Thursday, March 12, 2009

12-Mar-2009 AM clippings

Enjoy:

TelstraClear tells the TCF it will not support the draft code required by Section 92A of the Copyright Act, effectively killing it:
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/netw/23FC997D9894A729CC257576000D489B?opendocument&utm_source=topnews&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=topnews

A handy round-up of the Web editors available under Linux:
http://www.tuxradar.com/content/group-test-web-editors

Google launches a new behavioural advertisment targeting algorithm through AdSense. It's in "beta", of course:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/11/google_behavioral_advertising/

Dell launches a new rugged laptop, the Latitude E640 XFR, which features ballistic armour. Just the thing for flamewars:
http://www.gizmag.com/e6400xfr-dell-rugged-laptop/11204/

And finally. When scientists can't find handy students, they are forced to experimnent on themselves. Sometimes this gets ugly:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16735-eight-scientists-who-became-their-own-guinea-pigs.html

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