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Mexican comic-book character called racist A comic-book character popular in Mexico for generations has run into a cultural barrier at the border, where Americans see him as a racist caricature. Home > Rss Directory > General > CNN |
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Obama: McCain should stop questioning character
(AP) AP - Democrat Barack Obama challenged his Republican opponent John McCain on Tuesday to stop questioning his "character and patriotism." Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Poll: What Kind of D&D Character Would John McCain Be? A McCain aide dismisses skeptics of the candidate's cross-in-the-dirt POW story as the "pro-Obama Dungeons & Dragons crowd." We ask the obvious journalistic follow-up question: If John McCain were a D&D character, what would he be? Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Poll: What Kind of D&D Character Would John McCain Be? A McCain aide dismisses skeptics of the candidate's cross-in-the-dirt POW story as the "pro-Obama Dungeons & Dragons crowd." We ask the obvious journalistic follow-up question: If John McCain were a D&D character, what would he be? Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Using Iconv To Convert Character Sets On Linux And Unix The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Today, we're going to look at character conversion Since, if you looked at the picture in yesterday's bash script post, you probably noticed that a lot of the foreign characters came up looking like garbage. Ok; maybe not garbage, but certainly not in the way th Home > Rss Directory > Technology > LinuxToday |
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Glimmer of Obama's Character as He Visits Grandma - ABC News Times OnlineGlimmer of Obama's Character as He Visits GrandmaABC News - 4 hours agoBy RUSSELL GOLDMAN Sen. Barack Obama has made the very personal decision to leave the campaign trail for two days this week to visit his ailing 85-year-old grandmother in Hawaii.Obama Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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WebKit browser engine aces Acid3 test Developers working on WebKit announced late last week that the newest build of the browser engine, which powers both Apple 's Safari and Google 's Chrome, has aced all of the requirements of an important Web standards test. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Oracle buying Web app test tools from Empirix Fresh off a strong third-quarter earnings report, Oracle announced Thursday that it has agreed to acquire a set of Web application testing products from Empirix for an undisclosed sum.Oracle plans to make Empiri Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Mac Pro options put to the test Mac users seem to have more choices than ever when it comes to configuring Apple hardware. Sure, in the past, you could often add a hard drive here or extra RAM there, but now a bevy of options are yours for the choosing, as Macworld Lab discovered when we tested a tr Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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$160 Billion Robotic Army Network Passes First Big Test. Kinda. A van full of insurgents speeds through the desert. They do not notice a series of networked ground sensors that have begun tracking their every move. Hovering somewhere overhead, a tiny robot points its camera at the van and takes note of its color scheme and markings. An even bigger d Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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$160 Billion Robotic Army Network Passes First Big Test. Kinda. A van full of insurgents speeds through the desert. They do not notice a series of networked ground sensors that have begun tracking their every move. Hovering somewhere overhead, a tiny robot points its camera at the van and takes note of its color scheme and markings. An even bigger d Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Test your Geek IQ Sure, you may have scored more than 150 on the standardized IQ test, you may party hearty with Mensa Mommas -- but what's that actually worth in the real world? Diddly. If you truly want to know how smart you are when it counts, then InfoWorld's Geek IQ test is the pu Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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FDA Says LabCorp Cancer Test Is Illegal - New York Times FDA Says LabCorp Cancer Test Is IllegalNew York Times - 1 hour agoBy ANDREW POLLACK The Food and Drug Administration has told the Laboratory Corporation of America that it is illegally marketing a blood test to detect ovarian cancer, according to a warning letter posted Wed Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Oct. 30, 1961: USSR's Biggest-Bang Theory Put to Test 1961: The Soviet Union detonates the largest nuclear or thermonuclear weapon ever constructed. The Tsar Bomba (as it was known in the West; the Soviets referred to it as Big Ivan or, more officially, RDS-220) was a three-stage hydrogen device with a 100-megaton capacity. Andrei Sakharov Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Oct. 30, 1961: USSR's Biggest-Bang Theory Put to Test 1961: The Soviet Union detonates the largest nuclear or thermonuclear weapon ever constructed. The Tsar Bomba (as it was known in the West; the Soviets referred to it as Big Ivan or, more officially, RDS-220) was a three-stage hydrogen device with a 100-megaton capacity. Andrei Sakharov Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Quick Staph Test Sends Becton Soaring - Forbes Dog Flu Diet and DiseasesQuick Staph Test Sends Becton SoaringForbes - 4 hours agoFinding out quickly if patients have a killer bug can be the difference between life and death. And Becton Dickinson, the global medical technology company, is cashing in after the Unite Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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SF-area subway gets fast Wi-Fi in test A startup says it can give subway riders wireless Internet access that's faster than most home broadband in the U.S.Tests at stations and on a special stretch of track in the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Report: Feds say Bonds failed steroid test in '01 - SportingNews.com Canada.comReport: Feds say Bonds failed steroid test in '01SportingNews.com - 1 hour agoUS prosecutors said Barry Bonds failed a steroid test in November 2001, one month after hitting his record-setting 73rd home run of the season, according to a Reuters report.Gov Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Yahoo to test Google search ads Yahoo will test displaying Google search ads in a small number of its search engine queries, a move likely to be interpreted as the latest in a series of Yahoo maneuvers to resist Microsoft's acquisition attempt. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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US says Iran fired missile in second test - Reuters Times OnlineUS says Iran fired missile in second testReuters - 3 hours agoBy Randall Mikkelsen WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran test-fired a missile in the second such test in less than 24 hours, a US intelligence official said on Thursday.Video: From Iran, More Missiles Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |