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Rice signals reluctance to testify on Iraq claim

Rice signals reluctance to testify on Iraq claim OSLO (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday all but said she will not testify to Congress about a discredited justification for the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq but agreed to answer questions in writing. (Read on Source)



E-Onkyo Music 24 bit 96 KHz HD Sound

... a new HDC 1.0 media PC targeted at the ever-increasing audiophile base. Preloaded with Windows Vista, this device measures 205X240X92.5 mm. Available with Onkyos Carry On Music 10 software, this ...


No Good Answers

NO GOOD ANSWERS....Here's the final line of Mark Thoma's conversation with a globalization skeptic:"Economists still suck."The rest is worth reading too. Kind of dismal reading, appropriately, but worthwhile anyway.... (Read on Source)


Congressmen warn Rendell on turnpike lease to private firms

Congressmen warn Rendell on turnpike lease to private firms Top congressional transportation leaders have expressed concern to Gov. Ed Rendell and other state leaders about leasing toll facilities like the Pennsylvania Turnpike to private investment firms. (Read on Source)


Last Call: Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL 3.0)

2007-07-13: The SYMM Working Group has published the Last Call Working Draft of Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL 3.0). This the third version of the Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL, pronounced "smile"), an XML-based language that allows authors to write interactive multimedia presentations. This version will extend the functionality of SMIL 2.1, facilitate the reuse of SMIL syntax and semantics in other XML-based languages, and define new SMIL profiles. Comments are welcome through 14 September. Learn more about the Synchronized Multimedia Activity. (Permalink)


Hope Prayer Chain: July 2007

Pray for those affected by AIDS.


Man nabbed in hacking of Dane's e-mails (AP)

AP - A man has been arrested on suspicion he hacked into Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen's e-mails and tried to sell them to a newspaper, police said Thursday.


More Roundtables from this Week

We've had three other Roundtables this week, one of which I'll discuss separately when its transcript is up. It was an unusual one in that our guest was with State, not DOD. Earlier this week, we spoke with Colonel Edward... (Read on Source)


Google Patent Triggers Mobile Rumors

Call it the story that just won t die. The idea of Google creating its own smart phone to compete with the likes of Apple and more conventional companies in the industry keeps growing under its own steam. A patent filing by Google which was made public only recently has been adding fuel to the fire....
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- Hinrich, Deng named captains

... nning for the office. Ben Wallace, a sure winner, kept his hand down. So the Bulls will have just two captains this year -- Kirk Hinrich and 22-year-old Luol Deng. H ... (Read on Source)


Supersize elements created in lab

Researchers create exotic new versions of atomic nuclei including one previously thought not to exist.


Web Marketers Still Finding Lay of the Land

At the ad:tech conference today, speakers shared their vision of the lucrative, if elusive, digital advertising industry.


Scientists generate, modulate, and electrically detect pure spin currents in silicon

"Electrical injection and detection of spin-polarized carriers in silicon in a lateral transport geometry"

Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory have generated, modulated and electrically detected a pure spin current in silicon, the semiconductor used most widely in the electronic device industry. via PhysOrg Weblog


Next stop SMX Santa Clara

Next stop SMX Santa Clara Vi havde en god konference i London, synes jeg. Desværre havde jeg kun mulighed for at deltage en enkelt dag, hvor jeg så til gengæld havde 3 sessions. Først en session om dynamiske websites, så en session om avanceret linkbuilding teknikker, og til slut en site clinic jeg kørte med Bruce Clay. Det virkede somom folk var meget tilfredse, og ... (Read on Source)


Microsoft hires lobbyists to help with Yahoo deal

Microsoft is already hiring lobbyists in order to speed up approval of a Yahoo acquisition, the lobby group in question has disclosed. Bryan Cave Strategies says it has been hired to aid and influence officials in the US government; this is despite the fact that Yahoo has not only refused Microsoft's efforts, it has actively sought out help in rem...


Samsung Launches Production Of 128GB Solid-State Drive For Notebooks (TechWeb)

TechWeb - InformationWeek - While solid-state storage has its advantages, the components are also considerable more expensive than hard disk drives.


