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For the first time astronomers have discovered a planet outside our solar system that is potentially habitable, with Earth-like temperatures, a find researchers described Tuesday as a big step in the search for "life in the universe."
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Just days after the Boston bomb scare, another team of Boston-based pranksters smuggled and distributed 2,350 suspicious light-up devices into the Super Bowl. Due to its attractiveness as a terrorist target, Dolphin Stadium was on a Level One security alert, a level usually reserved for Presidential inaugurations.
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Information chips implanted in the brain. Electromagnetic pulse weapons. The middle classes becoming revolutionary, taking on the role of Marx's proletariat. The population of countries in the Middle East increasing by 132%, while Europe's drops as fertility falls. "Flashmobs" - groups rapidly mobilised by criminal gangs or terrorists groups.
posted by Bob Clay @ 10:18 AM
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NASA has reported that a SOFTWARE PATCH uploaded to the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft in June 2006 directly caused its failure some five months later. Because of the patch, the spacecraft entered a special "error mode" and reoriented itself. The new position exposed one of the batteries to the sun, which fried it like a Dell laptop.
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This paper, from February's International Journal of Health Geographics, (abstract here), analyzes the consequences of a nuclear attack on several American cities and points out that burn unit capacity nationwide is far too small to accommodate the victims. It says just training people to flee crosswind could greatly reduce deaths from fallout.
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Some 46,000 University of California, San Francisco, students, faculty and staff are being cautioned to stay on the lookout for identity theft after the school reported a possible data breach.
posted by Bob Clay @ 8:07 AM
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File Hippo is a great site for downloading the latest versions of programs. Heck, it's even good for downloading old versions of new programs. But who's got time to check File Hippo or any site every day to see if your software's outdated. That's where the new File Hippo Update Checker (beta) comes in
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Send an email to a special unique address with the subject line as the mailing address, and its gets outputted into a printed piece and mailed out at the other end. Total cost, $.99 for one page full color, printing, mailing and postage included.
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No time to read David Allen's "Getting Things Done"? Here's the ONE-MINUTE VERSION.
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New solar cells developed by Massey University don't need direct sunlight to operate and use a patented range of dyes that can be impregnated in roofs, window glass and eventually even clothing to produce power. This means teenagers could one day be wearing jackets that will recharge their equivalents of cellphones, iPods, etc.
posted by Bob Clay @ 7:42 AM
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Researchers using nanotechnology have taken a step toward creating an "optical cloaking" device that could render objects invisible by guiding light around anything placed inside this "cloak."
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A simple and clear guide for information-civilians that makes the case for free software without getting bogged down in ideology.
posted by Bob Clay @ 9:54 AM
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"Window Transparency Information Disclosure." An information disclosure attack can be launched against buildings that make use of windows made of glass or other transparent materials by observing externally-facing information through the window.
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Microsoft announced today that it has acquired a majority stake in pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said at a press conference, "This is adding true and immediate value for our shareholders."
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