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09 July 2004   

 

State of the Art: Microsoft on the Trail of Google

If you're a regular MSN visitor, this overhaul is a windfall. You woke up one morning last week to find that the MSN Search page was faster, cleaner and Googler.

I've never tried this engine. And by the sound of the review, shan't be swapping out Google — not for a long time, me thinks.


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Teenage years 'hardest for parents'

Of the teenage years, half of parents say that 13-15 is the most difficult time while a quarter say 16-18 are the hardest years

Awwww, man. I've got this coming to me. Starting in seven years when Esme's 13. Finishing seven years later, when Brad's 18. And Esme's much more of a teenager already, and only aged 5 ½ ! Brad's much calmer, but I guess he'll have a lot to 'let all hang out, man' when his time comes. Sigh.


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Meep Meep

You’re probably saying, “Man, I’d totally get a Segway if there was only some way to encase it in a plastic bubble.” Your wait is officially over; we introduce the Segway HT enclosure by Bill Dieter of Urbo, who has been a designer with Nike and other soft goods materials/companies. Plus, the enclosure folds up to fit in space below HT handlebars and deploys quickly keeping the rider dry. But it still won’t save you from looking like an idiot on a Segway in a plastic bubble.

[via: Engadget]

Well, I wasn't thinking that. I was thinking... Is Segway still going? Are people really buying them? Weird.

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 Source: Engadget; 09/07/2004; 09:45:25.
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Bin Laden Is Said to Be Organizing for a U.S. Attack

Osama bin Laden and his chief lieutenants are directing a Qaeda effort to launch an attack in the U.S. sometime this year.

Pretty general stuff. What worries me, is that the attack, when it comes, and it will, will be a mega, probably biological. It wouldn't need to be very successful in itself, but the fear of some awful disease could tear the country apart. (Or, would the US as a nation pull together?)

 Source: The New York Times > Home Page; 09/07/2004; 09:45:02.
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