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Climate Models Trump Financial Models Phew! (2)
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While earth scientists and investment bankers both employ data-heavy computer models, climate models are on much firmer ground than their shaky financial counterparts. Wired.comShared by biochimia (11) Oneiros (62)Contribute comment -
Inside Operation Highlander: NSA's Wiretapping of Americans Overseas (4)
onA top secret NSA wiretapping facility accused of wiretapping innocent Americans abroad was hastily staffed with inexperienced reservists in the months following September 11, where they worked under conflicting orders and with little supervision, according to three former workers at spy complex. Wired.comContribute comment
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Real Ad Men Talk About Mad Men (2)
onEvery week on AMC TV's Mad Men, the men and women at Sterling Cooper create and design retro 1960s ad campaigns, all while obsessively chain-smoking, drinking and womanizing. Wired.com asks a real-world ad man about the show’s realism and relevance to the advertising industry today. Wired.comShared by Paul Denlinger (80) rzklkng (202)Contribute comment
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Underground Whispering Campaign Could Undermine McCain (6)
onAn e-mail circulating online that looks like a revealing personal account of a vacation taken with John McCain could undermine his image of an upright character since a lot of people appear to believe unverified information forwarded to them by their friends. Wired.comShared by adamconner7 (75) Ahsan Navid Hussain (499) benh (35) Jason R. Hunter (39) Ritu (651) Todd Albertson (42)Contribute comment
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Scientists: Virginia Shark's Pup a 'Virgin Birth' (3)
onScientists have confirmed the second case of a "virgin birth" in a shark. In a study reported Friday in the Journal of Fish Biology, scientists said DNA testing proved that a pup carried by a female Atlantic blacktip shark in the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center contained no genetic material from a male. Wired.comContribute comment
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How to Convert Vinyl LPs to MP3s (11)
onGot stacks of Stax soul? A trove of treasures from Treasure Isle? It's remarkably easy to convert those old vinyl sides to play on your iPod. All you need is a turntable, a good audio cable and some free software and you'll be reliving vinyl's glory days in crystal-clear (and wear-free) digital sound. Got extra tips? Log in and contribute. Wired.comShared by Alex Dumitru (288) Amit Chowdhry (212) bodzasfanta (167) Christopher Yee Mon (141) Dedalus (30) Graeme (197) jason (10) Jeff Trexler (12) Juras Vetrau (19) Scott (14) SEMaven (39)Contribute comment
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New Chips Poised to Revolutionize Photography, Film (29)
onNew professional-grade digital SLRs equipped with high-definition video features stand on the forefront of a revolution for film and photography. Wired.comShared by Absalon Isaac Prieto (4) Adam Singer (30) AmyVernon (677) Babychen Mathew (357) Colin (27) Danny Brown (71) Dylan Tweney (8) Graeme (197) Henry Webb (20) jason o (328) kamandal (681) Kol Tregaskes (30) Krazy (506) MeghnaK (879) Michael Bartnett (110) Patty (14) Paul Edwards (60) Peter Dean (1) Praveen Vasudev (7) Raj Dandekar (9) Ryan Armitage (33) Sonny Gill (7) stillblue (5) subbu (41) Sun Tzu (713) timothyt (100) Toby (228) Tommy Inglis (56) wcaw (78)Contribute comment
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One-Organism Ecosystem Discovered in African Gold Mine | Wired Science from Wired.com (15)
onScientists discovered the only known ecosystem that consists of just one organism. Found in a gold mine in South Africa, the ecosystem could be a model for early life on Earth or other planets. Wired.comShared by AJ Cann (7) Alex (16) alex mclean (6) Ankesh (38) David Kettler (33) Jacob Carroll Ingalls (42) jason o (328) Justin Simonsen (55) laura (38) madMilo (20) NasirJumani (338) NOLFXceptMe (23) robin (17) sanja (16) UoL Blog Network (23)
- NOLFXceptMe said: Check out the whole story. An interesting read.
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Video of the First 24 Hours of an Embryo's Cells | Wired Science from Wired.com (18)
onWatch the first-ever video of the first 24 hours of an embryo at the cellular level. A zebrafish embryo goes from a single cell to 20,000 cells that have begun to organize into specialized tissue. Wired.comShared by Chad (3) Convoluted (7) danb420 (48) gülnur öztürk (4) hikbi (186) HUNG (114) illu (50) Jeff F. (372) Jeff Lundberg (11) Keenan (20) Kevin De Mulder (26) Krazy (506) Leena (1064) Louis (13) MASTERMIND (65) n2linux (12) Rick Jessup (9) ShamanicShift (32)Contribute comment
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Apple Likely to Launch New Notebooks Next Week (52)
onApple sends out press invitations to a special event next week, where it is expected to launch sub-$1,000 Mac notebooks. Wired.comShared by 8dee (97) Alain Edouard (109) alyssa (32) Aractor (24) Arijit Das (476) Ben (55) Ben S (36) Brad Chmielewski (5) Brajeshwar (31) BrendoMan (348) Cam (2) Cameron Yeager (13) Chet Nichols III (2) crashtron (19) Creeva (88) Daniel Hedman (2) Daniel Marcus (12) Dean Clark (43) Ed Cline (45) Elmer Thomas (178) Eric (69) Hens Zimmerman (42) James Spinosa (65) Jay Bandoy (56) Jonathan (18) Josh (6) Julian Lukács (23) Justin (9) Justin Pearson (26) Karen Mohler (9) Karl Mathias Moberg (1) Kevin McAfee (24) Lee (38) Lyndon Antcliff (712) Matt Lopez (28) mattlopez (24) Michael Liu (2) Mike Butler (13) Mr. BabyMan (506) Nikollas Ordway (62) novon (37) Rene Rattur (29) Rhiannon (223) Rick Butterfield (49) rmg7344 (6) shivanand (23) Steven (2) Steven Bullen (303) wcaw (78) will (125) Zach Tarr (7) ZayneHumphrey (16)Contribute comment
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Photos: Is This the MacBook 'Brick'? | Gadget Lab from Wired.com (2)
onA handful of "leaked spy shots" come by way of Chinese forum site Elesson and purportedly show the new MacBook Brick, carved – as the rumors go – from a single block of aluminum. Whether this has anything to do with the 'Brick' rumors we don't know, but these shots are certainly good. I can't spot any obvious photoshopping, so I'll put my head on the block here and call them as real. Wired.comShared by Angus (32) Stacey Gordon (6)Contribute comment
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[Preview]: Hands On With The BlackBerry Storm - Wired (2)
onIf you read the tech blogs (especially this one) with any regularity then you’re already familiar with the long and winding rumor road that leads to the touchscreen BlackBerry. Yesterday, folks from RIM and Verizon stopped by the Wired offices to give us a hands-on with the touch enabled device that they have dubbed the Storm, and we are now in full rumor-busting mode.To put it mildly, we’ve seen a butt-load of handset makers jump ...
