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September 2005

30th

• Sub-$100 laptop design unveiled.
• Probe set for asteroid touch down.
• Today we will be learning a lesson about a Shite Roomate, link courtesy of SixFootTwo.

29th

• Net calling kits hit High Streets.
• Venice 'will get protection dam'.
• Google and Nasa in space venture.
• Wales backs school junk food ban.
• Inquiry deal as E.coli cases rise.
• Aids virus 'could be weakening'.
• PSP crackers break console 'wide open'.
• Germans open World Cup überbrothel.
• eBid counters eBay price rises.
• No2ID catches up with Home Office roadshow.
• Firefox Momentum Slows.
• The First 'Trusted' Linux Operating System.
• Ruby Resources.
• The Mozilla Developer Center.

28th

• Anti-depressants 'not for young'.
• Live giant squid caught on camera.
• Welsh art prize entrants revealed.
• Google Video search.
• Intel, MS back HD DVD.
• SourceWear.com.
• StarOffice 8 Touts Open Document Format Advantage.
• Linux RealPlayer Under Zero-Day Gun.

27th

• Burgers' seaweed 'health boost'.
• Ice explorer readies for launch.
• Phishers target Yahoo! Photos.
• Hen TV.
• Euro email storage scheme 'illegal', warns official.
• Analyzing New Kinds Of Image-Sharing Services.

26th

• 'Immune boost' to fight cancer.
• Solar handbag lights up contents.
• Firms urged to back design talent.
• Microgrids as peer-to-peer energy.
• Rolf leads giant portrait project.
• E.coli inquiry 'should be public'.
• Bite, meet Bark.

25th

• For those of you unfortunate enough to use IE, Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar Beta.
• ThinkGeek.com has some weird and wonderful toys for sale.
• Baby Versus Rhino, thanks to SixFootTwo for sending me to this site, some excellent comic strips.
• Wasted most of my day trying to get Firefox working again on Ubuntu after an update error, only to find i also had a corrupt profile! Removing the '/home/username/.mozilla/firefox' folder solved the latter.

24th

• First aid on your iPod launched.
• Radio has its eye on podcasters.
• Homes near wood blaze evacuated.
• E.coli outbreak assembly inquiry.
• Some nice Ubuntu desktop designs by XSOS.

23d

• Down's syndrome recreated in mice.
• How Microsoft can 'kill' Google.
• No2ID ejected from government's ID roadshow.
• New game at TeaGames.com, Top Dog 2.

22nd

• Indianapolis set to host 2006 GP.
• Original Alice work in 3D online.
• Pesticide protection 'inadequate'.
• E.coli outbreak meat supply link.
• Linux users warned over Firefox flaw.
• DVD Forum okays 30GB, dual-layer HD DVD-R.
• PayPal hit by payment problems.

21st

• Green tea 'cuts Alzheimer's risk'.
• EC regulation 'could stifle' net.
• Opera gives away ad-free browser.
• Google Earth threatens democracy - again.
• Million pixel student makes £32k.

20th

• Hi-tech coating to boost implants.
• UK tops zombie PC chart (again).
• Bake a better Biscuit, mmmm biscuits... i thought my idea of Digestives with coconut flakes and ginger flavouring was quite inspired!
• Crane Fly, or 'Daddy Longlegs', seeing as there's been so many flying into the house at night i thought I'd do a little research, mouldy thatched roof's hmm.

19th

• Pagina.
• 30,000 volt synthetic jacket menaces Oz.
• Toshiba touts fuel cell-equipped MP3 players - Won't ship until 2007, though.
• Key clicks betray passwords, typed text.
• Flash is Evil.
• Hearing-aids have come a long way.
• Zentences.

18th

• Monument marks Battle of Britain. Some detailed images of the monument can be seen here
• UK Walk of Fame launched by Caine.
• James Bond writer 'reinvents' spy.
• Petitioning parliament by mouse.
• MediaTV.com.
• Fat-Pie.com.
• Linux Sex Positions - The Open Source Kama Sutra.

17th

• Cost warning on police shake-up.
• Fuel protesters complete go-slow.
• Police shake-up may merge forces.
• Nintendo plans one-handed joypad.
• BOFH: Bloody computer room tourists!.
• Union Hi-Jack, the curious case of the missing country.

16th

• Motorway protest over fuel prices.
• Live: Wales Rally GB.
• Small company chases big holographic storage.
• Phones that can smell, minus the breath mints.
• Govt backs digital TV switch.

