Pingie: TORRE: One in Three Is A Music Pirate

TORRE: One in Three Is A Music Pirate
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A report just published by the market research firm Interpret has tapped into the downloading habits of a massive 64 million respondents. From this group, well over a third admitted to downloading music illegally through file-sharing networks and BitTorrent, but that doesn’t mean they don’t buy any music. nA report just published by the market research firm Interpret has tapped into the downloading habits of a massive 64 million respondents. From this group, well over a third admitted to downloading music illegally through file-sharing networks and BitTorrent, but that doesn't mean they don't buy any music.
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Pingie: CNN.C: Ousted president returns to Honduras

CNN.C: Ousted president returns to Honduras
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Ousted Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya walked under a border chain Friday and returned to his country nearly a month after being removed by a military-led coup. He was surrounded by supporters who cheered and a media scrum, and had been told he faced arrest if he returned.
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Pingie: HTTP:: Zelaya makes brief Honduras return

HTTP:: Zelaya makes brief Honduras return
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Ousted president steps a few metres into home territory before re-entering Nicaragua.
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Pingie: HTTP:: Toucans Use Their Trademark Beaks for Heat Regulation

HTTP:: Toucans Use Their Trademark Beaks for Heat Regulation
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Scientists studying toucans came across a wondrous revelation recently, when they discovered that the birds sporting some of the most beautiful beaks in the world actually used them to regulate their bodily temperatures. Using infrared cameras and time-lapse videos of a sleeping toucan, the team comprised of Brazilian and Canadian researchers noted significant temperature variations in the beak over the hours, as it gradually became warmer or colder, depending on the core temperature. Until now, there existed a number of conflicted theories as to why the bird developed such an impressive front end. Charles Darwin was among the first to attempt an explanation, saying that it was most likely an ornament designed to help with the mating process. Other naturalists have proposed that the large beak could have evolved to allow the bird to rip the peel of fruits, while others believe it plays a role in visual warnings, or nest predation. The new investigation, conducted by scient!
ists from the Brock University, in Canada, and the Universidade Estadual Paulista, in Brazil, proposes a completely different explanation, and provides solid pieces of evidence to support it. “We used infrared thermal imaging technology to assess the surface temperature of the bill of toucans while they were encountering a...
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Toucans-Use-Their-Trademark-Beaks-for-Heat-Regulation-117488.shtml

Pingie: CNN.C: Shots fired at border before Zelaya arrives

CNN.C: Shots fired at border before Zelaya arrives
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Ousted Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya has arrived at the border as he attempts to return to his country nearly a month after being removed in a military-led coup, a broadcast on Telesur showed. Before he arrived at the crossing, police and soldiers fired on Zelaya's supporters, a correspondent for CNN en Español reported from the scene.
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Pingie: HTTP:: Zelaya begins return to Honduras

HTTP:: Zelaya begins return to Honduras
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Interim government imposes curfew as ousted leader vows to come home via Nicaragua.
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http://english.aljazeera.net//news/americas/2009/07/200972418483622134.html

Pingie: HTTP:: United Airlines Breaks Guitars Loses 180 Million

HTTP:: United Airlines Breaks Guitars Loses 180 Million
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Luggage mishaps are known to happen on airplanes, be it at the airport, or because of the way the packages are stored and transported. Either way, the flight company eventually owns up to them and finds some form of compensation for the respective passenger. This did not happen to Canadian singer Dave Carroll, who had his Taylor acoustic damaged on United Airlines and who took his plight to YouTube. United stock fell by ten percent because of it, amounting to a loss of $180 million, the Daily Mail informs. The incident occurred in 2008, when Carroll saw his guitar being thrown around by airport personnel before being loaded. As he arrived in Chicago, he saw that, indeed, his Taylor was broken, so he took his complaint to United Airlines. The company, in its turn, refused to acknowledge any wrongdoing and, after many months of attempts, the singer did the only thing he knew to get his revenge: made a song and a video of the whole thing and posted it on YouTube. “When air!
lines damage or lose their passenger’s luggage, they normally â€" perhaps grudgingly â€" end up paying back compensation of a few hundred pounds. But United Airlines are much more out of pocket in this case. The company has lost 10per cent of their share value â€" a massive $180million â€" after being blamed ...
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/United-Airlines-Breaks-Guitars-Loses-180-Million-117494.shtml

Pingie: HTTP:: Several killed in Iran plane blaze

HTTP:: Several killed in Iran plane blaze
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At least 17 people killed after plane catches fire in the country's north east.
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http://english.aljazeera.net//news/middleeast/2009/07/2009724161958575354.html

Pingie: HTTP:: How to Fit More Transistors in a Smaller Processor

HTTP:: How to Fit More Transistors in a Smaller Processor
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Moore's Law has been the sacred rule of the computing hardware industry since its announcement in 1965. Basically, it states that the number of transistors in an average processor, for example, will increase exponentially, with the number doubling once every two years. However, it has been known that the pace of progress will eventually slow down, on account of problems that will occur in the miniaturization process. Experts at the Rice University (RU) and North Carolina State University may have found a way past that, when they created a new method of attaching molecules to the semiconducting silicon. The innovation could eventually result in smaller and more powerful processors. The problem facing the industry today is, quite simply put, the tendency to make things smaller and more powerful. As the size of the transistors has decreased over the second half of the 20th century, their number of processors has constantly increased. But now, making them smaller is becoming p!
roblematic, mostly because of the fact that the process has reached the nanoscale. And the problem is not the size, of only a few billionths of a meter, but the internal structure of the silicon itself. In normal computer “brains,” the silicon substrate is subjected to a process known as “doping,” in which t...
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Fit-More-Transistors-in-a-Smaller-Processor-117476.shtml

Pingie: HTTP:: Safe Hair Dyes to Be Made from Shetland Seaweed

HTTP:: Safe Hair Dyes to Be Made from Shetland Seaweed
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Because of the increased concern over the safety of currently available hair dyes, researchers at The University of Leeds are now working on a project meant to bring to market such products, and other beauty treatments as well, made from Shetland seaweed. Not only will the products be healthier, but they will also be considerably more environmentally friendly, EurekAlert informs. The idea to start this project came about because of the pressing urgency to find something that did not include the many chemicals and allergens found in today’s dyes. The sum of £500,000 has been invested in the two-year project so far and, from what researchers are saying, chances are the revolutionary products will reach international markets soon enough. “Scientists at the University of Leeds are planning to extract chemical compounds from different species of seaweed and use them to develop a new range of hair dyes. The naturally sourced compounds will be used by scientists as substit!
utes for synthetic ingredients that can be found in most hair dyes currently on the market. Many compounds in existing products are allergens and certain chemicals, notably p-phenylenediamine (PPD), have been linked to more serious, long-term health effects. The project also hopes to develop other safer and more environmen...
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Safe-Hair-Dyes-to-Be-Made-from-Shetland-Seaweed-117487.shtml