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Kid gets detention for using firefox (pic)

Seeded on Sun Dec 16, 2007 11:55 AM EST (uploadgeek.com)

To the Parents of jane doe. Grade 11 This is to inform you jane doe has been assigned a detention. Below are the details related to this consequence.

technology, bizarre, detention, big-spring-high-school

Opera CTO denounces Microsoft in an open letter to the Web community

Seeded on Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:57 AM EST ()

Over the years I have been an active participant in the ongoing fight for open and interoperable Web standards. I have always opposed those who would force proprietary technologies where open alternatives, often superior, exist.

technology, opera, web, firefox, microsoft, ie, web-standards

Scientists have grown a brain in a petri dish and taught it to pilot an F-22 jet simulator

Seeded on Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:45 AM EST (panther house)

It sounds like science fiction: a brain nurtured in a Petri dish learns to pilot a fighter plane as scientists develop a new breed of "living" computer. But in groundbreaking experiments in a Florida laboratory that is exactly what is happening.

science, brain, neurology, neurons, flight-simulator

Rogers website messages irk Google

Seeded on Wed Dec 12, 2007 10:58 PM EST (Toronto)

Search engine giant Google Inc. says it's "concerned" about efforts by Rogers Communications Inc. to insert branded corporate messages into third-party websites, a move critics say is a case of a Internet service provider overstepping its boundaries.

technology, google, rogers, isp, canada

A child's view of the 100 dollar laptop

Seeded on Wed Dec 12, 2007 4:42 PM EST (BBC News)

What will a child in the UK make of a laptop designed to help children in the developing world? Rory Cellan-Jones brought an XO home to find out. In late November I returned from Nigeria with a sample of the XO laptop.

technology, 100-dollar-laptop, olpc, uk, one-laptop-per-child

Canadian ISP breaks into your browsing session to tell you off

Seeded on Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:55 PM EST (torontoist.com)

Google has always been known for its clean, lightweight, ad-free search page, but Canada's largest provider of broadband internet is under fire today for messing with it.

technology, canada, isp, rogers, canadian-isp, traffic-shaping, internet

First OLPC deployment - now it's real

Seeded on Sat Dec 8, 2007 8:50 AM EST (radian.org)

This week, Uruguay became the first-ever real, non-pilot deployment site of OLPC XO laptops. And I was there to hand out the first one. Early on, when talking to countries interested in OLPC laptops, we heard one serious concern repeatedly: theft.

technology, olpc, one-laptop-per-child, linux, uruguay, peru

Download A Song - Lose Your Loan

Seeded on Thu Dec 6, 2007 1:59 PM EST (The Nation)

Glory be, the big copyright owners have found yet another way to threaten students' access to education--this time by going for the biggest support of higher education--federal funding.

technology, copyright, drm, piracy, riaa, mpaa, mpa

Top 5 Terrible Senior Pictures

Seeded on Thu Dec 6, 2007 5:22 AM EST (wallstreetfighter.com)

It's easy to go back in time and look at the crazy clothes and crazy hair and get a good laugh. Plaid and mullets had their days. Crochet umbrella, fans sets and peekaboo belly dresses most likely never will.

odd-news, senior, pictures, grad-photo

Vista pirated half as much as XP, Microsoft rejoices

Seeded on Wed Dec 5, 2007 11:39 AM EST (Engadget)

While it admits it's not possible to pin down an exact number, Microsoft has let out word today that it estimates the counterfeit rate of Vista to be about half that of XP, a figure that it seems to be more than pleased with.

technology, microsoft, piracy, vista, vista-piracy, windows-vista, windows-xp, xp

MPA to Christmas Movie Pirates - You'd Better Watch Out, You'd Better Not Try!

Seeded on Tue Dec 4, 2007 6:59 AM EST (torrentfreak.com)

This year the Motion Picture Association are getting into the Christmas spirit early with the news that 'Operation Blackout' has begun with an offensive against camcording pirates in 13 countries. When the MPA starts constructing their slogans from songs, they must be serious.

technology, mpaa, movies, piracy, operation-blackout

Cat, 26, could be record breaker

Seeded on Mon Dec 3, 2007 5:26 AM EST (BBC News)

A 26-year-old domestic cat from Shropshire could be one of the oldest in the UK. Pussywillow lives in Ratlinghope and is still "sharp in her mind and her eyes", according to owner Lin Brown.

odd-news, pussywillow, cat, old-cat, oldest-cat, uk

Facebook Founder Finds He Wants Some Privacy

Seeded on Mon Dec 3, 2007 5:15 AM EST (The New York Times)

