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Submission + - Google Bans Lingerie Ads in UK

Submitted by

Googling Yourself

on Thursday December 27, 2007 @03:23PM

Googling Yourself writes: "Google has banned ads from US lingerie retailer Pampered Passions after deeming them 'too sexy' for the UK and European market. The offending ads were part of Pampered Passions' campaign inviting men to buy holiday gifts of sexy lingerie for their girlfriends. The suggestive tone and the mild nudity in the images proved too much for Google who refused to allow the ads to be shown on their network and disapproved them for adult content. "Google's refusal to show ads that are completely acceptable to UK audiences on their network is turning out to be an increasingly frequent occurrence," said a spokesperson for Pampered Passions. "Google are an American company and while they might seem to be really 'cool' and 'liberal' in the USA, their policies do seem rather conservative for European consumers," they added."

Submission + - Google tracks you on torrent and porn sites 7

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 27, 2007 @10:05AM

An anonymous reader writes: Think Google can only track you search habits? Think again. This site survey found that 40 of the top100 websites use Google-analytics as their web analysis software. Sites like mininova and youporn included. Google dominates the search engine world and now as a centralized service dominate the none-search website metrics. I am glad they do. I will be immortalized in Google databases as Google scientists of the future analyze my search habits, movies I like to see and types of girls I would like to meet.

Submission + - A List of the Bush Administration's Many Failures (blogspot.com)

Submitted by

Mike Kuykendall

on Tuesday October 09, 2007 @01:45PM

Mike Kuykendall writes: "A not-so-comprehensive list of abject failures, corporate cronyism, and mismanagement by the Bush administration, grouped by departments."

Submission + - Conservatives Blast Google Doodles (latimes.com)

Submitted by

The Skinny

on Tuesday October 09, 2007 @01:32PM

The Skinny writes: "Apparently, last week's decision to honor the 50th anniversary of the Sputnik launch — the second "g" in Google was replaced with a drawing of the Soviet satellite — is being blasted by some conservatives. The Los Angeles Times reports this morning on a brewing controversy over just how, and when, Google gussies up its logo."

Submission + - Al Qaeda net penetrated -- cover blown by vid leak (washingtonpost.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 09, 2007 @01:32PM

An anonymous reader writes: U.S. intelligence successfully penetrated Al Qaeda internet servers but the access was blown by leaking the last Osama bin Laden video a few days before the scheduled release. The al qaeda sites were down within hours, presumably replaced by secure new sites. Nicely played, cat. Your move, mouse.

Submission + - 20 Reasons Not to Run BioShock DX10 over DX9

Submitted by

ThinSkin

on Thursday August 23, 2007 @04:09PM

ThinSkin writes: "After learning about a 20 frames-per-second penalty for running DX10 instead of DX9 in BioShock, Joel Durham Jr. over at ExtremeTech thought it would be a good idea to compare the image quality differences of BioShock DX10 vs. DX9. Long story short: There is no difference. From the article: "BioShock is turning out to be an engrossing and downright fun shooter. DirectX 10, in the meantime, is turning out to be a non-issue. If you decided to play in DirectX 9 for the sake of performance, you're really not missing much at all.""

Submission + - Wikipedia fights NBC's "Justice" group (10zenmonkeys.com)

Submitted by

destinyland

on Tuesday August 21, 2007 @05:35PM

destinyland writes: "Wikipedia was labelled a "corporate sex offender" by the group behind NBC Dateline's "To Catch a Predator" series — who also began re-directing any visitors from Wikipedia to a critical page. The group also tagged LiveJournal and YouTube as "offenders" for failing to delete enough accounts of suspected pedophiles. But after a thoughtful debate, Wikipedia simply changed their link-formatting so their readers wouldn't be re-directed. They also allowed the group to continue criticizing Wikipedia's policies on Wikipedia rather than censoring them. Though as this article points out, "Wikipedia remained ungrateful when Perverted Justice helpfully pointed out which Wikipedia editors they thought were pedophiles.""

Submission + - Brain damage cures smoking urge

Submitted by Fanfan on Friday January 26, 2007 @01:50PM

Fanfan writes: Cigarette smokers who suffer damage to a particular brain region often lose the urge to smoke, according to a new study mentioned at http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/ 2007/125/1. Although brain damage is hardly a recommended treatment for smokers who want to quit, researchers say the findings provide important insight into the biological basis of addictive behaviors.

Submission + - Apple Turning Cell Phone Market Upside Down?

Submitted by

joek

on Friday January 26, 2007 @01:12PM

joek writes: "This MacRumors analysis puts some of the iPhone/Cingular pieces together and suggests that Apple may be turning the the cell phone market upside down. Everyone assumed that Apple's $499/$599 prices for the iPhone was subsidized by Cingular. But, it appears that Apple is not allowing mobile carriers to subsidize the iPhone. Why? Because when Apple comes out with the Touch iPod, they don't want it compared in price to a discounted/subsidized iPhone. Add to that rumors that Cingular may heavily discount service (but according to a Cingular rep, they will not be giving away service, as previously suggested) to attract Verizon customers. Without kicking in $100-$200 against the price of the phone, Cingular can discount the service as an incentive. Other cell phone manufacturers will certainly be interested in the outcome of this new model."

Journal SPAM: Guardian: 'There is no war on terror'

Journal by Jeremiah Cornelius on Friday January 26, 2007 @12:54PM

'There is no war on terror'

Outspoken DPP takes on Blair and Reid over fear-driven legal response to threat

Clare Dyer, legal editor
Wednesday January 24, 2007

Guardian

Submission + - AMD: "Barcelona" 40% faster than "Clov

Submitted by Dysfnctnl85 on Friday January 26, 2007 @12:26PM

Dysfnctnl85 writes: AMD is claiming that the launch of their Barcelona chipset will represent a shift in focus for the company from price to performance. A ZDNet Blog cites that the 65nm Clovertown will be available later this year and "rather concentrate on price, AMD are instead emphasizing performance." Also from the blog: "Intel is eager to claw back some of the server market share from AMD, and this is where Clovertown comes in. Clovertown is the codename for Intel's latest quad-core Xeon 5300 line. The Xeon 5300 line will represent excellent value for money since Intel plans on pricing them the same as its dual core Xeon 5100 processors. That could make things tough for AMD."

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