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Richard Dawkins, celebrity of the evolutionary world...the transcript of a surreal interview he conducted last year for a British television documentary about Darwin. He was talking to Wendy Wright , a dedicated creationist and president of a group called Concerned Women for America. In the... |
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Skype to get independence -- for better or worse...different strategic goals, and can therefore concentrate on its own growth prospects. "It puts you in a different mindset," said Marc Andreessen , a co-founder of investment firm Andreessen Horowitz , which will hold a stake in Skype once... |
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TC Palm | 2 days ago
David Brooks to speak in Vero Beach
...recovery following Bob's injuries in Iraq. Audiences will not want to miss the unique presentation on March 6, 2010 of Ray Kurzweil. Kurzweil , one of the leading inventors of our time, is described as "the restless genius" by The Wall...
In this article: Vero Beach, Lee Woodruff, Ray Kurzweil, Bob Woodruff, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Good Morning America, and Treasure Coast
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Prime Newswire | 2 days ago
Digital-Distribution Revolution Continues as Psychonauts and More Join GOG.com's Catalogue
...with the announcement, GOG.com has released Psychonauts for $9.99 and Advent Rising for only $5.99. Created by legendary game designer Tim Schafer , Psychonauts is a classic action-adventure game that was highly acclaimed by critics and...
In this article: Gog.com, Psychonauts, Advent Rising, BloodRayne, Majesco, Nebula awards, and BloodRayne 2
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Wired Top Stories | 3 days ago
Tim Berners-Lee Sees Promise, Challenges in HTML5
...and Privacy Policy. Webmonkey is a property of Wired Digital. An e-mail has been sent to the e-mail address registered in this account. Sir Tim Berners-Lee , the British physicist who first designed the way web servers deliver pages to...
In this article: Tim Berners-Lee, E mail, Wired.com, Google Wave, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Gmail, and Safari
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Popular Science | 3 days ago
Space Hotel Reportedly On Track for 2012 Opening, Already Has Paying Guests
...that the company can meet its scheduled launch date. Still, the price tag falls far below the $35 million paid by first repeat space tourist Charles Simonyi , or the same higher amount required to book an orbital vacation aboard a surplus...
In this article: Venom, Bigelow Aerospace, Spiderman, Charles Simonyi, NASA, Barcelona, and Reuters
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washingtonpost.com | 4 days ago
Skype Deal Is Turning Into A Bit Of A Cirque Du Freak
...truth, everyone is in for a wild ride. Nobody who does business with the Skype founders ever seems to come out of it happy. Maybe Marc Andreessen has the patience to change all that this time around. Just one problem, though. No one has...
In this article: Skype, Index Ventures, Marc Andreessen, EBay, and Nytimes
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CNN | 4 days ago
Do digital diaries mess up your brain?
...SenseCam, which automatically captures photos of everything you see and do all day. There are even people, such as Microsoft researcher Gordon Bell , who go around with audio and video equipment to create a more complete supplement to...
In this article: Alzheimer's disease, Douglas Hofstadter, Twitter, Indiana University-Bloomington, Dartmouth College, and Microsoft
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CNN | 4 days ago
Review: Rock on with 'Brutal Legend'
"Brutal Legend" stars Jack Black as aging roadie turned magical warrior The game is from the mind of "Day of the Tentacle" creator Tim Schafer Rockers Ozzy Osbourne , Rob Halford and Lemmy Kilmister appear Game combines action...
In this article: Tim Schafer, Jack Black, Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Halford, Lemmy Kilmister, U.S., E mail, and Double Fine
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CNN | 4 days ago
My week creating 'digital memory'
...into yellow goo. "Also, my mouth tastes gross." Priceless memory, huh? Not so much. After a week of testing out Microsoft researcher Gordon Bell's theory of "Total Recall," I've decided it has potential -- but also serious limits. Bell...
In this article: Gordon Bell, E mail, Iphone, Google Reader, Twitter, Microsoft, and CNN
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Guardian | 5 days ago
The problem with digital memory
...we can store more than ever before. But isn't it important, sometimes, to forget? Why Total Recall is more than just a bad film Gordon Bell is that most single-minded of creatures - a retired man with a hobby. Except that when the...
