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From Scientific American, via Slashdot:

Environmental group Greenpeace launched a fresh attack on genetically modified maize developed by U.S. biotech giant Monsanto, saying on Tuesday that rats fed on one version developed liver and kidney problems.

Greenpeace said a study it had commissioned that was published in the journal Archives of Environmental Contamination and Technology showed rats [...]

María Amelia, from Spain.

My friends in Internet, today I am 95 years old. My name is Amelia and I was born in Muxía (A Coruña - Spain) on December the 23rd of 1911. Today it’s my birthday and my grandson, who is very stingy, gave me a blog.

On the heels of announcing their new “Premium” Google Apps package, Google is suffering through major Gmail issues today.

Perhaps it’s karma saying that web-based apps aren’t ready yet for prime time. Or it’s Google encouraging free Gmail users to upgrade! Who knows…

Heh.

A man in Alaska has his laptop taken by the police because he was using the local public library’s wireless Internet connection. The connection wasn’t encrypted or otherwise protected. It was being freely broadcast.

They’re considering criminal charges for “theft of service.”

It’s a good thing he didn’t go inside and try to read any books.

Google releases a paid version of Gmail, Spreadsheets, etc. for businesses.

Google vs. Microsoft, let the games begin.

Update: The most interesting part of the plan comparison page from Google is that the “Premier” edition offers limited release “Email migration tools”. Awesome. Hopefully this will work its way down the chain so that I [...]

I think that the courts got this one right.

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the social networking Web site MySpace filed by the family of a 13-year-old girl who says she was sexually assaulted by a 19-year-old man she met online.

The $30 million lawsuit accused the site of having no measures to protect children [...]

You don’t need an invitation anymore (or a cell phone).

Now you have no excuse.

Get your account.

I’m wondering…

Twice in the last week I’ve gone searching for “conversations” in Gmail and have been unable to find them. When I fire up Mozilla Thunderbird (where I keep a backup of my Gmail email) I am able to locate the emails without any problem.

Not good.

That’s what this guy seems to think, and I wholeheartedly agree.

Blogger with its minimal barrier to entering the world of self-publishing helps people understand the pleasures of blogging. Then it frustrates us with service outages, bad customer service, and the inability to backup data and years of work. Then we discover there is a world [...]

“By the end of this year, the contents of all 1,800 courses taught at one of the world’s most prestigious universities will be available online to anyone in the world, anywhere in the world. Learners won’t have to register for the classes, and everyone is accepted”

here are a list of courses currently offered. the site [...]

If you’ve been on the net for at least eight or nine years then you certainly remember GeoCities.

As further evidence that MySpace is the new GeoCities, I bring you:

Top 8 Christmas MySpace Pages To Make Your Eyes Bleed

nice try making video games sound like they belong in a serious conversation, that is. from wikipedia’s page on the state of hawaii, discussing places in various media in which it has been featured, after film and television:

Other Media

An unidentified tourism community in Hawaii is featured as a level in the Tony Hawk’s Underground [...]

look at this jacket (go ahead, laugh). it is ridiculous-looking. who in their right mind is going to want to wear it?

the motorola audex jacket is an “i love the 2000s” instant hit. i mean, you could make a VH1 “i love 2006″ right now, and this jacket could be [...]

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