Jan 28 2009

Review: Gloves with fancy fingers for iPhone use – The Associated Press


Washington Post

Review: Gloves with fancy fingers for iPhone use
The Associated Press – 6 hours ago
MONTREAL (AP) – Winter tests the patience of many iPhone users. After all, Apple Inc.'s device, like other gadgets with touch-screen technology, will work only with the touch of an uncovered finger.
Gloves have fancy fingers for touch-screen use Salt Lake Tribune
New gloves for touch-based smartphones Sync
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Jan 28 2009

Your Review: Skate 2 – The Age


The Age

Your Review: Skate 2
The Age – 6 hours ago
As revealed in my first post for the year, Screen Play's Your Turn series of blogs contributed by readers is expanding in 2009 to include game reviews.
EA's Skate 2 game review Crave Online
Review: Skate 2 (Xbox 360) GameFocus
VG-Reloaded.com
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Jan 28 2009

Habitat for Humanity meeting attracts interested parties – Portage Daily Graphic

Habitat for Humanity meeting attracts interested parties
Portage Daily Graphic – 11 hours ago
About 35 people showed up at the Tupper Street Family Resource Centre Tuesday to hear what they have to do apply for a Habitat for Humanity house.
Habitat in need of family partners Port Huron Times Herald
Habitat for Humanity Informational Meeting A Success Portage Online
NJ.com
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Jan 28 2009

TechCrunch founder Mike Arrington to take a break – San Jose Mercury News


AFP

TechCrunch founder Mike Arrington to take a break
San Jose Mercury News – 42 minutes ago
By Scott Duke Harris The tech-news blogosphere is known to be a frenetic, unfriendly pressure cooker that has been suspected of causing heart attacks among practitioners.
Blogger Infighting Played a Role, Says TechCrunch Founder Wall Street Journal
Mike Arrington: Just a bit too important for startups? guardian.co.uk
Bizjournals.com – AFP – Los Angeles Times – Washington Post
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Jan 28 2009

California joins in on privacy day – VNUNet.com


Canada.com

California joins in on privacy day
VNUNet.com – 2 hours ago
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger issued a declaration which officially recognizes the second annual observance of the day. California is hardly alone in its privacy day push.
Data Privacy Day brings messages for Obama, consumers CNET News
Happy Data Privacy Day! Wall Street Journal
InformationWeek – InternetNews.com – TG Daily – BBC News
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Jan 28 2009

CIA Station Chief in Algeria Accused of Raping Muslim Women

The CIA’s station chief at its sensitive post in Algeria is under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department for allegedly raping at least two Muslim women who claim he laced their drinks with a knock-out drug, U.S. law enforcement sources tell ABC News. Officials say the 41-year old CIA officer, a convert to Islam, was ordered home by the U.S. A

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Jan 28 2009

AT&T, Comcast likely to help RIAA foil piracy

AT&T and Comcast, two of the nation’s largest Internet service providers, are expected to be among a group of ISPs that will cooperate with the music industry in battling illegal file sharing, three sources close to the companies told CNET News.

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Jan 28 2009

Cox Communications and "Congestion Management"

imamac writes “It appears Cox Communications is the next in line for throttling internet traffic. But it’s not throttling of course; Cox’s euphemism is ‘congestion management.’ From Cox’s explanation: ‘In February, Cox will begin testing a new method of managing traffic on our high-speed Internet network in our Kansas and Arkansas markets. During the occasional times the network is congested, this new technology automatically ensures that all time-sensitive Internet traffic — such as web pages, voice calls, streaming videos and gaming — moves without delay. Less time-sensitive traffic, such as file uploads, peer-to-peer and Usenet newsgroups, may be delayed momentarily…’ Sounds like throttling to me.”

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Jan 28 2009

Conquest should be banished from Rings franchise – Calgary Herald


EndSights

Conquest should be banished from Rings franchise
Calgary Herald – 12 hours ago
It is with little hesitation that I say that Electronic Arts' first two Lord of the Rings titles, The Two Towers and Return of the King, are among my favourite movie tie-ins.
Lord of the Rings: Conquest Head-To-Head IGN
Video Game Review: Lord of the Rings: Conquest Dose.ca
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Jan 28 2009

God stays in school speech despite group's campaign – Globe and Mail

God stays in school speech despite group's campaign
Globe and Mail – 26 Jan 2009
Edmonton — The University of Alberta has reached a compromise on a push by a group of campus atheists and agnostics to take God out of convocation ceremonies.
U of A changes God reference in convocation speech AOL Canada
U of A grad not quite Godless Edmonton Journal
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