Universal flu vaccine tests start (1)
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via: BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition (drop this source • show all sources) • help relevance: in Top News Feeds • measles (tell me more...) rate it: | A universal flu vaccine which could mean an end to the annual flu jab is being trialled on UK volunteers. Email this Save to del.icio.us Digg this Technorati Cosmos Links Sphere: Related Content
Canon starts teaser campaign, evolved 5D expected (1)
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via: Engadget (drop this source • show all sources) • help relevance: Canon • Personal Hot Topic (tell me more...) rate it: | Filed under: Digital Cameras Canon just launched its teaser campaign dubbed, "Destined Evolution." There's no way at this point to know for sure, but that certainly looks like a compact, full-frame 5D body (pictured after the break) given the button locations, mode dial, and seemingly lack of a pop-up flash. Three years ...
Reflections of a Newsosaur: Newspaper sales fall record $3B in 6 mos. (4)
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Marc Andreessen bookmarked a page on delicious Reflections of a Newsosaur: Newspaper sales fall record $3B in 6 mos. 10:33 am - Comment
Gap Widens in Online Advertising (Jessica E. Vascellaro/Wall Street Journal) (4)
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Jessica E. Vascellaro / Wall Street Journal: Gap Widens in Online Advertising — Rivals Struggle to Catch Up to Google As Buyers Favor Search Ads Over Display — Spending on Internet advertising is climbing at a healthy clip — rising 20% in the U.S. in the second quarter — and growth forecasts are strong despite the weak economy.
Google Chrome EULA Claims Ownership of Everything You Create Using Chrome, From Blog Posts to Emails [Google Chrome] (1)
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via: Gizmodo (drop this source • show all sources) • help relevance: Top • Web 2.0 (tell me more...) rate it: | So, are you enjoying the snappy, clean performance of Google Chrome since downloading yesterday? If so, you might want to take a closer peek at the end user license agreement you didn't pay any attention to when downloading and installing it. Because according to what you agreed to, Google owns everything you publish ...
Six Degrees of Separation Is Now Three (72)
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Is it time to revise the old saw that everyone in the world is connected by just six degrees of separation? A study from French mobile carrier O2 has found that strangers are more connected to each other than they ever have been. According to the study, the average person is now connected by just three degrees within a shared “interest” or social group instead of six. In fact, it found that people are usually ...
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Oudi Antebi said:
very interesting.... and probably true
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catepol said:
anche meno di tre se continuo ad avere una crescita esponenziale di contatti su tutti i social network conosciuti :-)
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Adam said:
LinkedIN to hold funeral for degrees four, five and six.
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Jeffrey said:
another so-so, interesting idea, needs more proof
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Kluzter said:
¡toma eso Milgram! predigo que en 12 años reduciremos el número a 2
Mythbusters RFID hacking episode canned by credit card company lawyers (1)
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via: Engadget (drop this source • show all sources) • help relevance: Personal Hot Topic • in Gadgets Feeds (tell me more...) rate it: | Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Although it's no secret that RFID is easily hacked (see: train passes , passports , credit cards , one billion other cards , etc .) it's still not necessarily common knowledge, and it sounds like the major credit card companies want to keep it that way ...
Study: 88% of IT Pros Would Steal Passwords or Data if Fired [Security] (1)
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via: Gizmodo (drop this source • show all sources) • help relevance: Security • in Gadgets Feeds (tell me more...) rate it: | If you needed another reason to keep your sysadmins happy: Out of 300 IT pros polled by security company Cyber Ark, 88% said they would steal sensitive data or futz with master login passwords if they happened to be fired. Granted, this is a study publicized by a company that offers services ...
How to Be a Curious Photographer (63)
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Photo by -bwr- A few months ago I wrote a post on how curiosity is a characteristic of great photographers. I was rereading this post earlier this week and began to ask myself a few questions: How do some people end up more curious than others? Is Curiosity a personality trait or can it be learned? How can I be more curious? As I pondered these questions I thought of the images that I see ...
