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China Shuts Down 91 Websites

The Chinese government threatened to block 19 websites unless objectionable material was removed. Its warnings were not heeded so now it’s taken down ...

By The_root_of_all_evil Legacy AuthorJanuary 12, 2009

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The First Pirate Bust Of 2009

It’s not a happy new year for one UK resident who was busted for piracy. The unnamed Staffordshire man, in his thirties, was ...

By The_root_of_all_evil Legacy AuthorJanuary 9, 2009

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Magnets Are Now Re-Volting

Fancy ditching all those fiddly wires that keep tripping you up? Get yourself a magnetic Powermat or get eCoupled. The Powermat, revealed at ...

By The_root_of_all_evil Legacy AuthorJanuary 9, 2009

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Screwed by Time Warner? Get a PS3

After threatening to pull channels like Comedy Central and MTV from cable company Time Warner, Viacom is bringing its programming to the PlayStation ...

By The_root_of_all_evil Legacy AuthorJanuary 8, 2009

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Computer Security Companies Vow to Block Police

Two computer security vendors claim that they will block police access to protected systems, even if the law allows it. A little known ...

By The_root_of_all_evil Legacy AuthorJanuary 8, 2009

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Obama: Your Friendly Neighbourhood President-Elect

Two heroes meet after defeating their arch-nemeses. One of them is Spider-Man. January 14th sees the release of Amazing Spider-Man #583, in which ...

By The_root_of_all_evil Legacy AuthorJanuary 8, 2009

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Prisoner Sues Intel For $5 Billion

Inmate Matthew Young claims that Steve Jobs stole the idea of his “Lancelot” and passed it onto Intel. Matthew Robert Young, currently incarcerated ...

By The_root_of_all_evil Legacy AuthorJanuary 7, 2009

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6 Year Old Drives To School Courtesy Of “GTA Skills”

A six-year-old used the skills he learned playing GTA to drive himself to school – or at least part of the way there. ...

By The_root_of_all_evil Legacy AuthorJanuary 7, 2009

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Tetris “Helps To Reduce Trauma”

UK Researchers have shown that playing the classic Russian block puzzle Tetris can help people deal with distressing images. In the experiment, PLoS ...

By The_root_of_all_evil Legacy AuthorJanuary 7, 2009

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