Dropsafe

Google vs Yahoo! homepages over the years… Spot the difference.

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Sometimes these things are worth reading for the insights they bring; she looks like a kid, and I am not sure if that’s really a Russian power-socket on the wall… yet sometimes I can’t help but vaguely wonder if there’s a real (if mistaken or deluded) non-scammy person behind these things. Ah, but then a…

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chicagotribune Scattered among the $500 to $1,000 desktop computers available at Walmart.com, one machine stands out. It doesn’t have a unique design, but its price tag looks like a typo: $199. […] The cheap price reflects Wal-Mart’s buying power as the world’s largest retailer and is an aggressive gambit by a Taiwanese company that has…

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The Lords Science and Technology Committee report found the internet was “the playground of criminals”. But the government did not agree with its suggestion that lawlessness “was rife” on the internet. Hoo-bloody-ray. Some sanity, for once…

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http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0710filemakermobile.html October 20, 2007 – Apple subsidiary FileMaker will be killing off its FileMaker Mobile product in next week, sources report. FileMaker Mobile 8, which is compatible with the newest FileMaker 9 software, allows Palm OS, PocketPC, and Windows Mobile devices to communicate with FileMaker databases. Sources report the proliferation of Web-ready phones, like the…

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…and he is a caffeinated beverage, living in my fridge.

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I’m gobsmacked. I’ve just had my first audio-spam as an MP3 attachment. More, later…

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The late, great Douglas Adams posited the Shoe Event Horizon …when depressed, people tend to look down, and when they look down, they see their shoes. To cheer themselves up, they might buy themselves a new pair. Thus, in a generally depressed society, demand for shoes will rise. In the critical condition, demand for shoes…

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When Oliver Morris and Hazel Ross play their violins, the normal response from those within earshot is applause. But their renditions of Mozart and Brahms prompted a less welcome reaction from officials at Manchester City Council, the threat of a noise abatement notice and a warning that their £15,000 instruments could be seized, if necessary…

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Is at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/13/db1301.xml – covers a little extra ground.

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