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Laser Pointers Now Considered Controlled Weapons in Australia |
| 4/21/2008 |
LASER pointers have been classed as controlled weapons in Western Australia after recent incidents in which they were used to distract plane and helicopter pilots. |
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Anatomy of an Ikea product |
| 4/20/2008 |
Over the years, I've bought and built a lot of Ikea products: chests of drawers, office tables, bedside stands, media centers, glassware cases, and so forth. .... |
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Quick Vista Hack to Get You Browsing at High-Speed Again |
| 4/20/2008 |
I’m not a Windows Vista fan. In fact, my new PC runs on XP, but uses OpenSource applications for most of my business needs. So why do I even care about a trick to get sluggish Vista browsing back to an acceptable speed? . . .. . |
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Google your way to a wacky office |
| 4/19/2008 |
Dotcom companies were defined by beanbags and pizza but Google, a company that came to prominence after the bubble had burst, has taken that image to a whole new level. . . . . .. |
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The delicate line between genius and madness |
| 4/18/2008 |
WHERE do you draw the fine line between brilliance and madness? That is the question raised by hotshot television producer Adam Boland, who has spoken for the first time about his diagnosis with bipolar disorder. . . . ... . . . . |
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Google results shush critics |
| 4/18/2008 |
Google Inc. quieted its critics Thursday as its first-quarter earnings showed stronger-than-expected revenue growth. Its stock soared 18 percent in after-hours trading. |
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Sexually transmitted bug is the strongest organism |
| 4/18/2008 |
Pound-for-pound, it's the strongest organism ever. This mighty beast is the gonorrhea bacterium – the strongest creature alive.
These tiny creatures can pull with a force equal to 100,000 times their body weight . . .. . . |
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Cure for acne found, say scientists |
| 4/18/2008 |
They claim that the drug, SMT D002, can reduce the flow of sebum - an oily substance produced by the skin and believed to be a significant cause - by 90 per cent.. . . .[keywords: pharmaceutical company, retinoic acid, vitamin A , Roaccutane, , suicides , acne sufferers, SMT D002 ,side-effects ] |
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HOw to make a sawed off USB key |
| 4/17/2008 |
It's no secret that there are a lot of strange USB devices out there, particularly flash drives. Not a comprehensive list, but we've sure seen Lego, twigs, action figures, bowling balls, sushi, anatomical parts, transparent drives, erasers, cassette tapes and on and on and on. |
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A hidden Yahoo acquisition cost for Microsoft |
| 4/17/2008 |
Microsoft's attempt to acquire Yahoo is expensive, but there could be a significant other expense for the software maker: retention bonuses. |
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German schoolboy, 13, corrects NASA's asteroid figures |
| 4/16/2008 |
A 13-year-old German schoolboy corrected NASA's estimates on the chances of an asteroid colliding with Earth, a German newspaper reported Tuesday, after spotting the boffins had miscalculated. |
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RFID reader can now identify velocity, position of tags |
| 4/13/2008 |
RFID-manufacturer Alien Technology announced this week it has created new software for its tag readers. The software provides information on the velocity and position of tags, and can thereby distinguish between adjacent tagged objects such as luggage. . . ................................[keywords : RFID readers, new software, a free update, ALR-9900, ALR-9800, ALR-8800, flexible reader distance,, millimeters,100 feet, Helicopters, Alien Technology , RFID, database, Alien Technology H3 integrated circuit, RFID Journal Live conference] |
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Discovery of the decade? Injection 'could cure Alzheimer's in minutes' |
| 4/13/2008 |
An injection that dramatically relieved the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease within minutes would qualify as the discovery of the decade. . . .. |
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Hitachi Finds Nuclear Software Fault; Undetected for 28 Years |
| 4/11/2008 |
Hitachi Ltd., Japan's third-largest builder of nuclear reactors, discovered a programming error in software used for almost three decades to measure the impact of earthquakes on pipes at atomic power stations. |
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The Man Who Lost His Name—and His Genetic Identity |
| 4/10/2008 |
You never know how far you can go until you’ve left everything behind. And as Eric Drew waited alone in the cold rain on a dock of the Seattle waterfront, he had come to the bitter edge |
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Experts hack power grid in no time |
| 4/10/2008 |
Cracking a power company network and gaining access that could shut down the grid is simple, a security expert told an RSA audience, and he has done so in less than a day. . .[keywords :penetration-testing , social engineering , corrupting browsers , power company, security of network , power grid , Spies Among Us and Zen and the Art of Information Security., control and data acquisition (SCADA) networks |
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Artist uses computers, viruses to create art |
| 4/10/2008 |
On the eve of the RSA Conference a San Francisco gallery unveiled an exhibit called Infected Art. It's a collection of images created from the code of various viruses, worms, spam, and other malware. |
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Traditional Japanese Style Keyboards… AMAZING ! |
| 4/9/2008 |
What I love most about Japan, after gadgets and cars, are traditional Japanese crafts… Today I believe I've found the most beautiful combination of art and gadget with these keyboards!
Here you are... Five amazing HANDMADE keyboards (USB/PS2) . . . . . |
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HP Unveils Small Commercial Linux Laptop |
| 4/9/2008 |
HP had unveiled a miniaturized laptop for school kids. The tiny device boasts speeds up to 1.6 gigahertz. The notebook will be used for surfing the Internet and doing other basic tasks like word processing. The company plans to have 50 million units available in the marketplace by 2011. |
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Coming soon: superfast internet |
| 4/6/2008 |
THE internet could soon be made obsolete. The scientists who pioneered it have now built a lightning-fast replacement capable of downloading entire feature films within seconds. |
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