15th

• Heart patients travel for surgery.
• Square's naked sculpture revealed.
• Xbox 360 set for November launch.
• Google unveils blog search site.
• Microsoft Unveils IE 7 Beta 2 Features.
• More Tech Aid Needed For Poor Countries, Say Leaders At U.N. Summit .
• Falling prices, government mandates propel HDTV.
• Blogging Sparks Boom In Photo-Hosting Sites.
• Brief L.A. Blackout Fells More Nets Than Hurricane Katrina.

14th

• UK.gov ID card costings fit on back of (small) envelope.
• Google Earth threatens democracy.
• Bloke called Pete seeks 1,999 namesakes.
• RealBasic 2005 for Mac, Windows and Linux.
• Businesses will have graded access to ID database.
• Cycle call follows pollution high.
• Sex Pistols added to Walk of Fame.
• FIA to impose cost-cutting rules.
• For sale, SUPER Rice.
• Microsoft Vista May Come In Seven Versions.
• Buy.com Starts 'Price War' With Amazon.com.
• M1Cr050f7 updates it's Malicious Software Removal Tool.
• Firefox Rebounds Against Internet Explorer, Netscape gets biggest gain.

13th

• Action to tackle work 'distress'.
• Most distant cosmic blast sighted.
• Declaration signed on great apes.
• Battling nonagenarian grabs burglar by 'nads.
• Maim that tune.
• Video sequence of earth pictures taken from the Messenger spacecraft.
• Vendors Investing Heavily In Mobile TV .
• Mozilla Fixes Firefox Flaw With Workaround.
• Microsoft Delay Of Patch Underscores Slow Fix Process.

12th

• Head over to the grc.com Security Now page and listen to their weekly audio security column.
• Firefox blighted by unpatched bug.
• Wheelbarrow blagger cuffed after 2mph pursuit.
• BOFH: Putting a price on the Boss.
• Subpoenas at 6Gbps? RIAA, MPAA join Internet2.

11th

• Iron absorption mystery 'solved'.

10th

• Creative uses for dead PCs.
• UK digital rights group sets up.
• MI5 head warns on civil liberties.
• Fuel protesters plan M4 blockade.
• Dog owner did DIY amputation.
• What Firefox and Mozilla users should know about the IDN buffer overflow security issue.
• Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 Releases As First Bug Surfaces.

9th

• Thompson 'suicide note' published.
• Microsoft aims for hack-proof 360.
• BBC opens TV archive to remixers.
• Inhaler may replace insulin shots.
• Firefox 1.5 Beta Nearly Ready.

8th

• Firefox 1.5 Beta Nearly Ready.
• Suspected volcano forming in Oregon.
• No live TV birth for Dutch Big Brother.
• Warmer soils add to climate worry.
• Liquid drop takes big nano step.
• Cleaning chemicals 'reach baby'.
• Kerr secures opening A1 GP drive.
• 'China has f*cked us' - Bill Gates.
• Improving the CSS 2.1 strict parser for IE 7.
• Blogsticker Factory.

7th

• Trojan Spoils Smut Surfing.
• Novell Unveils SuSE Linux 10.
• Further fuel protests threatened.
• Ultimate Game Chair.
• Impact of Hurricane Katrina, mouse-over the dates in the center to see data change. Some high quality images are available at DiogitalGlobe.com and an interactive map at the New Orleans Satelite.
• Symantec Enterprise AV Open To Multiple Attacks.
• Linux And Windows Square Off In Another Round Of TCO Testing.
• Intel invests in Czech software firm. The article doesn't answer my only query 'How long will the free version of AVG last now?'.

6th

• 8 Bit Heaven.
• Petrol pumps see first £1 litre.
• Cardiff cannabis 'cheapest in UK'.
• Martian dunes hide water secret.
• SquareFree.com is an excellent website to stumble across, with such wonderments as crashreport.wmv, Pornzilla, Thumbs, Real-time HTML Editor and a whole lot more.

5th

• Seven tries and still no iPOD mini, and i waited until 5am to try ;) If you head over to WinWithWalkers.com and enter a code (found on the back of their crisp packets) you could win said toy. There is a new draw every 5 minutes for the whole of September. That's £2.8 million iPOD mini's at street prices!

3rd

• Did you spill my pint?
• Strict security as big game looms.
• Rover's image from Mars hill peak.
• Rossi to increase Ferrari tests.

2nd

• 'Human remains link' to BSE cases.
• Security tight at meeting's close.
• Welsh Americans' Disney gathering.
• Shoppers rush to pocket Sony PSP.
• UK GPs top European pay league.
• Hungry Mansell set to race again.

1st

• New game at TeaGames.com, Slingstar.
• Head over to this Linspire for Free page and follow the instructions at the bottom, offer available until the 6th September 2005 (use a Torrent client and there's no need to que).
• Apes 'extinct in a generation'.
• Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 Due Next Week.
• Beta Launched For OpenOffice 2.0 .