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Still the best headline writers around! .< 3:11:53 PM  >Force not justified now, trio tells UN Some countries with veto powers on the United Nations Security Council responded to an arms update on Iraq Friday by calling for more inspections, not military force. [CBC News] .< 3:11:47 PM >Opera Press Release: Opera releases "Bork" edition 'Two weeks ago it was revealed that Microsoft's MSN portal targeted Opera users, by purposely provided them with a broken page. As a reply to MSN's treatment of its users, Opera Software today released a very special Bork edition of its Opera 7 for Windows browser. The Bork edition behaves differently on one Web site: MSN. Users accessing the MSN site will see the page transformed into the language of the famous Swedish Chef from the Muppet Show: Bork, Bork, Bork!' .< 2:51:09 PM >Ripping albums with a scanner. Have you ever taken an ants-eye view of a track on a familiar vinyl album and noticed that you could... [PlaybackTime] .< 2:48:22 PM >Blix queries US 'evidence' on Iraq. UN's chief weapons inspector casts doubt on significance of some intelligence offered by Colin Powell. [Guardian Unlimited] .< 12:00:01 PM >Family of 'friendly fire' victim files lawsuit against U.S. government The family of one of four Canadian soldiers killed in an accidental bombing in Afghanistan last April has filed a wrongful death claim against the U.S. government. [CBC News] .< 11:57:11 AM >UN predicts humanitarian nightmare if war in Iraq 
If there is a war in Iraq, the United Nations says up to 10 million people may need need food and other forms of international aid. [CBC News] .< 11:57:03 AM >ProSoundNews Online Daily - Grammy Awards on HDTV in Dolby Digital 5.1 .< 11:41:41 AM >Key role for young Muslims in struggle for peace. Anti-war movement: Tomorrow's rallies will see a new breed of politically aware protester take to the streets. [Guardian Unlimited] .< 11:40:38 AM >ZDNet gives 12" PowerBook thumbs up [The Macintosh News Network] .< 11:35:44 AM >Rivals of Microsoft File Antitrust Complaint in Europe. An alliance of technology companies filed a new complaint with European antitrust regulators about Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. [New York Times: Technology] .< 11:25:25 AM >"Some U.S. lawmakers want to ban French water, wine and move troops from Germany " [Daypop Top 40] Others just want to drop some bombs on 'old Europe'. .< 11:24:16 AM >The Onion | N. Korea Wondering What It Has To Do To Attract U.S. Military Attention "Everyone in my country refers to me as 'Dear Leader.' Is that not disturbingly cultish?"Kim continued. "I do not understand why President Bush is so much more interested in Saddam than me. I'm a strange, despotic, unpredictable madman, too, you know." .< 11:21:05 AM >Baghdad Back Flip - Colin Powell's cynical reversal. By William Saletan 'If you want to know why people don't trust what the United States says about Iraq, get a load of what Secretary of State Colin Powell said this morning.' .< 11:12:17 AM >Europe's new world order. The streets are jammed with protesters. Governments are at risk of falling. Analysts say Europe is ready for a break from the U.S. that could reshape global relations for years to come. [Salon.com] .< 11:08:46 AM >Radio 3 bans anti-war band from music awards. Media: Radio 3 has disqualified a pacifist British folk group from its annual world music awards, in a further sign of the BBC's edginess over claims of anti-war bias. [Guardian Unlimited] .< 11:06:50 AM >Reckless Administration May Reap Disastrous Consequences 'This nation is about to embark upon the first test of a revolutionary doctrine applied in an extraordinary way at an unfortunate time. The doctrine of preemption -- the idea that the United States or any other nation can legitimately attack a nation that is not imminently threatening but may be threatening in the future -- is a radical new twist on the traditional idea of self defense. It appears to be in contravention of international law and the UN Charter. And it is being tested at a time of world-wide terrorism, making many countries around the globe wonder if they will soon be on our -- or some other nation's -- hit list.' .< 11:02:50 AM >Released yesterday, Mac OS X 10.2.4 Update applies to Mac OS X 10.2.3 only, while a larger "Mac OS X 10.2.4 Update (Combo)" version applies to Mac OS X 10.2, 10.2.1, 10.2.2 and 10.2.3. Apple also released Final Cut Express 1.0.1 to fix some problems in its new video-editing application [Macintouch] .< 10:53:47 AM >War against geography
Can somebody please make sure that they at least know where Iraq is? It is not that boot-shaped country in the Mediterranean... [via Network Games]
PS: In the caser you're wondering, that's NOT Switzerland. [Paolo Valdemarin: Paolo's Weblog] Every once in a while our PM stands up and does the right thing. Thanks Jean. .< 10:38:08 AM >When greed is fact and control is fiction. Business: Enron's spectacular collapse was not an isolated financial disaster, says Frank Partnoy. [Guardian Unlimited] We'd much rather you pay attention to the threat or 'terrah'. .< 10:35:39 AM >Defending the indefensible. World dispatch: Washington's anger at Nato rebels France, Germany and Belgium is not justifiable, writes Simon Tisdall. [Guardian Unlimited] .< 10:34:52 AM >About the Keynote XML File Format (APXL Schema) 'This Technical Note contains the schema describing the XML file format used by Keynote documents (refered to here and in later documents simply as "APXL" -- Apple Presentation XmL). It is intended for developers who wish to create or modify Keynote presentations programmatically.' .< 10:34:39 AM >Arafat agrees to share power. The Palestinian leader says he will appoint a prime minister - meeting a key demand made by the international community. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] .< 10:31:00 AM >CIA 'sabotaged inspections and hid weapons details' 'Democrats accused the CIA of making an assessment that the inspections were unlikely to be a success and then ensuring they would not be. They have accused the CIA director of lying about what information on the suspected location of weapons of mass destruction had been passed on.' It would be so unlike the CIA to lie (sarcasm). .< 10:18:21 AM >ABCNEWS.com : Alert Partly Based on Lies 'The officials said that a claim made by a captured al Qaeda member that Washington, New York or Florida would be hit by a "dirty bomb" sometime this week had proven to be a product of his imagination.' But those anti-missile launchers in Washington are really useful for scaring the crap out of citizens so we'll just leave them there. .< 10:06:29 AM >Sony's Wi-Fi equipped pocket Web server: GadgetWatch identifies (and offers an English explanation of) a Wi-Fi-enabled portable fileserver! Nifty. 70,000 yen. [80211b News] .< 10:01:08 AM >News.Com: Blue laser format gets green light. The nine companies promoting Blu-ray Disc technology--a next-generation recordable DVD format using blue-violet lasers--announced Thursday that licensing will begin Feb. 17. Blu-ray Disc technology allows for 27GB storage capacities on a single-sided 12cm disc. [Tomalak's Realm] |
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