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James Whatley said:
Thanks to Robert Scoble for the initial share. I got halfway through this article before and I had to go and start taking photos...:)
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Jeff said:
Great post - I need to work on every single one of the suggestions listed here ...
Google Ignites a New Browser War With Microsoft By Unveiling ... (Kara Swisher/BoomTown) (8)
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Kara Swisher / BoomTown: Google Ignites a New Browser War With Microsoft By Unveiling One of its Own This Week — In its most frontal and aggressive attack on Microsoft yet, sources with knowledge of the project said Google is preparing to unveil a new browser-ready for download to users as early as tomorrow-to try …
Tech: Improving Windows Server 2008 failover capabilities for Hyper-V 1.0 (1)
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Two weeks ago Microsoft released an update for Windows Server 2008 to improve the failover capabilities when the OS is configured to work as Hyper-V parent partition. The package includes a long list of enhancements: Changes to the virtual machine view Changes to virtual machine actions Allow for more than one virtual machine in a "Services or Applications" group Add support for mount points or volumes without a drive letter Changes to the virtual machine ...
Inside India's CAPTCHA solving economy (Dancho Danchev/Zero Day) (8)
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Dancho Danchev / Zero Day: Inside India's CAPTCHA solving economy — No CAPTCHA can survive a human that's receiving financial incentives for solving it, and with an army of low-waged human CAPTCHA solvers officially in the business of “data processing” while earning a mere $2 for solving a thousand CAPTCHA's …
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This is news to me... CAPTCHA solving forces...
Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Technical Overview for IT Pros (1)
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Internet Explorer 8 is enterprise ready: Internet Explorer 8 is the business-ready browser with Enterprise-class deployment, management, compatibility and security as a standard. It is designed to be compatible with applications written for Internet Explorer 7 and has a complete range of deployment tools including a deployment guide, Internet Explorer Administration Kit for customization, Slipstream, Systems Center Configuration Manager and Windows Server Update Services. More than 1,300 group policies are included in Internet Explorer 8 ...
Unconfirmed: More Canon EOS 5D Mark II Specs Leak, Lookin' Good [Rumor] (1)
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via: Gizmodo (drop this source • show all sources) • help relevance: Canon (tell me more...) rate it: | We can say with pretty high confidence that a 5D successor, the 5D Mk II, will be hitting before '08 is out, and with Photokina coming up later this month, rumors are beginning to fly. Canon Rumors is vouching for their source that just dropped them the following tasty-looking specs on the new full-frame sensor, top-end ...
Battle of the Blue Badges: Volkswagen overtakes Ford as world's 3rd largest automaker (4)
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Filed under: Ford, VolkswagenWhile Toyota and General Motors continue to duke it out for first place among the world's largest automakers, the lower rungs have been equally hotly contested. It came as a shock to many that Hyundai-Kia had surpassed Honda to take the Number 5 spot, but if you think the battle is being waged purely between the Far East and North America, don't discount Europe for long. The continent's largest auto group, Volkswagen, ...
Canon EOS 50D and 18-200mm hands-on previews (18)
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Just Posted! We've just posted our in-depth hands on preview of Canon's new digital SLR, the EOS 50D. We've also produced a preview of Canon's new 'super zoom' lens - the EF-S 18-200mm F3.5-5.6 IS - which will be offered as a kit lens with the new camera. Find out more after the link.
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Jake said:
So much low light high iso goodness...
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Thomas Stromberg said:
It's about time that Canon made a 'super zoom' that I could recommend to my friends.
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This makes me drool. Damn cameras making me lose my hard earned money...
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WANT.
Canon announces EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens (10)
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Pre-Photokina 2008: Canon today has also introduced the EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Zoom lens. With an equivalent focal length of 29-320mm, the lens offers 11x zoom range. It also features a 16 element, 12 group construction including UD and aspherical lens elements and a 4-stop optical Image Stabilizer.