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Daedalian - The Urban Creep EP

Sat Nov 4, 2006 6:44 AM EST

Glasgow 3-piece Daedalian just released their brand spanking new EP entitled Urban Creep and I have it right here. I've still got their first EP and comparing the two the progression is quite obvious.

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entertainment, music, independent, unsigned, political, indie, metal, rock, review, scotland

Pelican swallows pigeon in park

Seeded on Wed Oct 25, 2006 6:58 PM EDT (BBC News)

Families and tourists in a London park were left shocked when a pelican picked up and swallowed a pigeon.

odd-news, pigeon, pelican, birds, park, london

Making the web accessible for all

Seeded on Sat Oct 21, 2006 6:44 PM EDT (BBC News)

An interesting article from the BBC's Katie Ledger on ways of making the web more accessible for all. Despite many efforts to move away from those most traditional interfaces - the ubiquitous computer keyboard and mouse - they remain the bedrock on which nearly all computer inte …

technology, disability, recognition, use, headset, usability, compatibility, guidelines, css, web-users

Bully game banned from UK shops

Seeded on Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:02 PM EDT (BBC News)

A video game depicting playground violence has been banned from some UK shops. Bully, known in the UK as Canis Canem Edit, will not be stocked in Currys or PC World.

entertainment, dsg-international, game, rockstar, dsg, rockstar-games, world, bully, hitman, bullying

US confirms N Korea nuclear test

Seeded on Mon Oct 16, 2006 5:59 PM EDT (BBC News)

After lots of confusion about did they or didn't they conduct a nuclear test... Air samples from North Korea confirm that a nuclear explosion was carried out a week ago, US intelligence officials say.

world-news, north-sanctions, north-koreas, nuclear, china, test, security-council, nuclear-weapons, nuclear-test

Drivers can avoid speeding tickets...by changing lanes | News | This is London

Seeded on Mon Oct 16, 2006 8:03 AM EDT (This is London)

A massive flaw in a new generation of speed cameras means motorists can avoid fines and points on their licence simply by changing lanes.

technology, speeding, cameras, cars, fines, speeding-cars, roads, road-safety, speed-traps, gatso

Killer's wife salutes Amish mercy

Seeded on Sun Oct 15, 2006 6:38 PM EDT (BBC News)

This is a great story about the forgiveness shown by the Amish community which witnessed such a tragedy 2 weeks ago. The widow of a man who shot dead five Amish girls at a school in the US state of Pennsylvania has thanked the Amish community for their love and support.

us-news, amish, charles-mrs-roberts, police, death, children, school, shootings

Creating a stink in the name of science

Seeded on Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:56 AM EDT (BBC News)

Based at the School of Engineering at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Professor Nakamoto is building a range of gadgets and sensors which sniff, mix and pump out a range of hundreds of scents.

technology, smell, professor-nakamoto, smells, professor, scents, scent, sniff

BBC NEWS | Technology | Warning over 'broken up' internet

Seeded on Wed Oct 11, 2006 1:46 PM EDT (BBC News)

The internet could one day be broken up into separate networks around the world, a leading light in the development of the net has warned.

technology, net, internet, mr-desai, domain, future, chinese, neutrality, business

Germany nabs 'bin Laden Webmaster'

Seeded on Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:30 AM EDT (CNN)

BERLIN, German (Reuters) -- German police arrested an Iraqi man on Tuesday who they suspect aided al Qaeda by posting messages from Osama bin Laden and other leaders of militant Islamist groups on the Internet, the prosecutor's office said.

world-news, germany, suspect, iraq, north-korea, federal-prosecutors, security-council, qaeda, web-master, internet

Melua's deep sea gig sets record

Seeded on Mon Oct 2, 2006 5:19 PM EDT (BBC News)

Singer Katie Melua has entered the record books by playing the world's deepest underwater concert. Melua and her band performed for workers on a gas rig 303 metres below sea level on the Statoil Troll oil rig in the North Sea.

entertainment, rig, gig, statoil, concert, closest-thing-to-crazy, bbc-one, norway, music, record-breaking

Microsoft announces Zune pricing

Seeded on Fri Sep 29, 2006 4:34 AM EDT (BBC News)

I quite like the look and idea behind the Zune and I think the unit has some potential. Microsoft's Zune, a rival to Apple's iPod, will cost $249.99 (£134) when it goes on sale on 14 November in the US.

