TOP5 for 06/24/2006
Filed in archive Daily Top 5 by Creative Weblogging on June 25, 2006
| Computer History Museum The Gadgets Weblog |
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| Yes, there really is a Computer History Museum. No, I don't know which night is features the pocket protector giveaway. The museum is located in Mountain View, CA and boasts the worlds largest collection of computer hardware and gadgetry. Several online exhibits will give you an idea of how geeky a true visit to the museum will be. Going all... Read it all |
 Consumer Electronics |
| Virtual jail The Techwear Weblog |
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| A virtual jail is cheaper then a real one. In fact it's 5, 10 or 15US$ a day. Thats the cost of a bracelet-like gadget. With that gadget the police is able to control the whereabouts of drunken driver via GPS. The new GPS device would act like a "probation officer in the pocket of the offender" to deter repeat felon... Read it all |
 Technology |
| Grand Rounds Vol. 2 No. 39 Straightfromthedoc |
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| Grand rounds was up this week at Psychological Perspectives. Watch out next week for the best of medical blogging at MedViews.... Read it all |
 Life Sciences |
| Police Raid Scottish Poker Club Pokerface |
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| According to The Daily Record, 100 police officers raided The Cincinnati Club, Scotland's only poker club. Dave Colclough, a top tournament player and director of the club was shocked when police raided his club even with 4 off duty police officers playing at the tables. It is legal in Scotland to play poker at a private club and the officials... Read it all |
 Gaming & Gambling |
| NSA Snooping on Your 14 Year Old? The Social Networking Weblog |
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| Mike Yamamoto of CNET highlights an article that reports the NSA is mining data from social networking websites: Now, however, a much larger interested party has taken to scouring social networks in search of information: the federal government. According to this article in New Scientist, the National Security Agency "is funding research into the mass harvesting of the information that... Read it all |
 Ecommerce & Internet |
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