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Microsoft: Windows 7 Inspired By Mac OS X

Offbeat News — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:22:40 +0000

Honesty is the best policy, but one has to wonder if Steve Ballmer is pulling what’s left of his hair out over this comment by Microsoft’s Partner Group Manager, Simon Aldous. In an interview with PCR, he admitted (horror) that Windows 7 took inspiration from Mac OS X.

Raw First lady ‘gets to Sesame Street’

Offbeat News — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:19:06 +0000

First Lady Michelle Obama appeared on the children’s TV show “Sesame Street” on Tuesday, to mark its 40th anniversary, and to promote the benefits of …

Bing, Wolfram|Alpha Team Up

Science / Technology News — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:13:40 +0000

Bing, the decision engine, and Wolfram|Alpha, the computational knowledge engine, have become BFFs. Yes, it all adds up. On Wednesday, Bing and Wolfram|Alpha announced that Bing has become one of the first Wolfram|Alpha Webservice API customers, and probably the biggest.

Drug industry presses FDA to allow more online ads

Science / Technology News — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:28:30 +0000

As federal regulators take their first tentative steps toward policing the wild west of medical information online, pharmaceutical companies are pressing their case to market drugs via Google, Twitter and other Web sites.

Teacher Fired Over Facebook Posts

Video News — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:05:59 +0000

A former school teacher in Georgia is at the center of a social networking controversy.

Getting perfect vaginas put women at risk

Offbeat News — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:50:46 +0000

Women going under the knife to get the perfect vagina maybe putting themselves at health risks…

[However, a plastic surgeon asserts,] “…for women with serious hypertrophy – when the tissue is dark and hangs down – there is a simple way to deal with it. The feedback I receive is very positive indeed.”

Plane hits bushpig on take-off

Offbeat News — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:36:31 +0000

AN airline has been criticised for not knowing what to do after one of its planes hit a bushpig on take-off. Air Zimbabwe had “no disaster response strategy” and its personnel “did not have a clue” of what to do.

Secret police arrested two passengers for taking pictures.

Chinese Scientists Tinker with Mother Nature

Offbeat News — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:25:46 +0000

CHINESE scientists have artificially induced the second major snowstorm to wreak havoc in Beijing this season, state media said today, reigniting debate over the practice of tinkering with Mother Nature.

Druggie claims Jesus set him up

Offbeat News — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:36:56 +0000

A Kentucky man faces drug paraphernalia charges after he told police Jesus set him up by leaving a burnt teaspoon in his residence.

New Data Stealing Worm Targets Jailbroken iPhones

Science / Technology News — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:59:58 +0000

It’s been a nasty week for jailbroken iPhones. First there was a blackmail hack, of sorts. Then there was a hack whick “rickrolled” devices, but was otherwise harmless (well, except for turning your iPhone into a Typhoid Mary). Using the same vulnerability, there’s a new tool that allows a hacker to download user information off a jailbroken iPhone.