Federal judge: football fans can't be searched at the gate Security "pat-downs" of fans at Tampa Bay Buccaneers games are unconstitutional and unreasonable, a federal judge ruled Friday, throwing into question the practice at NFL games nationwide. From on July 28, 2006 at 10:35 p.m..
Sue Google, not us, Torrentspy tells Hollywood The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) might just as well have sued Google Inc. for copyright violation rather than pick on Torrentspy, the smaller company said in a court filing this week seeking dismissal of the case. From on July 28, 2006 at 10:34 p.m..
Feds Arrest Heroic Freedom Fighter Keene, NH resident and Free State Project participant Russell Kanning is on a mission. Wearing overalls, a straw hat and carrying a pitchfork, the thirty-five year old libertarian activist is out to expel the Federal Government from his city. And, despite his lack of sophisticated weaponry, he has triggered quite a response from Washington. From on July 28, 2006 at 10:34 p.m..
Wireless-G Network Camera This WiFi cam lets you view wirelessly exactly what's going on on your property anytime, anywhere. There's a wire for the AC adapter, but other than that, totally wireless. It's also got built-in motion detection and streams video at 30FPS. It features a built-in web server and utilizes its own IP address, thereby eliminating the need for a PC. From on July 28, 2006 at 10:34 p.m..
Bush and Administration Could Face Death Penalty for War Crimes Ironic that a bill passed by a republican house and senate in 1996 comes back to haunt the current administration. The 1996 bill made it a capitol offense to violate the Geneva convention. Maybe bush should have thought twice before Abu Graib and Guantanamo. From digg on July 28, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
Neural bases for language existed already 25-30 million years ago Recent research found that Rhesus macaques when listening to other monkeys’ calls activate brain areas equivalent to the ones used for language in humans supporting the hypothesis that the neural basis for language existed already in a common ancestral. From digg on July 28, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
Flash Player 9 Heading To Linux Adobe developer Mike Melanson has been tracking the development progress of Flash Player 9 for Linux users. A recent post on his Penguin.SWF blog listed the APIs being used in this version of the software. From digg on July 28, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
Israel Hits 130 Hezbollah Targets in Southern Lebanon in Massive Strike Israel struck as many as 130 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, using planes and artillery. The targets, including rocket launchers, were hit during the night in the city of Tyre, the eastern Bekaa Valley, and in southern Lebanon. From digg on July 28, 2006 at 9:32 p.m..
Yahoo Launches Messenger 8 With 180 Plugins Yahoo Messenger Version 8 for Windows, which can be downloaded here, launched out of beta today. Our previous writeup of the beta launch is here. From on July 28, 2006 at 8:46 p.m..
Lots of New Secret Google Services Uncovered Accounts created from within sandbox.google.com are not "real" Google Accounts - the subdomain and associated accounts are used for testing new or experimental Google services. I managed to find and add the following services to my "sandbox" Google Account - all of which aren’t currently available to add to your "real" Google Account. From on July 28, 2006 at 8:46 p.m..
A Cellphone Live Stones Concert: Straight From The Mixing Board With technology from Single Touch, subscribers can use their phones to listen to a live Rolling Stones concert in Paris. The clarity depends, in part, on the quality of your phone's speakers. But the call isn't to some Stones groupie holding up a phone from the bleachers. This connection goes straight to the band's mixing board. From on July 28, 2006 at 8:46 p.m..
Colbert to Congresswoman of D.C. - "You're Not an American" (Video) In an hilarious interview with Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton of District of Columbia, Colbert says that she is not an American because she is the representative of D.C., which is not a state. Hilarious reaction from her. From on July 28, 2006 at 8:46 p.m..
US Told To Shut "Secret" Jails Immediately U.N. Human Rights Committee told Washington it should immediately shut all "secret detention" facilities and give the International Committee of the Red Cross access to anybody held in armed conflict. It also expressed concern at the past use of interrogation techniques that may be a form of torture................. From on July 28, 2006 at 8:46 p.m..
Another Dell laptop catches fire Next thing he knew, fire extinguishers were going off and the place was filled with smoke as another Dell burst into flames. "The battery burned its way straight through the laptop creating the beautiful hole with which is so beautifully depicted in the picture," he says. From on July 28, 2006 at 8:46 p.m..
