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China buys gold, challenges US dollar - Features - Al Jazeera English
Seeded on Sat Sep 17, 2011 11:36 AM EDT (AL JAZEERA)
WikiLeaks cables allege that China is buying gold to weaken the US dollar's supremacy as the world's reserve currency.The cable is titled "China increases its gold reserves in order to kill two birds with one stone".
Apple hands internship to Jailbreakme.com developer
Seeded on Mon Aug 29, 2011 12:38 AM EDT (Ars Technica)
After building the semi-famous website that allowed iPhone users to jailbreak their devices by simply clicking a link, 19-year old hacker Nicholas Allegra, aka "comex," now has a job at Apple.
March of the Penguin: Ars looks back at 20 years of Linux
Seeded on Fri Aug 26, 2011 4:19 PM EDT (Ars Technica)
The Linux kernel was originally created by Linus Torvalds, a Finnish computer science student, and first announced to the world on August 25, 1991—exactly 20 years ago today.
Steve Jobs is a biological Arab-American with roots in Syria
Seeded on Fri Aug 26, 2011 12:06 AM EDT (Ya Libnan)
Steve Jobs, arguably the most influential CEO in the world, is the biological son of an Arab American who was born in Homs, Syria, and studied at the American University of Beirut.seeder: Heard some thing like this some time back, but never was sure or believed.
As Steve Jobs Steps Down, Linux Turns 20: Which Changed the World More?
Seeded on Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:26 PM EDT (Read/WriteWeb)
Yesterday, Steve Jobs officially stepped down as CEO of Apple. Today, the Linux kernel turns 20.
Clay Shirky Says Good Collaboration is Structured Fighting
Seeded on Fri Aug 19, 2011 7:15 PM EDT (Read/WriteWeb)
Companies and projects focusing on large-scale collaboration might want to start thinking about collaboration in a new way. Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody closed out the second day of LinuxCon North America 2011 with a contrarian look at collaboration.
Apple and Samsung's symbiotic relationship: Slicing an Apple | The Economist
Seeded on Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:36 PM EDT (The Economist)
How much of an iPhone is made by Samsung? APPLE doesn't make the iPhone itself. It neither manufactures the components nor assembles them into a finished product.
There is a context to London's riots that can't be ignored
Seeded on Tue Aug 9, 2011 2:33 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
Those condemning the events in north London and elsewhere would do well to take a step back and consider the bigger picture
Letter from the editor: A parallel universe - editor, i - The Independent
Seeded on Tue Aug 9, 2011 12:20 PM EDT (Independent.co.uk)
They are the result not of the new, credit-crunch poverty, but of an older deprivation – a marginalisation that is not only economic but also racial in its origins. A volcano does not suddenly erupt without a long period of growing tension deep in the earth.
Shock, awe: British government agrees that copyright has gone too far
Seeded on Thu Aug 4, 2011 5:20 PM EDT (Ars Technica)
The British government today pledged (PDF) to enact significant changes to copyright law, including orphan works reforms and the introduction of new copyright exceptions.
A Football Report · The irony of having to defend Lionel Messi
Seeded on Sat Jul 2, 2011 5:31 AM EDT (afootballreport.com)
The nonsense that continues to arise never seizes to amaze me. He’s 24. He is the main reason why Argentina won the Gold Medal at the 2008 Olympics. He led Argentina to the 2007 Copa América Final, scoring this golazo along the way.
RIP LulzSec. Now what? | InSecurity Complex - CNET News
Seeded on Thu Jun 30, 2011 6:00 PM EDT (CNET.com)
For the past 50-odd days a group calling itself LulzSec went on an Internet rampage, taking down government sites, compromising Web servers, posting police files and consumer data to the Web, and taunting a host of gaming companies and others.
A football revolution
Seeded on Sun Jun 19, 2011 1:32 PM EDT (FT.com)
Every tiny aspect of a football match can now be recorded and scrutinised.
World IPv6 Day looms: what might break (and how to fix it)
Seeded on Sun Jun 12, 2011 5:26 PM EDT (Ars Technica)
Many Web destinations—including the four most popular (Google, Facebook, YouTube, and Yahoo)—will become reachable over IPv6 for 24 hours.
Report: Piracy a "global pricing problem" with only one solution
Seeded on Fri Apr 1, 2011 2:19 PM EDT (Ars Technica)
A major new report from a consortium of academic researchers concludes that media piracy can't be stopped through "three strikes" Internet disconnections, Web censorship, more police powers, higher statutory damages, or tougher criminal penalties.
Massimiliano Allegri ready to unleash rejuventated Milan on Tottenham
Seeded on Sun Feb 13, 2011 11:42 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
The coach was a shock appointment but Spurs should be wary of the man plotting their Champions League downfall
Barcelona provide a model that all clubs should strive to copy
Seeded on Sun Feb 13, 2011 11:36 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
In the next round of the Champions League Arsenal face a side whose scintillating rhythms are hypnotising the football world
Researchers harness chaos theory for new class of CPUs
Seeded on Fri Nov 26, 2010 10:20 AM EST (Ars Technica)
In general, processors that are dedicated to a single task are faster and more efficient than a general purpose processor like the ones Intel provides. That's why a small, low-power chip dedicated to decoding video can easily handle a task that can strain a CPU.
Lebanon, my Lebanon: A stirring new photography book sparks Robert Fisk's memories
Seeded on Mon Nov 22, 2010 2:03 AM EST (Independent.co.uk)
From ancient groves where he once dodged bullets to peaceful mountain ranges, from embattled politicians to wise-cracking locals, Robert Fisk, the Independent's Middle East correspondent, finds his memories of 34 years living in Lebanon brought into poignant relief by a monumenta …
Queen tried to use state poverty fund to heat Buckingham Palace
Seeded on Mon Nov 22, 2010 1:48 AM EST (Independent.co.uk)
Ministers were asked if money earmarked for schools, hospitals and low-income families could be used to meet soaring fuel bills
Nelson Valdez hails a 'dream come true' as Hércules shock Barcelona
Seeded on Tue Sep 14, 2010 5:55 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
Barcelona had not lost a home league game for 16 months, but two goals from Nelson Valdez gave Hércules a deserved victory
Spanish Inquisition: Barcelona Will Be Near Unstoppable If They Sign Javier Mascherano - Goal.com
Seeded on Fri Aug 13, 2010 3:57 PM EDT (Football News, Football Scores, Football Transfers, Transfer News, Transfer Rumours, Premier League News, World Cup 2010 News - Goal.com)
Barcelona will be Near unstoppable if they sign Javier Mascherano Goal.com's KS Leong believes that Masch will complete the missing piece in the Blaugrana jigsaw...
Al Jazeera English - Focus - Journalism and 'the words of power'
Seeded on Sun Jun 6, 2010 2:41 PM EDT (AL JAZEERA)
Robert Fisk, The Independent newspaper's Middle East correspondent, gave the following address to the fifth Al Jazeera annual forum on May 23.
Revealed: how Israel offered to sell South Africa nuclear weapons
Seeded on Wed Jun 2, 2010 2:55 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
Exclusive: Secret apartheid-era papers give first official evidence of Israeli nuclear weapons
Chris Saad: "Facebook's Claims About Data Portability Are False"
Seeded on Sat May 29, 2010 9:49 AM EDT (Read/WriteWeb)
Mark Zuckerberg claimed that Facebook's recent privacy changes were not nefarious, but rather an unselfish pursuit of "a concept called data portability."
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