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Internet search activity as measures of human health trends
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With millions of searches done on the Internet every day it is no surprise that search engine giants like Google are exploring many applications of the search activity data.
One interesting application of Internet search activity data is Google Flu Trends that while providing graphs of results from New Zealand, Australia and the United States, says of itself:
New Palm Pre sends data to Palm every day
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This news feed from today about the new Palm Pre smart phone may be of interest to those who want to know about intrusions to their privacy.
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/08/palm-pre-privacy/
Palm Pre users watch out. Palm may know a lot more about you than you would like to share.
Preserving cocoa flavanols during cooking and baking
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Here's an interesting research article on cooking with cocoa and the impact on retaining the antioxidant activity and cocoa flavanols in the food.
Internet Diggbar and how to stop it
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An article on the new Internet "feature" brought out by Digg appeared in the sidebar newsfeed today and caught my eye. It's a very interesting article to read.
http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/The Diggbar Is Evil - How to Stop it
International Jurists say human rights undermined by measures using fear of terror
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The following article appeared on the BBC News in February 2009.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7892387.stm
The article begins:
"Anti-terror tactics 'weaken law'
Anti-terror measures worldwide have seriously undermined international human rights law, a report by legal experts says.
After a three-year global study, the International Commission of Jurists said many states used the public's fear of terrorism to introduce measures.
These included detention without trial, illegal disappearance and torture.
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