Google (and Yahoo) Using Email to Profile You!

Google is targeting ads on Gmail based upon the web viewing habits of the sender - even when the sender is not using Gmail!

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A History Lesson All US Citizens Need To Learn On US Involvement in Iraq

Barry Lando, a former 60 Minutes producer, examines how the United States has meddled in Iraq dating back to the Eisenhower administration. He also looks at how the Reagan and Bush administration helped arm Saddam Hussein at a time when he was committing his deadliest atrocities.

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Video Screen Cast of the new Netflix Watch Now Beta

A member of 2old2play has taken a Video Screen Cast capture of the interface for the new Neflix Watch Now feature that is currently in beta. The screencast visualy shows how the interface works from sign in, to movie streaming. Great indepth look at the new service, with voiceover.

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Digg’s Front Page Stories as HUGE Mosaic Artwork

All hyperlinked, very visual, and very shiny.

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50 tunnels discovered running under U.S. Mexico border

Seven of the largest tunnels discovered under the U.S.-Mexico border in recent years have yet to be filled in, authorities said, raising concerns because smugglers have tried to reuse such passages before. One tunnel has been sitting unfilled for 13 years.

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The Amazing 3D desktop on Linux, This makes "Aero" look like a cheap toy !!

Hey all, this had been around for some time … but in time for the Vista by M$, here is a look on a "REAL" 3D desktop that is practical !!
I installed something similar to this (without the transparency) on an "old" AMD pc (athlon 2200+ ,512MB , 128MB 5200) … it’s amazing, and it’s not just eye candy !

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The 4 Steps to Tasting Beer

I thought it was just a matter of popping the top and chugging. Guess I was wrong…

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Trailfire Debuts New Tool At Demo

Trailfire has blazed its path as a social networking tool, and now it
’s starting to get a lot more social. The company created a way to mark up somebody else’s web page with the equivalent of a sticky note. You insert your own comments on the site and create a way for people who come after to you to grasp your observations about that site.

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A dystopian future - looking beyond Windows Vista

If Microsoft’s latest patent application is anything to go by then the next version of Windows, Vista+1 is really going to give you nightmares.

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Coming Soon: Catalyst Control Center - Linux Edition

AMD is working on a new fireglcontrolpanel replacement! A new Qt Catalyst Control Panel for Linux is underway, which should offer similar functionality to the Windows version. The new ATI Linux Control Panel looks like it may be done before the end of this year.

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