links for 2006-09-02
September 1, 2006
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Instead of using surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation, researchers from the National Institutes of Health are finding so-far limited but inspiring success in a new approach for fighting cancer, using the immune system to attack the tumors the way it would
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Defeating DRM is all about awareness. The direct actions that we have taken are all about this. Whether it means protesting outside Apple Stores in Hazmat suits or getting HUGE press coverage for announcing the Bono petition (sign it now). Action gets att
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The five most valuable NFL franchises, according to a Forbes magazine survey:
1. Redskins, $1.423 billion
2. Patriots, $1.176 billion
3. Cowboys, $1.173 billion
4. Texans, $1.043 billion
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The current plan, he tells me, is that there will be a pre-wired sound that plays when the system is ready for you to logon. This is the plan of record for quite a few months.
And no, you can’t change or disable it.
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This short clip of Mohammed from an old “South Park” episode was recently censored by Comedy Central, presumably to avoid angering Muslims.
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The Detroit News reports that Ford is working on a new style of seatbelts, inspired by race car driver seatbelts, which have mini-airbags embedded inside. When the airbag is deployed, the bag tears through the seam of the seatbelt and inflates cylindrical
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U.S. military leaders in Baghdad have put out for bid a two-year, $20 million public relations contract that calls for extensive monitoring of U.S. and Middle Eastern media in an effort to promote more positive coverage of news from Iraq.
Yeah, everyth
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British public broadcaster Channel 4 is courting controversy with what it calls a “shockingly real” television drama about a fictional assassination of
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Now tell me… what do the rich and famous wipe their butts with? No, no, not dollar bills. But you can’t seriously think they use the same toilet paper normal people do, do you?
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Sony finally went and demoed the playback capabilities of the PS3, showing what our likely first experience with Blu-ray movies will be.
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TDK made a 200GB discs. Who’da thunk it? Well, unfortunately for everyone on the planet, there isn’t any drive or player out right now that can read 200GB discs.
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Ways to try and save those precious dollars when you’re burning through them at college.
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