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[news.bbc.co.uk] The self-styled commercial capital of the Gulf, Dubai, is taking commercialism one step further this month by allowing the speed cameras on its notoriously dangerous highway to be sponsored. Many people are questioning the business rationale of the technology giant company Hewlett Packard in associating itself with a device generally loathed in the city.

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Remember this guy ? So it does appear that using a non-standard browser can get you banged-up, especially if you are a security geek. Evidently all security folk should switch to MSIE on Windows, and refrain from nmap, ping and traceroute… [www.out-law.com] ‘Regrettable’ conviction under Computer Misuse Act A man was convicted in London yesterday

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Do you ever get the feeling that the planet is trying to remind us of something important? Like maybe: the world is very big, and we are very small, fragile, and all human – irrespective of our political and religious leaders might (or might not) have us believe?

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Frankenstein, The Fly, Jurassic Park, The Matrix, Tremors, King Kong, An American Werewolf in London, some very subtle adult humour, plus a selection of Melon jokes, are all for your pleasure in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit! Something bunny this way comes. And yes, it is worth hanging around ’til the end of the trailers.

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Sad. [www.sfgate.com] Paul Pena — star of 1999 documentary ‘Genghis Blues’ Paul Pena, a San Francisco blues artist who mastered the arcane art of Tuvan throat singing, died Saturday from complications of diabetes and pancreatitis. He was 55. Many people are familiar with Mr. Pena because of the 1999 Academy Award-nominated documentary “Genghis Blues,” which

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Lookee what I just found in my referrer log: [www.google.com] Reader makes it easier to keep up with your ever-expanding reading list of content from across the web. * Spend your time reading what you care about most Reader automatically gets the latest news and updates for your favorite sites. You can sort your reading

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[www.yat-kha.com] October 20..23rd

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[www.poets.org] In the days leading up to October 7, 1955, postcards circulated in San Francisco inscribed with the slogan, “6 poets at 6 Gallery.” The Six Gallery was a run-down art gallery at 311 Fillmore Street, and the six poets were: Philip Lamantia, Michael McClure, Philip Whalen, Gary Snyder, and one unknown poet from the

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Hmmm… [www.bbc.co.uk] A small plane jolts through the endless blue of an Australian sky, hot, red earth rising to meet it. It’s about 100 degrees in the shade: the acacia shimmers in the hard, blinding haze, stretching for miles to what has to be a mirage ” the shining, white dome of the Royal Australian

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This is surreal: [www.cnn.com] NEW YORK (Billboard) — Major labels Sony BMG and EMI are releasing more and more new CDs that block fans from dragging their tunes to iPods. Now, in the most bizarre turn yet in the record industry’s piracy struggles, stars Dave Matthews Band, Foo Fighters and Switchfoot — and even Sony

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I don’t know whether to laugh, or collapse in a gibbering heap. I suppose it depends on whether they use real tape, as opposed to its being just a “lifestyle” product… [www.makezine.com] Story about the 3M duct tape band-aids as well as a larger trend, duct tape becoming an acceptable wearable accessory – Many plasters

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[news.bbc.co.uk] Voters are becoming more rude to politicians – and the BBC’s Jeremy Paxman is to blame, a senior Tory says. Caroline Spelman said she was “shocked” by the hostility she encountered from the public during the general election. “The practice of not allowing people to finish their sentences has really caught on,” she told

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