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Comment Re:Am I the only one... (Score 2, Informative) 380

by pizzaman100 on Tuesday April 03, 2007 @11:05AM (#18588185) Attached to: Gary McKinnon Loses Extradition Appeal

Does anyone think, for just a millisecond, that the USA would do the same? Extradite one of its own citizen to be tried in the UK?

No, not the UK. The USA extradites its citizens to Mexico instead.
Dog' the Bounty Hunter loses extradition battle

Chinese Official Vows to "Purify" the Net 321

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday January 24, 2007 @04:54PM from the good-luck-with-that dept.

Sleeping Kirby writes to tell us China's Communist party leader, Hu Jintao today announced the intent to leverage the economic potential of the web while seeking to "purify the internet environment". He proposes to do this by maintaining "the initiative in opinion" on the internet and to "'raise the level guidance on the internet," thus civilizing and purifying the internet environment.

Submission + - Scientists unveil most dense memory circuit ever m

Submitted by

adamlazz

on Wednesday January 24, 2007 @04:36PM

adamlazz writes: "The most dense computer memory circuit ever fabricated — capable of storing around 2,000 words in a unit the size of a white blood cell — was unveiled by scientists in California. The team of experts at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) who developed the 160-kilobit memory cell say it has a bit density of 100 gigabits per square centimeter, a new record. The cell is capable of storing a file the size of the United States' Declaration of Independence with room left over."

Submission + - U.S. cities don't make the intelligence cut

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coondoggie

on Wednesday January 24, 2007 @04:32PM

coondoggie writes: "For the second year running, no U.S. city has made the list of the world's top Intelligent Communities of 2007, as selected by global think tank Intelligent Community Forum. The ICF selects the Intelligent Community list based on how advanced the communities are in deploying broadband, building a knowledge-based workforce, combining government and private-sector "digital inclusion," fostering innovation and marketing economic development. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/012407-icf-p tc.html"

Submission + - NASA to Launch Magentic Storm Probes

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eldavojohn

on Wednesday January 24, 2007 @04:09PM

eldavojohn writes: "The aurora borealis (also known as the Northern Lights) has long been known to be an effect resulting from the Sun's solar wind pushing particles into the earth's magnetic field and atmosphere. In light of the possible danger that these substorms could pose to astronauts & equipment, NASA is now planning a mission to track down these magnetic storms and disturbances. The program's not so catchy name of Time History of Events and Macroscale Interaction during Substorms has a slightly catchier acronym of THEMIS. From the article, "In order to scan the Earth's magnetic field and pinpoint the origin of substorms, THEMIS researchers plan to stagger their spacecraft in different orbits that range in altitude from 10 to 30 times the radius of the Earth (the planet's radius is about 3,962 miles, or 6,378 kilometers).""

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