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Wikipedia hopes to make editing user-friendly

Concerned that many would-be contributors to Wikipedia are being scared away, the foundation that runs the Internet encyclopedia is getting an $890,000 grant to try to make the editing process more user-friendly.

Comcast startles customers with cyberteam help

Jordan Goddard was irritated when his Internet access started fading in and out. It had been down for hours the day before. When his cable TV went out too, he fired up his blog.

EU Says "Geeky" Tech Jobs Need New Image

The information technology industry needs to show that it isn't just for "geeky, unsociable" people if it is to attract more women to fill a skills shortage, according to the EU's top technology official.

Sites With Anti-Fraud Sign Still Flawed

When a small padlock appears in the corner of your Web browser's address bar or the entire bar turns green, it seems like a powerful signal you're safe to proceed.

Pill-Sized Camera Can Be Swallowed

Technology that doctors expect will help detect precancerous cells faster and less painfully also could someday take cameras to parts of the body where no camera has gone before.

Toyota to Develop Cars for Seniors

For those feeling nervous behind the wheel as old age kicks in, savvy cars may be the answer.

Gmail Links to AOL Instant Messaging

AOL is providing the newest communications channel on Google.

News Corp. Buys Beliefnet

News Corp.'s Fox Entertainment Group has acquired Beliefnet, a Web site catering to faith communities, in a move designed to boost online marketing and distribution of Fox's film and TV programs.

New Software Detects Web Interference

Increasingly worried over Internet providers' behavior, a nonprofit has released software that helps determine whether online glitches are innocent hiccups or evidence of deliberate traffic tampering.

Sony Plans Online Game Studio in India

Seeing a huge potential market in young people in India, Sony Online Entertainment LLC plans to develop online games here with local content and a local partner.

Webmasters May Shape Search Results

Not all Internet search engines yield the same results for the same query, but that may have as much to do with how Web sites are managed as how search engines work.

Google's China Chief Sees Boom in Future

If U.S. Internet companies are maturing, China's are still reveling in the kind of party atmosphere their U.S. rivals enjoyed during the late 1990s, with copious capital and enough engineering talent to keep growing for a while.

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Port Orchard Man Accused of Biting Deputy During DUI Stop
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The deputy was investigating a car wreck... found a 1993 Isuzu Rodeo in the ditch. A 28-year-old man showed up and said the car was his, but pointed out that the deputy couldn't prove he'd been driving.

Homeless man bites sex accused's penis
Source: IOL

A Taiwan man had to seek medical treatment after his genitals were bitten while forcing a homeless man to perform oral sex, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

Police: Patient Bites Doctor
Source: wesh.com

Authorities said a patient at a Cape Coral doctor's office bit part of the doctor's finger off after being denied a prescription.

Pakistan wants trade agreement with US at any cost
Source: Bilaterals.org

ISLAMABAD: In a new development, Pakistan has decided to reinitiate the stalled process of technical dialogue with the US authorities to finalise the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) by December this year, The News has learnt.

Programmable Matter, Self-Assembling :: Claytronics
Source: singularityhub.com

In the future you won't use computers to design a car, the car will form from billions of tiny computers that arrange themselves into anything you want. The physical and computational world will merge. Hope you're ready. More Articles

Man's penis bitten off by bull terrier
Source: austriantimes.at

Doctors in Russia have stitched back a man's penis after it was bitten off by a Staffordshire bull terrier. Petrified victim Oleg Mizirov, 32, had to grapple with the dog to stop it eating his severed manhood before paramedics could pack it in ice.

Man who shot dog hospitalised after revenge nose bite
Source: thelocal.de

A drunken man who thought it would be funny to shoot a dog, lost part of his nose as the bleeding animal took its revenge and attacked him.

Bear bites jogger after chase
Source: metro.co.uk

A grizzly bear chased and bit a 60-year-old jogger who had forgotten to bring the protective spray he usually carries.

Snake Bites Man Sitting on Toilet
Source: www.myfoxphilly.com

"Toilet snake" has one meaning for plumbers and a very different meaning for a Taiwanese man who was bitten on the genitals by a snake as he sat on his toilet. The Taipei Times reports that the man now suffers from a phobia of toilets.

Man bites python
Source: Telegraph

A Kenyan man bit a python that wrapped him in its coils and hauled him up a tree in a struggle that lasted hours, local media said on Wednesday.

Police: Man Abandoned Cockatoo At Landfill
Source: WFSB.com - News

Two brothers are facing charges in an animal cruelty case in which a pet cockatoo was abandoned at a landfill.

Dog That Bit Girl Had Been Trained With Teddy Bear, Investigators Say
Source: www2.tbo.com

Hunter, a male Mastiff mix, had been trained by its owner to play tug-of-war with a teddy bear about as large as a toddler, animal investigators said.

Family dog attacks, kills 2-week-old baby girl
Source: AZ Family

A family dog attacked and killed a Mesa 2-week-old baby girl when her mother stepped away for just a moment.

Parks contractor attacked by alligator at John Prince Park, fingers mangled
Source: Palm Beach Post

Excerpt: An alligator bit a man's hand and dragged him into the water this afternoon in John Prince Park near Lake Worth, authorities said.

Enraged woman bites bus driver
Source: NY Daily News

Excerpt: A veteran MTA bus driver was bitten on the forearm by an out-of-control female passenger Wednesday as he drove his packed M104 bus during rush hour in Manhattan.

Giant panda in China bites third victim
Source: CNN

u Gu is not your typical soft and cuddly giant panda. For the third time, he's tasted the flesh of an unwitting intruder in his pen at the Beijing Zoo..

Company Offers Lifetime Anonymous BitTorrent For $50.00 | TorrentFreak
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This company is offering Lifetime anonymous Bit Torrent for $50.00. Comes with a Virtual Private Network (VPN) too.

Illegal filesharing: A suicide note from the music industry
Source: Guardian Unlimited

This month's announcement of a back-room deal between ISPs (internet service providers) and the big record companies to spy on suspected copyright infringers and reduce the quality of their internet connections is just the latest paragraph in the record industry's long, self-pity …

Researcher maps out plan to target BitTorrent uploaders
Source: Ars Technica

On his Random Thoughts blog, security researcher Nicholas Weaver speculates about how ISPs, particularly AT&T, could aid the fight against copyright infringement.

Woman fined for biting man's penis
Source: thelocal.se

A 22-year-old woman has been found guilty of biting a man's penis at a fast-food outlet in Falköping in March.

5-Year-Old Protects Brother, Grabs Rabid Fox; Father with Broken Leg Beats it to Death with Crutch
Source: local6.com

....A 5-year-old North Carolina boy grabbed a rabid fox by the neck and pinned it to the ground during a family cookout, protecting six other children before his stepfather could kill the animal....

Pet Fish Sends Man To Hospital
Source: local6.com

Pet Fish Sends Man To Hospital

Creating Your Own TV Station
Source: techvine.org

Article on how to use Bit Torrent to conduct Video Casting. Interesting how it was written too - digital ink.

Skype backers make new call
Source: CNN

Firefox extension works like bit torrent but only trusted friends can use it . called AllPeers

Windows XP 64 Bit VS 32 Bit

I recently tested WindowsXP Pro x64 to see how it compared to the 32bit WindowsXP Pro. The results were interesting.

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