In this article: Gordon Bell, Google, Total Recall, Nokia 5800, Apple iPhone, MySpace, Microsoft, and Arnold Schwarzenegger
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The Register | 5 days ago
Esther '1st lady of internet' Dyson appointed NASA advisor
... International Space Station aboard Russian rockets, and recently spent months in Russia training as understudy to Charles Simonyi. However, Simonyi made his trip into orbit as planned, and Dyson returned to the States saying she remains...
In this article: NASA, Freeman Dyson, Esther Dyson, Charles Simonyi, Space Adventures, Charles Bolden, International Space Station, Harvard, and XCOR Aerospace
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the INQUIRER | October 28, 2009
Shuttleworth praises Windows 7
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind - Winston Churchill MARK SHUTTLEWORTH , the founding angel and CEO of Canonical , which distributes Ubuntu Linux , has praised Microsoft 's newly released Windows 7. In a conference call...
In this article: Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical, Microsoft, Linux, Windows XP, Dell, and Winston Churchill
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | October 26, 2009
I'm so sick of being sorry
...codes during the Second World War , was convicted of "gross indecency" after acknowledging to police he 'd had sex with a man who later robbed him. It's the same charge that brought down Oscar Wilde. He was given the option of jail or chemical...
In this article: Alan Turing, Oscar Wilde, Gordon Brown, Stolen Generations, Tax, Jenny Macklin, Agent Orange, Second World War, and The Salvation Army
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Neowin.net / Main | October 26, 2009
What if you could record and recall everything in your life?
This is the question that Microsoft researchers Gordon Bell and Jim Gemmell are attempting to answer. The talented researchers recently published a book titled Total Recall: How the E-Memory Revolution Will Change Everything. In the book...
In this article: Gordon Bell and Microsoft
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PC World: Latest Technology News | October 26, 2009
Creator of Ubuntu 9.10 Linux Praises Windows 7
Mark Shuttleworth , founder and CEO of Canonical Ltd., the maker of the most popular desktop Linux alternative to Microsoft Corp.'s Windows, not only claims to be "delighted" that Windows 7 is out, but calls the new operating system an...
In this article: Ubuntu, Linux, Mark Shuttleworth, Microsoft Corp, Canonical Ltd, Google Inc, Windows XP, Iphone, Dell Inc., and U.S.
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CNET News.com | October 26, 2009
Ubuntu's new Linux tries getting cloud-friendly
...have some merit , but cloud computing is today's fashionable buzzword, and Shuttleworth is sensitive to its overuse. Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth speaking at the Intel Developer Forum (Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET) "What...
In this article: Ubuntu, Linux, Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical, Chrome OS, Google, Microsoft, and Cloud computing
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The Register | October 26, 2009
Shuttleworth stretches Ubuntu from netbooks to heavens
...for Data Centers Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 , and the marketing machine that is Microsoft are tough acts to follow. But Mark Shuttleworth , founder of the Ubuntu Linux project, is relieved that Windows 7 is out. Now, Ubuntu 9.10 -...
In this article: Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical, Microsoft, Linux, Windows XP, Iphone, Windows Vista, Cloud computing, and Windows Server 2008 R2
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Computer World | October 26, 2009
Ubuntu 9.10 Linux creator calls Windows 7 'excellent release'
But Mark Shuttleworth gives 3 reasons why latest Ubuntu may make headway against Microsoft Computerworld - Mark Shuttleworth , founder and CEO of Canonical Ltd., the maker of the most popular desktop Linux alternative to Microsoft Corp.'s...
In this article: Mark Shuttleworth, Ubuntu, Linux, Microsoft Corp, Canonical Ltd, Xerox, Google Inc, Windows XP, Dell Inc., and U.S.
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Guardian Unlimited | October 13, 2009
Tech Weekly: Martha Lane Fox on digital inclusion, Arduino explained
We meet Britain 's digital inclusion champion, Martha Lane Fox , and find out why everyone loves Arduino with the hackers and modders of Tinker.it. And Vic Keegan gives his thoughts on what went wrong after the 1980s computing boom Bobbie...
In this article: Martha Lane Fox, Britain, Lastminute.com, and BBC





