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Y2K Bug Strikes Australia 10 years Late
There is no year 20A ivanmarsh Jan 5, 2010 nepidae Jan 4, 2010 Wow... an insurance bill may have had the wrong date printed on it.. or someone my not have gotten their credit card bill...
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Type n Walk mobile app Boing Boing
Share this post The Type n Walk iPhone app enables you to see in front of you, via the iPhone's camera, while typing. I haven't tried it yet, but it's a cute concept.
Desktop success The browser will be available to download from the Mozilla website and then offered in Nokia's Ovi store, so that N900 owners can download the software. He said that providing there were no "show stoppers", the software could be available to download "within the year".
BBC News - Firefox for mobile 'days away' from launch
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cb links: File-sharing student fight ...
File-sharing student fights fine http://bit.ly/7i10LI
"Tenenbaum and all other music listeners could not get exactly the songs they wanted, in exactly the format they wanted until the industry giants changed their position in 2007," he added. As such he argues that "the Court should substantially reduce the bankrupting...award against Tenenbaum". "The court ignored the impact encryption had on the fairness of music consumers' choice. Under US law, recording companies can claim up to $30,000 per infringement although the jury can raise the amount to $150,000 if it finds the infringements were wilful.
BBC News - File-sharing student fights fine
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Google Wave Presents the Year 2009 - Google wave 2009 - Gizmodo
In case you couldn't figure it out, the pun is: Google Waving the year goodbye. That's so cheesy I've even decided on a specific type of cheese it most resembles: Brie. Anyway, this video is fun. Everyone loves playing a game of "remember that!," and this one even makes me want to figure out what Google Wave does .
Teens Banding Together to Cut Down on Facebook
Other strategies include giving up Facebook for Lent, “punishing” Facebook usage breaches with embarrassing Wall messages, deactivating an account temporarily or going cold turkey for the entire senior year after Facebook proved too distracting during college applications. Psychology professionals and school administrators alike acknowledge that usage of the social network can all too easily reach problematic levels of distraction. Dr. Kimberly Young, director of the Center for Internet Addiction Recovery, said she’s worked with dozens of teens trying to break the habit: “It’s like any other addiction… it’s hard to wean yourself.”
Debunking The Silly Complaints From People Who Don't Like Social
It is ugly -- MySpace is a graphic designer's worst nightmare, by noting that this is done for a good reason , which is to make it a place where blatant overly designed marketing can't take over. It is ephemeral -- Facebook will blow over in a year and something else will be along, by noting this is a feature and makes sure that the services adapt or die. It's inconsequential -- most of the verbiage on Twitter, Facebook and the like is banal blather, by noting that what's inconsequential to you is most likely not inconsequential to those it's actually targeted at.
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In a new study conducted by Scott Owens out of the University of Mississippi, the Wii Fit was loaned to eight families and the usage and fitness impact was tracked over time -- three months before they got the Wii, and three months after. The verdict? "No significant changes" in family fitness from the Wii.
Wii Fit found to have 'little effect' on family fitness level, b
Gordon Brown to promise free laptops and broadband for poor fami
"That is why we have said that from 2010 all secondary schools – and from 2012 all primary schools – will guarantee reporting online to parents," he said. "So the mother who's worried about her son struggling with his reading can find out more about how she can help, or the dad who works long hours and can't make a parents' evening can keep in touch with his daughter's progress, at whatever time of the day or night that he's free." Ed Balls, the schools secretary, said the move would ensure that "all children, not just those [from families] on higher incomes can have a computer at home". The premier told the annual Learning and Technology World Forum on the first day of its two-day conference in central London that the government recognised parents' need for "rich, varied and easily accessible information" on the progress, behaviour and attendance of their children.
WordPress Adds Twitter API to Blogging Platform
Evidence of Massive Republican Voter Fraud 466 diggs 1 day 50 min ago 286 diggs 1 day 2 hr ago
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The Consumer Focus warning came as a retail consultant predicted shoppers would be less tolerant of poor service this Christmas. Derek Bishop, managing director of Abeo Consulting, said: "Customers simply don't have the time, money or inclination to deal with poor levels of service this year. Among those who have taken the online route is musician Dave Carroll, whose song about how United Airlines broke his guitar notched up almost four million hits. "It has been a difficult few months for many and the last thing they will want to deal with at Christmas is unnecessary stress on the High Street."
Silent majority risk worse customer service as companies monitor
The Shorty Awards - The best producers of real-time, short form
I would like to a feature called "Unfollow with Benefits" where I just get the good stuff from people I would otherwise unfollow. What feature should Twitter add?
Jonathan Lethem's Perkus Tooth comes to Second Life for an inter
Goverment tapping of social networks on the rise
