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Fourth arrest over 'ice' bust (Feb 08 2006 20:59 GMT) - A FOURTH man has been charged over the smuggling of $17.5 million worth of crystal methamphetamine, or "ice", into Australia. The 25-year-old Wiley Park man will face Sydney's Central Local Court today after he was arrested by Australian Federal Police (AFP) in inner-Sydney Glebe last night. Townsville Bulletin |
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Helen Thomas (Feb 08 2006 20:59 GMT) - A Woman President ? Why Not? WASHINGTON -- Is the United States ready for a woman president? Yes, of course. The only superpower in the world is lagging behind many countries that have ended the male monopoly on political leadership. |
Photographica
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Sunny days ahead! (Feb 08 2006 20:56 GMT) - When the rain comes, I go and so when the sun comes, I stay...and so begins my photography obsession with the beach. I wasn't the only Onlooker yet, together we enjoyed the blue current, and the twin rocks |
Slashdot
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Opera CEO on Devices, Linux, and Web 2.0 (Feb 08 2006 20:56 GMT) - An anonymous reader writes "LinuxDevices has an interview with Jon S. von Tetzchner, co-founder and CEO of Opera Software, on the growing importance of device computing, Linux in the device space, browsers as an interface platform for Linux devices, and how future WHAT standards like WebForms 2.0 and Canvas will make the Web more usable on mobile computing devices of tomorrow." |
Daily Kos
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Abramoff and Bush, sitting in a tree... (Feb 08 2006 20:55 GMT) - Hmmm, I thought Bush didn't know who Abramoff was? The emails written by Abramoff were addressed to Kim Eisler, the national editor of Washingtonian magazine. The Washingtonian recently reported on the existence of several photographs showing Abramoff and Bush together. Eisler is also the author of Revenge of the Pequots, a book about tribal politics for which Abramoff was interviewed. In the emails, Abramoff describes meeting Bush "in almost a dozen settings" [... |
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Interview: Opera's CEO Jon S. von Tetzchner (Feb 08 2006 20:55 GMT) - [OSNews] - "This interview with Opera Software CEO and co-founder Jon S. von Tetzchner covers the Norwegian browser company's history, products, and roadmap. It sheds light on the growing importance of Linux in the embedded market, and the growing importance of the embedded market to Opera." |
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Samsung SGH-X670 Approved by FCC (Feb 08 2006 20:55 GMT) - [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - Samsung's new Samsung SGH-X670, a flip-phone with Bluetooth, has formally been approved by the FCC and should be available soon in the US. Featuring a 128 x 160 pixel 65k color display, integrated FM radio and a camera, although there's... |
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GNOME 2.12.3 Released (Feb 08 2006 20:55 GMT) - [OSNews] - GNOME 2.12.3 has been released. This will be the final release in the 2.12 branch, as GNOME 2. |
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Nokia E61 on its Way (Feb 08 2006 20:55 GMT) - [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - Aiming straight at Motorola's Q smartphone, Nokia has its E-series E61 ready and waiting to launch, hopefully this month in Europe and Asia. Aimed at business users with a QWERTY keyboard and fairly large display, it supports multiple mobile email clients like BlackBerry Connect, GoodLink, Nokia Business Center, Seven Mobile Mail, Seven Always-On Mail, and Visto Mobile. Runs on Series 60 OS (version 9.1) and has 75MB of internal memory as well as a Mini SD card slot. |
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The Tick Twister (Feb 08 2006 20:55 GMT) - [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - Remove ticks quickly with Tick Twister. Otherwise known as O’Tom Hooks, these disposable devices are sold in packs of two including one large and one small hook. They can perform a rather delicate feat: |
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Gizmodo Japan - Mini barebone with SATA port (Feb 08 2006 20:55 GMT) - [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - The VS700 Mini PC is apparently the first compact barebone with two external Serial ATA (SATA) in Japan. Space saving at just under 8 inches, it supports the Intel Pentium and Celeron M processors with the 915 chipset. Estimated market price is around $500 US, so if you really want it, you're going to pay big bucks for it. ... |
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Remote exploit in Sun's JRE (Feb 08 2006 20:55 GMT) - [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - Sun Microsystems has issued a security advisory and patches that... |
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Digit offers first look at Intel iMac (Feb 08 2006 20:55 GMT) - [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - Digit today provided its first look at Apple's Intel iMac, discussing some of the major differences ... |
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Carl's plan to break up TimeWarner (Feb 08 2006 20:55 GMT) - [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - An interesting read at the New York Times--includes video. I can't comment, but you guys can in the comments.Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments... ... |
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Trust Google? (Feb 08 2006 20:55 GMT) - [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - A Dell PC with Google Inside and on AOL it's You've Got Google. Will the State of Michigan sign a deal to add the Google Start Page to every official website from the DMV to the Dept. of Ed? In the Dell deal Google is offering to pay a dollar to install Google Search Tools on each PC and once you or I do a Google search on our new Dell PC a click-through will cause a Web-Service to transfer $. |
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Valentine's Day, Engadget style (Feb 08 2006 20:55 GMT) - [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - Filed under: Misc. GadgetsWith less than a week until everyone's favorite made-up-holiday-of-love, we remembered it was time to start in on our... annual scathing diatribe on gender constructs, identity, and politics. |
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4 VECI... {patulda} (Feb 08 2006 20:55 GMT) - [blog.sk] - Napriek tomu..ze neznasam vsetky retazove maily, sms, listy a rozne ine retazove formy komunikacie(dokonca ani "vlacik")... |
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ADV: Free Ringtone (Feb 08 2006 20:55 GMT) - [Blick.ch: News] - Download a free ringtone. Choose from top hits, rap, R&B, pop, rock, movie and TV themes. |
Audiobook
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Deathstalker War Collection: Episodes 1-5 (Feb 08 2006 20:54 GMT) - Deathstalker War Collection: Episodes 1-5Listening to someone reading from a good book is so relaxing. With an audiobook you can take this good feeling everywhere on your MP3-player.Deathstalker War Collection: Episodes 1-5 now availabe as an audiobook download! |
Stormfront White Nationalist Community
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No Bravery (Feb 08 2006 20:53 GMT) - This is perhaps not suitable for the lounge, but I wasn't sure what would be the best place for it. Kleenex required, and not for the faint of heart. I'd be interesting in your comments, whether in... |
brooklynvegan
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Bravo Silva's guitars stolen? | Finger on the Pulse (Feb 08 2006 20:53 GMT) - Finger on the Pulse host a party at the Lucky Cat in Brooklyn (245 Grand St) every two weeks. TONIGHT (Feb 8) they're DJing Gothamist's Movable Hype party at Knitting Factory featuring Burnside Project, Metal Hearts & Slowlands. Friday... |
Photographica
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Newbie Here (Feb 08 2006 20:53 GMT) - Hey, I'm new here so I thought I'd post some of my older pics I've taken. I was looking through and forgot how much I liked some of these. This is a shot of my cousin's winnings in Vegas as he was receiving them. I call it Ghost Money. In Vegas, I was too young to drink or gamble at the time so I just took some shots that I thought were interesting. |
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