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Most of the email traffic in the world is spam. Microsoft’s biannual report on the state of computer security showed spam traffic is down this year from 98% of traffic being spam all the way to 97.3% in the second half of 2008, the BBC reports. Spam filters may help decrease the amount of spam [...]
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The New York Times reports that while presidents have been using teleprompters for nearly 50 years, “none have relied on them as extensively as Mr. Obama has so far.” Typically, presidents use teleprompters for only the most important speeches, but “Mr. Obama uses them for routine announcements and even for the opening statement of his [...]
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According to the Associated Press, Google Inc.’s Youtube has been forging partnerships with university and colleges to post videos of guest lecturers, introductory classes and even a full semester’s course. The video hosting site recently gathered these video channels under the banner YouTube EDU. “There’s a huge appetite around the world for people to [...]
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The Washington Post reports that the most prestigious award for architecture, the Pritzker Architecture Prize, has been granted to Swiss Architect Peter Zumthor whose work “emphasizes a phenomenological approach focused on deep experience of place, careful use of materials and a tactile, spiritual engagement with the finished product.” Most of Zumthor’s work was built in [...]
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