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In These Games, the Points Are All
Political

In These Games, the Points Are All
Political 06/30/2004 07:38 PM
Democrats and Republicans are arming themselves with a new campaign tool: the online video game. For the opposition, it is always “game over.”

Intel CEO: Let's end political games and
compete

Intel CEO: Let's end political games and
compete 04/28/2004 12:26 AM
USA Today Apr 28 2004 4:14AM GMT

Video games find their political voice

Video games find their political voice 08/30/2004 02:39 AM
The net and video games are becoming essential tools for political activists.

Go Digital: 1500 GMT / 1600 BST
Intelligent bandages, games get
political and virtual music

Go Digital: 1500 GMT / 1600 BST
Intelligent bandages, games get
political and virtual music 09/06/2004 05:04 AM
BBC Sep 6 2004 8:45AM GMT

Telecom: We're just pawns in a big, big
game

Telecom: We're just pawns in a big, big
game 02/17/2004 09:19 PM
ZDNet Feb 18 2004 1:32AM GMT

Unwitting pawns or partly to blame?

Unwitting pawns or partly to blame? 04/14/2004 06:19 AM
ICSA Labs' Bruce Hughes says companies that keep doing the same old thing can't honestly complain about new security breaches--not when they're playing deaf, dumb and blind.

Where Chess Is King and the People Are
the Pawns

Where Chess Is King and the People Are
the Pawns 06/20/2004 08:31 AM
Chess City, a shimmering complex in the capital of the Russian republic of Kalmykia, stands in stark contrast to surrounding areas.

Yaha Virus Uses Netizens as Pawns

Yaha Virus Uses Netizens as Pawns 03/13/2003 10:23 AM
A group of virus writers from India unleashes a new variant of the Yaha computer virus, apparently in retaliation against Pakistani hackers who they say are defacing Indian websites. Pity the poor Internet users caught in the crossfire. By Michelle Delio.

Wired News: Yaha Virus Uses Netizens as
Pawns

Wired News: Yaha Virus Uses Netizens as
Pawns 03/14/2003 04:13 AM
Yaha Virus Uses Netizens as Pawns .. Wired

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Brazilian OSS

Brazilian OSS 06/05/2004 09:30 PM
Our own Simon Phipps is a long way South, in Brazil at this great big honking Open Source conference they have there. He’s got good write-ups on the event in general and on how Java plays. Worth a read.

The Brazilian wave

The Brazilian wave 06/30/2004 02:45 AM

Aside from the hype and deart h of useful ideas, social software has exposed some interesting trends that I didn't know existed. I know I'm not alone in this, but I'm fascinated by a trend that has been going on for about a year and shows no signs of stopping: Brazilians are dominating social software networks.

I guess it makes sense when you think about it. They've got a country with fairly free laws that promote creativity. While they're generally poor on a per capita basis, they have the largest online population in South America.

Recently, Orkut put them neck and neck with Americans on the system and new language tools were added so you could basically cruise the site entirely within groups that posted in just Brazilian Portuguese, or just English. Fotolog had the famous case of Brazilian cam girls competing neck and neck with American photographers last summer. I suspect even with pricing changes at Fotolog, the Brazilians won out in terms of membership numbers since then. Ever since Globo's Blogger install launched a couple years ago, the service has skyrocketed in user numbers. T his person claims Brazil is likely to be the second largest group of bloggers after Americans.

Thanks to the enthusiasm of Brazilian users and the democratic nature of these networks, you see Brazil outpacing the participation and number of Americans. The virtual world is relatively new and doesn't have many limitations beyond the obstacles of getting online in the first place, so the world is on an even playing field so to speak. I find it fascinating that in this new, more open, and more equal environment, Brazil is doing so well. I don't know what it means for the future of Brazil or America, both online and offline, but it's certainly an interesting trend worth watching.

Orkut's massive Brazilian following

Orkut's massive Brazilian following 06/22/2004 09:55 PM
Any Techno-epidemiologists out there who know what the trigger was that made Orkut so big in Brazil? Was there a...

