Beijing paints rosy picture of Olympics readiness

Seeded on Mon Aug 6, 2007 2:11 PM EDT (International Herald Tribune)

The Committee to Protect Journalists, a group based in New York, planned to hold a news conference Tuesday in Beijing to release a report on how China is failing to meet the promises it made on press freedom when it lobbied to get the Games.

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Tibet, Darfur and Steven Spielberg

Seeded on Sun Aug 5, 2007 1:18 AM EDT (Beijing Wide Open)

Seeing the singing, dancing Tibetans at the park reminded me of the Tibetans highlighted at the closing ceremonies of the Athens Games in 2004, when China briefly had the stage to showcase the next Summer Games.

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Open-Source iPod Device For Second Life

Seeded on Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:43 PM EST (blog.cruxy.com)

Just like the iPod in real-life, Cruxy Player brings the capability for personalized, interactive music listening to Second Life avatars. In this case though, the player is open-source and DRM-free, making possible a huge range of uses, shapes, and sizes.

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Microsoft says "So long, suckas!" over Zune

Fri Nov 10, 2006 11:48 AM EST

David Pogue's review of the new Microsoft Zune device in today's New York Times has some great quotes on restrictive digital rights management.

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Videos from Kashmir

Seeded on Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:43 AM EDT (Openvision.tv)

TearingBytes has posted thirty videos, some very short, others more in the length of traditional short film or videoblog. These films cover various aspects of life and the general political situation in the region of Kashmir.

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SpaceShipTwo: Chillout Ambient Vibe

Sat Sep 30, 2006 1:08 AM EDT

The newly revealed interior and design for Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo is quite stunning, and far from what we are used to with typical NASA spacecraft.

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Olympics Hunger Strike

Mon Feb 27, 2006 10:42 PM EST

Palden Gyatso, Tibet's second longest-serving political prisoner, and two young Tibetan men have been on a hunger strike in a tent outside the Turin Olympic Vilage, Italy, to call attention to China's oppression in Tibet.

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