http://www.megite.com Megite is the newspaper for anyone interested in what's happening right now by intelligently uncovering the most relevant items from auto discovered news sites and weblogs. Copyright 2009, Megite 30 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:58:20 GMT http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1257693727/1#item_1 c882201438b7241c9c6a22bba8f1b15b In looking over the recent usage data for this site I decided again to look at individual page counts. Google Analytics offers several types, including “visits,” “page views,” average time spent on each page, percent of times visitors exited the site from this page (as opposed to going somewhere else in the site), and ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:58:20 GMT http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1257693727/1#item_2 3a5106eb81997a11e735e4ff724349ba Microsoft’s much sought-after COFEE law-enforcement forensic tool has leaked onto the Internet. One user uploaded it to private tracker What.cd to collect a huge 1.6tb bounty. However, in a sensible move, the admins of the site took action to remove the link and ban further sharing of the tool via the site. (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:00:13 GMT http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1257693727/1#item_3 102e74f6ce1f5f42de7c2b64e4f72601 AP - The Democratic-controlled House has narrowly passed landmark health care reform legislation, handing President Barack Obama a hard won victory on his signature domestic priority. (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:59:24 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1257693727/1#item_4 98a10eaa3ad282813faf919758958ac5 Windows Mobile is losing the last glimmers of its mojo--if it really had any to begin with--as the Droid and other phones based on the Android 2.0 operating system push the buzz meter needle into the red zone. Many in the media--which can play a big role in steering users to one technology platform or another--sense that Windows Mobile has now ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:58:20 GMT http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1257693727/1#item_5 ff08d9304074af2659785db5a12094e3 AP - A hurricane watch has been issued for coastal Louisiana and Mississippi as Hurricane Ida begins making its way through the Gulf of Mexico toward the U.S. (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:58:20 GMT http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1257693727/1#item_6 abd363d93849da948577bf8056cc4fd0 大量高精細映像コンテンツへの高機能なインタラクティブ視聴を可能とする次世代映像配信技術 『fabric video（ファブリック・ビデオ）』を研究開発しています． (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:06:50 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1257693727/1#item_7 c6a8c008f3726723eac078bfe513fe54 Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:58:20 GMT http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1257693727/1#item_8 d5f426fafef52bd4ca8ed091dbddfa6d Being 'diplomatic' I'm not going to step into the debate featuring Dennis, Susan, Nenshad and others... but I've been waiting and waiting for one benefit to be touted, an important but unplanned benefit (the only one?) I've seen in practice myself: (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:59:24 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1257693727/1#item_9 4db2f7cf38e42782c04cd95941b14d2e Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:59:24 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1257693727/1#item_10 968f430a302f74cb397e62d93edf80e1 Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:59:24 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1257693727/1#item_11 b93ef5432e0599405edb24e89ce5d51d More than one-third of people ages 65 or older fall each year. About one fall in 10 results in a serious injury, like a hip fracture. Roughly 20 percent of older people who suffer a hip fracture die within a year. (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:06:23 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1257693727/1#item_12 2586d1d6e3b453c9de90d93caaef9819 Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:22:21 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1257693727/1#item_13 199a88fb88cc4a6d4b28b557755e327f Musafirbek says that the president of Uzbekistan officially thanked the cotton-growers for gathering the harvest of this strategic product for Uzbekistan. However, those who sweat away, collecting this cotton (including children) were not mentioned in the president’s address. (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:20:36 GMT http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1257693727/1#item_14 a1db5c21dc8ec37c44a7f3969b416183 AFP - It may sound like a sci-fi vision, but Japan's space agency is dead serious: by 2030 it wants to collect solar power in space and zap it down to Earth, using laser beams or microwaves. (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:04:03 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1257693727/1#item_15 c3fc3f4272be2937b17047d6ed541268 Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:59:55 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1257693727/1#item_16 d61b65cee12a31b3c4a1129a6d5acf46 Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:59:44 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1257693727/1#item_17 269f68f4c92fa53fd84d0c15f97baa7b I first visited Afghanistan in the mid-1970s and have continued to follow events there very closely ever since. I was there again in January-February 2002 and, most recently, in the summer of 2008. Over the years I have never lost my interest in Afghanistan and its people and continue to believe in a great and dignified future for both. My ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:59:44 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1257693727/1#item_18 