Started 2 months, 4 weeks ago (2008-07-17 09:39:57)
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In the game industry, there is no one bigger than Nintendos
Shigeru Miyamoto. More... USA: MSNBC: Science

Started 2 months, 4 weeks ago (2008-07-17 09:39:47)
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Water was once widespread on Mars, data show, raising the prospect the planet could have supported life. More... BBC
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Started 2 months, 4 weeks ago (2008-07-17 09:16:08)
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/.: EdwardLAN writes "A study by Roaring Penguin has discovered that during the past three weeks, the amount of spam originating from Gmail has risen sharply." My spam has been pretty ridiculously high for the last few weeks, although I have no idea if this is part of it. It really does seem like gmail's spam filters are declining these days. Read more of this story at
Slashdot....

Started 2 months, 4 weeks ago (2008-07-17 09:03:51)
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In the Netherlands, evening and weekend physician house calls are routine. This seems like a luxury to Americans. But it actually saves the Dutch system money by keeping non-urgent cases out of expensive hospital emergency rooms. More... USA: National Public Radio: Science and Health Posted by the
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Started 2 months, 4 weeks ago (2008-07-17 09:03:38)
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Ageing rock musicians are set to be paid for their recordings for the rest of their lives under a European Union plan. More... BBC
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Started 2 months, 4 weeks ago (2008-07-17 09:03:30)
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/.: CrkHead writes "Groklaw has posted Judge Kimball's ruling on SCO v Novell. For those that have been following this saga, we finally get to watch the
house of cards start to fall. For those new to this story, it started with SCO suing Novell and having all its motions decided in summary judgement and went to trial only on Novell's counter claims. Cheers to PJ for keeping us informed!" ...

Started 2 months, 4 weeks ago (2008-07-17 09:03:17)
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The government unveils plans its hopes will help it become the first in the world to make its computer use "carbon neutral". More... BBC Technology News Posted by the Nachos NewsBot

Started 2 months, 4 weeks ago (2008-07-17 05:04:19)
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/.: I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "EU Commissioner Charlie McCreevy has unveiled a plan to
retroactively extend musical copyrights by 45 years, which would make EU musical copyrights last 95 years total. Why? They're worried that musicians won't continue to collect royalties when they retire and this will give them an additional 45 years during which they won't have to produce any...

Started 2 months, 4 weeks ago (2008-07-17 05:04:08)
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Online auction site eBay is cautious about its future growth as it struggles against a weakening
global economy. More... BBC Technology News Posted by the Nachos NewsBot

Started 2 months, 4 weeks ago (2008-07-17 05:04:00)
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Gestural interfaces could spell the end for the humble computer mouse says analyst company Gartner. More... BBC Technology News Posted by the Nachos NewsBot
