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Israel Goes on the Virtual Offensive

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The Israeli government is deploying new tactics to deepen ties with American youth and evangelicals.
For the moment at least, the state of Israel has 553 friends. One [...]

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Who's your online enemy?

Web-savvy criminals have turned Israel into the world's highest ranking source of malicious Internet activity per user, security experts have told The Jerusalem Post.
From July through December 2006, 9 percent of all such activity could be traced back to Israel. Taiwan came next with 8%, while Poland and the US tied at 6%, according to [...]

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Microsoft Web 2.0 and Refugees

I feel sick to my stomach when I see a multi-billion giant like Microsoft using “children refugees” as a cover up to market their latest web 2.0 businesses called live.com!
While doing my search for my previous story, I came across a press release by UNHCR which said: “Microsoft launches “Click for Cause” initiative to support [...]

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Will the human race ever populate another planet?

This article is in response to the question posted by a new site just launched today - Love to Lead - where:
Each week for the next 16 weeks L2L will pose a question designed to stimulate debate between bloggers. Visitors will be able to vote for their favourite article and the blogger whose post receives [...]

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US Electromagnetic Weapons: To Invade a Person's Body Without Their Consent

It was July 2005 when first published some information about the deployment of a new weapon in Iraq called "Active Denial System weapon." The weapon was deployed in Iraq for testing free-fresh-flesh-samples (to make "Fried Chicken"). This weapon fires a 95GHz microwave beam at "rioters" to cause heating and intolerable pain in less than five [...]

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Desperate Housewives & Sabbah!

I just ran by Quantcast, which is still on beta but providing some interesting stats that some bloggers might like to check.
If your blog is lucky to be profiled, you can see some fine statistical analysis that estimates some figures about your visitors, like, their age, gender, ethnicity, even education and income.
The statistics also estimate [...]

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AOL-Netscape launches social news, Digg copy

Netscape, the brand that kick-started the dot-com boom only to lose the browser war to Microsoft, launched its latest reincarnation today with a portal focused on community-driven news. It�s not exactly a Digg clone. Submitted stories are voted on in much the same way, and the more votes a story gets the higher it appears [...]

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Flickr Blocked in UAE, Again!

Flickr is blocked again in UAE? I just heard that from SC. This is also confirmed here and here.
What the heck is all this about? Since I lived in UAE for few years, I know that Etisalat have this sort of stupid unexplained actions.
But anyway, may this slow down the UAE spam on Flickr [...]

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Google Intelligence Network

Just got this from official Google blog; they announced Google Base. They say it is an extension of their existing content collection efforts like web crawl, Google Sitemaps, Google Print and Google Video. On the other hand, I also came across Google Analytics, which actually monitors your site visitors and promises you to watch how [...]

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Google search history

Man gets his Google search history submitted as evidence in murder trial.

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Microwave your bra to stay warm this winter

For the woman who wants to stay both warm and environmentally conscious this winter � and isn't bothered by extra bulk under her shirt � a lingerie maker unveiled a thick bra that can be heated in a microwave.

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US Air Force testing new transparent armor

Transparent Aluminum was once a matter of science fiction. The US Air Force has actually developed transparent aluminum and are testing it now. The new kind of transparent armor — stronger and lighter than traditional materials — that could stop armor-piercing weapons from penetrating vehicle windows.

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Cold-war device used to cause Katrina?

Stevens, is among several people to offer alternative and generally discounted theories for the storm that flooded New Orleans. He says that a little-known oversight in physical laws makes it possible to create and control storms � especially if you're armed with the Cold War-era weapon said to have been made by the Russians in [...]

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Wiki Neo-Racism?

Ever noticed the US government practice of Neo-Racism? Instead of saying all people from the Middle-East should be treated differently, the US government says people from Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Egypt, Eritrea, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Lebanon, Morocco, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and [...]

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Bird flu

A super flu could kill up to 1.9 million Americans. In a best-case scenario, about 200,000 people might die. I was wondering. Did anyone hear of any Mideast country taking precautions, or we are super heroes?
Update1: Bahrain is stockpiling four million shots of medication to protect the nation against bird flu.
Update2: The United Arab Emirates [...]

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