f65bf94dddbde892aa9399065d1b0f5e Lulu, the self-publishing platform through which I'm distributing some of my work, recently announced that now they're doing "eBooks." Interesting piece of "news," since they've offered electronic distribution right from the start of their operation, and I've been using it myself for years already. What's new? It turns out the actually new part ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:51:22 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1257693727/1#item_19 73c169e676ccb31f197388e71be19932 I recently reviewed a horror film called Carved that I described as a cure for insomnia. The film was boring and manipulative and not really worth your time. By comparison, Mutants makes that movie look like a barrel of excitement. Mutants is a movie that seems to have been made without anyone actually looking to see what they were making. The ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:00:05 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1257693727/1#item_20 0a536eb390cd00a73e0b27757b59744c Posted bohyunkim: New blog post: Microsoft Surface Table at libraries http://bit.ly/2DdaAR. Shared tracks. Share: No tags for this post. (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:00:05 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1257693727/21#item_1 f8f59f7d8ed41bcd64a0725ea69a2aed Judge John Walter of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California late this week issued a temporary restraining order against BlueBeat after being petitioned Tuesday by the Capitol Records unit of music label EMI, which owns the Beatles' recordings. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:32:30 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1257693727/21#item_2 83f7503dfe5e1fe9e1a4b5f6fce579da A touching documentary about the dogs trained to sniff out hidden Japanese soldiers in World War II. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:32:30 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1257693727/21#item_3 bf9cced6acaf89c7801debe0fefb3a32 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:32:30 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1257693727/21#item_4 2128b954fb6f24c1a80861493fdc36de I am all for discovering the Meaning of Life. And though I was once concerned that you could never trust scientists enough to find it, many wise people persuaded me that we should still try. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:32:30 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1257693727/21#item_5 3c04512f2186126d265a37610a707f0a Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:32:30 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1257693727/21#item_6 3e60d6d5a97b9cce460bcc0d19d6d124 This post is part of our ReadWriteStart channel, which is dedicated to profiling startups and entrepreneurs. The channel is sponsored by Microsoft BizSpark. To sign up for BizSpark, click here. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:32:30 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1257693727/21#item_7 a3de19f5071ba2315181bdee1019759c Web 2.0 is changing everything. These changes create new issues. Protecting privacy while participating in a social world. Infrastructure and communities are going virtual but Place is the new dimension. Business needs to adapt to catch up applying the social dimension internally and externally. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:32:30 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1257693727/21#item_8 e5d4428b97f6ff5da2b6b120694bf81d Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:01:33 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1257693727/21#item_9 7956875989c2a76958e5b2e7530e1b4d Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:28:17 PST http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1257693727/21#item_10 14c723ae860c08c2b7f9a777e1394d9e Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:44:06 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1257693727/21#item_11 7b9a7157357fa62e62204fc83118379f Here is a film that's had a long strange trip from conception and execution to arriving in your hands in the form of this Blu-ray (or DVD). It was on and off the Warner Brothers release schedule a number of times between October of 2007 and early 2009 before this home video release. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:35:39 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1257693727/21#item_12 b0d4deee1b8fc033f3a75cbf08baac16 Bones is back, finally! Three weeks is far too long to miss our favorite evil-fighting team, but they are back with a vengeance. Also back is favorite intern Wendell Bray, and a reminder of Booth's recent brush with mental danger from a brain tumor. This episode also deals with the food industry and how they treat their livestock. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:11:27 +0000 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1257693727/21#item_13 5b487f644705223cb194f6a89758e299 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-07T09:55:45Z http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1257693727/21#item_14 d2de2d768ca380cec456dc4b83c259ee I started building a small log pile a couple of years ago in order to add to the environmental diversity in my back garden. There were only a few pieces of wood though, left over from some grubbing out and thinning. Then there was the incident with the dangerously overgrown eucalyptus tree which had to be taken down or severely pollarded. When ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-07T03:17:00-05:00 http://www.megite.com/ddmcd/1257693727/21#item_15 df65d8c28f0773858f67802d80b34aa6 Sherbrooke is the only major city in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, one of my favorite places. Here are picture on a summer day to remind us of once was as we head into winter. (Read on Source) ]]>