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Hot trends for August 14, 2008

7 trends that show we are on the verge of world conflict

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:28:22 PDT
Russia has demonstrated that it is not friendly to Europe; Russia's recent behavior shows they will use energy as a tool of imperialism; Talks on a U.S. missile system have resumed in Warsaw; There are half a dozen pending arms deals between Russia and Iran; Globalization is slowing down; The financial market is ignoring the risk...

Free copyright license upheld Fed Circuit Court of Appeals A Blog Around The Clock]

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:15:15 PDT
Larry Lessig reports some exciting, huge and important news: free licenses upheld: So for non-lawgeeks, this won't seem important. But trust me, this is huge. I am very proud to report today that the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (THE "IP" court in the US) has upheld a free (ok, they call them "open source") copyright license, explicitly pointing to the work of Creative Commons and others. (The specific license at issue was the Artistic License.) This is a very important victory, an

Trends & Innovations - Wednesday (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News)

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:56:33 PDT
More motorists are turning to car pool Web sites to look for people to share rides to work amid high gas prices and a tight economy. The number of daily visitors to eRideShare has tripled since Feb., when gas started to climb from the $3-a-gallon level. A rival, CarpoolWorld.com, had about 4,400 new U.S. registrations in both June and July, vs. 800 in Feb. These services are free for drivers ...

Online Dating And People Search Sites

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:34:57 PDT
One of the fastest growing trends in the internet today is this one called online dating communities. Through these sites, single persons can meet online with others in the hopes to find a perfect match for them.

Blogging Arrests On the Rise

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:00:44 PDT
Bloggers getting arrested is on the rise. While not large numbers, there is a disturbing trend of citizen journalists increasingly being targeted by law enforcement ( five arrests in 2003 to 35 last year). From Saudi Arabia to Iran to the USA, bloggers are being subjected to pressures to edit and censor information.

Hot News Notebook, Dual-CPU, Mini Notebook

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:45:04 PDT
Raon Digital(www.raondigital.com) unveiled the world's first mini notebook 'EVERUN NOTE' equipped with dual CPU(AMD Turion) in Korea market.


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