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Microsoft releases biggest band-aid ever

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:03:00 PDT

MICROSOFT has issued its biggest software patch on record to fix a range of security issues in its programs, including the yet-to-be-released Windows 7 operating system. In a monthly update sent to...

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Airport tests full-body X-ray system

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:08:00 PDT

Future passenger security checks at airports may no longer include ‘pat-downs’ with a new full-body imaging technology undergoing trials at Manchester Airport. Manchester Airport’s Terminal 2 is...

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Web 2.0 Winners & Losers

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:59:00 PDT

The success of Web 2.0 means everyone can now publish - but at what costs, asks Nick Galvin. April 15, 2009: A 96-strong symphony orchestra performs to widespread acclaim under the baton of the...

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Pentagon Wants ‘Space Junk’ Cleaned Up

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:47:00 PDT

The orbit around Earth is a very messy place and the Pentagon’s far-out research arm wants to do something about it. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency put out a notice yesterday...

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Encrypting Messages In Our "How-to-Make-a-Human" DNA Instruction Manual

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:44:00 PDT

DNA isn't just a code, it's the ultimate information - the data without which the ability to perceive data wouldn't exist. We now have the ability to write our own messages into this biological...

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Google is truthful, say children

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:53:00 PDT

A new study has found that children aged between 12 to 15 believe that Google's search engine ranks websites in terms of truthfulness, rather than the messy business of links, click-throughs and...

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Real-Time Hackers Foil Two-Factor Security

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:41:00 PDT

One-time passwords are vulnerable to new hacking techniques. In mid-July, an account manager at Ferma, a construction firm in Mountain View, CA, logged in to the company's bank account to pay bills,...

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Marilyn Monroe was flatulent, dirty and ate in bed - claim

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:35:00 PDT

One of the world's most glamorous women, Marilyn Monroe, was flatulent, dirty and ate in bed, it has been revealed in a new book. Portraits of her as the image of womanly perfection may hang on...

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How to Create Quantum Superpositions of Living Things

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:25:00 PDT

First photons, atoms and molecules. Now physicists want to create a quantum superposition of a virus, which will allow them to perform Schrodinger's Cat experiment for real. One of the great...

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Can Linux Beat The Bloat

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:15:00 PDT

Linus Torvalds shocked the crowd (well, the group) at LinuxCon this week with three words. “Linux is bloated.” He added it’s even gotten “huge and scary.” (This fat penguin, by Squiggums at...

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Four-year-old girl lives in cage with crocodiles from birth

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:43:00 PDT

The parents of little girl Margarita Tarantina are hereditary animal trainers. They put their daughter into a cage with alligators. The girl’s parents received two alligators - Misha and Masha -...

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Google Releases A Nuke. Apple Won’t Win This Fight.

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:37:00 PDT

Well, something clearly broke down behind the scenes in the ongoing Apple/Google negotiations over Google Voice on the iPhone, because Google released one of two nukes it has been holding back. In a...

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Chrome Frame is Google's stealth attack on Microsoft Internet Explorer

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:26:00 PDT

Google’s internet-browser war against Microsoft has escalated after the search engine giant unveiled Chrome Frame, a new plug-in that essentially changes Internet Explorer into Chrome. The upgrade,...

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Lust for sex depends on size of brain

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:35:00 PDT

Australian scientists have found out what part of the brain is responsible for sexual attraction between people. They also found out that the bigger that part of the brain is, the faster and more...

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Teacher asks students to masturbate

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:00:00 PDT

A biology teacher in Brazil is being sued for asking students to masturbate for a class project. The teacher asked three teenagers to provide sperm samples (in other words: masturbate) so the class...

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Scientists unveil plan designed to cut cost of space travel

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:01:00 PDT

Gravitational corridors could help spacecraft ply the solar system like ships borne on ocean currents, it has been disclosed by scientists investigating space travel. Scientists in the United States...

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Letter to Bill Gates

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:00:00 PDT

This Letter is from Mr.X from India to Mr. Bill Gates of Microsoft Subject: Problems with my new computer Dear Mr. Bill Gates, We have bought a computer for our home and we have found some...

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Seven reasons for NOT taken your kid to ZOO

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:34:00 PDT

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Singularity says, "The future is over!"

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:23:00 PDT

The future is over! It's no longer possible to write about the future, because the Singularity will definitely happen in twenty years. We'll have artificial intelligence, and the meaning of humanity...

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Smallest Russian Submarine Officially Registered as Boat

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:46:00 PDT

Submarines inspire both fear and awe. Simultaneously, they represent freedom and the lack thereof, as the ability to explore mysterious environments is curtailed by the very real potential of being...

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Humans vs AI: We're Winning Because We're More Fun to Shoot At

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:36:00 PDT

Those interested in playing chess (or in the eventual domination of our kind by machines) may be interested in this page, where you can play the Shredder chess program hosted on the makers...

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Snake Born With Hand Shocks Scientists

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:32:00 PDT

An elderly Chinese woman who discovered a snake with a clawed hand protruding from its body was so scared she beat it to death, according to reports. Xiu Qiong Duan, 68, told the SINA Beijing news...

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Monkeys Are Metallica Fans, Scientists Say

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 02:05:00 PDT

Monkeys have been found to be fans of heavy metal music after scientists in America found it calmed them down. When a group of cottontop tamarins were played a variety of tunes, from classical to...

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Study: US a Nation of Night Surfers

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:49:00 PDT

In previous years, U.S. Internet traffic seemed to peak at during daytime business hours. Now, however, the most traffic is seen around 11 PM Eastern time, according to a new study, and it stays...

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So Long CPU Wars. It Was Fun

noreply@blogger.com (Admin) — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:42:00 PDT

The Great Chip Wars, as we’ve come to know them, ended this week — courtesy of a new marketing campaign from Advanced Micro Devices. AMD has decided to sell its products under the Vision banner, a...

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