Thursday, August 30, 2007
YouTube accused of spreading anti-Semitic propaganda
YouTube has been accused of spreading anti-Semitic propaganda by German advocacy groups, but YouTube says it has a tight rope to walk when it comes to balancing free speech with myriad "local laws" across the globe.
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Algae to become the king source of biofuel
Gene regulation in humans is closer than expected to simple organisms
Using a novel method developed to identify reliably functional binding motifs, researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel have performed a genome-wide study of functional human transcription factor binding sites that encompasses nearly ten thousand genes and four hundred known binding motifs. The study appears in the Aug. 29 issue
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Ubuntu Xorg maintainer demonstrates bulletproof X
Ubuntu Xorg maintainer Bryce Harrington has demonstrated a new failsafe mode that aims to make Xorg bulletproof in Ubuntu 7.10. The most recently added feature is support for reading monitor configuration data from Windows driver CDs.
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CEOs Make More in One Day Than Average Worker Makes in a Year
Chief executive officers from the nation's biggest businesses averaged nearly $11 million in total compensation. At the same time, workers at the bottom rung of the U.S. economy received the first federal minimum wage increase in a decade, $5.85 an hour.
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Porsche Cayman S Porsche Design Edition 1
"Black on black has never looked so good. It's no secret that the Porsche Design Studio makes some insanely awesome stuff. And you knew it was only a matter of time before they collaborated with their brothers at the car factory. The Porsche Cayman S Porsche Design Edition 1 will be limited edition only 777 are being made." [via uncrate]
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Japan researcher says has found an Asian Atlantis
A researcher investigating underwater rock formations off the coast of Japan believes they are the remnants of an Asian equivalent of Atlantis -- an ancient civilization swallowed up by the ocean.
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7 Strategies to Raise Your GPA this Semester
Getting straight A’s won’t guarantee success, but it sure doesn’t hurt. A high GPA will help you make more money, pursue further education, or change career paths. If you’re going to spend many thousands of dollars on a college education, you might as well make the most of it.
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Top 10 Ways to Clean Up Your PC
Over time it's easy for Windows to accumulate cruft—like programs you never use but that automatically start up anyway, temporary or duplicate files, multiple desktop shortcuts or gigabytes of data you forgot about hogging up your hard drive. Scrub that old PC up all shiny and new again with today's top 10 ways to clean up your PC
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"But her profile said she was 18" = jail cell, judge rules
One man, one woman 14-year-old girl, and a sex search web site led to the man's downfall, and a judge doesn't care what her profile claimed.
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It's Official: Halo 3 Goes Gold
Finally, what is arguably the biggest release of the year, Halo 3, has gone gold. All that really means is that the game has been finalized and has begun being manufactured – maybe not the most exciting sounding thing in the world, but it does tell us that the game’s development cycle is complete.
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