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MS releases stripped down OS next month (Dec 23 2004 10:59 GMT) - Guy from Microsoft UK said they will ship two versions, one with the media player and one without. Presumed they were going to charge extra for the media player version but they said they will retail for the same price :D |
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Did Kobe make right decision to stay in LA? (Dec 23 2004 10:59 GMT) - Kobe Bryant was asked by the LA Times if he made the right choice re-signing with the Lakers? "I wouldn't change anything. Well, the one thing I would change is I would have gone through the free-agency process a lot... |
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More Arrests in "Triangle of Death" (Dec 23 2004 10:59 GMT) - From Reuters via The Australian : US Marines have detained 43 suspects in a series of raids south of Baghdad, the latest in a sweep that has netted around 600 militants, the military said today.Troops from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, backed by Iraqi security forces, rounded up 21 suspected insurgents around the town of Yusufiya, a rebellious stronghold about 40 km south-west of Baghdad. In related searches in the nearby town of Haswah, Iraqi police and Marines detained 13 people. Nine other suspects were seized in raids near the militant town of Mahmudiya, at the centre of what has been dubbed the “ |
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U.S. Customs Seizes Comic Book Shipment, Which Includes Political Satire (Dec 23 2004 10:59 GMT) - twistedlibrarian writes "A political satire entitled Richie Bush by cartoonist Peter Kuper, of Mad Magazine and “Spy vs. Spy†fame, is one of two stories from the Eastern European comic anthology Stripburger that has caused several books from a recent shipment to the port of Charleston to be seized by U.S. Customs. The stated reason: |
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January Book Selection for LBC (Dec 23 2004 10:59 GMT) - The January book selection for the Librarian's Book Club is The Intellectual Foundation of Information Organization. This book is part of the Digital Libraries and Electronic Publishing series. With the digitization announcement by Google this book is very timely. |
orangeguru / smooth brainshakes
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Old school calendar (Dec 23 2004 10:58 GMT) - Before people used Outlook and PDA's to note down their appointements - we used sites like stonhenge to track time and figure out the start/end of the seasons. Although I have to admit I find a Palm Pilot much... |
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Popov lopettamassa komeaa uintiuraansa (Dec 23 2004 10:57 GMT) - Vapaauinnin olympiavoittaja Aleksander Popov arvelee jättävänsä kilpauintialtaat lopullisesti. 33-vuotias venäläinen kertoi uutistoimisto AFP:n haastattelussa, että kilpailu-ura taitaa olla ohi. |
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US Soldier killed in Baghdad (Dec 23 2004 10:56 GMT) - From the AFP via The Australian : A US soldier has been killed and two others wounded in a roadside bombing in western Baghdad.”A Task Force Baghdad soldier was killed and two others were wounded when an improvised explosive device detonated in western Baghdad at approximately 8 am on December 23,” the military said in a statement.... |
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