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Monday, May 12th, 2008Trash Dispatch:
Windows XP fans don’t want it to XPire
Petition drive aims to keep XP as option on new PCs past June 30
A petition to “Save Windows XP” has drawn more than 111,000 supporters — and continued shots across the Microsoft XP vs. Vista bow, a battle that began with Vista’s release last year.
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TrashDispatch: Mission: Armageddon. Nasa plans landing on asteroid
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008Trash Dispatch:
Mission: Armageddon
Nasa plans landing on asteroid
· US eyes 2000SG344 for Armageddon-type mission
· Rock seen as stepping stone to deep space
It was once considered the most dangerous object in the universe, heading for Earth with the explosive power of 84 Hiroshimas. Now an asteroid called 2000SG344, a lump of rock barely the size of a […]
TrashDispatch: FBI Uses Patriot Act Against Internet Archive But Loses
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008Trash Dispatch: a story by Ryan Singel
FBI Uses Patriot Act Against Internet Archive But Loses
The Internet Archive, a project to create a digital library of the web for posterity, successfully fought a secret government Patriot Act order for records about one of its patrons and won the right to make the order public, civil liberties […]
Fiery Photoshop Space Explosion [Tutorial & PICS]
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008Illustrating scenes from the final frontier can make for some beautiful work. In this Photoshop tutorial - the longest we’ve ever published - I’ll walk you through creating a spectacular space scene featuring two planets colliding. Strap yourselves in photoshoppers!
Open source in schools could save the taxpayer billions
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008Open source in schools could save the taxpayer billions- A model of Open Source school computing is emerging which could save the taxpayer billions of pounds and provide enormous opportunities for the home-grown technology sector based around Open Source software.
First look: Google relaunches JotSpot as Google Sites
Thursday, February 28th, 2008Ars checks out Google’s new web-based productivity and collaboration product, which has Microsoft Office and SharePoint on its hit list. Google Sites’ success, however, will depend on how it evolves from its limited 1.0 offering.
TrashDispatch: Movie Cars Make Cinematic History
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008Some of the biggest movie stars in film history haven’t been actors, but the cars that the actors drove.
Here is a list of the cars in cinematic history that made you want to go back in time, play hooky, become a secret agent, go on a mission from God, bust some ghosts or truck 400 cases of illegal Coors beer east of Texas.
James Bond Fanatic Creates Underwater Car (W/Cool Pics)
Thursday, February 14th, 2008Trash Dispatch.com:
James Bond Fanatic Creates Underwater Car (W/Cool Pics)
Cinema audiences gasped as Roger Moore’s 007 took his white Lotus Esprit for a surprise dip to evade the enemy in the film The Spy Who Loved Me. The famous scene, shot using a model, triggered the imagination of countless gadget-lovers, who wondered if such a […]
15-Year-Old Girl Switched Blood Type After Transplant
Thursday, January 24th, 2008An Australian girl spontaneously changed blood groups and adopted her donor’s immune system after a liver transplant, in what doctors treating her said Thursday was the first known case of its type.
UFOs in Texas: The environmental implications of aliens
Monday, January 21st, 2008Trash Dispatch: It’s the “Transformers”, Man! Didn’t you see? All of our modern technology, cell phones, computers, even ipods, were all reversed engineered by studying, Megatron!
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