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IOT: The Library of Nineveh
via In Our Time With Melvyn Bragg by (author unknown) on May 15, 2008
Melvyn Bragg discusses the amazing discovery of the Library at Nineveh and the Assyrian Empire. He is joined by Eleanor Robson, Senior Lecturer at Cambridge University and Vice-Chair of the British Institute for the Study of Iraq; Karen Radner, Lecturer in the Ancient Near Eastern History at University College London; and Andrew George, Professor of Babylonian at the School of Oriental and...
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Google Search To Surpass Size of Microsoft Windows in 2009
via Silicon Alley Insider by Henry Blodget on May 13, 2008
Why is Microsoft (MSFT) so concerned about Google? (GOOG) Lots of reasons, one of which is this: By this time next year, Google's search business will be larger and more profitable than the most profitable and legendary monopoly in history--Microsoft Windows.Before we go to the numbers, a few important observations.Both products are natural monopolies. Google's share of the search market...
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How to find any email with Gmail search
via Official Gmail Blog by Gmail Blog on May 06, 2008
Posted by Arielle Reinstein, Product Marketing ManagerThe sight of someone scrolling through hundreds of email messages trying to find a specific one is like fingers on a chalkboard for me. With a few tricks, you can use Gmail to find the exact message you're looking for, without all the scrolling.If you don't get a ton of mail, just typing in the words you're looking for usually does...
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Turn Your Point-and-Shoot into a Super-Camera [Camera Hacks]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on May 06, 2008
If you're using a consumer grade point-and-shoot Canon digital camera, you've got hardware in hand that can support advanced features way beyond what shipped in the box. With the help of a free, open source project called CHDK, you can get features like RAW shooting mode, live RGB histograms, motion-detection, time-lapse, and even games on your existing camera. Let's transform your...
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The bad news about the news: Alisa Miller on TED.com
via TED | TEDBlog by (author unknown) on May 14, 2008
Shared by Abhishek She's a pretty bad speaker, but the presentation is good.Alisa Miller, head of Public Radio International, talks about why -- though we want to know more about the world than ever -- the US news media is actually showing less. Eye-opening stats and graphs. (Recorded March 2008 in Monterey, California. Duration: 4:29.)Watch Alisa Miller's talk on TED.com, where you can...
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Honest Politics
via Overcoming Bias by Robin Hanson on May 14, 2008
Robert Samuelson in today's Post:There's a vast gap between the country's problems and the candidates'agendas and rhetoric. The candidates dissemble because they believethat Americans don't want the truth. It would be too upsetting. They're probably right. Let's imagine what a candidate inoculated with truth serum might say. ..."I know you worry about the economy. So...
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Worth Watching - May 14: Don Cheadle in Traitor Trailer
via FirstShowing.net by Alex Billington on May 14, 2008
Anything Don Cheadle does is usually brilliant. I just love the guy, from Ocean's Thirteen to Reign Over Me to Talk to Me. The first trailer for a film called Traitor has just appeared and it stars Cheadle as an ex-Special Ops soldier who is now working with a terrorist group. Don Cheadle as the bad guy? Absolutely amazing. There are some great action sequences in the trailer alone and...
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Europa hegt grosse Raumfahrtpläne
via NZZ Online: Startseite by (author unknown) on May 14, 2008
Einstieg in die bemannte Raumfahrt ab 2017 möglich
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Divers Find Ancient Bust of Caesar
via Mediterranean Archaeology by Ioannis Georganas on May 14, 2008
Source: AP via AOL NewsPARIS (May 13) - Divers trained in archaeology discovered a marble bust of an aging Caesar in the Rhone River that France's Culture Ministry said Tuesday could be the oldest known.The life-size bust showing the Roman ruler with wrinkles and hollows in his face is tentatively dated to 46 B.C. Divers uncovered the Caesar bust and a collection of other finds in the Rhone...
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Ein-Mann-Fluggerät: „Fusionman“ gibt Gas - Mehr Technik - Computer & Technik - FAZ.NET
via www.faz.net by (author unknown) on May 14, 2008
Shared by Chrigu Da chunt mir doch IronMan i sinn ;)Ein Kindheitstraum: Das Ein-Mann-Düsenjet14. Mai 2008 Yves Rossy hat am Mittwoch über den Waadtländer Alpen erstmals vor der Presse sein Ein-Mann-Fluggerät demonstriert. Der ehemalige Militärpilot, der sich selbst als „Fusionman“ bezeichnet, sprang mit dem Gerät auf dem Rücken aus einem Propellerflugzeug, klappte die Flügel aus und...
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