Today, on the 150th anniversary of a book that changed the world – the first edition of On the Origin of Species was published on 24 November 1859 – an appeal is being launched to recover a priceless notebook, probably stolen more than 30 years ago, in which Charles Darwin jotted down observations which would shape the rest of his life.
Read more »Appeal launched for Charles Darwin's Galapagos notebook
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Hey Look, We Know Nothing About The Apple Tablet!
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What is the Apple Tablet? It is beginning to take on the image of an anticipated Christmas present, only everyone has the same gift, and is at the same time wildly guessing what it might be. We have no idea, but we keep on talking about it.
Read more »Food fight: Burger King franchisees sue chain
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Burger King franchisees sued the hamburger company this week over its $1 double cheeseburger promotion, saying they're losing money on the deal and the company can't set maximum menu prices.
Read more »Stephenie Meyer to talk New Moon on Oprah--and requests your questions
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On Friday, author Stephenie Meyer will make a rare public appearance when she drops by The Oprah Winfrey Show. The announcement came by way of her web-site, where she stated, "I am so pleased and amazed and thrilled with what Chris Weitz has done with New Moon that I want to talk about it, and show my support for him."
Read more »Navajo Code Talkers to be in NYC Veterans parade
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The famed Navajo Code Talkers, the elite Marine unit whose unbreakable code stymied the Japanese in World War II, fear their legacy will die with them. Only about 50 of the 400 Code Talkers are believed to be still alive, most living in the Navajo Nation reservation that spans Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. Many are frail or ill, with little time left to tell the world about their wartime contribution.
Read more »Happy Birthday, Firefox
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Originally an experimental branch of the Mozilla project, a new web browser was launched on November 9, 2004: Firefox 1.0. Its aim was to reduce Mozilla’s bloat (if you remember those early days, the Mozilla Suite consisted of a web browser, mail client, news reader, irc client; it even had a web page creator called Mozilla Composer), and it was an instant hit among users and developers alike.
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