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Submission + - Judiciary Approves Contempt Citations (blogspot.com)

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Mike Kuykendall

on Wednesday July 25, 2007 @01:38PM

Mike Kuykendall writes: "The Senate just voted 22-17 to issue contempt citations against two Bush administration aides- will the President seek to override the authority of Congress and provoke a full-blown Constitutional crisis?"

Submission + - Web sites with deep technical info (computerworld.com)

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johannacw

on Wednesday July 25, 2007 @01:26PM

johannacw writes: "Computerworld asked some IT managers and data center administrators to name their favorite Web sources of deep technical information. Among those named was Event ID, a user-generated trove of event ID numbers and info about how people solved a particular problem. Most of the featured sites are particularly suitable for systems admins ."

Submission + - Matching cancers and chemical treatments

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Roland Piquepaille

on Wednesday July 25, 2007 @01:17PM

Roland Piquepaille writes: "When oncologists meet a new patient affected by a cancer, they have to take decisions about the best possible treatment. Now, U.S. researchers have devised an algorithm which matches tumor profiles to best treatments. They've used a panel of 60 diverse human cancer cell lines from the National Cancer Institute — called NCI-60 — to develop their "coexpression extrapolation (COXEN) system." As said one researcher, "we believe we have found an effective way to personalize cancer therapy." Preliminary results have been encouraging and clinical trials are now planned. But read more for additional references."

Submission + - Google Maps Click-to-Call Discontinued (webpronews.com) 1

Submitted by RulerOf on Wednesday July 25, 2007 @01:10PM

RulerOf writes: I went to look up a local butcher this morning that I needed place a phone order with as I usually do, by finding them on Google Maps and utilizing the "Call" feature that Google added to thier maps service back in November of last year. I've found it to be an incredibly useful tool, but I was rife with disappointment this morning when I scoured the Google Maps page, only to find that the "Call" button had gone missing.

I later confirmed my fears, ironically through a Google News search, by finding an article detailing that Google has killed its click-to-call program.

Malaysia Uses Anti-Terrorism Laws To Stop Bloggers 381

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday July 25, 2007 @01:06PM from the like-a-glimpse-into-the-future dept.

Academiphiliac writes to mention the BBC reported in an article this morning that the Malaysian government may start using tough anti-terror laws to censor bloggers who insult either Islam or the country's king. "The move comes as one of Malaysia's leading online commentators has been questioned by police following a complaint by the main governing party. The new rules would allow a suspect to be detained indefinitely, without being charged or put on trial. But officials insist the law is not intended to strangle internet freedom."

Submission + - The 101 best Facebook applications in the world! (techdigest.tv)

Submitted by faster_manic on Wednesday July 25, 2007 @01:02PM

faster_manic writes: Roundup of the best third-party apps that Facebook has to offer, from Tetris Tournament, iLike and Top Friends through to Fantasy Hip-Hop, Graffiti, Dogbook and Catbook, Lego Man, Last.fm Music, NES Games, Vampires, I'm A Virgin, Virtual iPhone and more. Someone, somewhere has put all of these on their profile.

Submission + - "There Aughtta Be A Law Ahgin' It!" (functionalisminaction.com)

Submitted by

IConrad01

on Wednesday July 25, 2007 @01:02PM

IConrad01 writes: "Functionalism In Action: "There Aughtta Be A Law Ahgin' It!" is a commentary by a technophile libertarian (yours truly) which attempts to shed some light on how fighting over government regulations never provides anything approaching the best solution to the world's woes."

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