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babooo404 writes:
Last week, Walmart launched their online video download service. Immediately there were posts that the service did not work with the Firefox or Safari browsers. There was a collective, "WTF" when this happened as this is 2007, not 1997. Now it appears that reports are out that Walmart has COMPLETELY turned off the ability to get into the application at all by Firefox, Safari or any other browser it does not like.
http://www.centernetworks.com/walmart-in-bed-with- microsoft-no-to-firefox
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Adolytsi writes:
MSNBC has an interesting article on an Italian study on alcoholism. While the obvious notion of overconsumption of alcohol being detrimental to one's health is supported, apparently drinking it in moderation can actually extend your lifespan. A study on over 1 million drinkers and 94,000 deaths yielded the results:
"According to the data, drinking a moderate amount of alcohol — up to four drinks per day in men and two drinks per day in women — reduces the risk of death from any cause by roughly 18 percent, the team reports in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
However, "things radically change" when consumption goes beyond these levels, study leader Dr. Augusto Di Castelnuovo, from Catholic University of Campobasso, said in a statement. Men who have more than four drinks per day and women who have more than two drinks per day not only lose the protection that alcohol affords, but they increase their risk of death, the data indicates."
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Porsupah writes:
It appears Azureus Inc. and BBC Worldwide have reached agreement on making Doctor Who, as well as a few other series including Red Dwarf, Fawlty Towers, and The League of Gentlemen, available as legal downloads on their recently announced Azureus 3.0-based Zudeo platform. There's no word yet on what episodes, pricing, or DRM.