Social networking Web sites can seem dedicated to the idea that nobody's personal life is worth keeping private, but when it comes to Mark Zuckerberg - the founder of Facebook, one of the largest networks - Facebook disagrees.

technology, zuckerberg, facebook, privacy-lawsuit

Meet the supermouse bred by genetic scientists that CAN'T get cancer

Seeded on Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:32 PM EST (the Mail online)

Mice resistant to cancer have been created in a breakthrough that could lead to a human treatment free of side-effects. A protein produced by the creatures may hold the key to a future therapy. It attacks tumour cells, but does not harm healthy tissue in the body.

science, mouse, super-mouse, cancer, genetics

The World's Most Effective Speed Bump

Seeded on Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:02 AM EST (Gizmodo)

Here's the perfect way to slow down those doggone kids in their noisy pocket rockets, invading the neighborhood at high speed without regard to the peace and personal safety of the local inhabitants.

technology, speed-bump, speedbump, speeders

The aliens are coming! (pic)

Seeded on Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:08 PM EST (2photo.ru)

Run for your lives!

entertainment, aliens, shadow, bravery

10 pounds of Hair inside the Stomach of a Woman

Seeded on Fri Nov 23, 2007 2:21 PM EST (CNN)

The woman underwent surgery to remove the mass of black, curly hair, which weighed 10 pounds and measured 15 inches by 7 inches by 7 inches, the doctors said.

odd-news, hairball, stomach, bizarre, 10-pound-hairball

Eighth wonder of the world? The stunning temples secretly carved out below ground by 'paranormal' eccentric

Seeded on Thu Nov 22, 2007 7:03 PM EST (the Mail online)

Nestling in the foothills of the Alps in northern Italy, 30 miles from the ancient city of Turin, lies the valley of Valchiusella. Peppered with medieval villages, the hillside scenery is certainly picturesque.

world-news, art, italy, architecture, temple, 8th-wonder, temples-of-damanhur

In All Fairness Internet Explorer Still Stinks

Seeded on Thu Nov 22, 2007 5:33 AM EST (sitepoint.com)

Obviously, with IE7 Microsoft made great strides in correcting the most glaring and painful issues that plagued developers in IE6. But the unavoidable truth revealed by this reference is that Internet Explorer is still miles behind the competition.

technology, ie-7, internet-explorer, microsoft, web, css

This Is My Very Lazy Mailman

Seeded on Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:33 PM EST (funtechtalk.com)

Well to be correct, it is my very lazy mail carrier. She is required to walk the post route like every other carrier, so say the other postal workers.

odd-news, mail, mailman, lazy-mailman, usps

The reason there's a "Cult of Mac"

Seeded on Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:16 PM EST (bc.tech.coop)

I had always been a bit amused by the cult-like following that the Mac has (the first machine I ever bought was an Amiga 500 and for years I used to lament the fact that the Amiga never really caught on even though I felt it superior to the Apple Mac).

technology, mac, apple, hardware, unix, osx

The Most Dangerous Drug in the World

Seeded on Mon Nov 19, 2007 1:11 PM EST (sobercircle.com)

Scopolamine is a colorless, tasteless, odorless drug. Most scopolamine comes from jimsome weed, or as in Colombia, borrachero trees. The plants it can be derived from are many, and abundantly available. This makes its use widespread, and exceedingly dangerous.

odd-news, scopolamine, drug, lethal-drug, most-dangerous-drug, colombia

You're Not Attractive...And Neither is Your Girlfriend

Seeded on Mon Nov 19, 2007 5:13 AM EST (portfolio.com)

You're Not Attractive. And neither is your girlfriend, but in order to stomach the prospect of a long-term relationship, you delude yourself into believing she's better looking than she really is.

science, hotness, hot-or-not, beauty, attraction, sex, behavior, study, girlfriend, dating

Well, at least the programmer did a good job (pic)

Seeded on Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:59 PM EST (images.teamsugar.com)

An actually good programmer would have checked for negative savings and issued an error...

technology, software, code, humor

Firefox 3.0: 11,000 Bugs Fixed, and Counting

Seeded on Sun Nov 18, 2007 12:53 AM EST ()

What happens when you combine millions of rabid browser users, a software organization that shares many of its secrets with the world and a story posted to a New York Times web site that calls that software buggy? You get a mini-storm on the Internet.

technology, firefox, browser, bugs, software, mozilla

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