Jan 14 2009

Read website terms carefully before hitting 'accept' button – Telegraph-Journal

Read website terms carefully before hitting 'accept' button
Telegraph-Journal – 12 Jan 2009
VANCOUVER – It's become a routine of signing up for email, online dating services or social networking websites: casually clicking "Accept" below several pages of dense legalese that none of us ever read.
With Facebook, who needs friends? Detroit Free Press
The Facebook phenomenon Rome News-Tribune
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Jan 14 2009

Florida Lawmakers Propose Bill To Make Bestiality A Felony

Florida lawmakers have again pitched a bill that it would make it a felony to have sex with animals.

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Jan 14 2009

Sony X Series Walkman include a touchscreen – Digital Home


Pocket-lint.co.uk

Sony X Series Walkman include a touchscreen
Digital Home – 10 hours ago
Taking a page out the Apple playbook, Sony last week announced its new X-series of portable media players which feature a three inch Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) touch screen.
CES 2009 wrap-up: portable audio and video CNET News
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Jan 14 2009

Expect blue skies, no snow and one heck of a cold snap – Metro Canada – Ottawa

Expect blue skies, no snow and one heck of a cold snap
Metro Canada – Ottawa – 1 hour ago
Environment Canada meteorologist Geoff Coulson said the temperature in Ottawa is expected to drop to below -30 C by Friday. With the cold air moving in last night, Coulson said there is potential for a wind chill today that could push the mercury as …
Better bundle up Chatham Daily News
A ‘noteworthy’ cold snap hits Toronto National Post
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Jan 14 2009

Tesla may use Evonik battery cell widely – Reuters


The Associated Press

Tesla may use Evonik battery cell widely
Reuters – 2 hours ago
By Chang-Ran Kim and Kevin Krolicki DETROIT (Reuters) – Electric car startup Tesla Motors Inc said on Tuesday it may use battery cells produced by Evonik Degussa GmbH, an affiliate of Daimler AG, for its own cars if they proved a better option than …
AUTOSHOW-UPDATE 2-Tesla to supply battery for electric Smart Reuters India
Tesla Motors to Supply Batteries For Daimler's Electric Mini Car Wall Street Journal
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Jan 14 2009

The Daily Show Goes to Pundit School

I never went to pundit school, but I did go to public school, which is pretty much the same thing. After all, “pundit” and “public” almost rhyme, and in public school, I never learned about Neville Chamberlain either.

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Jan 13 2009

WIND CHILL WARNING issued for Timmins-Cochrane – Timmins Daily Press

WIND CHILL WARNING issued for Timmins-Cochrane
Timmins Daily Press – 5 hours ago
WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR MINUS 40. THIS IS A WARNING THAT EXTREME WIND CHILL CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS. SNOWFALL WARNING FOR NORTH BAY – NIPISSING.
Severe winter weather on way for rest of week YorkRegion.com
Cold, cold, some snow, then more cold Niagara Falls Review
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Jan 13 2009

Fire service given 'poor' rating – BBC News

Fire service given 'poor' rating
BBC News – 12 Jan 2009
Cornwall's fire service and the body that oversees it have been labelled as "poor" by a government watchdog. A report by the Audit Commission said the brigade and its fire authority were underperforming, and lowered their rating from fair, …
Fire fighters praised for improvements Grantham Today
Cornwall fire service is 'poor' This Is The Westcountry
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Jan 13 2009

Palm’s Strategy for a Comeback from the Death Bed

Palm shows off its new Pre smartphone, and its webOS platform is the coolest thing we’ve seen since the iPhone. But is this enough? Palm just might survive. The company’s new webOS platform is the coolest thing I’ve seen since the iPhone. The card-based usage metaphor,

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Jan 13 2009

The world’s worst firemen burn down their own station

Investigators believe the firemen could have triggered the blaze themselves in a training exercise accident.

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