After reading the previous story on Digg about how to convert .docx formats to a readable format, I whipped up a script to do it automatically. Just upload your file and it will spit out a text version.
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“The democratization of media is about letting a billion flowers bloom, and turning the power of news analysis, commentary, punditry and spoofery over to the people.” The article is about how the media is undergoing no less than a full-blown revolution because of people-powered sites. Digg is mentioned as an alternative to editor tyranny.
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Microsoft has designed the User Account Control (UAC) to work so perfectly that it will be difficult for the average person to switch the default browser.
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A small victory for gamers. The State of Illinois must pay the video game industry $510,528.64 in attorney
â��s fees for its unconstitutional effort to enact a law banning the sale of violent video games. “Not only are efforts to ban the sale of violent video games clearly unconstitutional, they are a waste of taxpayer dollars.” - ESA.
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Interesting…”Google Video now allows you to you to upload adult videos.”
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Here are the top PCs ever, from machines you owned and loved to systems you’ve never heard of.
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“Skype’s flown past MySpace. But both cases are even more confirmation that “free” rules cyber space.”
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Easily Create and Share Google Maps. Show Me Where is a point-and-click interface to creating customized Google Maps. Want to place a marker on a map? Just click there. No more geocoding is necessary in order to add points to your maps. Instead, just navigate there using the Google Maps interface you are accustomed to.
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For a mere $36/month Japan residents are getting 100Mbps fiber-optic broadband and free VoIP. 5.5m have now added the faster service, in addition to 23m homes which already have 8Mbps service. But the increased demand is starting to take a toll on the tubes, which hit 158Gbps at major exchanges.
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