IBM lands $80m Brazilian services deal

IBM lands $80m Brazilian services deal 04/04/2005 08:26 AM
Computer Business Review Apr 4 2005 12:55PM GMT

Brazilian politician Brizola dies

Brazilian politician Brizola dies 06/22/2004 01:22 AM
Veteran left-winger Leonel Brizola dies in hospital in Rio de Janeiro at the age of 82.

Brazilian arrested for '01 Airforce
hacks

Brazilian arrested for '01 Airforce
hacks 04/11/2005 07:13 PM
A popular Venezuelan hacker known as "RaFa" was arrested April 2 and charged with hacking into U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) servers almost four years ago.

Brazilian tribe that can't count
(Reuters)

Brazilian tribe that can't count
(Reuters) 08/19/2004 04:34 PM
Reuters - Some people have a great excuse for being bad at maths -- their language lacks the words for most numbers, U.S.-based researchers have reported.

Get Ready for XP Starter, Brazilian
Edition

Get Ready for XP Starter, Brazilian
Edition 04/08/2005 12:05 PM
Microsoft has finalized ts next Windows XP Starter Edition release, a stripped-down, cheap Windows operating system version, for the Brazilian market, we hear.

Brazilian Tree Gets a Big Hug (Los
Angeles Times)

Brazilian Tree Gets a Big Hug (Los
Angeles Times) 05/07/2004 04:50 AM
Los Angeles Times - GLORIA DO GOITA, Brazil — They live a continent apart, but Ana Cristina Roldao and Yung Chin are transported to the same realms of rapture when they contemplate the stalwart trunk and spreading branches of the pernambuco tree.

Brazilian Group to Tone Down Sex in
Parade (AP)

Brazilian Group to Tone Down Sex in
Parade (AP) 02/19/2004 03:34 PM
AP - A Brazilian group agreed Thursday to tone down its sexually explicit displays for the city's famed Carnival parade after prosecutors threatened to ban the floats.

Plane Crashes in Brazilian Amazon (AP)

Plane Crashes in Brazilian Amazon (AP) 05/15/2004 10:03 AM
AP - A domestic airliner crashed near the Amazon city of Manaus, killing all 30 passengers and three crew members, a fire department official said Saturday.

MIT Urges Brazilian Government to Use
Linux

MIT Urges Brazilian Government to Use
Linux 03/19/2005 03:08 AM
Slashdot Mar 18 2005 3:09PM GMT

Brazilian open microorganism bank

Brazilian open microorganism bank 03/26/2005 05:13 AM
Cory Doctorow: The Brazilian government is funding an open collection of indigineous microrganisms that will stave off the practice of foreign companies coming to the south, taking what grows there, and locking it away in patents that the countries of origin can't afford to license.

The microbe bank — dubbed the Brazilian Collection of Environmental and Industrial Microorganisms — is housed at the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) and was inaugurated on 24 February.

''We intend to put this collection at the service of the scientific and industrial community, by preserving, identifying, maintaining and distributing these microorganisms,'' says biologist Lara Sette, the collection's curator...

Specimens in the 'public access deposit' will be available to public and private institutions to use for research or teaching. The 'safety deposit' will house specimens whose identity and related information are kept confidential and to which access will be restricted.

The third section will include specimens deposited to satisfy Brazilian legal requirements, which state that a sample of any biological material moved between public or private institutions, nationally or internationally, must be deposited in an institution accredited by the Ministry of Environment.

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Brazilian star's mother released

Brazilian star's mother released 03/25/2005 05:08 PM
Police in Brazil free the mother of Brazilian football star Rogerio, three days after she was kidnapped by gunmen.

Yahoo! Buys Brazilian PPC Search Network

Yahoo! Buys Brazilian PPC Search Network 04/12/2005 08:54 PM

Brazilian Java Users Society Joins JCP

Brazilian Java Users Society Joins JCP 04/08/2005 03:47 PM
Brazil's largest Java user group, SouJava, will now be able to take part in development, the Java Community Process announced at the broadly sponsored technical event CafeBrasil.

