<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>plime.com : technology : Popular Links : XML WIDGET</title><link>http://tech.plime.com/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). 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Literally die!]]></title><description><![CDATA[One research group continues to claim that the &quot;sky is falling&quot; on the Internet thanks to high data growth rates and that network neutrality means the whole Internet could just &quot;go away.&quot; Ars sifts through the hyperbole looking for a kernel of truth.]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>176</score><crdate>10/15/2009 6:33:22 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-10-15T18:33:22+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>134614</id><url>http://tech.plime.com/technology/l/134614/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Sky Tran]]></title><description><![CDATA[Possibly the coolest new mode of public transportation.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>238</score><crdate>10/13/2009 10:50:17 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-10-13T22:50:17+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>134558</id><url>http://tech.plime.com/technology/l/134558/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Introducing the Blade-Free Fan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome to the future.<br/>f**k Jetpacks.]]></description><comments>7</comments><score>775</score><crdate>10/12/2009 8:12:29 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-10-12T20:12:29+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>134331</id><url>http://tech.plime.com/technology/l/134331/1/</url><title><![CDATA[NASA Returns to the Moon- and doesn't Stop There!*]]></title><description><![CDATA[*Because they're planning to crash into it.<br/><br/>This is happening Friday, 6:15am EST; you're supposed to be able to see it with a telescope!]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>299</score><crdate>10/8/2009 9:07:49 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-10-08T21:07:49+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>134189</id><url>http://tech.plime.com/technology/l/134189/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Robo-pop]]></title><description><![CDATA[This Robot's Got Talent!<br/><br/>The amazing humanoid can sing songs by using brilliant new electronic voice technology.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>160</score><crdate>10/6/2009 11:29:48 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-10-06T11:29:48+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>134132</id><url>http://tech.plime.com/technology/l/134132/1/</url><title><![CDATA[US spontaneous human combustion raygun ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Flying frying machine gives car a nasty burn.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>232</score><crdate>10/5/2009 12:50:27 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-10-05T00:50:27+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>134004</id><url>http://tech.plime.com/technology/l/134004/1/</url><title><![CDATA[The 150,000 Dollar Homework]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazon settled a lawsuit over a teenager's homework, which was lost during the infamous <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/l/128311/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">deletion</a> of Orwell's <i>1984</i> e-book from all Kindle&#8482; devices, by paying a ridiculous amount of money.<br/>Personally, I think even in college I never submitted any homework that was worth more than 50 bucks.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>262</score><crdate>10/2/2009 7:39:07 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-10-02T07:39:07+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>133689</id><url>http://tech.plime.com/technology/l/133689/1/</url><title><![CDATA[A judge saves thousands by allowing someone to testify via Skype instead of flying to New York.]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Queens judge solved the problem of a civil trial that involved a plaintiff in India by simply having the man testify yesterday using the Internet telephone/video provider Skype, saving thousands in costs and days of people's time.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>492</score><crdate>9/25/2009 11:27:20 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-09-25T23:27:20+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>133616</id><url>http://tech.plime.com/technology/l/133616/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Asteroid attack: Putting Earth's defences to the test]]></title><description><![CDATA[IT LOOKS inconsequential enough, the faint little spot moving leisurely across the sky. 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Not earth-shattering but it was surprising to me.  Did you guys think so too?  Just curious..]]></description><comments>18</comments><score>465</score><crdate>9/12/2009 12:36:41 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-09-12T12:36:41+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>132777</id><url>http://tech.plime.com/technology/l/132777/1/</url><title><![CDATA[You Deleted Your Cookies? Think Again]]></title><description><![CDATA[Unlike traditional browser cookies, Flash cookies are relatively unknown to web users, and they are not controlled through the cookie privacy controls in a browser. That means even if a user thinks they have cleared their computer of tracking objects, they most likely have not.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>279</score><crdate>9/10/2009 8:02:51 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-09-10T20:02:51+01:00</atomdate></link></items></xml>