The Man accused of seeking to amass a library about making explosives has been “cleared”.
They said he collected “practical, step-by-step instructions” for anyone interested in founding a “worldwide Islamic state” on violence.
Jurors at Southwark Crown Court cleared him after the 32-year-old said he did not own the items found in his house and did not know how they got there.
That’s been a topic of discussion in Trenton after a self-proclaimed gang leader who identified himself as “Eugene” recently offered city council some help.
“If it’s a fundraiser that we need, I already made phone calls. I could have rappers; all kinds of other people come down to make the money,” Eugene said.
The Ontario government has finally gotten around to disbursing some of the $80-million it promised earlier this year for the purchase of books for school libraries, but some booksellers are complaining that the tendering process is proving unnecessarily burdensome.
Having survived criticism from opponents of Multnomah County’s eco-roofs program, Commissioner Maria Rojo de Steffey unveiled the county’s latest sustainability-friendly roof at the county’s main library branch.
The $180,000 eco-roof, a structure that uses plants to help clean the air and absorb rainwater, marks the first such library project in Oregon. Three of the county’s 100 buildings now sport the roofs.
…just starting to grow…
Graduates with a degree of anger at bill for overdue library books: He said many universities would bar students from attending graduations over debts. “We want all students to be able to enjoy their graduation day, and permit students with debts to attend, but withhold their certificates until their debts are paid. Whilst it may be disappointing for a student, they are able to take a full part in their ceremony alongside their peers, in every other way.”
Publisher Cancels iPhone Book Because of NDA: Apparently Apple’s imposed non-disclosure agreement on iPhone’s software development kit is affecting not only programmers but publishers as well. Pragmatic Programmers has announced canceling publication of its book about coding iPhone applications since Apple has not lifted its NDA.
E-paper tablet race heats up: Two startups are claiming the world’s first letter-sized electronic paper tablet.
IRex Technologies BV (Eindhoven, Netherlands), a spinoff of Philips Electronics N.V., and Plastic Logic Inc. (Mountain View, Calif), a spinoff of the Cavendish Laboratory at University of Cambridge, U.K.
Both the iRex 1000 and the Plastic Logic Reader have outer dimensions approximating the size of an 8.5- by 11-inch tablet. Both use reflective, high-contrast gray-scale electrophoretic material from E-Ink Corp. (Cambridge, Mass.). The iRex 1000 is available now. Plastic Logic’s Reader won’t be available until 2009, but the company claims its tablet is slightly larger.
Need someplace to store the massive number of pictures, videos, and other media files that have accumulated on your computer? You can always use a service like Flickr or YouTube, but wouldn’t it be nice to have it all in one place? A relatively new player in the media storage game, Oosah, offers 1TB for media storage. Yes, 1TB. Here’s the limits on what you can upload:
There are some limitations. You can only upload videos that are 200MB or smaller, images that are 50MB or less, and MP3 files that are 9MB or less. And you can’t upload executable files, office documents, or other files.
Here is a word of warning from DownloadSquad though (the above limits also came from DownloadSquad):
One word of warning. When I signed up I had to check a box that said I agreed to Oosah’s privacy policy. But there was no clear link to said policy. A quick Google search turned up a list of terms and conditions which also makes mention of a separate privacy policy. But it’s nowhere to be found.
In light of the Sarah Palin e-mail fiasco, Lifehacker put together these tips on how to choose a good password and security questions. Be sure to check out their tips and tricks on how to create questions and passwords that you can still remember.
Library Director Max Leek said he has known for years the timber safety net was threatened, but only discovered in March what it would mean to the Douglas County Library System.
Without the timber safety net, the library’s $2.8 million budget decreased by 16 percent.
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