20,259 posts tagged Science & Technology
SubscribeAmazons Kindle Draws the Reader In
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Religion and Ethics Weekly: Familial DNA Testing
http://www.kendallharmon.net/ t19/ index.php/ t19/ article/ 12549/BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: We have a report today on a conflict between solving crimes and protecting privacy. It's called "familial searching." Police can now take DNA from a crime scene and compare it to millions of DNA samples in a government database.
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Two Planes mating ?
http://my.telegraph.co.uk/ grumpylarry/ may_2008/ two_planes_mating_.htmCould the result of this union grow up to be a 747. Did the earth move for you darling
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Facebook’s expensive death of a million cuts
http://www.earthyself.com/ blog/ 2008/ 05/ 17/ facebooks-expensive-death-of-a-mi…So, word on the street is that Facebook is having growing pains, seeing as pretty much everyone who knows anyone is using it, they’re having problems getting their server infrastructure to cope with the load. Plus, the vulture capitalists want some payoff, at the same time as more capital’s needed to buy the farm (server farm, that is :).
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Robotic Suit Amplifies Human Strength
http://www.newscorners.com/ 2008/ 05/ 17/ robotic-suit-amplifies-human-strength/…Rex Jameson bikes and swims regularly, and plays tennis and skis when time allows. But the 5-foot-11, 180-pound software engineer is lucky if he presses 200 pounds — that is, until he steps into an “exoskeleton” of aluminum and electronics that multiplies his strength and endurance as many as 20 times.
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ASUS motherboards to have Slashtop Linux
http://www.intology.com/ computers-internet/ asus-motherboards-to-have-slashtop-…Asus has announced that all its motherboards will come with Express Gate version of Slashtop Linux. Initially it will be available on new P5Q Deluxe, P5Q-WS, P5Q3 Deluxe and P5Q-E series motherboards but later it will be extended to all motherboards by producing one million units per month.
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Internet Speed Test | Speed Matters
http://www.bambismusings.com/ ?p=633Sigh… And we have to pay as much or more than Cox and Charter Cable’s biggest pipe, and WAY more than Verizon ADSL (no matter what speed you get — except FiOS which will not be here till h*ll freezes over) to get that speed on Cellular Wireless and be limited monthly to a 5GB per month Cap.
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Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People Trailer -Wii
http://www.internet-video.cn/ 2008/ 05/ strong-bads-cool-game-for-attractive-peo…By:gamingbits Description:A trailer for the upcoming WiiWare game! Coming for the Nintendo Wii (and PCs!). This trailer shows Episode One: “Homestar Ruiner”. Click to Watch the Video: Loading... ShareThis
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Japan’s new Earth Simulator supercomputer
http://news.3yen.com/ 2008-05-17/ japans-new-earth-simulator-supercomputer/Japan’s new Earth Simulator supercomputer In several 3Yen reports of the past three years, poor Japan has been dropping in world supercomputer race–over the past several years the Earth Simulator supercomputer has gone from No. 1 to ninth place. Never fear.
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Judge Robert Bork: Is This Funny or What? - InjuryBoard.com
http://newshit.net/ index.php/ 2008/ 05/ 17/ judge-robert-bork-is-this-funny-or-…Judge Robert Bork: Is This Funny or What? - InjuryBoard.com May 17th, 2008 Judge Robert Bork: Is This Funny or What?InjuryBoard.com,?FL?- 29 minutes agoDo you remember old Judge Robert H. Bork? The same Judge Bork who served as a solicitor general and acting attorney general in the 1970s.
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Officially Licensed Indiana Jones Fedora from ThinkGeek
http://www.internet-video.cn/ 2008/ 05/ officially-licensed-indiana-jones-fedora…By:thinkgeek Description:You know you want one. Everybody wants one. Just get it. http://www.thinkgeek.com/a67f Click to Watch the Video: Loading... ShareThis