Brazilian script kiddie arrested in
Japan

Brazilian script kiddie arrested in
Japan 11/03/2003 10:01 AM
'Member of Cyber Lord' defacement gang

Brazilian Leader's Tippling Becomes
National Concern

Brazilian Leader's Tippling Becomes
National Concern 05/09/2004 02:26 PM
Some Brazilians wonder if the president's predilection for strong drink is affecting his performance in office.

Microsoft Sues Brazilian Official for
Defamation

Microsoft Sues Brazilian Official for
Defamation 06/19/2004 07:22 AM

Yahoo! Buys Brazilian PPC Player
TeRespondo

Yahoo! Buys Brazilian PPC Player
TeRespondo 04/13/2005 11:11 AM
"Yahoo! is expanding its presence in Latin America with the purchase of Brazilian performance-based advertising network TeRespondo."

Brazilian XP Starter Edition to Launch
Wednesday

Brazilian XP Starter Edition to Launch
Wednesday 04/12/2005 11:43 AM
For the record: The Microsoft folks say XP Starter, Brazilian Edition, will launch officially on Wednesday, April 13.

Brazilian Scientists Control Crab With
Computer

Brazilian Scientists Control Crab With
Computer 07/28/2004 01:20 PM

Researchers in the Säo Paulo University's Physics Department have successfully connected a group of 11 neurons from a blue crab's mouth parts to a computer, allowing them to control the movements of the crabs mouth parts via electrical signals. By learning more about how to replicate the function of the crustaceans' neurons, the researchers hope to be able to someday build a giant, samba-dancing, capoira-kicking robotic crab walker with which to impose a Brazilian dominance over the entirety of mankind. Or they want to build prosthetic arms for humans; I forget which.

Our Brazilian counterpart Ricardo Infernauta provides a rough translation after the jump.

Brazilian drug kingpin shot dead

Brazilian drug kingpin shot dead 09/24/2004 03:27 AM
Brazilian police investigate the murder of a drug lord who achieved notoriety in a dramatic 1980s jail-break.

Microsoft sues Brazilian mag., IT
official for defamation

Microsoft sues Brazilian mag., IT
official for defamation 06/21/2004 12:00 AM

Brazilian woman hands in 1,300 guns
(Reuters)

Brazilian woman hands in 1,300 guns
(Reuters) 07/24/2004 02:42 AM
Reuters - A Brazilian woman has surrendered an arsenal of about 1,300 firearms under the country's guns-for-money disarmament program that started last week.

Brazilian Computing Firm Opens Office In
Luanda

Brazilian Computing Firm Opens Office In
Luanda 09/12/2004 06:45 AM
Angola Press Sep 12 2004 10:28AM GMT

Microsoft unit accuses Brazilian
official of defamation

Microsoft unit accuses Brazilian
official of defamation 06/30/2004 07:35 AM
Microsoft Corp.'s Brazilian subsidiary has initiated legal proceedings against the Brazilian government official credited with developing the country's open-source strategy, saying he defamed the software giant in statements published in the magazine Carta Capital.

Gilat loses $40m Brazilian Internet
access tender

Gilat loses $40m Brazilian Internet
access tender 01/04/2005 04:21 AM
Israel Business Arena Jan 4 2005 8:31AM GMT

Brazilian Woman's Poison Dart Tips
Stolen (AP)

Brazilian Woman's Poison Dart Tips
Stolen (AP) 09/17/2004 06:00 PM
AP - Poison dart tips, a Brazilian woman's keepsakes laced with deadly frog secretions, were stolen from an office at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Brazilian cowgirl gets the blues in
cocaine bust (Reuters)

Brazilian cowgirl gets the blues in
cocaine bust (Reuters) 02/19/2004 12:06 AM
Reuters - A female bull-rider arrested for trying to smuggle cocaine out of Brazil threw herself at the mercy of police and said she was forced to turn to crime after being mauled in a rodeo by a killer bull.
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