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http://www.slate.com/toolbar.aspx?action=print&id=2223478 A technique to better secure your computer, e-mail, and bank account. It's tempting to blame the victim. In May, a twentysomething French hacker broke into several Twitter employees' e-mail accounts and stole a trove of meeting notes, strategy documents, and other confidential scribbles.The Return of the Fuzzies?
The Return of the Fuzzies? A Commentary by Debra J. Saunders Thursday, April 09, 2009 Email to a FriendAdvertisement In the 1990s, the Math Wars pitted two philosophies against each other.As if It Needed to, Virginia Bans Smiles at the DMV
By Nick Miroff Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, May 28, 2009 www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/27/AR2009052703627.html?hpid=topnews Few places in Virginia are as draining to the soul and as numbing to the buttocks as the branch offices of the Department of Motor Vehicles. And yet, until recently, smiling was still permitted there. No more.Untangling the Mystery of the Inca
Source: Wired magazine - Jan 2007
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.01/khipu.html
Khipu recovered from graves on the coast of Peru
The ancient Andean empire built great cities but left no written records – except perhaps in mysterious knotted strings called khipu. Can an anthropologist and some mathematicians crack the code?
By Gareth Cook
Incan civilization was a technological marvel.
"w00t" Crowned Word of Year by U.S. Dictionary
Personally, I've never used the word, but to each his own!
From Rueters...
By Jason Szep
BOSTON (Reuters) - "w00t," an expression of joy coined by online gamers, was crowned word of the year on Tuesday by the publisher of a leading U.S.
Until you get an iPhone: Read Any Site On Your Mobile Device
APP SCOUT - Stalking the killer App
Surfing the Web on your mobile device is a great way to pass the time, but many mobile devices lack in the browsing department. When you're stuck at the station, waiting for a train, you might not be able to city's transit site for updates. Enter Feedm8, a new Web service that uses a proprietary algorithm to scrub your favorite blogs and Websites for content, to create a mobile page based on that site's content.
Website Of The Day: Swap Tree
We all know sharing is caring and we all love free stuff, so the idea behind Swap Tree seems too good to be true.
The site offers a place where you can trade media - be it books, music, DVDs or video games - for other items you want. The service is entirely free of charge, you just list the item you want to trade, wait as Swaptree's algorithms calculating what you're eligible to receive then choose your item.
Nowhere In Africa
Shortly before World War II, a Jewish couple and their young daughter emigrate to Kenya from Germany to escape the Nazis. Not all members of the family are happy with this drastic change -- but going home isn't an option. Ultimately, they must all come to terms with a new life in a new continent.
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