George Orwell

Demo of Amarok 2.2.0 (KDE 4)

at 12:48 pm by Roy Schestowitz Summary: Short video which shows the features of the latest Amarok, an audio player Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web...

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The E.U. as a surveillance society,

For the first time the EU wide moves towards a surveillance society and a database state set out in all their appalling glory. A major report has recently been published NeoConOpticon . It has its own webpage . The authors,...

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With these app on your smartphone you can do more than ‘reach out and touch’ (Carson's Post)

Following a highly amusing weekend trolling for what’s new in online smut, The Daily Beast’s Rachel Kramer Bussel presents eight of the Internet’s best new sex Web sites, apps, and downloads. Passion — Leave it to Apple to...

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Video advances are a big crime-solving aid in metro area

Video advances are a big crime-solving aid in metro area For Star Tribune, Rihnfield Police One of two suspects (at left) in the robbery/homicide at Avi's Pawn and Jewelry. (employee is at right) Criminals beware: Surveillance...

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Senior Discounts Abound, But At What Age?

Ask before you buy. By JANICE PODSADA The Hartford Courant At Fuzziwig's Candy Factory in Clinton, the "senior discount" kicks in at the half-century mark. If you're 50 and hoping for a discount on something more substantial,...

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Worthington Turns To Crime

The Last Days Of American Crime Source: Variety No sooner has he parted ways with The Tourist than Empire's only non-special-issue, two-month-sequential-coverboy (granted, that tag needs work) Sam Worthington has found another...

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O’Reilly Does Not Know What Open Means (Let Alone Free)

“Open” can also mean open sores Summary : Microsoft’s perversion of the word “open” (as George Orwell once warned) put in perspective I N SEPTEMBER we showed that O'Reilly had grown closer to Microsoft , then a few days ago...

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Japan's Murakami says metaphor more real after 9/11

TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - In the chaotic world after the Cold War and the September 11 2001 attacks, Japanese author Haruki Murakami says metaphors can be even more powerful than what's real -- a reason why his surreal books are...

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How much money is enough? | Robert Skidelsky

In 1930, Keynes predicted that by 2030, we'd be working a 15-hour week. But he underestimated our appetite for wealth The economic downturn has produced an explosion of popular anger against bankers' "greed" and their "obscene"...

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It was the hand of Fifa that fouled the game

Thierry Henry wasn't the only guilty party on that fateful night in the French capital, writes Willie O'Dea By Willie O'Dea Sunday November 22 2009 THE justifiable furore caused by the outrageous Thierry Henry handball on...

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