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Friday, September 01, 2006
New no-installation browser enables cookie-free and history-free browsing
New phones run Skype without PC
Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV has announced a new phone that allows users of Skype Ltd.'s Internet telephony service to make calls without having to boot up their PCs.
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Evangelist Drowns Trying to Walk on Water
An evangelist who tried replicating Jesus' miracle of walking on water has reportedly drowned off the western coast of Africa."He told churchgoers he'd had a revelation that if he had enough faith, he could walk on water like Jesus," an eyewitness told the Glasgow Daily Record.
read more | digg story filed under Religion
Tracking the Web with Single Page Aggregators
A comprehensive round up of services that aggregate popular social services and websites such as Digg, Del.icio.us, Reddit, Flickr, and more, or that let you build your own aggregations.
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How to host a website on an old computer
Many people laughed at me when I expressed my desire to host websites from this old desktop. Not even a single person agreed that this old machine can be put to good use.
And the result is this page! This page is being hosted from the same old desktop machine that you see in the pic above, and it confirms that even ancient computers are capable
read more | digg story filed under DIY, Tutorial, HowTo
Spintronics: A New Spin on Computing
A growing effort is underway among researchers to find a way to make spintronics, the manipulation of electrons' "spin" to do computing, practical. The promise is clear: spintronics could lead to computers that turn on instantly and electronics that use far less battery power, and also overcome the looming limits to Moore's Law.
read more | digg story filed under Technology
RIAA copyright education contradictory
The music industry's educational video about copyright law is full of baloney, according to several trade and public interest groups.
read more | digg story filed under RIAA
ISPs fight against encrypted BitTorrent downloads
BitTorrent clients such as Azureus added a feature that encrypted torrent traffic to try and get around ISP roadblocks. Now, a company called Allot Communications is claiming that their new hardware product, the NetEnforcer, is the first device that will seek out and throttle encrypted BitTorrent traffic.
read more | digg story filed under BitTorrent
Bartender gets $10,000 tip on $26 tab
Two weeks ago, one of Cindy Kienow's regular customers left her a $100 tip on a tab that wasn't even half that. This week, he added a couple of zeros. Kienow, a bartender at Applebee's, got a $10,000 tip from the man, for a $26 meal on Sunday.
read more | digg story filed under US News
Did the Earth Flip Over in the Past?
Scientists have found evidence that the Earth might have flipped over in the past, completely shifting the orientation of its poles. The theory has been around for years; that a large mountain range or supervolcano might unbalance the spinning Earth. Over the course of millions of years, the Earth would change the orientation of its axis.
read more | digg story filed under Science
16GB USB drive that fits in your pocket and weighs 12 grams!
When do we stop... How much space do we really need on a thumb drive?
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5 Ways To Boost Your WiFi Signal
"here's a roundup of some gear that'll turn your hotspot into a data blast zone"
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Cards That Hurt Your Credit Rating
A no-limit credit card can damage you, even if you pay it off in full every month, because the most commonly used method of determining risk is flawed. The problem is something called credit utilization. If the card has no limit, the credit-scoring company can't make the credit-utilization calculation, and that has an effect on credit scores.
read more | digg story filed under Financial Tips, Financial Advise, Credit Cards
How Much System Memory Is Really Enough?
When it comes to adding memory, we all have to deal with the cost vs. speed equation. So how much memory do you really need? Our tester got some surprising results.
read more | digg story filed under Technolog, Computers, PCs, Memory
Wal-Mart and Apple Battle for Turf
The retail behemoth isn't happy about the iPod maker's plans to offer movie downloads through iTunes. Has Wal-Mart met its match?
read more | digg story filed under Wal-Mart, Apple
An alternative to string theory
One of the subjects we keep coming back to here at Nobel Intent is the unification of gravity and quantum mechanics. One of the main contenders for this has to be string theory, in which all observable properties can be simply described as vibrations on a string or more complex structure.
read more | digg story filed under Science, String Theory
Dad kills man who molested his two year old daughter
A lawyer climbed through a neighbor's bedroom window and stabbed him to death after being told by a family member that the man had molested his 2-year-old daughter, authorities say.
read more | digg story filed under US News
RadioShack lays off 403 via e-mail
Imagine getting your pink slip via email. Radioshack lays off their employees online, that has to suck.
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Thursday, August 31, 2006
Cigarettes pack more nicotine. State study shows an average 10% increase.
Most of the tests are conducted at an independent laboratory in Canada that uses a machine to simulate a typical smoker's puffing. The Massachusetts study analyzed nicotine in 116 cigarette brands, finding that the amount of nicotine that can be inhaled by a typical smoker increased in 92 brands from 1998 to 2004. Only 12 brands had a decrease.
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Hamish McRae: Americans are in for tough times, even if the Fed won't (yet) say it
Even the shortest visits to the US tell you things about the economy that you would not get from the figures. While this university town might seem to be sailing comfortably along, it is only an hour from Detroit, home of the US auto industry.
The American education industry remains in pretty good shape but the car industry most certainly is not. The talk is about globalization and the energy squeeze but the practical impact of both is being felt in jobs and most particularly in property prices.
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