Missing Link Found Between Circadian Clock And Metabolism

Two new research studies have discovered a long sought molecular link between our metabolism and components of the internal clock that drives circadian rhythms, keeping us to a roughly 24-hour schedule.


18 Million Licenses Sold, 2 Million Short Of Goal

http://arstechnica.com/journals/mic...illion-licenses

"In an interview with Andy Lees, senior vice president of the Redmond company's Mobile Communications Business, Todd Bishop managed to grab some interesting facts about recent Windows Mobile developments. First, Microsoft sold more than 18 million Windows Mobile software licenses in the last fiscal year, which ended June 30, 2008. This was about 2 million short of Microsoft's widely publicized 20 million target. Lees explained that a few OEMs shipped their devices later than expected, and this was the reason for the shipment target being missed. He declined, however, to say which ones: "That would be unfair to the OEMs."

In the time it took you to read this short post, another 11 licenses were sold.


RSSReader ? a simple example of Syndication Library

by Ntt.cc Problem Summary? Once I want to display a series article of Flex performance from InsideRIA(www.insideria.com) in my blog. I recognized that the amount of the articles is increasing. I should keep the links dynamically. However, I am not the provider of the blog system, so I cannot modify the codes to meet my requirement. Luckily, I can embed SWF in my blog articles. So, I just need to develop a simple RSS reader in SWF format. Solution Summary: I do not want to parse the RSS myself. It’s a hard work to deal with. I tried to find
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A Linkbuilding Method So Effective I Can't Believe It's Not Blackhat

A Linkbuilding Method So Effective I Can't Believe It's Not Blackhat Tom Critchlow gives us another clever and ethical linkbuilding technique. The basic principle is to find link leads by searching for pages or sites which used to offer a service and no longer do. (Read on Source)


FUEL Announced

Codemasters has announced FUEL, a new racing game for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. Scheduled for release sometime next year, the game is set in an “alternate present” where Earth has been devastated by the effects of climate change. Now that oil is rare and expensive, people take to the wastelands and use their [...]


Weekly Search Buzz

Firstly, My appology for not able to post this on sunday, I know many subscribers who are just subscribed to this weekly feeds must be angry on me … (Read on Source)


Resource of the Week: State and Federal Electronic Government in the United States, 2008

Resource of the Week: State and Federal Electronic Government in the United States, 2008 By Shirl Kennedy, Senior Editor We usually don’t offer up a report as a Resource of the Week here on RS, since posting reports is what we do on DocuTicker, our sister site. But this report from The Brookings Institution came [...] (Read on Source)


IP Camera Designs Run Linux

Linux Devices: "TI is offering Linux camera application source code and free codecs with two new IP camera reference designs based on its RISC/DSP SoCs. The Wide Dynamic Range (WDR) model handles widely variable lighting, while a Video Content Analytics (VCA) model targets video analytics processing applications."


Giving MarsEdit a try

For many years, I've been using Adriaan Tijsseling's ecto as an offline blogging client. It's not perfect, but it's a damn good blogging client - full-featured, easy to use, and has plugin support, as well as having nice things like Technorati tags built into it. if you're starting out blogging, you should definitely check it out, it is a big ... (Read on Source)


Dead Space Gone Gold, Debuts October 14

EA Redwood Shores' creepy-crawly sci-fi action game Dead Space has gone gold--meaning the title is complete and has entered the manufacturing process--publisher and studio owner Electronic Arts has announced.

As previously announced and reconfirmed today, the North American release of Dead Space will hit PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on October 14, with the PC edition following on October 20. A $150 Ultra Limited Edition of the Xbox 360 version, limited to 1,000 copies, is also available for pre-order from Ogunquit Town Column Nov. 6

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BT announce 10,000 job losses

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Cellphone industry eyes charger power savings (Reuters)

A high school student uses his mobile in Seoul June 12, 2008. (Lee Jae-Won/Reuters)Reuters - The world's top five cellphone makers launched on Wednesday a common energy rating system for chargers, making it easier for consumers to compare and choose the ones consuming the least energy, Nokia said.



Bottoms Up: Individualists More Likely To Be Problem Drinkers

What makes residents of certain states or countries more likely to consume more alcohol? According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, high levels of individualism lead to more problem drinking.