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Submission + - Second Amendment in question

Submitted by

dheera

on Saturday December 09, 2006 @11:03AM

dheera writes: "Attorneys in Washington, DC question the scope of the Second Amendment in the first case in nearly 70 years, citing that the right to bear arms only applies to "a well regulated militia". "We interpret the Second Amendment in military terms", said Todd Kim, the District's solicitor general."

Submission + - Microsoft Kill Off Frontpage

Submitted by

GoogTube

on Saturday December 09, 2006 @09:02AM

GoogTube writes: "Microsoft frontpage have announced what we have all be hoping for, And that is the death of microsoft frontpage.

After nine years of being an award-winning Web authoring tool, FrontPage will be discontinued in late 2006. We will continue to serve the diverse needs of our existing FrontPage customers with the introduction of two brand-new application building and Web authoring tools using the latest technologies: Office SharePoint Designer 2007 for the enterprise information workers and Expression Web for the professional Web designer.

With personal pages dying out and the average PC user turning to things like blogging it makes sense that Microsoft should ditch thier "web design for average joe" idea and move onto more professional webdesign tools and suites."

Submission + - Unknown company makes baseless trademark threats

Submitted by

CitizenJohnJohn

on Saturday December 09, 2006 @08:25AM

CitizenJohnJohn writes: "Australian science fiction author Max Barry tells of an entertaining exchange with a tech company nobody's ever heard of. Its COO threatened legals when a player in Barry's on line game NationStates used the company's name for his on-line country.

Memo to the board: this isn't how trademark protection works..."

Submission + - What soda does to your body

Submitted by DeadboltX on Saturday December 09, 2006 @06:53AM

DeadboltX writes: Healthbolt.net has a story outlining what happens inside your body when you drink a coke

"# In The First 10 minutes: 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system. (100% of your recommended daily intake.) You don't immediately vomit from the overwhelming sweetness because phosphoric acid cuts the flavor allowing you to keep it down.
# 20 minutes: Your blood sugar spikes, causing an insulin burst. Your liver responds to this by turning any sugar it can get it's hands on into fat."

The article goes on to explain how the caffeine binds itself to calcium, magnesium and other nutrients and gather in your bladder to get expelled rather than go to a bone to make it stronger as well as a few other effects.

Submission + - Richest 2% own half the world

Submitted by

kop

on Tuesday December 05, 2006 @07:44PM

kop writes: "The richest 2% of adults in the world own more than half of all household wealth, according to a new study by a United Nations research institute.
The survey is based on data for the year 2000. The authors say a more recent year would have involved more gaps in the data. As it is, many figures — especially for developing countries — have had to be estimated.

Nonetheless, the authors say it is the most comprehensive study of personal wealth ever undertaken.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6211250.stm"

Submission + - World Chess Champion loses to Computer

Submitted by

lrnzcpmn

on Tuesday December 05, 2006 @06:59PM

lrnzcpmn writes: "Defending world Chess champion Vladimir Kramnik has lost a 6 games match (result 4 : 2) against the chess program Deep Fritz 10. With 2 loses and 4 draws the World champion cannot be very pleased, but the $ 500 000 reward he gets for this match will ease the pain a bit ! Story on http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6212076.stm , chess analyses on http://chessbase.com/index.asp ."

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