Australia's move to be Internet enforcer protested

Australia is poised to become one of the planet's toughest Internet enforcers if it moves ahead with plans to implement strict regulations, including mandatory blocking of more than 1,000 web sites. Aimed at stifling Internet crime, particularly child pornography, the...

How to reduce fuel consumption amidst skyrocketing gas

"Gas prices keep skyrocketing. But there is a lot a motorist can do to reduce fuel consumption. There are quite a few easy and inexpensive maintenance steps that can be taken to add miles to every gallon and save...

Sunscreen Use Causes Bleaching in Coral Reefs

Sunscreen use is highly recommended by doctors and dermatologists to help prevent melanoma and other skin cancers and diseases. However, once you dive into the water and it starts to come off, where does all that...

NY Times: blogs are for smart people, the paper is for the rest

This is a great catch by bloggy. Different ways that a quote becomes manifest between a) the blog version of the paper and b) the print version. Is it a matter of space, or something deeper and more editorial."When it comes to the New York Times, apparently the people writing...

Spammers Hijack Youtube Tools... Makes Me Crabby

There's lots of spam on Youtube, this we all know. After a long day of flagging (carrots for the good stuff, big ol' stick for the spam), yours truly has been known to rock over to Youtube in search of amateur...

Australia to provide Internet filters to thwart perverts

Sydney (ANTARA News) - Australia will provide a free Internet filtering service and access to a hotline in a bid to thwart perverts seeking to contact children, Prime Minister John Howard said Friday. In an...

Octosquid: Mystery of the Briny Deep

A potentially new species  of cephalopod was found off of Hawaii at a dept of 300 feet, which is more than two Empire State Buildings. At that depth a human being would be crushed like an empty soda...

Stripper Motorsports Air Intakes Tuners Exhaust and Mopar

great site for k&n cold air intakes, tuners, exhaust and mopar stuff...

Ricardo's Blog: Rage Against Flickr censorship

Flickr is the largest and most popular photo sharing service in the Internet.  Its members are photography enthusiasts who range from family shooters to awarded professionals and artists.  Flickr...

Is free email on its way to extinction?

Email senders can pay to bypass filters -"Four more Internet service providers will start charging banks, e-commerce sites and other large e-mail senders for guaranteed delivery. In deals expected to be announced...

Study Finds 25 Countries Block Web Sites

I just found this:"The OpenNet Initiative, a collaboration between researchers at Cambridge, the University of Oxford, Harvard University and the University of Toronto, had the time and capabilities to study only...

Study to determine if rainwater is fit to drink

In what could be cynically seen as a study into nothing, Monash University, the South Australian Department of Health and the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Quality and Treatment will try to discover if it is safe to drink rainwater.On the plus side, fish don't poop in...

Filters best way to clean tap water: study (Reuters)

" TORONTO (Reuters) - Pitchers with activated-carbon filters are the most effective way to reduce potentially harmful chemicals in tap water, Canadian researchers say. A team at Universite Laval in Quebec City researched ways to cut down on the two main byproduct chemicals...

The Lesson Learned from Edelman's Woes...

"Then, Edelman-gate breaks. The Edelman PR firm 'fessed up to creating and maintaining blogs that appeared to feature honest grassroots opinion in support of their mega-client, Wal-Mart. The blogs were disingenuous and ran contrary to the influential PR firm's own stated...

10 Free Plug-ins to Enhance Photoshop

"Whether you're talking about a browser or an advanced 3D graphics modeler, plug-ins are a way to get more punch out of your application. And when it comes to upgrading a program's usability, Photoshop boasts one of the largest collections of plug-ins out there. While some...

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