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18 June 2008

My Faves for Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Quoted: After an eight-month beta phase, Firefox's major update scores big with unprecedented ease, snappier performance, and sensible security features

[tags: firefox]

Quoted: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Tuesday that the best way to lift the sagging U.S. dollar is to improve economic fundamentals, rather than manipulating the currency.

Quoted: The study of the nature, effects, and detection of poisons and the treatment of poisoning

[tags: health, environment, science]

Quoted: With its predictive location bar, vastly improved speed and memory usage, and best-of-breed security and standards support, Firefox 3 leaves little to be desired in a browser.

[tags: firefox, mobile, software]

Last night in Detroit, former Vice President and Nobel laureate Al Gore voiced his support for Barack Obama for President of the United States. Watch the video...

Quoted: Official Website of Barack Obama 2008 Presidential Campaign

[tags: obama]

The Israel Parkinson Association welcomed with "excitement and joy" the results of a study showing Parkinson's drug Azilect (rasagiline), developed by Profs. Moussa Youdim and John Finberg of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, to be effective at slowing the progression of the chronic and fatal neurological disease, a first for any drug.

[tags: pd]

JOIN the BRILLIANT IDEAS NETWORK for DISCOURSE and DEBATE

FORA.tv delivers discourse, discussions and debates on the world's most interesting political, social and cultural issues, and enables viewers to join the conversation. It provides deep, unfiltered content, tools for self-expression and a place for the interactive community to gather online.

[tags: video, network, ideas, debate]

The FCX Clarity, which was introduced two years ago as a concept car at the Tokyo Motor Show, runs on electricity made from an onboard hydrogen-powered fuel cell battery. It will be available in July as part of limited lease program offered in California.

Quoted: Honda Motors Co. has started production of a car that runs on hydrogen fuel rather than oil.

[tags: automotive, EnergyTechnologies]

Quoted: Grist: environmental news, advice, cartoons, a blog, and more that'll make you laugh out loud.

[tags: news, Environment]

Roughly divided into two segments, Who Killed first addresses the broad history of the electric car, from its birth in the early days of the automobile through its sudden realization and untimely demise. Leased in limited quantities beginning in 1997, the EV was developed by auto companies to fulfill California's mandate even as the companies sought to have the law repealed. When the requirement was altered to their liking in 2003, the cars were taken back and destroyed.

[tags: automotive, EnergyTechnologies, Environment]

Silicon Valley came to Washington this week to talk about plug-in hybrids at a great conference organized by Google.org with Brookings. The combination of tech visionaries, electric cars on display, Washington heavy hitters such as John Dingell, Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and even a couple of film stars, Peter Horton and Anne Sexton of Who Killed the Electric Car?, made for a great meeting.

Here are my notes from the standing room only event ...

[tags: automotive, EnergyTechnologies, Environment]

CHOCOLATE !!!!!

[tags: recipes, chocolate, history, sweden]

Quoted: Savoir-vivre ou art de vivre ?

La découpe d'un fromage obéit à certaines règles du savoir-vivre. Vous trouvez ces règles désuètes et d'un autre âge ? Elles permettent pourtant, à chacun, de déguster la meilleure partie du fromage, qu'il soit en début ou en fin de table.

[tags: recipes]

The Buffalo MiniStation DataVault (160GB) ($129 direct) is a portable USB drive that comes with a guard dog for your data. The drive has encryption-based security, active from the time you take it out of the box. Unlike other secure drives, you don't have to pre-install anything on Windows PCs. The DataVault also comes with Mac-compatible software—something its rivals can't claim. It might not have the strongest encryption out there, but it is easy to use, and as any locksmith can tell you, a lock you can't use is as bad as having no lock at all. It's ease of use, Mac and PC compatibility, speed, small price premium, and shock resistance all combine together in a hard drive earns that fits the secure data storage niche well. You can get more storage for less money, but if you need to keep your data secure, lock it up tight with the DataVault.

Quoted: Secure portable data is what the Buffalo MiniStation DataVault is all about. It improves on the regular MiniStation with both Mac and Windows-compatible security software.

[tags: security, disk drive, portable]

There's one almighty reason to have a Wi-Fi network: freedom to roam where you want, laptop or handheld in hand. Everything else—not having to punch holes in your walls for Ethernet cables or hide the cables, for example—is icing. Wi-Fi is not perfect out of the box, however. We'll reveal how to maximize the network range from your access point, troubleshoot problems, and prevent strangers from usurping your bandwidth—or share it with all comers while keeping your data and computers safe.

Quoted: Guarantee your wireless home network is up to snuff.

[tags: home]

Quoted: Goda och lättlagade recept och mattips till midsommar – både till lunchen och kvällens grillning.

[tags: recipes, sweden]

Inför sommarens fester botaniserar vi i det provensalska köket och den franska matkulturen. Vi dukar upp ett generöst buffébord där gästerna sig själva efter smak och hunger. Flera av rätterna är utmärkta som huvudrätter under de ljusa sommarkvällarna. Pröva till exempel Biff béarnaise eller Fiskpaket à la Provence med några av bufférätterna som spännande förrättsbord. Salladerna, brödet och de varma grönsaksrätterna är utmärkta som tillbehör till grillfesten.

[tags: recipes, sweden]

Quoted: PicLens instantly transforms your browser into a full-screen 3D experience for enjoying online media.

[tags: PicLens, video, photography, viewer, tutorial]

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