Several unnamed sources are telling the satellite radio news site that the uSirius Starplayr program is being submitted to Apple over the weekend. The third-party application will then be just a head nod away from its official release through Apple’s App Store.
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Shelter opens in Fort St. John
Alberta Daily Herald Tribune – 17 hours ago FORT ST. JOHN, BC – A so-called extreme weather shelter has opened in Fort St. John so homeless people have a place to go when it’s dangerously cold to sleep outside. Cold weather fills Salvation Army shelter KSWO Winter program for homeless wraps up Nanaimo Daily News all 3 news articles |
We can’t stop now, can we? Here’s an argument against the impending end of NASA’s human space program as the Shuttle preps for retirement. Now let YOUR voice be heard.
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Ferndale lighting company offer free energy efficient light bulbs …
Metromode Media – 3 hours ago Ferndale-based Lighting Supply Co. is offering free compact fluorescent light bulbs to nonprofits through a program called Bright Earth. Say 'no' to those hazardous curly light bulbs Times and Transcript Bright Ideas Canoe.ca MarketWatch (press release) – PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) all 13 news articles |
The Democratic-controlled House approved 9 billion in spending increases and tax cuts at the heart of President Barack Obama’s economic recovery program Wednesday evening, despite Republicans’ charges that the bill is wasteful. The measure passed by a vote of 244-188. Eleven Democrats voted against the measure, while no Republicans supported it.
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Bid to rein in cellphone photography may prove to be tone deaf …
Globe and Mail – 13 hours ago A New York congressman has introduced a bill that would force US phone manufacturers to program an audible tone that plays every time the cellphone's camera is used, in an effort to stem the voyeuristic tide of revealing, unauthorized photography. Camera phone predators targeted in shutter-sound bill The Tech Herald Congress and Camera Phones Aren't Clicking PC World CNET News – Register – Techtree.com – ABC News all 66 news articles |
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I'm a sceptic now, says ex-NASA climate boss
Register – 7 hours ago By Andrew Orlowski • Get more from this author The retired scientist formerly in charge of key NASA climate programs has come out as a sceptic. Global warming guru 'embarrassed NASA' National Post Global Warming News Roundup The National Center for Public Policy Research FOXNews – NewsBusters – Right Side News – Stop the ACLU all 12 news articles |
Saudi Arabian officials boast that the Care Rehabilitation Center has successfully deprogrammed scores of former jihadis, including scores of ex-inmates from the U.S.’s Guantánamo Bay military prison. The Obama Administration has announced that Gitmo will close within a year, and is already being accused by some of jeopardizing national security.
patentpundit writes “BioArts International announced today that they have delivered the world’s first commercially cloned dog, a 10-week old Labrador named Lancey, to Florida residents Edgar and Nina Otto. According to the press release issued by the company, ‘BioArts International is a biotech company focused on unique, untapped markets in the global companion animal, stem cell and human genomics industries. The Best Friends Again programis a collaboration between BioArts and the Sooam Biotech Research Foundation in South Korea, home to the best and most experienced dog cloning team in the world.’ The technology that makes this animal cloning possible stems from the cloning patents developed at the Roslin Institute for the cloning of the now famous, or infamous depending on your view, Dolly the sheep.”
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nandemoari writes “After flirting with open source development for some time, Microsoft has made another step towards real commitment with the release of source code for Web Sandbox, a program used to test and secure web site content. The Sandbox source code will be released under the Apache 2.0 license, an open source license agreement allowing the content creator to maintain copyright while permitting others to develop the product for their own use. Microsoft has gradually been increasing their involvement with the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) since 2008 when they agreed to fund development of certain ASF initiatives.”
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