Jan 26 2009

Wikipedia editors may approve all changes – guardian.co.uk


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Wikipedia editors may approve all changes
guardian.co.uk – 2 hours ago
Wikipedia faces a revolt among thousands of its contributors over proposals to change the way the online encyclopedia is run. Until now, Wikipedia has allowed anybody to make instant changes to almost all of its 2.7m entries, with only a handful of
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales calls for pre-approval of changes Times Online
Wikipedia May Make Itself Harder to Edit FOXNews
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Jan 26 2009

BlackBerry Storm: more thunder than lighting? – Christian Science Monitor


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BlackBerry Storm: more thunder than lighting?
Christian Science Monitor – 5 hours ago
By Chris Gaylord | 01.26.09 After two years of development and 0 million in advertisements, the BlackBerry Storm gets its first real report card Tuesday.
RIM shares fall on report of BlackBerry glitches BusinessWeek
RIM gets ready to retail BlackBerrys Business Standard
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Jan 26 2009

Nintendo’s Brain Age doesn’t work, researcher says – Christian Science Monitor


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Nintendo’s Brain Age doesn’t work, researcher says
Christian Science Monitor – 9 hours ago
By Andrew Heining | 01.26.09 A French researcher has disputed claims that Brain Age, a program for the handheld Nintendo DS video game system, can improve memory and mental acuity.
Nintendo brain-trainer 'no better than pencil and paper' Times Online
Study: Nintendo brain games don't make the grade CNET News
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Jan 26 2009

Verizon And AT&T: Standing Firm – Forbes


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Verizon And AT&T: Standing Firm
Forbes – 4 hours ago
Sprint Nextel grabbed headlines Monday with its plan to cut 8000 jobs by the end of the first quarter. But it's the performance of Sprint's (nyse: S – news – people ) larger rivals that will indicate the health of the telecom industry.
Verizon Adds Femtocell for Better Home Cell Calls PC Magazine
Earnings Preview: AT&T to report 4Q results The Associated Press
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Jan 26 2009

Barrage plan makes Severn estuary energy shortlist – guardian.co.uk


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Barrage plan makes Severn estuary energy shortlist
guardian.co.uk – 1 hour ago
A 10-mile barrage across the Severn is among five projects on a shortlist of potential schemes to harness the tidal power of the estuary published by the government today.
Severn Barrage is environmental balancing act Times Online
Britain's biggest engineering project since the Channel tunnel Independent
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Jan 26 2009

Gas Prices On The Rise, Again. Well…F**k!

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The average price for a gallon of gasoline in the United States continued to rise over the last two weeks in January, according to the nationwide Lundberg survey on Sunday. The national average for self-serve, regular unleaded…

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Jan 26 2009

Smokin’! U.S. pot industry booms.

Interesting video about the booming marijuana industry in the US.

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Jan 26 2009

Sold! Death Row Records Auctions Off Its History

Infamous items up for bid at the “Death Row Auction” on Jan. 25, ordered up by the US Bankruptcy Court on behalf of Suge Knight and Death Row Records. The controversial L.A. gangster rap label and its fearsome owner ran their pop culture course into the ground shortly after its flagship star, Tupac Shakur, was gunned down in Las Vegas in 1996.

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Jan 26 2009

Sen John Kerry: Torture weakened America’s national security

In a season of transformational changes, the order to close the Guantanamo Bay prison and CIA “black site” prisons, and the order to place interrogation in all American facilities by all U.S. personnel under the guidelines of the Army Field Manual send a powerful message that America’s struggle against terrorism will again honor American values.

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Jan 26 2009

New Zealand Man Finds US Army Files On MP3 Player

A New Zealand man has found confidential United States military files on an MP3 player he bought at an op shop in the US.

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