UN cooking podcast-killing treaty

Seeded on Wed May 3, 2006 12:39 PM EDT (Boing Boing)

The UN's World Intellectual Property Organization has reconvened to discuss a treaty that will kill innovative Internet audio/video offerings -- like podcasting, YouTube, Google Video, and Democracy Player -- in order to protect the business models of a few entrenched broadcaster

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Scientists Discover (Biggest Ever) Oilfield off U.S. coast

Seeded on Tue May 2, 2006 9:01 AM EDT (newtechspy.com)

.Scientists from the University of Cornell have discovered a massive amount of Oil off the coast of Louisiana.The find is some 60 billion barrels or 3 Times more than current US recoverable Oil of 20 Billion barrels, and would bring US total reserves to 80 billion barrels which is

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Sudden impact - The Boston Globe

Seeded on Fri Feb 17, 2006 7:54 AM EST (The Boston Globe)

Earnhardt has been dead five years, but his legend is thriving, and so is NASCAR

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Entwistle charged in killing of wife, baby

Seeded on Thu Feb 9, 2006 8:56 AM EST (CNN)

BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) -- The British man whose American wife and baby were found shot to death last month in Massachusetts has been arrested in England and charged with murder, officials said Thursday.

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Vanishing of nests ruffles feathers - The Boston Globe

Seeded on Thu Feb 9, 2006 7:11 AM EST (The Boston Globe)

In heart of city, hawk pair's plight worries onlookers

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Govener Orders West Virginia Coal Mine Shutdown

Seeded on Wed Feb 1, 2006 8:38 PM EST (Breitbart)

Two mine workers were killed in separate accidents in West Virginia on Wednesday, prompting Gov. Joe Manchin to call on all coal companies to cease production until safety checks can be conducted.

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SIRIUS Canada Adds Howard Stern to Satellite Radio Line Up

Seeded on Wed Feb 1, 2006 12:15 PM EST (siriuscanada.ca)

Toronto, February 1, 2006 - SIRIUS Canada today announced that the "King of All Media," Howard Stern, will be included as part of the company's 100 channel premium line up.

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Move to Intel a Security Non-Issue for Apple

Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:47 PM EST (eweek.com)

I guess Black Hat just gets hackers excited and optimistic for more bad news. This leads them to believe, for example, that Apple's move to x86 for the Mac will make the platform less secure.

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7 Dead in Calif. Post Office Shooting

Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2006 7:44 AM EST (apnews.myway.com)

GOLETA, Calif. (AP) - A female ex-postal worker opened fire at a mail processing plant, killing six people before committing suicide, authorities said early Tuesday.

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Effort to save Maine salmon is losing ground - The Boston Globe

Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2006 7:38 AM EST (The Boston Globe)

EAST ORLAND, MAINE -- Five years after the federal government declared Atlantic salmon endangered in Maine, the fish continue to vanish despite a rescue effort that so far has cost taxpayers at least $20 million, and scientists are fearful that they are witnessing an extinction un

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A trip from Iraq aboard a flying ICU - The Boston Globe

Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2006 7:34 AM EST (The Boston Globe)

LANDSTUHL, Germany -- On the five-hour flight from a frontline airfield in Iraq to a US military hospital in Germany, a dozen doctors, nurses and therapists attended to the badly wounded ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff and cameraman Doug Vogt.

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Rolex 24 observations - NASCAR - Yahoo! Sports

Seeded on Mon Jan 30, 2006 7:24 AM EST (Yahoo! Sports)

Nascar and IRL drivers win Rolex 24 for Ganassi.

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2 Worlds Edge Closer - St. Paul Pioneer Press

Seeded on Mon Jan 30, 2006 7:13 AM EST (The St. Paul Pioneer Press)

Macs with Intel vs PC's with ViiV

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Intel inside the Mac. Huh?! | CNET News.com

Seeded on Sun Jan 29, 2006 7:48 AM EST (CNET)

The buzzwords for the 2006 technology outlook fly thick and fast in nerd circles: high-definition DVD. A la carte TV shows from the Internet. Windows Vista.

technology, apple, intel, imac, os-x

Apple's Switch to Intel Could Allow OS X Exploits

Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2006 8:42 AM EST (eweek.com)

News Analysis: Apple's shift to Intel processors will make it easier to create software exploits in Macintosh systems, analysts warn.

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Royal Bank of Scotland embraces open source - ZDNet UK News

Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2006 8:36 AM EST (news.zdnet.co.uk)

The UK bank is implementing what may be one of the largest deployments of Zope worldwide

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Slain baby's dad tied to scam: He reportedly ripped off buyers using eBay auction site

Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2006 6:59 AM EST (patriotledger.com)

The British-born husband of a Carver woman slain with their daughter is reportedly linked to a Web site that scammed buyers on the auction site eBay and promoted a questionable get-rich scheme.

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