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New Scientist Breaking News – Sexual ornaments grow out of all proportion

Posted on 5.24.2006

New Scientist Breaking News – Sexual ornaments grow out of all proportion: Sexual ornaments grow out of all proportion 22:00 22 May 2006 NewScientist.com news service Patrick Barry James Brown, University of New Mexico Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences The male obsession with size appears to be universal, according to a new survey of animal species where males use ornamental body parts to attract females. The study showed.. Read More

Online auction site eBay rules that New Zealand not for sale – MSN-Mainichi Daily News

Posted on 5.12.2006

Online auction site eBay rules that New Zealand not for sale – MSN-Mainichi Daily News: SYDNEY, Australia — New Zealand is not for sale, despite somebody in neighboring Australia trying to offload the nation of 4 million to the highest online bidder. With a starting offer of just one cent, brisk bidding for the prime chunk of South Pacific real estate quickly boosted the price to 3,000 Australian dollars (US$2,330).. Read More

Belated Level 60 Announcement

Posted on 5.11.2006

Right. So I finally took a character to 60 in World of Warcraft. I’ve been playing since the beta days, so that’s a reaaaally slow burn-rate. When it comes down to it, I’m just a casual gamer, and I wasn’t in a rush to get to 60. To be fair to myself, I have a couple of other characters that I’ve leveled, too. Around level 53 or so, I switched.. Read More

Macworld: News: Adobe aims to ease AJAX programming

Posted on 5.11.2006

Macworld: News: Adobe aims to ease AJAX programming: Adobe aims to ease AJAX programming By MacCentral Staff Adobe Systems on Thursday will debut technology intended to make AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) programming easier for Web designers. The company will offer a free pre-release version of an AJAX framework called Spry. The Spry framework is HTML-centric and features a JavaScript library specifically oriented to Web designers, said Jennifer Taylor, senior.. Read More

PS3 Announced

Posted on 5.09.2006

So sony finally announced it’s pricing on the PS3, and it’s less than I expected. I know a lot of people are surprised that the high-end, 60 GB HDD version is $599, but that still seems like a decent deal for the simple fact that you’ll get a Blu-Ray player in the deal. I’ll reserve my judgement until the reporters give their impressions on what the playable games are like.. Read More