Soccer

Offbeat (31 Mar, 2007)
Forbes' List of 25 Most Valuable Soccer Teams

Forbes has published its list of 25 most valuable soccer teams in the world. It is worth mentioning that the 25 most valuable teams all reside in Europe. ...
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Science (05 Jun, 2008)
Researchers Secretly Identified Users of Mobile Phones Outside US

Researchers managed to secretly identify the positions of 100,000 people outside U.S. through their mobile phone use ...
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//8 Jun 05, 2008 03:17 PM | posted by: thishappens [InfoTOT]

It's been happening. With any three towers, the company / govt / scientists can pinpoint and track your location down to a very small area. And, it need not involve you making active calls or texting. Your phone is checking in with the towers periodically, at the least. Newer phones allow ever more trackability, as well. Ever played with Google Maps on your cellphone/smartphone??? Its Google -- not the govt -- and even if your phone doesnt support GPS, they are able to figure out YOUR LOCATION IN REAL TIME within a few blocks using some Google'y calculations they've worked out.. Which is to say, even some dot-com can track you easily enough, even lacking all the access/tools that the telco or govt would have access to...

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//7 Jun 05, 2008 02:52 PM | posted by: Beetle B.

"I like how they wanted the physics department to go through the ethics board about this. The team broke no law, got no personal information, and didnt know exact locations. If there are 6 cell towers in even a place the size of vermont, youd have no clue where the phone was."

A scientifically unethical study need not violate any law. In disciplines like psychology, the ethics requirements are much more stringent than simply, "Don't break the law".

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//6 Jun 05, 2008 01:35 PM | posted by: ThatGuy

Don't imagine what big brother can do. Think of what big brother has done to you with out you knowing.

Current Events (12 Dec, 2008)
Most Popular Google Searches in 2008

The end of 2008 is near and Google decided to study and present the most popular searches that billions of people typed into the search box of the number one search engine. ...
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Offbeat (29 Dec, 2008)
Latvians Put Their Country on Sale

Country on sale: since Latvia, a small European country, went bankrupt, being affected by the world financial crisis, average Latvians are trying to help their country in their own, special way. ...
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//2 Jan 10, 2009 06:39 AM | posted by: lol

it's not the smallest country in teh world by far. it's got 64.000 square km...it's bigger than denmark, swizterland, and others....almost teh same size as sri lanka.

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//1 Jan 06, 2009 10:18 AM | posted by: mvrnycdr

10 billion is a lot to spend for the smallest country on earth. Well, maybe the Vatican is smaller but 10 billion seems like a stretch.

Science (24 Mar, 2009)
Scientist Developed Formula for the Perfect Penalty Kick

Specialists at Liverpool John Moores University analyzed hours of footage in order to explain what makes a shot unstoppable. ...
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Offbeat (06 Apr, 2009)
More Divorces and Less Children in Brazil Due to Racy Soap Operas

According to a report, the popular Brazilian soap operas led to a reduction of birthrate by 3 million. They also caused an increase in the number divorces. ...
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