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Extinct? Think again — PICS

hakujin — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:17:17 +0000

Some creatures that were once declared extinct have started to reappear in the wild

150th Anniversary of Theory of Evolution

hakujin — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:17:01 +0000

1858: The Linnaean Society of London listens to the reading of a composite paper on how natural selection accounts for the evolution and variety of species. The authors are Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. Modern biology is born.

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Google, Yahoo spiders can now crawl through Flash sites

hakujin — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:16:45 +0000

Adobe has announced that it is working with Google and Yahoo to finally ensure that Flash SWF files are indexable by search engines. Google has already gotten a jump start on this feature that designers have been asking for since the late 90s, too.

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An Open Letter To Senator Obama: Vote NO On Telecom Immunity

hakujin — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:04:32 +0000

The people who support you are speaking loudly and clearly. I believe you will hear them and will uphold your promise to oppose any FISA bill which includes immunity for for the telecommunications companies which unlawfully went along with President George W. Bush’s program of warrantless wiretapping of ordinary American citizens.

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Mercedes to go Green. ALL Green. No Petroleum by 2015.

hakujin — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:50:39 +0000

In less than 7 years, Mercedes-Benz plans to ditch petroleum-powered vehicles from its lineup. Focusing on electric, fuel cell, and biofuels, the company is revving up research in alternative fuel sources and efficiency.

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Why I Still Use Windows Despite the Peer Pressure

hakujin — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:29:56 +0000

There are over a dozen people working at our fair Gizmodo, but as a Windows user, I’m in a definite minority. I still rock XP, and I’m pretty happy with that. Why haven’t I switched to Macs? Plenty of reasons, not least of which being that I’m just too smart to switch to a Mac.That’s right, I’m too smart for Macs.

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MICROSOFT: Open Source is a Bigger Threat than Google

hakujin — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:38:20 +0000

Speaking at a conference in New York, Microsoft’s chief architect, Ray Ozzie, said open source is a bigger threat to the software juggernaut than Google is. He says open source developers are not restricted by the best interests of shareholders and potentially are, therefore, a stronger market force.

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Asperger’s: the IT industry’s dark secret

hakujin — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:46:58 +0000

“Jeremy” excels at being able to see an engineering problem from the inside out,What Jeremy is not good at is suffering fools or dealing with bureaucracy. If someone is wrong — if their idea just plain won’t work — he says so, simply states the fact. That frankness causes all manner of upset in the office, he’s discovered.

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The World’s Largest Cruise Ship

hakujin — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:40:55 +0000

Currently under construction, these pictures offer a first glimpse of the luxury that awaits passengers on the world’s largest cruise liner.

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Comcast ads are misleading consumers about FiOS

hakujin — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:39:43 +0000

Avery Axel was annoyed with his cable company, Comcast, and was considering switching to Verizon’s new FiOS fiber-optic TV and internet service…

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Want to trick your brain? Check this out!

hakujin — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:39:17 +0000

Jerry Andress show and explains a few optical illusion.

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$500 for 5 feet of Ethernet cable?

hakujin — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 02:57:27 +0000

Parts of the blogosphere have been buzzing over the discovery of a 1.5-meter Ethernet cable that is being sold for the insane price of $499. The cable would cost you $4 elsewhere. The manufacturer is Denon, and the target customer is the “audio enthusiast.” Apparently “audio enthusiast” is Denonese for “sucker.”

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