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Submission + - Google Earth Misses Regeneration

Submitted by

SilentOneNCW

on Sunday November 26, 2006 @02:07PM

SilentOneNCW writes: "The planning director Jenny Douglas of Liverpool Vision, a developer in the UK, has complained that the Google is ignoring the regeneration changes going on in Liverpool through its Google Earth program, even though regeneration attempts in London are well covered. She contends that the city centre has changed dramatically since five years ago, when the satellite photos were taken, and that is critical that the "millions of people using Google Earth have access to the latest images showing the city's transformation.""

Bookmark Hackers debut Mac OS X adware (theregister.co.uk)

by agg123456789 on Sunday November 26, 2006 @01:48PM

Submission + - Learn how to avoid the pitfalls and traps of Unix

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 26, 2006 @01:11PM

An anonymous reader writes: This article shows you how to avoid common pitfalls and traps to help keep your Unix systems running smoothly. Knowing the right way of dealing with full disks, or a crippled system, is nearly as important as having tools in your arsenal to make sure you're prepared to react quickly to missing files or an insecure system. Learn some of the most common problems and issues facing UNIX administrators today.

Submission + - First views of an underwater eruption

Submitted by

Roland Piquepaille

on Sunday November 26, 2006 @01:07PM

Roland Piquepaille writes: "When the National Science Foundation's Ridge 2000 program was launched in the late 1990s to study active undersea volcanic activities, researchers chose several areas of interest. One of those is located about 400 miles west of Mexico along a massive volcanic mountain range called the East Pacific Rise. When the U.S. researchers returned to check their seismometers in April 2006, they discovered that several of them were lost, buried under new lava from an underwater eruption. And when they used a deep-diving camera system to see what's had happened, they saw that almost ocean bottom life had disappeared. As says one of the scientists, this was like seeing the 'death and birth of a mid-ocean ridge from all perspectives — geological, biological, geophysical.' But read more for additional references and pictures about this underwater eruption."

Submission + - Report Blasts 'Peak Oil' Theory

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Rei

on Tuesday November 14, 2006 @06:56PM

Rei writes: "Today, the prestigious Cambridge Energy Research Associates released a report dismissing the Peak Oil theory, suggesting that world oil production will continue to increase for the next 24 years, and then only level into a plateu. The report, which suggests that world reserves are enough to last 122 years at our current rate of consumption, also blasts Peak Oil theorists for repeatedly making unscientific predictions and then shifting them whenever their predictions fail to materialize."

Submission + - YouTube on TiVo is here

Submitted by

herostratos

on Tuesday November 14, 2006 @06:21PM

herostratos writes: "PVRBlog reports that TiVo has just announced new functionalities such as downloading internet video, sending your own video to other TiVo boxes, and the downloading of CBS shows. Finally we will be able to view YouTube favorites without getting up from the couch. I call that progress!"

Submission + - Windows Powershell 1.0 released today.

Submitted by Simulant on Tuesday November 14, 2006 @06:19PM

Simulant writes: Love it or hate it, you must admit it beats the crap out of the old command prompt.

http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/

Submission + - First company logo to be visible from space

Submitted by

Albert Sandberg

on Tuesday November 14, 2006 @06:06PM

Albert Sandberg writes: "KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) is the first logo which is visible from space. The construction was made by 65.000 1x1 foot tiles. The page also has a short video which covers the construction. Now the aliens knows where to get their slimey food :-)"

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