links for 2007-07-17
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Overlooked and difficult to find, there are hundreds of thousands of U.S. government web sites that help you accomplish a variety of tasks. At the right federal .gov destination you can locate historical documents, keep tabs on Congressional happenings, v
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FreeNES is a facebook app that allows you to play a massive Library of Nintendo games in your browser. All of your old favorites are right here!
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Hoping to stabilize a $150 million annual electricity bill, Houston officials have negotiated
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A federal judge has blocked the RIAA from doing its customary end run around the legal system to get at the identities of suspected file-sharers, ruling that the law cited by the RIAA does not provide any authority for ex parte subpoenas.
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A few weeks back, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco issued an important ruling about Internet privacy—or lack thereof. Reaction to the case has been mixed; some commentators see it as a logical extension of existing telecommunications
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According to the biggest study carried out into sexual motivations, these include that it is a “reasonably effective way of overcoming boredom”, help you fall asleep or gets rid of a stress headache.
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After major Usenet provider Giganews announced that it would increase its data retention to a massive 200 days, the original nzb provider Newzbin invests heavily to maximize its usability.
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The author of Avant window navigator (Awn) has merged patches into svn which allows it to have a 3D perspective, and have icon reflections. That, together with the ability to change nearly any color setting, you can have one beautiful Linux desktop.
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Mario Romero has built something very interesting that’s getting more interesting all the time.
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