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Can people with pretty avatars get more sex in the real world city?

Love & Personals – That's the intriguing point of research by folk over at Stanford who are investigating if our avatars can directly impact our real world lives. One experiment involved people with pretty avatars leaving the virtual world and signing up with a real world dating agency.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 16, 2008 07:05am

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Spam swings from Viagra to Versace

Shopping – It would appear that Viagra is no longer arousing the online shoppers like it used to, instead a replica Rolex is what is tickling our collective fancy. At least that is what the spam trends suggest.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 16, 2008 06:18am

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Irony alert as South London teens use mobiles in project on tackling violent crime

Family – Spot the irony as a project by London teenagers to highlight the dangers of violent crime and look for solutions gets a press release proclaiming how it is using mobile phones to help in the good work - on the same day as a report reveals 1 in 5 London teens are mugged for their mobile phones.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 16, 2008 05:42am

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I played GTA IV without going postal in real life

Video Games – Yes, it is true, you can play video games without going postal. Now the scientists are starting to agree, going against the commone held belief that violence in games leads to violence on the streets.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 15, 2008 01:28pm

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Google beats Yahoo in US popularity stakes for first time ever

News – Although the margins are slim, Google has now overtaken Yahoo as the most popular website in the US when counted by unique monthly visitors with a stinking 141.1 million last month. That's up 18 percent on this time last year.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 15, 2008 10:19am

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MySpace wins hollow victory against Spam King

Do No Evil – The final score may be MySpace 234 million, Spamford Wallace nil but the winner in this CAN-SPAM Act case is certainly not MySpace.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 14, 2008 09:02am

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Half of all rootkits still not detected by security software

Gadgets & Tech – AV.Test have put modern security software tools under the microscope and found that half of the rootkits installed failed to be detected by them on average.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 14, 2008 08:22am

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The botnet stripped naked and exposed

Do No Evil – Ever wondered how a botnet converts your computer resources into big bucks for some Chinese or Eastern European crime gang?

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Submitted and Voted for on May 14, 2008 07:13am

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Google gives Manhattan a makeover

Travel – Google Maps has updated its view of Manhattan, taking the opportunity to introduce some really rather impressive face recognition technology to automatically blur the faces of residents for privacy reasons.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 13, 2008 07:00pm

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F1 racing drivers at risk from hard drive blackmail plot

Sports – F1 superstar Lewis Hamilton is amongst the race drivers who were at risk from a blackmail plot, busted by German police in a classic sting operation, after a dumped hard drive revealed more than the dumper expected...

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Submitted and Voted for on May 13, 2008 11:32am

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What is the speed of encryption?

Science – Ever wondered how fast encryption can be? No, me neither, until now. So which is quickest and should get the certificate from the Guinness Book of Records - 9 million encryptions per second or an encryption key generation speed of 4 million bps over a 1km line?

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Submitted and Voted for on May 13, 2008 09:56am

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How big is the Second Life landscape?

Video Games – It's an interesting question with an astonishing answer: bigger than New York and growing at a rate of 5 percent of land mass every month.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 12, 2008 06:55am

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Jasper is just a stepping stone to Valhalla for Microsoft Xbox 360 gamers

Video Games – Could the Red Ring of Death be facing the firing squad as Microsoft line up Jasper and Valhalla to reclaim the hardware stability high ground for the Xbox 360?

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Submitted and Voted for on May 12, 2008 05:49am

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Is Google an open relay spammer?

Do No Evil – It looks like the spammers new best friend could be Google, if reports that a simple vulnerability turns Gmail into an open relay are true.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 11, 2008 08:02pm

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Apple compensates Canadians for poor iPod battery life

Music – If you are Canadian and own a 1st,2nd or 3rd gen iPod that sucks, the good news is that Apple will compensate you. The bad news is that they will only give you a few bucks.

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Submitted and Voted for on May 10, 2008 08:01am