How Legalizing Drugs Will End the Violence If Steven Soderbergh's gritty 2000 film "Traffic" caused you to squirm in your seat, the real-life story of Mexican drug dealing is even more disquieting. From on July 28, 2006 at 8:46 p.m..
Bush Admin's New Iraq Plan: Extend Troops' Service Time... Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Thursday directed more than 2,500 U.S. troops who have spent the past year in Iraq to stay up to four months past their scheduled departure date, boosting the size of the U.S. force amid unrelenting violence in Baghdad, officials said. From on July 28, 2006 at 8:46 p.m..
Laser Could Create Dark-Matter By the end of the year, physicists at the DESY laboratory in Germany may have caught a glimpse of an exotic dark-matter particle known as an axion. Andreas Ringwald and co-workers are planning an experiment at the lab’s FLASH free-electron laser, a device that generates extremely bright beams of high-frequency light by accelerating electrons. From on July 28, 2006 at 8:46 p.m..
13 Great Firefox Extensions for Web Professionals Short introduction to 13 Firefox extensions for web developers or SEO professionals. From on July 28, 2006 at 8:46 p.m..
Neo-Conservatives Are Now Accepting Defeat In Iraq David Frum has all but admitted in a National Review blog that the U.S. invasion of Iraq has been a failure. From on July 28, 2006 at 8:46 p.m..
The Security Risk In Web 2.0 Security has become a no-brainer for desktop software, but the same doesn't hold true for the booming world of Web applications. From on July 28, 2006 at 8:46 p.m..
Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 Alpha 1 Released Thunderbird 2A1 has some great new features! From on July 28, 2006 at 8:46 p.m..
AMD & ATI - Marketing VP Talks This article gives our readers a chance to see exactly what AMD is saying about the ATI merger. This 10 minute video should answer some more of your questions. From on July 28, 2006 at 8:46 p.m..
The Top 50 Movie Endings of All Time What films had the most outstanding finales? Some old favorites and some surprises can be found in this top 50 list. From on July 28, 2006 at 8:46 p.m..
Steganography app hides a messages in plain sight BlackBox is an application that makes use of steganography. You have the ability to hide messages within Bitmap (BMP) files with no changes to the image or even the any of its properties, such as its file size. Useful for people who would like to send anonymous messages. From on July 28, 2006 at 8:46 p.m..
Opera reveals version 10 vision - CNET News.com "Hot on the heels of version 9's release, the browser company gives a preview of its plans for the next incarnation. " From on July 28, 2006 at 8:46 p.m..
MIT researchers watch brain in action For the first time, scientists have been able to watch neurons within the brain of a living animal change in response to experience. From on July 28, 2006 at 8:46 p.m..
' Wine-Tasting ' Robot to Spot Fraudulent Bottles Wine-Bot: A robotic wine taster, capable of distinguishing between 30 different varieties or blends of grape, has been developed by engineers in Japan. For analysis, a 5 millilitre sample of wine is poured into a tray in front of the machine... From on July 28, 2006 at 8:46 p.m..
The Anonymous Message Server This is actually pretty fun. The idea is to put one message in and to get one back. This is a fun little game and can be fun for hours if there is enough use. From on July 28, 2006 at 8:46 p.m..
Apple: iPods built to last 'for years,' not 'four years' A spokeswoman for Apple Computer on Friday said she was recently misquoted in a comment on the life-span of the company's iPod digital music players. From on July 28, 2006 at 8:46 p.m..
Microsoft make MSDN Library free to download! Great news has arrived for anyone who programs with Microsoft tools and a Microsoft language: the MSDN is now free to download. From on July 28, 2006 at 8:46 p.m..
Chorizo Added to the Milwaukee Brewers Sausage Race Chorizo, also known as "El Picante," will race for the first time on Saturday against the other sausages -- Italian, bratwurst, Polish and hot dog. But that'll be the only time this year he runs in the Klement's Sausage races, which have taken place at every home game since 2000. From on July 28, 2006 at 8:46 p.m..
