Month: February 2010
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Mercedes not ready to win – Schumacher
Michael Schumacher has admitted that Mercedes is off the pace of the front runners and will not be challenging for victory at the start of the season. read more
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Poor content access blamed for piracy
Better online access to movies and music will help address the piracy problem according to internet service providers, Internode and iiNet. read more
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US F1 and Stefan GP reportedly in merger talks
US F1 and Stefan GP are rumoured to be in merger talks to ensure a thirteenth team is present at the first race of the season in Bahrain. read more
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Mercedes unveils new gull-wing safety car
Mercedes has announced that this year’s F1 safety car will be based on its gull-wing SLS 63 AMG. read more
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Secret Microsoft doc leaks, DMCA notice fails to contain it
It’s no secret that online service providers cooperate with law enforcement agencies and will hand over personal information of various kinds when subpoenaed, subject to court order, or compelled by search warrant. What is secret has been exactly what information these companies store about their users, and what they will hand over to the authorities…
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Microsoft shuts down global spam network
Microsoft has won court approval to shut down a global network of computers which it says is responsible for more than 1.5bn spam messages every day. read more
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Fry no longer on board
Mercedes has confirmed that CEO Nick Fry has stepped down from the team’s board, removing him from some of the key decision making. read more
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Webber sets blistering pace
Mark Webber underlined Red Bull’s impressive pre-season pace by topping the time sheets on the first day of the final test in Barcelona. read more
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World’s first open source restaurant now open for business
Imagine just finishing a great dish at a restaurant and wishing you could make that at home. Well at the Instructables Restaurant you can do just that. In fact not only can you get the “source code” of the dish you ate, but you can download the plans to the furniture and fixtures as well.…
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YouTube’s video choice prompts Firefox fightback
Firefox isn’t supporting the H.264 video standard because it’s patented and the patent owners want fees: it’s not free. But if Google and YouTube make it ubiquitous, will users have a real choice? Should they care? read more