk@planet.nl |
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- ...t heading for a revision, some MPs want to explore whether ethical hacking should be allowed" |
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- ...ftware management exhausts IT workers" |
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- ...lar short-range wireless technology, has left serious security issues unfixed, according to a wireless researcher" |
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- ...ox which can be used to send IPv6 packets." |
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- ...le broadband service" |
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- ...rce framework for building distributed Hybrid Intrusion Detection Systems (HIDS)" |
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- ...the preferred networks of Windows XP clients... Hotspotter can be configured to run a command, possibly a script to kick off a DHCP daemon and other scanning against the new victim" |
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- ..., thus it works even if the version has been disguised" |
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- ...round: From your network card settings disable the client for Microsoft networks" |
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- Apr. 26 - Al-Qaida plotted bombings and poison gas attacks against the U.S. Embassy and other targets in Jordan, two conspirators said in a confession aired Monday. |
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CinéOké (Apr 26 2004 23:35 GMT) - Nouveau dada des New-Yorkais, la fièvre du CinéOké déferle dans les métropoles américaines et touchera bientôt Montréal. Que tous les aficionados du cinéma, acteurs en herbe et stars d'un soir sortent du placard, le CinéOké arrive en ville en form... |
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- Apple's Vice President of Worldwide Developer Relations, Ron Okamoto, said the company learned a lot from developer feedback from past shows and the interest generated from announcements at last year's event. By Jim Dalrymple, MacCentral (via MyAppleMenu) |
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- The Holding Pattern screensaver turns your monitor into an airplane window. By Leander Kahney, Cult Of Mac (via MyAppleMenu) |
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- By MacNN (via MyAppleMenu) |
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- By MacMinute (via MyAppleMenu) |
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- By Peter Cohen, MacCentral (via MyAppleMenu) |
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- Apple put out the word on Monday that this Wednesday, Steve Jobs will hold a conference call to discuss the first anniversary of the iTunes Music Store and to update the media on what's happening. By Peter Cohen, MacCentral (via MyAppleMenu) |
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- After numerous compliants about signal strength and dropped connections following the AirPort Software 3.4 update, Apple on Monday updated the software again, bringing it to version 3.4.1. By Jim Darlymple, MacCentral (via MyAppleMenu) |
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- Apple's strategy of getting iPod buyers to also buy Apple desktop computers doesn't seem to be working, according to an industry research report. By Robert Mullins, Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal (via MyAppleMenu) |
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- To wrap up my week of upgrading my mother's iMac, I thought I'd mention a few things I'll keep in mind when I next set up a Macintosh for a less-than-computer-savvy user. By Christopher Breen, Macworld (via MyAppleMenu) |
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- Australian Mac fans have been grumbling for months, with some reason, about the high local prices vis-a-vis the US. By David Frith, The Barrow (via MyAppleMenu) |
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- Choosing a favorite pair of in-ear canal phones for my yuppy iPod mini is no easy task. By Leander Kahney, Wired News (via MyAppleMenu) |
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- Just days after Microsoft warned its customers about the release of code that can exploit a hole in its Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) library, new code that claims to exploit another recently disclosed hole surfaced on a French language Web site. By Paul Roberts, IDG News Service (via MyAppleMenu) |
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- Apr. 26 - Cosmetics pioneer Estee Lauder, whose pots of potions and tubs of moisturizers have turned the clock back for millions of faces across the globe, has died. She was 97. |
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- hehehe I was changing things in my blog and every time u hit submit its opening ur blog so i ended up with my blog opened 5 times and oh boy that was kool! :lol: I mean cos of the music from every... |
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- Apr. 26 - Al-Qaida plotted bombings and poison gas attacks against the U.S. Embassy and other targets in Jordan, two conspirators said in a confession aired Monday. |
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