Until now, scientists could not explain why ice cubes in your drink melt. They’ve known the basics, but the details remained elusive. A breakthrough new study, announced today, supports a leading theory that melting starts when the fundamental structure of matter begins to crack.
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Nick Finick has “had a few discussions with Robert Scoble, Nick Bradbury, Jeremy Wright, Tristan Louis, Andru Edwards and others about the announcement of the [Microsoft] RSS Extension”:
What Microsoft is doing is pretty much inevitable. RSS is big game today and Microsoft needs to be a part of that for survival. I do not […]
From c|net:
Not to be left out of any development trends, Microsoft is working to simplify the job of building so-called AJAX applications, or Web applications with sophisticated graphics.
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From digg.com:
We are pleased to announce that former TechTV hosts Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht have agreed to host a weekly podcast version of digg. Each 30 min podcast will cover the most dugg stories, as well as their personal favorites. Expect to see the first release sometime within the next two weeks!
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This application is simply amazing!
Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world’s geographic information at your fingertips.
PC Magazine has a review of Google Earth.
Bottom Line: The $299 service formerly known as Keyhole has been relaunched by new owner Google, and it is even more impressive-and free. Google […]
From LifeHacker:
Newly-released bookmarklet Del.icio.us Direc.tor turns the Del.icio.us bookmark service into a gorgeous, lively, dynamic application that just about popped the eyeballs right out of my head.
+digg! Extremely useful.
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Gateway’s inexpensive brand eMachines recently announced it’s first PC running Windows XP Media Center Edition. This is great news! The eMachine T6520 has an Athlon 64 3400+, a 200GB hard drive, 1GB RAM, dual-layer burner, and lists for $599! There’s no excuse not to have one of these if you ever listen […]
A new study of changing speed limits in the United States finds no evidence that higher limits fuel more deaths.
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From LifeHacker:
Attorney Evan D. Brown notes that in a recent Munster vs. Groce court case in Indiana, the court determined the plaintiff hadn’t exercised due diligence finding the defendant because Google wasn’t searched:
The court seemed to chastise this failure: “[W]e discovered, upon entering “Joe Groce Indiana” into the Google search engine, an address for Groce […]
AP:
Cities may bulldoze people’s homes to make way for shopping malls or other private development, a divided Supreme Court ruled Thursday, giving local governments broad power to seize private property to generate tax revenue.
This is rather disturbing news.
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