technology, microsoft, zune, music, portable-music-player, apple, ipod, wi-fi, mp3-player

Lenovo recalls 500,000 batteries

Seeded on Fri Sep 29, 2006 4:32 AM EDT (BBC News)

Chinese computer-maker Lenovo has announced the worldwide recall of more than 500,000 laptop batteries made by Sony because of a fire risk. Just when you thought this was over with...

technology, sony, batteries, laptop, exploding-laptop, japan, china, tech, thinkpad, ibm

NTI Ninja - Data protection for USB storage devices

Seeded on Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:35 AM EDT (ntininja.com)

NTI Ninja is exciting software that maximizes data protection by using a driver level encryption technology to create private and public partitions on USB storage devices.

technology, ninja, your-usb-drive-nti-ninja, usb, encryption, protection, protect-your-files, ninjas

PlayStation 3 Euro launch delayed

Seeded on Wed Sep 6, 2006 4:38 AM EDT (BBC News)

The launch of Sony's long-awaited PlayStation 3 games console in Europe has been delayed until March 2007.

technology, europe, tech, sony, delays, release, gaming, console, ps3, blu-ray

MySpace set to sell music online

Seeded on Tue Sep 5, 2006 10:17 AM EDT (BBC News)

Website MySpace is to allow unsigned bands featured on the social networking site to sell their music as downloads.

technology, music, downloads, myspace, mp3, drm, social-networks

Priest Dies Walking on Water

Seeded on Thu Aug 31, 2006 7:28 AM EDT (dailyrecord.co.uk)

A PRIEST has died after trying to demonstrate how Jesus walked on water. Evangelist preacher Franck Kabele, 35, told his congregation he could repeat the biblical miracle.

religion, africa, priest, jesus, evangelist, walking-on-water

Greenpeace Rankings Slice Apple

Seeded on Wed Aug 30, 2006 4:34 AM EDT (CNET News.com)

The controversial group Greenpeace has published a Guide to Consumer Electronics, and Apple and Lenovo aren't happy about it. A number of companies were "ranked on their use of toxic chemicals and electronic waste (e-waste) policies," and those two corporations placed last.

technology, greenpeace, environment, apple, lead, recycling, e-waste

Music download security 'cracked'

Seeded on Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:08 AM EDT (BBC News)

Microsoft technology that protects digital files from copyright infringement has been breached, according to reports.

technology, music, microsoft, downloads, protection, mp3, drm, windows-media, wma

JonBenet suspect charges dropped

Seeded on Mon Aug 28, 2006 7:25 PM EDT (BBC News)

A man arrested in Thailand and accused of killing US child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey will not be charged with the murder, prosecutors say.

thailand, murder, world-news, child-pornography, jonbenet-ramsey, john-mark-karr

MySpace: The Magazine

Seeded on Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:06 PM EDT (Advertising Age)

Hey MySpace kids: Want to read a magazine? If you answered yes, you may be in luck. MySpace is actively considering whether to launch an ink-on-paper magazine to complement its insanely popular and remarkably valued online property.

technology, music, magazine, myspace, networking, social-networks

Toshiba to make Microsoft's Zune

Seeded on Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:08 AM EDT (BBC News)

Microsoft has confirmed that Japanese firm Toshiba will make its portable media player - "Zune" - to be released before the end of the year.

technology, music, player, microsoft, ipod, toshiba, gadget, mp3, zune

Rainbow Warrior in French 'siege'

Seeded on Wed Aug 23, 2006 4:46 PM EDT (BBC News)

Angry French fishermen have laid siege to the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior II outside the southern port of Marseille in a row over tuna fishing.

shipping, politics, greenpeace, environment, tuna, fishing, preservation

Artificial muscles light up TVs

Seeded on Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:41 AM EDT (BBC News)

Arrays of thousands of tiny "super prisms" controlled by robotic muscles could bring real colour to TV screens for the first time, scientists say.

technology, television, light, plasma, lcd, displays

Terror police find 'martyr tapes'

Seeded on Fri Aug 18, 2006 5:36 PM EDT (BBC News)

Police investigating an alleged plot to bring down airliners have found several martyrdom videos in the course of their searches, the BBC has learned.

terrorism, london, england, world-news, martyrdom

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