Top five things Microsoft can learn from Linux Last week, SJVN listed the top five things Linux can learn from Microsoft. Well, it's a two-way street. Here's SJVN's list of the top five things that Microsoft could learn from Linux. From on July 28, 2006 at 8:46 p.m..
Top Secret 'Nazi aircraft carrier' located The Polish navy says it is almost certain that it has located the wreck of Nazi Germany's only aircraft carrier, the Graf Zeppelin. A Polish firm searching for oil first detected the wreck in the Baltic Sea, 55km (34 miles) offshore. The ship's whereabouts had been a mystery since the end of World War II. From on July 28, 2006 at 8:46 p.m..
The Bittersweet Symphony of the DS Lite's Opera 1UP's Jeremy Parish takes the recently released (in Japan) Opera Browser for the Nintendo DS platform. Should Sony's PSP be worried about this added functionality? How well do pages load in this version of Opera? Does anyone really want to look at their Internet split across two screens? From on July 28, 2006 at 8:46 p.m..
Tech's cutting edge? Try a tiny town Since April, Monroe's (a town of 680 people) residents have been able to get Internet protocol television, a service that uses high speed Internet connections to deliver video programming to a consumer's television. Known as IPTV, it is accelerating the dawn of interactive TV From on July 28, 2006 at 8:46 p.m..
Accident on I-95 spills Tomahawk Oops, I dropped my cruise missile on the interstate. From on July 28, 2006 at 8:46 p.m..
Fingerprint tool guards multimedia content Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed a digital fingerprinting technology that they say can better protect multimedia content from unauthorized copying and distribution. "Sony is very interested in this and has donated over US$120,000" toward equipment for a multimedia lab. Hollywood movie studios are also interested. From on July 28, 2006 at 8:46 p.m..
I'm her .... daddy Funny commercial, honest, I'm her daddy. From on July 28, 2006 at 8:46 p.m..
WinRAR to be free this Sunday, July 30 "In order to thank everyone who voted for us and made it possible for us to win this prestigious award, we are offering the WinRAR 3.51 single user license non upgradeable version this Sunday the 30th of July 2006 from 00:00 until 24:00 CET for absolutely FREE." From on July 28, 2006 at 8:46 p.m..
Mel Gibson Busted for DUI Mel Gibson was arrested by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in Malibu, Calif. early this morning for suspicion of DUI. Bail was set at $5,000. From on July 28, 2006 at 8:46 p.m..
Can't find an IT job? Here are the reasons why. You've been having trouble finding a tech job, even though there are supposedly loads of positions out there? Well this writer says you are missing a few key strategies. You only use the Internet to look for postings, and you're too timid to call a hiring manager after submitting a resume. Sound familiar? There are other reasons too. From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Exxon Mobil profit's jumps 36 percent totaling $10.36 billion for 2Q. Exxon Mobil said Thursday it earned $10.36 billion in the second quarter, the second largest quarterly profit ever recorded by a publicly traded U.S. company. The earnings figure was 36 percent above the profit it reported a year ago. High oil prices helped boost the company's revenue by 12 percent to a level just short of a quarterly record. From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
chevy dealer doesnt like deal that was legal & final....takes car back guy buys truck, traded in his car and paid $8,100 cash for truck signed all paperwork and sales manager signs off on it. Next day he gets a call from chevy dealer calls and says cough up 10,000 and you can keep your car, guy says no way, next day his car is gone! From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
MAJOR Google Talk UPDATE! With Voicemail+Music status+File transfer Finally Google Talk with voicemail, file transfer capabilities and show what music track you are playing in your client!!! From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Windows’ House of Cards Much of the blame, in my opinion, should lie at the feet of the Microsoft philosophy of bundling everything into the OS; without tools being small and specialised, a complex series of dependencies is created. The operating system becomes a house of cards, and the tiniest shifting in a single element can cause its functioning to come crashing down. From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Update: Chavez to boost Russian arms orders to S3 billion Chavez has added helicopters, surface-to-air missiles, it's speculated that they added a submarine to the deal. U.S. officials hoped to talk Russia out of the arms deal, but senior Kremlin officials said that they see no reason to take advice from the United States. From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Get your 140 page Mac OS X history book for free The document is titled “A Technical History of Apple’s Operating Systems”. From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Anil Dash Adds Insight to Netscape vs. Digg 'Controversy' Netscape will end up with users who value getting paid for their work. Digg will end up with users who are motivated by the desire to contribute to the community. The question is which kind of site you want to participate in, which one makes the web better, which one makes people happier. From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Bulldozer destroys town, police helpless to do anything but watch. A crazy welder, who's business was ruined by city hall, decides to weld himself an armored bulldozer + assault rifles. Can anyone stop him? (No they can't) From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Xraye Addicting game From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Never Say Never "I have heard it stated as fact that one cannot fold a paper in half more than eight times, because the doubled and re-doubled paper quickly becomes too thick...Thanks to a student named Britney Gallivan, it turns out that this impossibility is just as mythical as not being able to lick your elbows." From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
