No sex please, we're from the sub-continent...

Jun 09, 2009 18:34

Bing failure, apparently:

http://thomashawk.com/2009/06/microsoft-doesnt-think-people-in-india-should-be-allowed-to-search-for-the-term-sex.html

Meanwhile, Wolfram Alpha gets an upgrade:

http://blog.wolframalpha.com/2009/06/08/wolframalpha-update-today/

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Unrelated bonus items: Quite an impressive haul...

"Thousands of stolen Italian artefacts, including ancient Etruscan treasures, medieval papal letters and even a book preface handwritten by Mussolini, have been discovered piled up in the Illinois home of an antique dealer, according to the FBI."

More here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/5488999/Handwritten-book-by-Mussolini-among-stolen-Italian-artefacts-found-in-Illinois-home.html

And there's more here about the theft - announced today - from the Picasso Museum in Paris: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8091679.stm (cheers to C).



An update which barely seems to acknowledge the concept of wealthy private collectors having items stolen-to-order, here: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,525688,00.html

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