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View Article  Towel Day
Wait till I come! ?  Towel Day

Oh no, I forgot :(
View Article  Five Things you should never buy new (includes houses)
User advocate Clark Howard recommends to only buy the following thing used:

1. Cars
2. Houses
3. Kids' Stuff
4. Musical Instruments
5. CDs & DVDs

For more information, watch his video: Clark Howard Prefers Used (WSBTV)

[via LifeHacker]
View Article  Information wants to be free
Dutch academics declare research free-for-all

Scientists from all major Dutch universities officially launched a website on Tuesday where all their research material can be accessed for free. Interested parties can get hold of a total of 47,000 digital documents from 16 institutions the Digital Academic Repositories. No other nation in the world offers such easy access to its complete academic research output in digital form, the researchers claim. Obviously, commercial publishers are not amused.

Great. Giving free access to research information could speed up progress. I love it!



View Article  Password Security in the US
As always I am running a little behind (this was published 6 days ago):
Americans are pants at password security | The Register

Americans are just as blasé about password security as the Brits, according to a new survey. Two out three three people (180 of 272) approached in a downtown San Francisco street by researchers were happy to provide their password in exchange for a coffee gift card. Of those respondents that declined offering their actual password, 51 provided a clue about their password in exchange for a $3 Starbucks gift voucher.

I wonder how many people couldn't actually tell them the password because they have it saved on their computer - not a very secure alternative.
View Article  Nokia Sensor: Blootooth flirting?
Nokia - Nokia Sensor
Meet other Bluetooth enabled users in your surroundings, if they are using a Nokia phone with Nokia Sensor.

Note how the people in the Nokia demonstration constantly use their phone while it seems that they are with other people? ;-)

View Article  Chinese Internet powered by new.net?
ICANNWatch | China announces 3 new TLDs

Apparently the Chinese government has invented their own TLDs without any involvement of ICANN. Another Namespace? Maybe the Chinese government is going to enhance their huge Intranet with the help of those TLDs, maybe this will be a new New.NET. Interesting, let's see where this goes.

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