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The "rugged" notebooks
The war may have done something positive by creating a whole new "ruggedized" laptop market segment led by Panasonic's Toughbook (used by troops in Iraq).
14,584 views | 12 Apr 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail
Never too late to be a mom
A 65-year-old retired schoolteacher in India has given birth to a baby boy, and become the world's oldest mother, according to press reports.
248,622 views | 10 Apr 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail
When will they change?
China not reporting all SARS cases, says surgeon.
340 views | 10 Apr 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail
End of Saddam.
And hopefully the end of war.
543 views | 09 Apr 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail
The dream machine
The NovaDreamer is a mask that senses when you drift into REM or deep sleep. Gentle lights and sounds from the mask provide subconscious cues that tell you you're dreaming without waking you up. You'll actually be able to control what happens to you durin
474 views | 09 Apr 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail
Computers that watch while you work
Canadian researchers have designed a computer that pays attention to the person using it.
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Elementary, my dear Watson!
An interesting caption contest from BBC about Sherlock Holmes' statue in London.
288 views | 08 Apr 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail
Our innards -- gross, but that's real life
There are a million 'bugs' on every square centimetre of our skin. One need only swallow 10 of the bacteria to get sick.
592 views | 08 Apr 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail
A very useful list of start-up programs in Windows
A comprehensive list of the programs you may find that run when you switch on your PC as typically identified by MSCONFIG or the registry "Run" keys - and whether you need them (Windows systems).
416 views | 08 Apr 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail
Hypernova Erupts as Global Telescopes Scramble
The light from a massive explosion 2 billion years ago just arrived March 29th on Earth, thus setting off a global flurry of robotic telescopes to track what turned out to be 100 times more intense than any previously studied supernova events.
412 views | 08 Apr 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail
Mosquito and roach repellent -- the PC!
A Thai computer programmer behind a wildly popular anti-mosquito software package has upgraded his program to also repel cockroaches and rats, the English language Nation newspaper reports.
8,650 views | 04 Apr 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail
Top 100 April Fool's hoaxes of all time
As captioned. Amusing read!
2,599 views | 02 Apr 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail
The spanish flu epidemic of 1918
Did you know it claimed 40 million lives? Wasnt in our generation so we tend not to know, but SARS seems to be donning similar proportions.
13,874 views | 01 Apr 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail
The looming biological warfare
"This is still a dangerous world, a less certain, a less predictable one. . . . Many have chemical and biological weapons. Most troubling of all, the list of these countries includes some of the world?s least-responsible states".
365 views | 31 Mar 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail
Meteorites Fall on Chicago Suburbs
Around midnight on Thursday, March 27, residents of several southern Chicago suburbs were woken up by explosions and crashes.
10,275 views | 31 Mar 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail
Bush and Blair  
A hilarious dance and song show with Bush and Blair. Some people have all the time!
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Macromedia Flash outside the browser!
Continuing on its bid to make Flash a full-blown development platform (and what a job they have so far!), Macromedia pre-announces intentions to take Flash beyond the limitations of a Web browser..
374 views | 29 Mar 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail
Meet the smallest robot in the world
Seiko Epson Corp has developed a small robot with a volume of 7.8cm3 and that weighs 12.5g.Named Monsieur II-P, it could be applied from small pumps to zooming mechanisms of a camera built into a mobile phone..
610 views | 29 Mar 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail
An excellent games and trivia collection
"We bring you the best games and comics from all over the net"
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Discussions with spammers
This is hilarious. A person writes back and forth with one of those ubiquitous Nigerian spammers.
2,388 views | 28 Mar 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail

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