Obituaries:March 5, 2008

Wednesday, March 5, 2008 The following deaths were reported yesterday. Ernest Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, died in his Lake Geneva, Wisconsin home yesterday at the age of 69 due to heart problems. Full article. Ella Nathanael, Greek actress died yesterday from lung cancer at the age of …

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India seeks web crackdown after failed talks with industry

Tuesday, December 6, 2011 Indian authorities today declared an intent to force web companies to screen content for “offensive” and “blasphemous material”. The move follows failed talks yesterday with Facebook, Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft. Communications Minister Kapil Sibal says “My aim is that insulting material never gets uploaded”, and that …

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Iranian International Master Dorsa Derakhshani discusses her chess career with Wikinews

Tuesday, April 14, 2020 In February 2017, the Iranian Chess Federation announced two teenage chess players, Dorsa Derakhshani and her younger brother Borna Derakhshani, were banned from representing the national team. The federation announced their decision although Dorsa Derakhshani had previously decided and informed the chess federation she did not …

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Google planning PayPal rival

Monday, June 20, 2005 Financial analysts say Google is planning an e-wallet service that could eventually compete with eBay’s payment service PayPal. Google has not confirmed the development. The rumor is a first sign of Google’s expected expansion of revenue sources to capitalize on its advertising customer base and search-engine …

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High Tech Pr For Tomorrow

Click Here For More Specific Information On: Behaviour Change Communications Sydney High Tech PR for Tomorrow by Kevin Waddel The world is changing rapidly. Technologies are quite literally reshaping the way we live. Just consider the world two decades ago. Now think of all the technologies which have come into …

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Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control

Sunday, August 21, 2005 A robotic system at Stanford Medical Center was used to perform a laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery successfully with a theoretically similar rate of complications to that seen in standard operations. However, as there were only 10 people in the experimental group (and another 10 in the …

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