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"The Cube Project is an initiative of Dr Mike Page at the University of Hertfordshire who set out to build a compact home, no bigger than 3x3x3 metres on the inside, in which one person could live a comfortable, modern existence with a minimum impact on the environment."
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"The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a UK registered charity (Registration Number 1129409) which exists to promote the study of computer science and related topics, especially at school level, and to put the fun back into learning computing.
We plan to develop, manufacture and distribute an ultra-low-cost computer, for use in teaching computer programming to children. We expect this computer to have many other applications both in the developed and the developing world."
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"Braben has developed a tiny USB stick PC that has a HDMI port in one end and a USB port on the other. You plug it into a HDMI socket and then connect a keyboard via the USB port giving you a fully functioning machine running a version of Linux. The cost? $25."
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"Probably the coolest new feature is Magic Manuscripts. You can throw away your copy of Endnote, because Papers 2 now integrates with most Mac OS X word processors (particularly Word and Pages) to let you find references, cite them in your document, and format bibliographies. Manuscripts runs in your menubar, and is activated by a keyboard shortcut that brings up a little search window that floats over your Word or Pages document. Papers will also keep track of different manuscripts you have or are working on, which is a neat touch. It integrates well into your workflow and is probably worth the upgrade price on its own."
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"The Wall Street Journal launched a Wikileaks clone, Safehouse, today. The site itself is reportedly crude and insecure, and its terms of service say they will report you to the law or otherwise sell you out if it pleases them"
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"Those awaiting the sequel to American McGee’s Alice can get a peek at the upcoming videogame’s impending horrors in a new art book."
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"At a press conference this afternoon, the Wisconsin Democratic Party announced their formal challenge to all three recall petitions filed against Democratic state Senators. The DPW is alleging widespread fraud, and some of the specifics of their challenge are brutal"
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"I think it's what you call someone when you're worried that using a long word like 'intellectual' may have too many syllables. It's not something that people who have serious, important things to say call other people."
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"'I’m not a joke candidate!' says Jane"
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"Stark terror ruled the Inner-Flight ship on that last Mars-Terra run. For the black-clad Leiters were on the prowl … and the grim red planet was not far behind."