F-Secure Finds Half Dozen Vulnerabilities in 2 Top Social Networking Sites "We picked two among the top social networking sites with a reported combined user base of 80 million. Within half an hour we had discovered over half a dozen potentially "wormable" XSS vulnerabilities in each site! We stopped looking after finding half a dozen" From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Psychic Uri Geller busted on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show! "Self-proclaimed psychic Geller embarrasses himself big time when he realizes his pre-bent spoons and other props have been switched before the taping of the show. From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
It's all about oil If this war was taking a bite out of Exxon or the House of Saud, a ceasefire would have been imposed. From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
USA Bill Requires Schools & Libraries BLOCK Social Networking & Chat Sites It has passed the House - the purpose they say to to stop Online Predators From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Doctors test anti-smoking vaccine Doctors are testing a radical new way to help smokers quit: a shot that “immunizes” them against the nicotine rush that fuels their addiction. 300 people around the country are testing an experimental vaccine that makes the immune system attack nicotine in much the same way it would fight a life-threatening germ. From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
A trained Mossad Assassin — or a cab driver? TIt’s just possible that Juval Aviv is a brilliant conman who has persuaded some of the world’s most powerful corporations, media organisations and governments to trust him; or he is who he says he is. This reminds me of the whole situation with Victor Ostrovsky's Mossad book in Canada. From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Microsoft sees iPod killer effort as a long haul Microsoft plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to catch up to Apple Computer in the music business, but expects the effort to take several years, a top company executive said Thursday. From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Fast Food Cooking Worse for Air then All the Trucks on the Road Cooking four normal sized hamburgers in a fast food joint emits the same amount of VOC's (volatile organic compounds) as driving a current model car for 1,000 miles.....In New Jersey, 16,000 restaurants release 2,226 tons of particulates, more than all of the heavy diesel vehicles in the state (1,329 tons). From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
WINE Version 0.9.18 Released: Better Game Support WineHQ has just announced the release of WINE v0.9.18. In this release they've got better Direct3D and memory management fixes. Word from Linux-Gamers is that you should be able to play WOW and HL2 with little tweaking! From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Digg User, You Are Worth $2 You lousy, freeloading, web 2.0ing, social networking, non-contributing internet user. You ruin everything. From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
The Back the Future Movie You'll Never See (Screenshots) Back to the Future was actually filmed twice—once with Eric Stoltz in the role of Marty McFly, and once with Michael J. Fox. But despite Studio proclamations that only a few scenes were involved, the truth is that the majority of the film was shot with Eric Stoltz. The other actors confirmed it was flmed twice. From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Funding a Global-Warming Skeptic Coal-burning utilities are passing the hat for one of the few remaining scientists skeptical of the global warming harm caused by industries that burn fossil fuels. "We cannot allow the discussion to be monopolized by the alarmists," Lewandowski wrote in a July 17 letter to 50 other utilities. From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
The 100 Most Valuable Brands The 100 Most Valuable Brands in the World with percentage changes over last year's valuation. The biggest winner? Google. From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Dreamweaver Killer: Cross Platform Open Source (Javascript, HTML, CSS) IDE Aptana is a robust, JavaScript-focused IDE for building dynamic web applications. Highlights include the following features: Code Assist on JavaScript, HTML, and CSS languages, including your own JavaScript functions Outliner that gives a snapshot view of your JavaScript, HTML, and CSS code structure Error and warning notification. From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Tide of Arab Opinion Turns to Support for Hezbollah Now, with hundreds of Lebanese dead and Hezbollah holding out against the vaunted Israeli military for 15 days, the tide of public opinion across the Arab world is surging behind the organization, transforming the Shiite group’s leader, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, into a folk hero and forcing a change in official statements. From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Lead PHP programmer quits He leaves a short email saying goodbye From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Brainiac shows you how to beat the Crane Game Brainiac shows you how to beat the Crane Game. i need to try this next time From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Things you won't see on CNN - Superb photos See the following superb photos.. photos like blue angels planes in flight