Guardian Unlimited: Technology:
The British maker of stuff for audiophiles says digital streaming is the way forward for its music productsThe CD player is dead. So says Linn Products, the high-end audio specialist based in Glasgow which for 20 years has been making .. CD players.The reason: its audiophile customers have moved, with alacrity, to hard driv (Read More)
Gizmodo:
Black Friday is a week away, and thousands of markdowns are already announced. Our master list of Giz-friendly deals—a hefty read—includes similar items priced differently at different stores. Keep it refreshed, cuz we'll be updating it all week. Doorbuster items marked with an * Cell Phones AT&T Sony Ericsson W518a - Free (Read More)
guardian.co.uk: The Guardian newspaper: Comment & debate:
It was not boredom but anger that tempted me to leave a play in mid-show – but I lacked the courageIn the middle decades of the 20th century, when theatre was testing the limits of taste, an off-stage sound-effect was regularly heard in the auditorium: the rat-a-tat of seat-backs clacking as scandalised theatregoers walked (Read More)
The Guardian:
Police rule out stranger attack but reject honour killing theory despite misgivings by Asian women's groupsEvery day, staff at Sunrise Radio were greeted with a smile from Geeta Aulakh, the receptionist who had dreamed as a young girl of working for the first independent 24-hour Asian station.For four days this week, her ch (Read More)
CNN:
Astronauts aboard the international space station and space shuttle Atlantis woke up to a worrying sound -- alarms indicating a fire and dangerous loss of pressure, NASA said Friday. (Read More)
CNN:
Astronauts aboard the international space station and space shuttle Atlantis woke up to a worrying sound -- alarms indicating a fire and dangerous loss of pressure, NASA said Friday.
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CNN:
Astronauts aboard the international space station and space shuttle Atlantis woke up to a worrying sound -- alarms indicating a fire and dangerous loss of pressure, NASA said Friday.
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www.guardian.co.uk:
In the first of our new 'Friday debate' blogposts, Lia Leendertz puts the case for human waste as the missing ingredient in our compost heapsA compost toilet. Photograph: 4RB/Flickr/Some rights reservedFollowing the success of our controversial blogpost of last Friday, here at the Guardian gardening blog we've decided to in (Read More)
NEWS.com.au | In-Depth | Health and Living:
Increase in teens seeking abortionsClinics concerned at lack of educationExpecting a rush following "Schoolies"Poll: Brits reveal sexual ignorance . (Read More)
The Guardian:
In a stormy week all round it has been pretty grim at Westminster where the winds of change are blowing."Gordon, your time is up and there won't be a replay!" concluded taxfree, following the Queen's speech. "This speech is from a Prime Minister and Government that helped to create most of this country's problems and now s (Read More)
Wired: Gadget Lab:
The Cyberus Smart Info Engine may sound like a steampunk computer which connects to the Victorian Internet (which would actually be awesome) but it is instead the most full-featured digital photo-frame ever.To be fair, the manufacturer, Sungale, wouldn’t describe it like that. The company (which does make LCD photo-frames) (Read More)
observer.guardian.co.uk:
'The grammatical fiction of personal guilt prompted another toothache, in the course of which Rubashov recalled how he had betrayed his mistress and librarian'The door to Cell 404 slammed. Rubashov immediately fell into a deep sleep. An hour before he had been dreaming of being arrested, when two men had knocked on the door (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
Today's Rumours are on their last legsThere are wires coming out of the Mill's nose, monitors sprouting from our manly chest-hair and a team of distressed nurses wiping our fevered brow with cool, damp cloths. The only sound is the beeping of a hundred medical devices, the sotto-voce debate of the ICU consultants conducting (Read More)
guardian.co.uk: The Guardian newspaper: Comment & debate:
In a country where brutal civil war raged just two decades ago, surprisingly little anger remains todayIt's hard to imagine a more tranquil place than Gaza: farmers taking their produce to market, women and children standing patiently at bus stops, towns crowded with shoppers, and along the almost empty sandy beaches no sou (Read More)