bloglog » Tuesday 08 July 2008
08 July 2008
suicide bomber rocks kabul; 41 dead
08-07-08
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Suicide bomber detonates car at Indian embassy where men line up for visas.
austrian incest victim to be questioned
08-07-08
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Questioning Fritzl incest victim set for July; doctor to determine how baby died
40 years for global warming progress? g-8 to halve emissions by 2050
08-07-08
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G-8 called on major economies to stem potentially dangerous rise in world temps.
wwdc '08: charlie wood (spanning sync)
08-07-08
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Filed under: Software, Video, WWDC, DeveloperI have officially managed to finish sorting and editing all of the footage from WWDC. The last video in our series is a chat with Charlie Wood from Spanning Sync. He managed to make it to an early appointment at my hotel on the morning I was leaving, despite having made the most of a large-scale bash the evening before.
If you're not familiar with Spanning Sync, it's an application that provides synchr
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apple details what you need to bring for iphone purchase
08-07-08
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Filed under: Retail, Apple, iPhoneApple has posted some information regarding where to buy the iPhone 3G and what to bring to the store so you can get up and running. According to Apple, in-store activations will occur at Apple's retail stores. "Let a Specialist help you choose your iPhone, check the network coverage where you live, select a rate plan, review the contract terms, and - best of all - activate your new iPhone in just a few minutes,"
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south pacific island niue considers tobacco ban
08-07-08
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Health officials want to make the tiny South Pacific island of Niue the first country in the world to be fully smoke-free by banning tobacco.
pre-columbian treasure trove recovered in florida
08-07-08
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Federal authorities in Miami have recovered a treasure trove of pre-Columbian gold, artifacts and emeralds, and plan to return the items to the Colombian government.
world leaders reject mugabe's election
08-07-08
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World leaders are rejecting the legitimacy of Robert Mugabe's election in Zimbabwe and have called for officials in that country to work for a prompt, peaceful resolution of the political crisis.
cheney wanted cuts in climate testimony
08-07-08
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Vice President Dick Cheney's office pushed for major deletions in congressional testimony on the public health consequences of climate change, fearing the presentation by a leading health official might make it harder to avoid regulating greenhouse gases, a former EPA officials maintains.
jack kevorkian's congressional bid moves forward
08-07-08
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Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian has collected enough signatures to be on the November ballot as a congressional candidate in Michigan.
us and czech republic sign defense agreement
08-07-08
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The United States and the Czech Republic on Tuesday signed an initial agreement to base a U.S. missile shield in Eastern Europe, saying the system will help protect U.S. allies from a bellicose and unpredictable Iran.
aerovironment sells hurl 'n' splash roboplane to us spec-ops
08-07-08
15:12
GMTSnake-eaters SEAL $200m porta-drone deal
The US Special Operations Command, SOCOM - aka the "snake eater community"* - has just placed a new order for hand-launched aerial surveillance robots which could be worth up to $200m and see hundreds of portable drones delivered.?
minister urges end to videogame rating feud
08-07-08
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GMTThink of the children, pleads Hodge
The government has called on the UK?s two videogame classification bodies to stop their slanging match over which of their age-suitability rating systems is best.?
greene washed out of vmware as revs undershoot
08-07-08
15:12
GMTMS veteran replaces co-founder
VMWare co-founder Diane Greene left the company today as it announced it would undershoot its full year revenue targets.?
can t-mobile get an android onto us market in '08?
08-07-08
15:12
GMTGoogle's muscle put to the test
T-Mobile will be pushing out an Android handset in time for its US 3G launch on 1 October, according to rumours floating around the internet. But that deadline could cost the Android ideal dearly.?
eco-satnav software solves 'drive or walk' decisions
08-07-08
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GMTCalculates CO2 emissions or calories consumed
Torn between driving or walking to the gym? Well, now a mobile application?s available that calculates how much CO2 using the care will produce, versus the number of calories you?ll burn with an eco-friendly walk.?




