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Divorces rise among military couples Enlisted soldiers and Marines divorced their spouses at a higher rate in fiscal 2008 than at any other time in at least 16 years. CBC.caThe men who really invented the mouse TypePad Blogs, Wednesday 3 December 2008 at 14:48:01So it is the 40th anniversary of the mouse, invented as every computer history site will tell you by Doug Englebart....So it is the 40th anniversary of the mouse, invented as every computer history site will tell you by Doug Englebart. Every site except PCW, that is. Without wishing to detract from Englebart's undoubted acheivement, he was not the first to use a trackball, the main component of a mechanical mouse, to control a cursor. That was done by Tom Cranston (pictured) and his colleague Fred Longstaff as part of a Canadian Navy project that began in 1949. It is a fascinating story that also reminds us that the graphical user interface did not start with Apple, nor even Xerox. It began with the wartime radar screens, or even earlier if you count the oscilloscope of which they were a specialist application.These were of course analogue devices. Cranston and Longstaff were part of a team to computerise the Canadian Navy radar syst PCW.co.ukLogitech Makes 1 Billionth Mouse Smivs writes 'Logitech has hailed as a major landmark the production of their one billionth computer mouse. The news comes at a time when analysts claim the days of the mouse are numbered. 'It's rare in human history that a billionth of anything has been shipped by one company,' said Logitech's general manager Rory Dooley. 'Look at any other industry and it has never happened. This is a significant milestone.' The computer mouse will achieve a milestone of its own next week when it turns 40. It was 9 December 1968 when Douglas C. Engelbart and his group of researchers at Stanford University put the first mouse through its paces.' of this story at Slashdot. SlashdotDon't forget about Geek's Holiday Guide With Thanksgiving over and done with the holiday season is officially in full swing. There are less than 30 days left in 2008 and chances are that you still have a lot of buying left to do. Luckily Geek.com has come through for you with two handy guides.The first is our 2008 Holiday Buying Guide [...] Geek.comGM says needs fast $4 billion from U.S. to survive DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp warned the U.S. government on Tuesday that it needs a $4 billion loan by the end of December or else it faces the risk of immediate failure. ReutersConde Nast to shutter teen site Flip.com The teen girl social-networking site plans to shut down on December 16, according to an e-mail sent to users. CNETBooks of The Times: It's Still Making the World Go 'Round Niall Ferguson's latest book, "The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World," went to press in May 2008, but it shrewdly anticipates many aspects of the current financial crisis. CBC.caNevada beat Colorado State 82-76 Armon Johnson scored a career-high 23 points as Nevada defeated Colorado State 82-76 Tuesday night. Joey Shaw also reached a career high with 21 points for Nevada (3-3). Luke Babbitt and Lyndale Burleson had 13 each for Nevada, and the Wolf Pack was 8-for-22... San Francisco ChronicleBritney beats Obama in web search race San Francisco - Britney Spears was more popular than US president-elect barack obama among internet searches through 2008, according to web portal Yahoo. The results came from ranking billions of search enquiries. Troubled-racked Britney Spears has b... EarthTimes.orgOdetta: 1930-2008 -- Folk singer was a civil rights legend Odetta -- who died of heart disease Tuesday in Manhattan at age 77 -- became one of the most widely known and influential folk-music artists of the 1950s and '60s. Seattle Post-Intelligencer1 2 3 4 5 |
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Feedzilla is a news aggregator which categorizes news stories by topic. It is a platform where webmasters and bloggers can find an unmatched selection of easy to use, automatically updating and professional news widgets for their sites. Feedzilla supports the building of widgets in various formats, as well as allowing the addition of news widgets to different blogging platforms and social networks.
Feedzilla manually aggregates news summaries found in RSS feeds, and redistributes them in either RSS format or as a news widget. Content is collected 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from an ever-growing list of providers.
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