collision.. container ship run aground on beach.. ocean wave washes over big ships deck and small plane caught in power lines.. don't miss From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Google challenges Coke in search of fame and fortune "Google is challenging Coca-Cola and Microsoft for global fame after becoming the fastest growing brand in the world, only eight years after it was set up in a California garage by two college friends." From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Microsoft: .Net Beat Java, Who's Next? Microsoft declares Java dead and now focusing on different systems to compete with other platforms like Ruby on Rails. From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Wikipedia adds new feature - Cite This Article With no fanfare, Wikipedia has added a handy new feature - Cite This Article. From anywhere inside wikipedia (my example is to the article on webmastering), click on 'Cite This Article' to get the full citation in 9 different formats, MLA, APA, and Bibtex included! High School and college students rejoice From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Tiny volcanoes spring from underwater cracks A cluster of tiny underwater volcanoes off the northeastern coast of Japan has demonstrated that the Earth's inner mantle may not be as solid as was once thought. From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Gears of war promotion? Some people have recieved several messages from people that identify themselves as characters from the upcoming game for the xbox 360: Gears of War. Hoax or promotion? From the reactions of the developers it seems for real, check it out. From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
U.S. defense contractors sending classified work to China! First, China began to assemble household products for the U.S. market. Then the country graduated to notebooks. Now Chinese companies are performing research for classified systems bound for the Defense Department. From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Steganography with Spam Encrypt messages to look as though they are spam. This has been around for a while, but I just wanted to share it with anyone who might have missed out. From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Floyd Landis: Stigma 'may never go away' Floyd Landis denied cheating and said he has no idea what may have caused his positive test for high testosterone. From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
MySpace deleting user accounts? Random accounts being deleted on MySpace? What in the heck is going on over there! From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
The Top 10 Most Psychedelic Video Games Ever This is a list of 10 of the trippiest games ever made. "Winner's Don't Use Drugs" From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
The real thing. Or is it? - How to make your own Coca-cola There are brown bottles, bags of white powder, a pestle and mortar, a collection of funnels, a roll of silver gaffer tape. There is a drill. There is a whisk. Are they making bombs? Are they making drugs? No. They are doing something far more likely to change the world we live in. They're making their own version of Coca-Cola. From digg on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..
Freedom Day Freedom Day is the name given to the yearly commemoration and celebration of the walk-off from Wave Hill cattle station in 1966 by by the community of Kalkaringi and Daguragu located in the Victoria River Region of the Northern Territory on traditional country of the Gurindji people. Freedom Day celebrates land, vision, determination and hope, recognising the actions that assisted in the granting of equal pay to Indigenous workers in the pastoral industry; returning land to Gurindji ownership in 1976 and recognising Aboriginal land rights nationally. The site includes teaching activies, media From EdNA Online on July 28, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
40th Anniversary of the 1967 Referendum In 2007 Reconciliation Australia and HREOC plan activities to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 1967 Referendum, as well as the 10th Anniversary of the release of the Bringing them home report. 27 May 2007 is the 40th anniversary of the 1967 referendum in which 90% of Australians voted to remove clauses in the Australian Constitution which discriminated against indigenous Australians. The referendum also gave the Australian Federal Government the power to make laws on behalf of indigenous Australians. From EdNA Online on July 28, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
1967 Referendum (National Archives of Australia) NAA Fact Sheet 150 contains records on the 1967 referendum to amend the Constitution to include aboriginal people under sections 51 and 127. On 27 May 1967 a Federal referendum was held. The first question, referred to as the 'nexus question' was an attempt to alter the balance of numbers in the Senate and the House of Representatives. The second question was to determine whether two references in the Australian Constitution, which discriminated against Aboriginal people, should be removed. From EdNA Online on July 28, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
Prime Minister's Address to Reconciliation Australia The Prime Minister stressed the importance of education in an address to Reconcilation Australia, stating that 'We need to foster a generation of indigenous Australians who recognise and reap the benefits of a good education and pass these values on to future generations. Education - formal or informal - opens doors to economic independence, health and happiness, laying foundations for wise choices and larger horizons in later life.' Reconciliation Australia, 25 July 2006 From EdNA Online on July 28, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..
