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Hye Rin Bae

F1 fan receives bionic hand from Mercedes team - Telegraph - 0 views

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F1 fan receives bionic hand form Mercedes team

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  • Matthew James, 14, who was born without his left hand, sent a cheeky letter to Ross Brawn, boss of F1 team Mercedes GP Petronas, asking for £35,000 to pay for a top-of-the range artificial limb.
  • But Mercedes where so touched by Matthew's ''intelligent and moving letter'' they agreed to help him and teamed up with firm Touch Bionics, who create and fit hi-tech artificial limbs.
  • prosthetic
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  • versatile
  • Touch Bionics also agreed to fit the hand and train Matthew at their state of the art facilities for free, which would have otherwise cost £25,000.
  • Matthew said: ''It is just amazing.
  • even fitted with Bluetooth technology to allow Matthew to hook up to a computer wirelessly to track the strength and speed of his movements.
  • chassis-style
  • congenital
  • prestigious
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Mojo joanne

What happens if I receive a copyright infringement notice, and how can I avoid it? - Kn... - 0 views

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Copyrighted copyright happens knowledge

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  • What happens if I receive a copyright infringement notice, and how can I avoid it?
  • Downloading or distributing whole copies of copyrighted material for personal use or entertainment without explicit permission from the copyright owner is against the law
  • Copyright law applies to materials such as music, movies, games, and other software in digital and analog format. File sharing applications such as KaZaA, BitTorrent, eDonkey, and LimeWire are not illegal, though many people using such applications share illegal materials, and don't have permission to distribute them
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  • you download a copy of one of these illegally distributed files to your own computer, even if you download only one song, you are committing an illegal action
  • addition, purchasing a music CD generally does not give you the right to distribute or share the songs on it.
  • law may permit the fair use of a copyrighted work for such purposes as teaching, scholarship, research, criticism, comment, news reporting, etc., don't assume that all such uses are "fair." Fair use depends on a balance of four factors: the purpose of your use, the nature of the work, the amount of the work used, and the effect of your use on the potential market of the work.
  • The No Electronic Theft (NET) Act provides for serious criminal penalties, including a fine of up to $250,000 and a potential jail sentence. Lack of knowledge about copyright infringement laws will not excuse you from legal consequences,
Na Young Kim

IE team pokes fun at rapid-release Firefox 6 | Deep Tech - CNET News - 0 views

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rapid-release IE firefox

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  • IE team pokes fun at rapid-release Firefox 6
  • congratulate Mozilla on shipping Firefox 6,
  • Microsoft sent a mere cupcake
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  • new versions of Firefox arrive more frequently
  • new cake arrived last week to Mozilla
  • n shipment of Firefox 6.
  • la, posted a photo of the cake on Flickr
  • IE--was poking fun at the new release
  • sent the diminutive cake.
  • r shipping Firefox 3 in 2008
  • "Congratulations on shipping. Love, the IE Team."
  • ave an early taste
  • t arrived three months after Firefox 4
  • received a cupcake.
Ho Sung Han

Dangers of Facebook for teens - chicagotribune.com - 0 views

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  • intriguing e-mail
  • received
  • National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.
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  • The center does an annual survey on teen attitudes toward drinking and drug use.
  • This year’s report found something new and alarming: Teens who regularly use Facebook and Myspace are much more likely than social network avoiders to drink, smoke and use marijuana.
  • Maybe a kid has a parent who drinks heavily or uses drugs, or lives in a neighborhood where such things are commonplace.
Rebecca Lee

Google sites top Yahoo as No. 1 internet destination « News [Brafton] - 0 views

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Yahoo vs Google

shared by Rebecca Lee on 23 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • Google sites – ranging from the company's search engine to YouTube
  • This is only the second time in the past six months that Google has managed to come out on top of the company's web property rankings.
  • Microsoft, Facebook and AOL rounded out the top five, with Microsoft garnering 174 million visitors, Facebook attracting 162 million and AOL drawing 105 million visitors. Overall, more than 215 million Americans used the web in July, up 1 million from the previous month
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  • Given the timing with the launch of Google+ on June 28
  • strates how many American consumers use Google and the other major search engines. The top three internet destinations are all owned by companies with search engines, and by leveraging search-optimized news content, businesses will be able to extend their companies' reach and generate more exposure.#dd_ajax_float{background:none;float:left;margin-left:-120px;margin-right:10px;margin-top:10px;position:absolute;z-index:1}.fb_iframe_widget{margin-left:10px}.dd_button_v{padding:8px 0}Want to receive Brafton news automatically? Join our daily or weekly email list! Filed under News · Tagged with: Bing, Google, Yahoo Disqus Login About Disqus Glad you liked it. Would you like to share? Facebook Twitter Share No thanks Sharing this page … Thanks! Close Login Add New Comment Post as … Image Sort by popular now Sort by best rating Sort by newest first Sort by oldest first Showing 0 comments M Subscribe by email S RSS Reactions Google sites top Yahoo as No. 1 internet destination http://t.co/4iUX7kI 7 hours ago <d
  • ComScore's data illustrates how many American consumers use Google and the other major search engine
  • op three internet destinations are all owned by companies with search engines
Hye Rin Bae

Apple adds earthquake warnings to iOS 5 - Telegraph - 0 views

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iOS apple adds earthquake telegraph

shared by Hye Rin Bae on 23 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • According to users with access to beta versions of iOS 5, a new option in the Notification Centre settings will allow users in Japan to choose to receive earthquake alerts.
  • enabling
  • pan has had an online earthquake warning system since 2007. It provides anything up to two minutes warning before an earthquake strikes and that time can be
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  • for getting people to safety.
  • vital
  • Though no release date has been confirmed, it is thought likely that it will be released in September or October.
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