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Details of Major Internet Flaw Posted by Accident
Gadgets & Tech – A computer security company on Monday inadvertently published details of a major flaw in the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS) several weeks before they were due to be disclosed.
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Fortune conference pitches personal submarines
Gadgets & Tech – HALF MOON BAY, Calif.--Got $1.2 million to blow on toys? Forget the conspicuous Veyron, which is sure to draw derision from everyone you pass. Instead, take your toys underwater: U.S. Sunmarines' Triton Model 1000,…
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eBook: Lewis Shiner's Snowbirds
Books – Originally published in Analog in 1982, this chilling short story brings visitors from the future into the present . . . but who are they and why are they here?
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Pastor Gets Into Motorcycle Crash - During Service
Religion – A pastor brought out a dirt bike during a church service to demonstrate the concept of unity. Now he's demonstrating the concept of healing.
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By Any of Their Many Names, Roses Are a Sweet Addiction
Do-It-Yourself – NOBODY buys a house with a sitting tenant, but I did.
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Apple: iPhone coming to 20 more countries Aug. 22
Gadgets & Tech – Even as it struggles to meet demand in existing markets, Apple plans to introduce the iPhone 3G to new countries next month. The company said that the latest iPhone would go on sale in 20 additional countries by…
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Creationists Fail Again: Taken For Granite
Science – Geologists scoping out a glacier in Antarctica found a piece of granite there. This granite's structure matched that of granite found in only one other place: North America. Radioactive dating tests using several…
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Software to video meteors (and other stuff in the sky)
Science – UFOCapture is a Windows application that helps you videotape meteors and other fast-moving stuff in space. You hook up a sensitive video camera to your computer, point it out your window, and while you slumber,…
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More than half Philippine fauna nearly extinct: official
Science – More than half the birds, amphibians and mammals found only in the Philippines are either threatened or nearly extinct, the environment and natural resources department said Monday.
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Linux set to make mobile splash
Gadgets & Tech – Linux is set to make a major impact in the mobile computing realm, the executive director of the Linux Foundation stressed at a conference Monday morning.
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The Pole star comes to life again
Science – An international team of astronomers has observed that vibrations in the Pole star, which had been fading away to almost nothing over the last hundred years, have recovered and are now increasing. And the astronomers…
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'Microhoo' saga isn't over yet
Gadgets & Tech – Even though Yahoo has settled with activist shareholder Carl Icahn, Microsoft is still circling. And Jerry Yang's job may not be safe.
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Health officials tout computer prescribing
Health & Fitness – Those hard-to-read scribbled prescriptions from doctors could soon become a rarity. Beginning Jan. 1, the federal government will boost Medicare's payments to doctors that send prescriptions electronically to a…
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Bubble fusion scientist charged with scientific misconduct
Science – A Purdue University nuclear engineer who claimed to have carried out tabletop nuclear fusion is responsible for two instances of scientific misconduct, a report made public today concludes.
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Livers from older donors work well in transplants
Health & Fitness – Liver transplant patients who receive an organ from a donor age 60 or older do just as well as patients getting a liver from a younger donor, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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Musicians' unions stay out of digital debate
Gadgets & Tech – Will the music industry ever get organized?
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Laser resurfacing fixes wrinkles, study finds
Health & Fitness – Laser treatment can remove wrinkles better than some newer procedures, dermatologists reported on Monday.
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Magnetic sense linked to molecule
Science – Fruit flies use cell sensitive to blue and UV light for magnetosensitivity
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'Sex and the City' Vote Heavily Favors Obama
Politics – Unmarried women -- often dubbed the "Sex and the City" vote -- overwhelmingly support Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., over Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., in key battleground states, according to a recent poll.
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Musical relativity
Science – Here's a neat idea for a concert that's going to blow a few minds if it ever takes to the stage.
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Intel asks FCC to mandate Ethernet ports for set-top boxes
Gadgets & Tech – Two representatives of the Intel Corporation visited the Federal Communications Commission last week to boost the idea requiring IP capability on cable-set top boxes.
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Human-frog hybrids aid autism investigations
Health & Fitness – Fusing together brains cells and eggs from a carnivorous frog could help scientists understand the root cause of the condition and possibly lead to a treatment
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Exotic Materials Using Neptunium, Plutonium Provide Insight…
Science – Physicists at Rutgers and Columbia universities have gained new insight into the origins of superconductivity - a property of metals where electrical resistance vanishes - by studying exotic chemical compounds that…
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WiMax at Sea, the Journey Begins
Gadgets & Tech – Ships that call on Singapore can now use WiMax instead of satellite to connect to the Internet.
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The teddy bear with diamond eyes and a 24-carat gold nose
Shopping – With the country in the grip of the credit crisis, it hardly seems an ideal time to launch a Ã;â;;Ã;£43,000 teddy bear with eyes made of emerald and diamonds and a nose of solid 24-carat gold.
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