- Pradeep said: + Tactile feedback, Cut&Paste, 3.2MP with Video.- No Wifi, 5.46oz (~160 grams).Launching before December 25.
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Automate BitTorrent Downloads - Wired How-To Wiki (3)
onWe've shown you the basics, then we demonstrated how how you can control your torrents remotely. Now, we'll show you how to automate your torrent client. Automatically download your favorite TV shows while you sleep and throttle your torrent's bandwidth while you work. We'll show you how to set it and forget it. Wired.comContribute comment
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Oct. 9, 2000: Ozone Hole Exposes Chilean City (7)
on2000: The Antarctic ozone hole extends so far north that health officials in Punta Arenas, Chile, start warning residents not to go out in the midday sun. At 53 degrees south latitude, Punta Arenas is the world's southernmost city, sitting on the Straits of Magellan only 900 miles from Antarctica. The city of 150,000 people had suffered about a 12 percent loss in average ozone levels since 1980, but was usually beyond the edge of ...Shared by Dominic Foster (257) Gerard (183) ginny (27) Jeff F. (372) Leena (1064) lovemorgul (699) Yada (157)Contribute comment
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Palin Hacker Allegedly Involved in Another Computer Intrusion (2)
onA 20-year-old Tennessee student who was indicted this week for gaining unauthorized access to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's Yahoo account, was involved in another computer intrusion years ago while in high school, a former teacher says. David Kernell and a fellow classmate guessed the password to a system storing lesson plans and got detention for it, the teacher says. Wired.comShared by Graeme (197) Matthew (22)
- Matthew said: "'There but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford."
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Show Us Your Company Gear (3)
onAre you working on a laptop that's as big as most current desktops? Do you get to use a particularly sweet piece of equipment for your job? We want to see the gear you use every day that's issued by your employer. Show us what wired workers are using out there. Use the Reddit widget below to submit your best Motion photo and vote for your favorite among the other submissions. If we like your ...Contribute comment
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Google's Super Satellite Captures First Image | Wired Science from Wired.com (22)
onGeoEye-1, the satellite Google has an exclusive arrangement with, snapped its first photo on Oct. 7 -- of Kutztown University in Pennsylvania. The world's highest-resolution satellite will provide images for Google Earth and Google Maps. Wired.comShared by Alain Edouard (109) Andréia Bohner (49) Carl Dunn3 (24) cgsheldon (276) Chris (27) Christopher (58) David Ciccarelli (8) dknowles (47) Doug (67) Edin (32) Felipe G (2) Gerardo Capetillo (15) guy (431) J. Phil (65) Jenn dlv (62) Kevin Champion (14) Pradeep (24) Ralph Poole (23) Rick Turoczy (264) Sander Duivestein (3) Sherlock (23) Travis (43)
- Jenn dlv said: Aw Isaac shared an article by my bestie, B Chen <3
- Pradeep said: //There's one catch for Google: While the GeoEye-1 will provide imagery to the NGA at the maximum resolution of 43 centimeters, Google will only receive images at a 50-centimeter resolution because of a government restriction//Shows "2008 Google - Imagery 2008 DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, Map data 2008 Tele Atlas" when I use Google maps now. RWW has image-comparison here: http://bit.ly/323BQQ.
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Scouting the Blogs of Internet Icons (3)
onSeveral superstars of the tech world have started up their own blogs, allowing us to bask in their deep thoughts and cower from the brilliance of their devastating insight. If only some of them would post more often. Wired.comContribute comment
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How to Back Up Your Tumblr Blog (4)
onThe barely-there Tumblr blogging platform is one of our favorite Web 2.0 publishing tools. But Tumblr packs only a handful of default features, and it's missing an easy way to archive your past posts. Webmonkey covers the workarounds, hacks and apps for backing up your tumble log. Did we miss one? Add it to our wiki. Wired.comContribute comment
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Bailout Bill Rife With Tasty Green Pork (1)
onThe financial bailout bill that passed on Oct. 3 has a wide range of obscure green energy provisions, in addition to the better-known wind and solar credits, that seed the field for future green energy legislation. Wired.comShared by severud (40)Contribute comment
