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Found by Bart Blanquart: [www.technologynewsdaily.com] The US government has succeeded in persuading some color laser printer manufacturers to encode each page with identifying information. That means that without your knowledge or consent, an act you assume is private could become public. A research team led by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) recently broke the code

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SPLASH WINDOWS – WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? No, really, I mean this quite, quite seriously: GIMP OpenOffice / NeoOffice / StarOffice Evolution Freemind etc… …all of these applications

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Absolutely barking. This happened in May, but if this sort of thing continues, I can see the Terrorism Act going the way of the Sus Laws [www.timesonline.co.uk] Two wheels: good. Two legs: terrorist suspect By David Lister, Scotland Correspondent WITH her year-round tan, long blonde hair and designer clothes, Sally Cameron does not look like

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[news.bbc.co.uk] The remains of the world’s oldest noodles have been unearthed in China. The 50cm-long, yellow strands were found in a pot that had probably been buried during a catastrophic flood. Radiocarbon dating of the material taken from the Lajia archaeological site on the Yellow River indicates the food was about 4,000 years old. The

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Regular readers will know that I am a big fan of Banksy, and all the moreso for his ability to pack three separate jokes into just two words, and use that to entitle a showing in a space the size of modest newsagents’ shop. I arrived around 6pm and the queue was only 20 yards

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I notice that today’s Iraqi election was conducted with pencil and paper. No Diebold machines in evidence, from what I saw on the news. I wonder why that might be? Perhaps they feel the populace wouldn’t consider voting machines to be consistent with a credible election?

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Well, after 3 and a half years of 24×7 service, my G4 iMac’s HD is making repeated Clatter-Clunk-Tick noises, every minute or so, sometimes several times repeatedly. Its “S.M.A.R.T.” status says “Verified”, but I strongly suspect it’s on the way out, and that it’ll die soon. I’ll be investigating a replacement at soonest opportunity, and

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[www.vnunet.com] Google lobbies Congress for a ‘free’ internet Fighting for the free Googleworld Ken Young, vnunet.com 07 Oct 2005 Google has opened a lobbying office in the US capital of Washington in a bid to extend its influence in America’s corridors of power. The search firm claimed that the move is about protecting freedom on

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…Fremen Stillsuit still on the drawing board. [online.wsj.com] Alchemy in the Desert? Technology to Recover Water From Vehicle Exhaust Fumes Would Aid Frontline Troops Hamilton Sundstrand, based in Windsor Locks, Conn., has a $2 million contract to provide the Army with the first two water-generating Humvees. It also is completing a $1 million contract for

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I have a tradition; the first time I see the constellation of Orion each year, I say Good Morning to it. It’s due to that particular asterism that I am who I am today. It’s just gone 0610 BST and Orion’s high in the south. Summer’s over. 2005 is flying past at speed.

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Nick Park gets the award for “professional nice guy”… [news.bbc.co.uk] Fire hits Wallace and Gromit sets Props and sets from the Wallace and Gromit films are believed to have been destroyed in a warehouse blaze. […] Mr Park, who won Oscars for animations such as The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave, said: “Even though

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