Former Canadian Minister Of Defence Says UFOs are Real

Former Canadian Minister Of Defence Says UFOs are Real; Warns Of 'Intergalactic War'. He asks the Parliament of Canada to hold public hearings on Exopolitics -- relations with â??ETs.â??

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Reducing Firefox's memory usage

Many people have complained about Firefox's memory use. Federico Mena-Quintero has a proposal for reducing the amount of memory used to store images, which, in his proof of concept code, "reduced the cumulative memory usage [...] by a factor of 5.5."

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XBOX360 DVD player sucks?

ArsTechnica has it that the built-in DVD player on the 360 just isn't that good, with noticeable artifacts and dithering. Obviously, this would seriously impact the 360's use as a media hub. Does anyone have any experience with this? Would this change your decision on whether to buy a 360?

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Ajax 2.0 = Ahah (Asychronous HTML and HTTP)

Ahah is a new way to generate webpages. Actually, it is more of a subset of ajax, but intended to be simpler and faster. It is backed by David Hansson, the creator of Ruby on Rails.

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How the THX 'Deep Note' sound came to be

"I like to say that the THX sound is the most widely-recognized piece of computer-generated music in the world," says Andy Moorer. "This may or may not be true, but it sounds cool!"

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Black Friday Online

Can't make it to the store today? Check out theses Black Friday deals that are available online now. Updated regularly.

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Regeneration Gene Possibly Found

Researchers discovered that when a gene is silenced in planarians, the quarter-inch long worm is unable to carry out a biological process that has mystified scientists for centuries: regeneration. The answer could have far-reaching implications, because similar genes are found in humans.

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Ultimate Boot CD

Probably all the diagnostic tools you'll ever need is on this one CD. Has partition tools, memory tools (such as Memtest86), boot managers, and mosty likely every kind of hardware diagnostic around.

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Artists feeling the Sony Rootkit debacle

"This is serious business," says Red Light Management's Jordan. "As managers, we've always supported trusting our fans. Copy protection has nothing to do with trust." This is my first digg, and yes...It's about Sony.

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Sony Will Present PS3 At CES 2006

Sony has decided to acquire the central stand at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) that will take place in January next year in Las Vegas. Ok...that would seem rather normal...except for the fact that the stand will have 12,000 sq. feet (aprox 3660 square meters). That's a lot. Time to take away the X360 thunder.

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Xbox 360 Gets Its First Patch Already

Yes, it seems that Microsoft is back to its old habits. We've already grown accustomed to the patching/re-patching/re-re-patching, and re-patching-some-more habits displayed over the years by the giant from Redmond. But this is too much, even for them.

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First Xbox360 Game Pirated?

It seems that it has taken those crazy software pirates only 1 day to rip the data off an Xbox360 Disc. However you still need a (nonexistant) modchip to play it.

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Bill Gates: " Xbox Live Will Become Windows Live "

"Speaking on the eve of the Xbox 360 launch, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates outlined how Xbox Live would evolve into Windows Live, using Windows Messenger as a conduit. The Xbox team showed limited Live integration with Messenger back at E3 in 2003, and even that limited showing caused something of an outcry."

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Oil Expert To Address Theory That Peak Oil Production Has Arrived

"Princeton University emeritus professor and renowned oil analyst Ken Deffeyes thinks that the all-time production peak for petroleum, or 'peak oil,' will occur on or around this Thanksgiving." --- It's all downhill from here, kids...

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HUGE Excel Guide

An amazing resource for anyone using Excel with tutorials and tips on a ton of items from the beginner to the advanced. Layout could use some work, but absolutely the first stop on the Internet for anything regarding Excel.

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