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Want a VC deal? Go fly a kiteboard

A lot of Silicon Valley networking gets done the old-fashioned way on the golf course. But the hippest of the tech set are communing 75 feet above San Francisco Bay.

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California museums tell the history of computing

Bit by bit, they gather and display gadgets from the computer revolution.

At MIT, low-tech inventions with a high impact

The school's basement D-Lab exports simple solutions to the developing world.

Horizons: What's new in sci-tech

Wah-wah rings, an 'extinct' critter scurries back, and a mission to the sun.

 

 

'My son, the bastard' Michel Houellebecq's mother, foul-mouthed Lucie Ceccaldi, 83, grants her first British interview to Angelique Chrisafis Revenge of hippy mum on enfant terrible Blog: Some mothers do 'ave 'em

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Israeli battles rage on Wikipedia

The conflict in the Middle East has spread to the internet with Palestinian and pro-Israeli groups using Wikipedia, the electronic encyclopedia, to push their message.

 

 

 

Python makes meal of kitten in Australia

Cat is swallowed whole by snake in Australia's north, with X-ray showing the family pet inside the reptile.

 

 

Facebook water fight

Hundreds trash award-winning garden in Leeds.

 

 

Lost cat spotted overseas

American spots tabby on 'quaint' Cornish webcam.

 

 

Dog makes deer friend

Great Dane called Rocky protects orphaned fawn.

 

 

Nude festival controversy

Catholic Church opposes “celebration of nudity”.