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Nov
14th
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Here’s why IntenseDebate will be your new best friend…
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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has taken the first visible-light snapshot of a planet circling another star.
Fomalhaut b (via NASA - Hubble Directly Observes a Planet Orbiting Another Star )
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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has taken the first visible-light snapshot of a planet circling another star.

Fomalhaut b (via NASA - Hubble Directly Observes a Planet Orbiting Another Star )

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Nov
13th
Thu
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If you ever want to find a real hero, here’s one way to recognize him: the TV news will be making him into a monster 24/7. Today’s monster hero is the Tutsi general Laurent Nkunda, the leader of the “rebel” forces that are supposedly “closing in” on Goma in Eastern Congo.
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Mozilla Messaging today announced the beta launch of SpreadThunderbird.com. Spread Thunderbird is the volunteer-run Mozilla Thunderbird advocacy site where community marketing activities are organized to raise awareness and to promote the adoption of Thunderbird. The Spread Thunderbird site is powered by the open source Drupal web site software.
Nov
12th
Wed
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Tesi numero 4 (o meglio, la terapia): già che c’è la crisi, oh aziende, approfittatene. Tagliate senza pietà i vostri budget pubblicitari. Sottraeteli alle grinfie di agenzie pubblicitarie, pubbliche relazioni, comunicazione integrate o come cavolo vogliano chiamarsi nel tentativo di travestirsi. Assegnate quei budget a gente (magari ce l’avete già in casa, magari vi affacciate in rete e la trovate) che conosce quei prodotti, che li ama, che vi costringe a chiedervi cosa cambiare nel prodotto, e non nello spot o nel banner, che vi costringe a rinunciare alle vostre rassicuranti affermazioni (il mio lava più bianco) per imparare a fare domande, e a promettere e produrre, in cambio di risposte disinteressate, prodotti migliori.
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Well, today we introduced a new approach to learning about ancient history: the ability to go back in time and explore Rome as it existed in 320 AD — in 3D!
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Tuesday, Schultze again tested the flaw and confirmed that the “MS08-068 patch does address the SMBRelay attack” written by hacker Sir Dystic, from Cult of the Dead Cow, in March 2001.
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They are etched into the conventional wisdom of IT security, but are these 12 articles of faith (to some) actually wise, or are they essentially myths? We’ve assembled a panel of experts to offer their judgments.
Nov
9th
Sun
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After a year in the making, and with very little fanfare, Microsoft last month launched Small Basic, a free programming language aimed at kids. Unlike Scratch and Alice, tools designed for kids to learn programming in a ‘codeless’ environment, Small Basic is essentially a small version of the BASIC language.