A Road Warrior's Delight? - The CarGo Desk This useful product is brought to you by the Bright Ideas Group. It offers a stable platform to use a laptop computer in a parked car or truck. From Read laptop reviews and notebook news at the laptops weblog - Laptopical on July 28, 2006 at 9:30 a.m..
India Rejects One Laptop Per Child The Indian Ministry of Education dismissed the Negroponte One Laptop Per Child scheme - which aims to provide kids in developing countries with a simple $100 machine - as 'pedagogically suspect'. Education Secretary Sudeep Banerjee said: 'We cannot visualise a situation for decades when we can go beyone the pilot stage. We need classrooms and teachers more urgently than fancy tools.' Banerjee said if money were available it would be better spent on existing education plans. Nigeria has paid for one million of the $100 a piece laptops. The Register, 26 July 2006 From EdNA Online on July 28, 2006 at 8:30 a.m..
Customisation of Australian Apprenticeships Job Pathway Charts The Australian Apprenticeship Job Pathways charts can now be ordered, with a fee-for-service charge, customised with individual organisations' logos and contact phone numbers. For further information contact Ian Marett at ian@itaust.com.au or Linda Thompson at linda@itaust.com.au or on (03) 9326 5700. From EdNA Online on July 28, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Leading a Digital School: A Conference for School Leaders IWBNet hosts this three-day conference that aims to provide existing and potential school leaders with the skills and understanding to lead a school where the teaching resources and administration and communications are predominantly digital. The aim is to provide leaders a macro understanding of the information and communications technology (ICT) integral to a digital school, and an appreciation of the operational implications associated with the shift from the traditional paper based school operation to one that is digital. For those interested it is possible to link conference input to an a From EdNA Online on July 28, 2006 at 5:31 a.m..
Organisations Required for Vocational Education and Training Research The Consortium Research Program is looking for organisations to take part in a research project which will collect information about how staff in the vocational education and training (VET) workforce have experienced career pathways. Contact Val Pudney on (08) 8302 6712 or at val.pudney@unisa.edu.au to register your interest. From EdNA Online on July 28, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..
Downloadable Episodes of Favorite PBS Programs Make Their Debut on Google "PBS today announced the launch of PBS content on Google Video (http://www.video.google.com/pbs.html), making it possible for users to download and own a selection of PBS primetime and children's programming for the first time ever." From on July 28, 2006 at 3:56 a.m..
Alefox, The Alex Albrecht based internet browser (corrected link) on the 55th episode of DiggNation Kevin rose remarked on an Alex Albrecht flavoured version of Firefox, so i decided to make it, for mac only to spite alex and his non mac use. its not exactley as kevin described but still the error page and loading graphic are of alex. i will post the download for this soon. From on July 28, 2006 at 3:56 a.m..
Analyst: PS3 Way Ahead of Wii A leading analyst says that despite all the positive vibes about Nintendo's Wii, PS3 will still outsell it by as much as 60 percent. From on July 28, 2006 at 3:56 a.m..
CNN.com - Teenagers 'bagging' mothballs to get high Practice of inhaling, chewing, is probably underreported, journal says From on July 28, 2006 at 3:56 a.m..
Russia bans the word "dollar" Russia's defense minister called the dollar "that thing you are not allowed to say" while discussing sales of military equipment to Venezuela. Today, the economy minister almost used the word dollar, corrected himself by announcing a statistic as "700 million rubles," and then added "30 million not rubles" instead of 30 million dollars From on July 28, 2006 at 3:56 a.m..
