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Map of Social Networks' Popularity Around The World

Posted by lurkage on Sunday October 19, 2008 @08:55AM
from the oxyweb.co.uk dept.

http://www.oxyweb.co.uk/blog/socialnetworkmapoftheworld.php

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FriendFeed to add Realtime APIs next week

Posted by lurkage on Sunday October 19, 2008 @08:49AM
from the techcrunchit.com dept.

http://www.techcrunchit.com/2008/10/17/friendfeed-to-add-realtime-apis-next-week/

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Y Combinator Challenge #1: A cure for the disease of which the RIAA is a symptom

Posted by lurkage on Tuesday July 22, 2008 @12:40PM
from the astartupaday.wordpress.com dept.

http://astartupaday.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/y-combinator-challenge-1-a-cure-for-the-disease-of-which-the-riaa-is-a-symptom/

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NY Times profile of reddit owner Si Newhouse

Posted by lurkage on Sunday July 20, 2008 @11:47AM
from the nytimes.com dept.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/business/media/20si.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=newhouse&st=cse&oref=slogin

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Ancient DNA used to attack present-day diseases

Posted by lurkage on Sunday July 20, 2008 @08:17AM
from the guardian.co.uk dept.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jul/13/medicalresearch.health

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New images show water once flowed freely on the surface of Mars

Posted by lurkage on Sunday July 20, 2008 @08:10AM
from the guardian.co.uk dept.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/jul/18/mars.spaceexploration

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Are your sleep habits making you fat, nasty and dumb?

Posted by lurkage on Saturday July 19, 2008 @06:19PM
from the jonathanfields.com dept.

http://jonathanfields.com/blog/are-your-sleep-habits-making-you-fat-nasty-and-dumb/

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Atom-thick carbon sheets set new strength record

Posted by lurkage on Friday July 18, 2008 @07:52AM
from the technology.newscientist.com dept.

http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14354-atomthick-carbon-sheets-set-new-strength-record.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news1_head_dn14354

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Painless needle mimics a mosquito's bite

Posted by lurkage on Friday July 18, 2008 @07:51AM
from the technology.newscientist.com dept.

http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14348-painless-needle-mimics-a-mosquitos-bite.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news7_head_dn14348

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Pathologists Believe They Have Pinpointed Achilles Heel of HIV

Posted by lurkage on Wednesday July 16, 2008 @11:52PM
from the scienceblog.com dept.

http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/pathologists-believe-they-have-pinpointed-achilles-heel-hiv-16900.html

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Beijing = New York in 1900

Posted by lurkage on Tuesday July 15, 2008 @07:40AM
from the vanityfair.com dept.

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/08/chinese_architecture200808

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China’s Video Site Back Online After More Than a Month

Posted by lurkage on Sunday July 13, 2008 @10:36PM
from the nytimes.com dept.

http://www.nytimes.com/idg/IDG_852573C40069388048257483002011CB.html?ref=technology

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A New Fashion Catches On in Paris - Cheap Bicycle Rentals

Posted by lurkage on Sunday July 13, 2008 @09:05AM
from the nytimes.com dept.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/world/europe/13paris.html?em&ex=1216094400&en=5c7f90db34c58472&ei=5070

( Read More... | 22 comments | 29 points | on HN )

Gmail to No Longer Auto Add Contacts

Posted by lurkage on Sunday July 13, 2008 @09:02AM
from the googlesystem.blogspot.com dept.

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/07/gmail-to-no-longer-auto-add-contacts.html

( Read More... | 4 comments | 19 points | on HN )

Porn industry takes a steamy first shot at the iPhone

Posted by lurkage on Sunday July 13, 2008 @09:01AM
from the tgdaily.com dept.

http://www.tgdaily.com/html_tmp/content-view-38365-98.html

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Signs Point to Facebook Payment Platform Launch

Posted by lurkage on Saturday July 12, 2008 @01:35PM
from the allfacebook.com dept.

http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/07/signs-point-to-payment-platform-launch/

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IPhone Users Plagued by Software Problems

Posted by lurkage on Saturday July 12, 2008 @01:13PM
from the nytimes.com dept.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/12/business/12iphone.html?em&ex=1216008000&en=16fd8ededbae4515&ei=5070

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Re:Search War: Yahoo Opens Its Search Engine to Attack Google With An ... on Thursday July 10, 2008 @11:29AM (#242489)

Ancient version: Gauls send swarms of untrained levies to attack Roman legion.

The soft heap: an approximate priority queue with optimal error rate

Posted by lurkage on Thursday July 10, 2008 @08:05AM
from the citeseerx.ist.psu.edu dept.

http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.5.9705

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Researcher offers insight into DNS flaw

Posted by lurkage on Thursday July 10, 2008 @08:02AM
from the news.cnet.com dept.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10789_3-9985815-57.html?hhTest=1

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The iPhone App Store "an attempt to dominate the next generation of computing"

Posted by lurkage on Thursday July 10, 2008 @07:59AM
from the nytimes.com dept.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/10/technology/personaltech/10apps.html?_r=1&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin

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Segway CTO Leaves to Become Apple Product Design VP

Posted by lurkage on Monday July 07, 2008 @01:43AM
from the radar.oreilly.com dept.

http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/07/segway-cto-leaves-for-apple-as.html

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Google, Zen Master of the Market

Posted by lurkage on Monday July 07, 2008 @01:36AM
from the nytimes.com dept.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/07/technology/07google.html?partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

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Study: High IQ turns academics into atheists

Posted by lurkage on Sunday July 06, 2008 @09:49AM
from the timeshighereducation.co.uk dept.

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=402381

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Ultra Mobile PC Buyer's Guide

Posted by lurkage on Sunday July 06, 2008 @09:45AM
from the informationweek.com dept.

http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/handheld/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=208801521

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The Digital Book, Unfurled

Posted by lurkage on Sunday July 06, 2008 @09:44AM
from the nytimes.com dept.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/technology/06novelties.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

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Re:On Day Care, Google Makes a Rare Fumble on Saturday July 05, 2008 @03:37PM (#237215)

"I'm mostly interested in the emotional fragility of parents and wanted to see what would happen if I pointed out that logic does not back up his reaction."

= trolling

Why Fly When You Can Float?

Posted by lurkage on Saturday July 05, 2008 @02:44PM
from the nytimes.com dept.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/05/business/worldbusiness/05dirigible.html?em&ex=1215403200&en=1e92da7c73a0bb5b&ei=5070

( Read More... | 1 comment | 6 points | on HN )

What Socrates really said about knowledge

Posted by lurkage on Saturday July 05, 2008 @02:43PM
from the skeptic.com dept.

http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/08-06-25.html#feature

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Re:Redeye VC: The Story of Francis Bates on Wednesday July 02, 2008 @12:36PM (#234240)

Francis Bates became one of the first Silicon Valley entrepreneurs

More like he was an entrepreneur who, much earlier, happened to live in the region that became Silicon Valley.