Expert: Iran `doctored' photo of missile launches

The Iranian government has fudged pictures to show more missiles at the time of launch. The Pictures were altered to add a fourth missile lifting off from a desert range "An Iranian photograph showing a cluster of missile launches was apparently altered to add a fourth...

Power Defragmenter VS Built-in Defragmenter

A while ago, I found a tool called Power Defragmenter and Contig. Asthe name suggested, the program claims to take defragmentation processto a whole new level. It is a simple program with simple userinterface. You can choose to defrag a file, a folder, a disk or thePowerMode...

Myst for Nintendo DS

"Immersive Experience Will Draw Adventure-seekers of All Ages into a Surreal Dimension of Alternative Reality Empire Interactive today announced that MYST, the popular adventure-based video game, will immerse North American fans in a new experience created specially for the...

Guantanamo: Six years of injustice need to end

"Guantanamo: Six years of injustice need to end By Andy Worthington Commentary by Friday, January 11, 2008 Six years ago today, one of the most depressing icons of the 21st century opened for business. On January 11, 2002, the first of nearly 800 prisoners arrived at a...

Concrete from wood? Yes, thanks to pine beetle

The pine beetle has become the foremost threat to North American  forests, and particularly within the Lodgepole lumber-dependent BC forest industry. Millions of dollars in research money has been set aside to...

Microsoft Posts Silverlight Plug-in

"Purported Flash-killer supports audio and video streaming and playback, and will be ported to Linux.Microsoft is releasing its Silverlight 1.0 plug-in for video on the Web Wednesday and also will participate in Novell's porting of Silverlight to Linux via the Moonlight...

Domestic violence initiative launched in Leicester

According to Home Office. figures domestic violence is chronically under reported, and accounts for 16% of all violent crime (Source: Crime in England and Wales 04/05 report) The financial cost is in excess of £23bn...

The Vancouver Underworld

There is a gaping void in Vancouver.  No, we're not talking about our basketball team but rather the giant tunnel that is winding its way through the Vancouver Netherworld." At a length of nearly 19 km, the...

Regional assemblies will be axed

"Regional assemblies, which oversee the spending of tens of million pounds on housing, transport and planning, are to be scrapped, the government has said. The eight assemblies in England are made up of councillors who are nominated to sit on them. From 2010, their role will...

It's Too Loud, but You're Not Too Old

CDs are getting louder! (Hang on, let me turn down the AC/DC for a sec) The following article is about peak limiting, in which nuances of the recording process are lost in the mastering phase, resulting in a louder but less detailed recording. The segments that would normally...

On Patriotism by Rep. Ron Paul

"May 24, 2007 On Patriotism by Rep. Ron Paul For some, patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. For others, it means dissent against a government's abuse of the people's rights. I have never met a politician in Washington or any American, for that matter, who chose to be...

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NASA releases first 3-D images of sun

"Scientists will be able to see structures in the sun's atmosphere in three dimensions. ·The twin spacecraft were launched October 25, 2006. ·The new view will greatly aid scientists' ability to understand solar physics. Data from the twin STEREO spacecraft in four...

HP Boss Walks Away Free From Spy Scandal

"A California criminal case against former Hewlett-Packard chairwoman Patricia Dunn and three others - a corporate spying scandal that led to congressional hearings and an enhanced state privacy law - has ended with a whimper. Dunn was cleared of all charges by Santa Clara...

Tony Blair's Obscene Gesture... But Which One?

For me, the news here is not the article itself, but that it is being pitched as news in the first place. Not to put too fine a point on it, what Blair did in the Seventies with his hand is not nearly as objectionable or as controversial as what he's doing now with the UK's...

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