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Meerkat: An Open Wire Service
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RIAA drops P2P case against dead non-computer user (Feb 04 2005 16:49 GMT) - Mark Frauenfelder:... The Recording Industry Association of America is getting soft. RIAA spokesman Jonathan Lamy announced that they will drop their lawsuit against a woman who died last month at the age of 83 and didn't own a computer. ... A group of record companies named Walton as the sole defendant in a federal lawsuit, claiming she made more than 700 songs available for free on the Internet. |
Meerkat: An Open Wire Service
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Pain's new victims, pain's new technology (Feb 04 2005 16:49 GMT) - Cory Doctorow:... Steve Silberman has turned in a fantastic long feature for Wired Magazine in which he describes the way that the advances in body armor (which doesn't cover legs or arms) has created a new cohort of disabled veterans with missing or badly disabled limbs. Concomittant with this is the rise of terrible, chronic pain, something that is being treated with new technology that blocks specific nerve-endings. This is a disturbing, fascinating piece. ... |
Meerkat: An Open Wire Service
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Steve Silberman on Iraq's medical fallout (Feb 04 2005 16:49 GMT) - Mark Frauenfelder:... BB friend Steve Silberman sez: "I wrote an in-depth article for this month's Wired on an anesthesiologist who is fighting the Army bureaucracy to get an innovative form of pain control introduced into the war. In telling his story, I get into a lot of detail about the medical fallout of what's happening in Iraq -- and the day to day reality of being a doctor or a patient there -- that you won't read elsewhere."... |
Meerkat: An Open Wire Service
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"Origins of Cyberspace" Auction (Feb 04 2005 16:49 GMT) - Christie's will be auctioning a treasure trove of rare books and manuscripts in the history of computing on Wednesday, February 23 in New York. My favorite item is the typescript of first business plan for a computer company, Eckert and Mauchly's "Outline of plans for development of electronic computers"... |
MLB-Store.com - Major League Baseball Store
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Majestic Athletic Houston Astros Crewneck Team Uniform (Feb 04 2005 16:49 GMT) - Offering a place on the back for you to customize your name and number or a player's name and number, the Houston Astros Crewneck team uniform from Majestic Athletic(r) lets you support your favorite MLB(r) team. The uniform top features authentic screen printing of your favorite team's font or logo on the front. Customized orders must contain a minimum of 6 items |
Freedom of Thought
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Two Words: Rear Cleavage (Feb 04 2005 16:49 GMT) - Got this in an email this morning and about spewed my coffee as I was reading this. Too damn funny! Anyway, the first is how to speak about Women the then the version of how to speak about Men. Both... |
NOTBBC - The Playpen
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Latin assistance needed! (Feb 04 2005 16:49 GMT) - Last post by James on 16:49 04/Feb/05 - Sadly, this thread has nothing to do with tall, dark, handsome men. So pipe down, tall dark handsome men of the forum. |
Slashdot
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Current State of Haptic Research (Feb 04 2005 16:49 GMT) - prostoalex writes "An article on InformIT.com looks at the current state of haptic technologies: "In the consumer realm, two companies dominate the field in the creation of tactile I/O devices: Immersion Corporation and SensAble Technologies. Right now, each seems interested in consolidating a position in the marketplace. |
Gizmodo
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Pogo Products EZPower Universal Remote: No Batteries Required (Feb 04 2005 16:48 GMT) - Pogo Products' new EZPower Universal remote looks great. Not because its a universal remote, which replace the convenience of a few different remotes with the nightmare of figuring out how to program an all-in-one device, but because it takes no batteries at all. Instead, give the knob at the bottom a few turns and you'll have enough juice to power the EZPower for a week at a time. Even better? It's only $25. |
Gizmodo
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Pogo Products EZPower Universal Remote: No Batteries Required (Feb 04 2005 16:48 GMT) - Pogo Products' new EZPower Universal remote looks great. Not because its a universal remote, which replace the convenience of a few different remotes with the nightmare of figuring out how to program an all-in-one device, but because it takes no batteries at all. Instead, give the knob at the bottom a few turns and you'll have enough juice to power the EZPower for a week at a time. Even better? It's only $25. |
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