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A beginner’s guide to BitTorrent

UltraNewb Despite the fact that BitTorrent has been around for a good 6 years now, the lightning fast file sharing protocol hasn’t completely taken off in the mainstream. Since we post a decent amount about BitTorrent around here, we figured it was just time we put out a beginner’s guide to BitTorrent. This is the […]

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Gebrselassie Wins NYC Half Marathon

By RICK FREEMAN, The Associated Press 2007-08-05  NEW YORK – Haile Gebrselassie already showed he can make it anywhere; he can add New York to his list. Running in the Big Apple for the first time, the 34-year-old Ethiopian won the New York City Half Marathon in 59 minutes, 24 seconds Sunday – the second-fastest […]

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Study: Some office printers emit dangerous particles

A new study suggests that some printers emit dangerous particles that could make office workers sick. Researchers at Queensland University of Technology in Australia found that 17 of the 62 printers they tested were “high particle emitters” that posed a threat to humans. They say 37 of the printers didn’t emit any particles, but one […]

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The New Republic VS. The Weekly Standard

The New Republic VS. The Weekly Standard The war in Iraq has sparked a parallel war between two of Washington’s most prominent partisan political publications, The New Republic and the Weekly Standard. The war has been akin to the ongoing seige of Baghdad’s Green Zone, with the Standard playing the role of Iraqi insurgents, lobbing […]

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