Education Officials Voice Concerns Over Plan to Weigh Children Education Minister David Bartlett has aired his concerns with a national nutrition survey that will weigh school children. Bartlett said that, although schools need to provide nutritional education, healthy eating begins at home. From EdNA Online on July 28, 2006 at 3:31 a.m..
2006/07 Sport Leadership Grants for Women The Australian Sports Commission and Australian Government Office for Women invite individuals and organisations in the sport industry to apply for grants for women's sport leadership. The program provides opportunities for women to undertake sport leadership training. From EdNA Online on July 28, 2006 at 3:31 a.m..
2005 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes Peoples' Choice Award The Peoples' Choice Award is your chance to vote for your favourite young science star. Students will learn about real-life scientist and vote for their favourite online. Teachers can win $500 worth of ABC Science Books, CD's and DVD's. From EdNA Online on July 28, 2006 at 3:31 a.m..
Fox 5 News Anchor Freaks Out After Prank Pulled on Her LIVE Jodie Applegate was doing a live segment on Fox 5 News (NYC) this morning with a couple guys and one of them pretends to get his throat slashed. She starts screaming at them on live TV while katchup gushes from the guy's neck. From digg on July 28, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
How the DS beat the PSP (and how the Wii will do the same against the PS3) An in-depth look on how the underdog Nintendo DS has outsold Sony's PSP, despite the latter's superior capabilities. From digg on July 28, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
Official release of Universal binary of Flip4Mac Flip4Mac officially released the universal version of the wmv plug-in.... for intel based mac users!!! From digg on July 28, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
Floyd Landis: Denies Doping but Expects "B" Sample to be Positive The A sample from the urine test to which he submitted after Stage 17 shows "an unusual level of testosterone/epitestosterone." Landis told me he "can't be hopeful" that the B sample will be any different than the A. "I'm a realist," he said. From digg on July 28, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
iPods have 4-year life, says Apple Though some iPods do develop faults, Apple builds them to last at least four years, the company claims.A Chicago Tribune report weighs up the cacophony of complaints regarding Apple's music players. With Apple selling millions of these devices each month, it's likely that any percentage of failure would be well reported. From digg on July 28, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
MIT professor: the entire universe a quantum computer! Seth Lloyd, a professor at MIT and one of the pioneers of quantum computing has published a book containing a startling thesis: that the universe is itself a quantum computer! "And people who have reviewed the book take it as a metaphor. But it's factually the case." From digg on July 28, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
Pay Phones Suffer As Cell Phone Use Rises With rising cell phone use and vandalism and neglect taking their toll, pay phones are disappearing around the nation. Consumer activists and advocates for the poor have protested the drop in numbers - saying that public phones are necessary in emergencies and represent a lifeline for those who can't afford a cell phone or even a landline. From digg on July 28, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
House GOP leaders grudgingly agree to minimum wage increase House Republican leaders, giving in to political reality, plan a vote to raise the $5.15 minimum wage before leaving Washington this weekend for a five-week recess. From digg on July 28, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..
Lola Exchange: Learning Objects Learning Activities LoLa is an exchange for facilitating the sharing of high-quality learning objects. It contains materials for use across the curriculum, with a particular focus on modules for Information Literacy. From EdNA Online on July 28, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..
International Conference on Intelligent Agents, Web Technologies and Internet Commerce - IAWTIC06 This conference provides a medium for researchers and practitioners to exchange and explore the issues and opportunities in the area of intelligent agent, web technologies and Internet commerce. The conference will consist of both plenary sessions and contributory sessions, focusing on theory, implementation and applications of intelligent agents, web technologies and Internet commerce. From EdNA Online on July 28, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..
Creative Economy This gateway to research and commentary on developments in Australia’s creative industries and their cultural and social impact is hosted by the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI). It includes news items and resources on creative industries, innovation and society. From EdNA Online on July 28, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..
Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation This research centre engages in research around creative innovation, innovation policy and creative human capital. The centre fosters Australia's creative innovation sectors and aims to improve industry, government, education and creative services in Australia. From EdNA Online on July 28, 2006 at 12:31 a.m..
