Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Phoebe taken by Cassini
Spectacular photos of Phoebe are coming from Cassini. Lots more to look forward to in the coming years. I especially look forward to more Titan photos.
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Invisibility Cloak?
The BBC with the story on a cloak that makes people invisible, well kind of. Exciting technology though.
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New DSL technology designed for video, voice
Now its ‘UDSL’. When will there be enough of this high-bandwidth content to take advantage of all this speed? The Uni-DSL technology, which is backward-compatible with standardized variations of DSL, including asynchronous DSL (ADSL) and very high-speed DSL (VDSL), will allow carriers to boost their bandwidth to 200mbps (megabits per second), said Pete Chow, Texas…
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Canada's spam king apologizes
Here’s a new one on me: A Canadian man accused of being one of the biggest spammers in the world by Yahoo Inc. has agreed to stop sending unwanted e-mails and plans to help educate children about the dangers of the Internet. In March, Yahoo sued Eric Head and his father and brother as part…
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Islamist website shows Paul Johnson
It is reported that Paul Johnson, the US citizen kidnapped in Saudi Arabia, has been shown on video. He appears blindfolded, giving his name. The video has been shown on CNN apparently. Update: Indeed it has. It appears now that demands have been made: A masked man armed with an automatic weapon also spoke on…
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Attacks cripple Iraq oil exports
Thamir Ghadhban said blasts on Monday and Tuesday had damaged a pipeline from the southern oilfields – severing the flow to the Basra oil terminal. It was the second attack on the Basra terminal – one of the few operational outlets – in just over a month. It comes two weeks before the US-led coalition…
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Clive nominated for New Statesman Media Award
Clive Soley has been nominated in the New Statesman New Media Awards – along with party colleague and blogger, Tom Watson. Great to see Clive getting recognition for his blog, but Tom is now an old hand at it! 🙂
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UK CALL FOR A "NO FLY" ZONE OVER DARFUR
Ingrid is still tirelessly working on the Sudan story – I read her news every day, if I only I blogged about it a bit more. But for more information please go there –
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In the Line of Fire
Jon points to an interview in the Atlantic with Robert Kaplan, who joined US Marines as they stormed Fallujah. I still await the print edition to pop through my door. Patience is a virtue.
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Bono apparently reads this blog
John has some interesting news from Newstalk 106, apparently Bono reads Irish Eagle. Now there is a scoop, if only Newstalk had an archive section!
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