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Daily Archives: July 23, 2008
[audio] Hewlett-Packard Introduces New Soup-Resistant Laptop
Touch is no mouse-killer
Science & environment: The iPhone is leading a touchscreen revolution, but don’t eBay your old computer just yet
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Will computers ever use DNA?
Science & environment: There is no easy way to wire up DNA to the other parts of a regular computer
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Ex-BP boss speaks little of Texas City
Business & economics: Former BP boss could not be drawn on explosion, newly released court papers show
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Dark Knight’s fanatics have profound enthusiasm
Arts & entertainment: Ariel Leve: I wish I cared about something as much as they care about Batman. They seem so invested
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Gates joins NY mayor to curb smoking
Bill and Melinda Gates announced yesterday that they were joining Michael Bloomberg in a $500m campaign against smoking in the developing world
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The mother of all celebrity news
Travel, life & style: Zoe Williams: Motherhood closes down a celebrity’s possibilities, yokes her back to the earth, makes you think of incontinence
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Libya hits back at Switzerland
Libya has been taking ‘retaliatory measures’ against since the arrest of Muammar Gadafy’s son
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Zimbabwe banknotes scarace
Zimbabwe forced to cut back on printing money as sanctions dry up supply of banknote paper
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Smashy The Alien Icon Set
We are always looking for creative and talented artists and designers. Once we find them, we ask them to cooperate with us and release something for free. We provide them with the full freedom to showcase their professionalism and express their creativity. And we support them financially and with a broad coverage in our magazine. [...]
Cherish our museums. They see the bigger, civic picture
Comment is free America: Charlotte Higgins: Its budget and collections can’t match MoMA, but in reaching out to the public the Tate threatens to eclipse its New York rival
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The perfect time to slow down
Travel, life & style: Carl Honoré: Maybe the economic slump is our chance to relearn art of slowing down
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Weapons of mass distrust
Comment is free America: Khaled Diab: Will the conciliatory tones coming out of Washington and Tehran really be enough to bring Iran’s nuclear standoff to an end?
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Bears eat two workers in Russia
Up to 30 hungry bears have attacked and eaten two men in Russia’s wild far eastern region of Kamchatka
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Obama commits himself to Israel’s security
Senator also speaks of hope for Middle East peace agreement
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Newsom secretly visits cyber suspect
Terry Childs gave up the passcode to San Francisco’s computer system
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China plans to keep Olympic protesters in pens during games
Sports: Human Rights Watch say zones are just new obstacle in preventing legitimate demonstration
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Bush backs off threat to mortgage bill
Business & economics: Federal aid for US communities stricken by subprime mortgage crisis likely to become law
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Food prices pushing east Africa to disaster, warns Oxfam
More than 14 million people in the east Africa region require urgent food aid, agencies say
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Man with the musical broomstick
Arts & entertainment: Without Les Paul, there might never have been an electric guitar. Ed Pilkington meets a pioneer
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How Come No One Celebrates My Alcoholism Like John Cheever’s?
You know, seminal American author John Cheever and I have a lot in common. He needed to drink a fifth of scotch before he had the courage to utter…
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Queen Elizabeth II Announces She’s Pregnant Again
LONDON—The queen assured her 59-year-old son, Prince Charles, that he was still special, and the baby would not replace him as the heir apparent to the crown.
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‘Wall St got drunk’ says Bush
During Texas fundraiser, US president made sure cameras were off before addressing financial crisis
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Sastre powers into Tour yellow
Sports: Carlos Sastre leads team-mate Frank Schleck by one minute 24 seconds after stage 17
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Congressional Democrats aim to ride Obama wave to red-state victories
Democrats are taking the fight for Capitol Hill deep into Republican territory this fall, say party leaders
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