Open source and patent trolls Ron Hovsepian, CEO of Novell, cited the Open Invention Network, which is buying up patents for cross-licensing purposes to defend the Linux environment, making them available royalty-free to developers. From digg on July 27, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Is Mario really a plumber? According to the instruction booklet for Super Mario Brothers, Mario is a plumber. He was working on some kind of plumbing job in Brooklyn when he got sucked down into the Mushroom Kingdom... The only problem I have with Mario's story is that there is absolutely no evidence that he has any skill as a plumber at all. From digg on July 27, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Google Code Hosting Project Google announces its own open source repository. From digg on July 27, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
The worst Michael J Fox commercial you have never seen Back to the Future would have never happened if this commercial played in the U.S From digg on July 27, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Scientist "disputing" global warming responds Work done by Peter Doran has been used as “evidence” against global warming by Michael Crichton in his novel “State of Fear” and by Ann Coulter in her latest book, “Godless: The Church of Liberalism.” Doran says his work has been misused. "I would like to remove my name from the list of scientists who dispute global warming." From digg on July 27, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
How to Win Against the RIAA in Court This techdirt article suggests that the RIAA "will drop cases if you point out that an IP address isn't a person," and links to actual cases where the defendants won using this strategy. The logic behind this is that an IP address only points to who paid for the internet access, and not to who used it. From digg on July 27, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
2GB of Free Online Backup? Yes! Back up your files (up to 2GB) without any headaches or hassles for FREE! From digg on July 27, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Paralyzed by drunk driver; no justice! At age 23, with all the possibilities of a bright future before him, James' life was changed forever when he was hit by a drunk driver on November 1, 2002. The drunk driver was celebrating his release from jail when he caused the accident. He walked away from it all without a scratch. From digg on July 27, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Dec. 1991: Nintendo Power reader predicts Wii, Super Mario Galaxy In this scan from a December 1991 issue of Nintendo Power, a reader casually talks about his dream system: a system that could play any of Nintendo's past games, cost $260, and came with the game "Super Mario Galaxy". From digg on July 27, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Linux: Linus On The Extensible Firmware Interface A recent patch posted to the lkml contained the following description, "this patch adds an efi e820 memory mapping", in response to which Andrew Morton [interview] asked, "why?". Linus Torvalds offered his views on EFI, the Extensible Firmware Interface beginning by describing it as "this other Intel brain-damage (the first one being ACPI)". From digg on July 27, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Top Sports Cheating Controversies Sports Illustrated has created a review of the top sports cheating controversies, starting with the Landis story. Its interesting how many of them are related to baseball. From digg on July 27, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
US to continue its control over ICANN Despite reports to the contrary, the US is not about to relinquish control over ICANN. They did reiterate their plans to relinquish control at some future date, but that has been the plan all along. For now, controls stays with the US. From digg on July 27, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
The execution of a teenage girl, hung for being raped The story of Atefah Sahaaleh, an Iranian 16-year old girl, hung for 'crimes against chastity'. Her crime? Being raped by a 51-year old man. How sickening that the 'moral police' enforcing Sharia law are the worst offenders. From digg on July 27, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Quick Reference to Where You Can Watch TV Online Jeff Pulver provides a comprehensive list of places you can watch TV online, including descriptions of content and prices where applicable. From digg on July 27, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
$88 for digital television, unlimited calling, and 2.5Gbps Internet For €70 ($88) a month, customers participating in the fiber trial get Internet access, digital television broadcasts, and unlimited telephone calls over an optical connection with a theoretical maximum data rate of 2.5Gbps downstream, and 1.2Gbps upstream. From digg on July 27, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
Wii Official Site Updated Videos of Remote and Game Footage have been added. From digg on July 27, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..
eCensus Australian Bureau of Statistics is conducting a census from 28th of July until the 28th of August. The Census aims to take a "snapshot" of Australia every five years - collecting vital information on the social, economic and housing characteristics of Australian society. From EdNA Online on July 27, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
Stand Up Against World Poverty The Guiness World Record challenge will be held on 15-16 October. The challenge is part of the Millennium Campaign in support of the Millenium Development Goals: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger; Achieve universal primary education; Promote gender equality and empower women; Reduce child mortality; Improve maternal health; Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases; Ensure environmental sustainability; and Develop a global partnership for development. From EdNA Online on July 27, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..
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