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Macau made an administrative region of China: 20 December 1999 - This Day in History (Dec 20 2006 17:59 GMT) - On this day in 1999, 12 years after an agreement was reached between China and Portugal, several centuries of Portuguese rule ended in Macau when it became a special administrative region under Chinese sovereignty.More Events on this day:1974: Ethiopia was declared a socialist state under the leadership of Mengistu Haile Mariam.1971: |
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John Steinbeck: Biography of the Day (Dec 20 2006 17:59 GMT) - John Steinbeck "In every bit of honest writing in the world
there is a base theme. Try to understand men, if you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and nearly always leads to love." John Steinbeck, journal entry, 1938American writer John Steinbeck, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962, whose protest novel The Grapes of Wrath (1939) offered hope in the face of the dispossession of the Great Depression, died this day in 1968. |
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New web site for Jet3D community (Dec 20 2006 17:55 GMT) - Otherworlds Digital Media/Bending Light designs has announced a new web site for the Jet3D community. Originally a placeholder for testing and the design of the new NPDS php coded pages, Jet3d.Orgis now the official home of "Jet3D-X." |
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ThinkGeo releases Render World 2.0 (Dec 20 2006 17:55 GMT) - ThinkGeo LLC has announced the release of Render World 2.0, designed to help .NET developers automate the process of displaying world maps in their GIS applications. Render World 2.0 has a complete collection of map rendering objects, and serves as an ... |
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Very Funny Ads (Dec 20 2006 17:53 GMT) - Grote griebelende grutten! Er staat hier dat deze reclames bijzonder grappig zijn, dus zal het wel zo zijn. En naakte... |
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Dish Network Rumored to Start IPTV Service (Dec 20 2006 17:51 GMT) - The DISH Network is rumored to be soon announcing an IPTV service. DISH already has the IPTV section of its website ready but empty.SatelliteGuys.us is reporting the DISH IPTV service will offer SD and HD quality movies, music, adult programs and entertainment news and it will also offer other services such as Cinema Now.Some of the content will be free while others may incur a one time or monthly charge. |
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Omakase linkdump: Christmas is awesome (Dec 20 2006 17:49 GMT) - Xeni Jardin: * Nativity with IG-88, Mister Burns, Lego Jesus, and Plastic Kevin Federline (I think) Kevin Smith Action Figure (thanks Monique). It materialized in an office at the PBS television network: Link. * Christmas means torturing the poor suckers you work with and never having to say you're sorry. |
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Iraq: Just like Philadelphia. Er, Chicago. (Dec 20 2006 17:46 GMT) - LA Times: A once-prominent Iraqi American, jailed on corruption charges, was sprung from a Green Zone prison this weekend by U.S. security contractors he had hired, several Iraqi officials said. Hummina-hummina... |
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PhatPad 4.0 Released (Dec 20 2006 17:45 GMT) - "PhatWare Corporation, a leading provider of software products and professional services for mobile and desktop computers, announces the release of PhatPad 4.0, the next generation of the company's award-winning notes organizer for Microsoft Windows-based Tablet, Desktop and Windows Mobile powered Pocket PCs. PhatPad allows users to draw pictures, jot notes or put a mixture of pictures and typed text on a virtual scratch pad. The program uses new digital ink technology, which provides a very smooth ink flow, so it feels like writing on an actual piece of paper. While working with the note editor, PhatPad offers standard editing commands in addition to a customizable pen palette and variable pen width. |
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