AIDS Assurance Policy Launched in Zambia

An AIDS assurance policy launched in Zambia will allow companies in the country to provide their employees living with HIV/AIDS access to affordable antiretroviral treatment for the rest of their lives. "With no initial underwriting, the employees and their families are guaranteed acceptance to the scheme irrespective of the HIV status.."

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Porn Up, Rape Down

"The incidence of rape in the United States has declined 85% in the past 25 years while access to pornography has become freely available to teenagers and adults." This paper argues that there is a correlation between the two.

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Six Reasons to use a B2B marketplace

Two primary indicators of company productivity are Increased
Revenue and Cost Saving. Both of these two indicators will show
improved result if a company incorporates marketplace features
in possible fields of its business operations.

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Biometrics to Be Used in Zambia's 2006 Elections

Despite the obvious problems of connecting to the national electricity grid, Zambia is moving towards voting electronically.

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The Social Organism: Even Microbes Favor Their Own Kin

New research published by Rice University biologists in this week's issue of Nature finds that even the simplest of social creatures - single-celled amoebae - have the ability not only to recognize their own family members but also to selectively discriminate in favor of them.

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Czech It Out - Marijuana Isn't The Problem, Drug Laws Are

The Czech Republic is the only place on Earth to have completely thumbed their noses at the common drug charter of the U.N. So you would think that the country must have a serious drug problem right? There must be tons of crime and disgusting elements in public, right?

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'Wiki Wars' Rage in Political Arena

Wikipedia is more popular online than Disney, Wal-Mart and ESPN. As more people view it, its offerings grow more extensive. However, its open source approach creates problems when it is applied to controversial topics, as contributors use sites to push their versions of the truth.

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TV: Prison Break Dot Theory

Thanks to the detective work of White Cleats, it looks like we've broken the code to Michael's secret message hidden in Sara's origami swam. It's similar to a type of encryption called substitution cipher, each dot series represents a number. Once they're written out as such, if you add them in a column you get 9755867655, aka (975) 586-7655.

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Ask.com Explains Smileys Typed Into Search Box

I like this Ask now shows the meaning of emoticons entered into the search box. For example, search for :-/ and you'll see :-/ is an emoticon that typically means skeptical, uncertain, or wry (along with a couple of links to smiley dictionaries). You can also enter acronyms like LOL...

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Five Habits of Highly Profitable Software Developers

"Software developers who have the ability to create and maintain quality software in a team environment are in high demand in today's technology-driven economy. The number one challenge facing developers working in a team environment is reading and understanding software written by another developer. "

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Patent Law Ruling Threatens Free and Open Source Software

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has asked the United States Supreme Court to overturn a dangerous patent law ruling that could pose a serious threat to Free and Open Source Software projects.

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The People Behind KDE...

Who are these creative people? Why are they working on KDE? What motivates them to contribute to the project? What do they eat? Who are their favourite writers, singers and actors? Well... you get the picture. At this web site there are interviews with the people who work on KDE to find the answers to questions like these.

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Firefox using up 1.5 gigs of RAM (screenshot)

Firefox was used for over a week and never restarted. Eventually it started to slow down, Reason: Firefox's memory usage had gone up to 1.5 gigs. This is why you should restart Windows everyday, folks.

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Dell-Case Study In Corporate Self-Destruction

All companies go through various cycles of growth at various
speeds. This is also true in the way in which the stock market
embraces them, and then spits them out, and throws them away.
The market darling at the moment going through such a cycle is
Dell Computer.

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