Security researchers at Microsoft Corp. last week warned of a significant climb in exploits of a Windows bug it patched with an emergency fix last month, confirming earlier reports by Symantec Corp.
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In today's technological world we leave electronic traces wherever we go, whether shopping online or on the high street, at work or at play. That data is the raw material for a new industry of number crunchers trying to explain and influence human behaviour, as Stephen Baker explains in his new book The Numerati.
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At first glance, the term "anti-hero" may seem oxymoronic or nonsensical: You're either a hero or you're not. But what do we do about those characters we root for -- and feel guilty about it?
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Harvard Medical School Researchers have used a single compound to increase the lifespan of obese mice, and found that the drug reversed nearly all of the changes in gene expression patterns found in mice on high calorie diets--some of which are associated with diabetes, heart disease, and other significant diseases related to obesity.
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The only terrorist captured alive after the Mumbai massacre has given police the first full account of the extraordinary events that led to it
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It’s no wonder some people stare. Mandy’s legs are wider than the average man’s waist and heavier than most women.
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Research firm says Black Friday sales up 3%, thanks to deep discounts, in cautious start to the season.
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"The real holy grail, of course, would be to provide revision control on all government regulations, and eventually, on legislation. This would no doubt be fought tooth and nail by lobbyists who don't want their fingerprints on the final result, but that's precisely why it would be such a breakthrough."
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America's oil dependency has some benefits. Roger Howard on how the diminishing resource acts as a source of stability, and forces countries to work together.
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Top 10 iPhone Video Apps that will let you discover videos like never before. Share it with your friends.
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There are no survivors from the latest mass whale stranding on Tasmania's west coast.Authorities were alerted to the stranding of between 80 and 100 long-finned pilot whales on a rocky stretch of Sandy Cape yesterday. The deaths come only a week after than 60 whales of the same species became stranded at Anthony's Beach.
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A dead or stuck pixel on an LCD screen or TFT can be incredibly annoying. You’ll be staring at it for days on end, wondering for how long you’ll be without your screen or maybe your entire laptop if you decided to turn it in for repair or replacement. All that grieve over something as unimportant, yet highly irritating as a malfunctioning pixel.
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When you are a pro at a scam--the definition of "scam" also can be found under the term "insurance industry" -- you know how to try to pull a fast one. And AIG is trying to pull one -- under cover of the holidays. Check this out.
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I'll say this for Rockstar - they do like a controversy. Usually, though, they go in for cool controversies like sexy mini games or the sensationalised depiction of car crime and bullying.Lame kerfuffles about copy protection schemes just seem a bit off-message, somehow. C'mon chaps, you'll not get many tabloid headlines with this nonsense!
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After the big three Detroit auto makers essentially had their rear-ends handed to them in a bag by Washington politicians last week, they have been scrambling to find ways to get the money they feel they need to stay alive — and their proposed solutions are making Tesla cringe.
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Three-year-old Sam Spiteri was born with a form of cerebral palsy that makes it hard for him to do ordinary tasks such as walk, hold toys, eat or speak.The youngster has been riding his miniature pony, Emily, since he was an infant."Taking her away would be devastating to Sam. It is his best friend," said his mother Antonia Spiteri.
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What says I care about you more than getting a gift where someone got trampled, killed, or totally exploited in order to procure it?
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Commandos killed two remaining militants making a last stand at the Taj Mahal hotel Saturday, Police Chief Hasan Ghafoor said, marking the end of one of the most brazen terror attacks in India's history. News, Headlines and Latest Stories on Yahoo! News
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If ever there was a Web service that experienced a rapid fall from grace, it was online video start-up Joost. What started out as a much anticipated new service ultimately fell short of expectations and has recently struggled for attention. Friday, Joost released an iPhone app for its service that might be a game changer. Joost's iPhone app lets us
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Carbon Motors E7: The front seat was made to resemble a “helicopter-style cockpit” and the hoseable backseat is made for "a very big boy." The 300 horsepower machine also runs on biofuel.
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An eight-year-old US boy accused of murdering his father and a family friend kept a tally of his parents' smackings, vowing that the 1,000th time would be the last, police believe.
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µTorrent Mac Beta has been released and is shattering my carefully divided reality.
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On Thursday morning an uninvited guest showed up to a breakfast-meeting of Frankfurt mothers with young children. Despite the shock of seeing a wild boar burst through the glass door of a church, nobody was injured.
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LONDON — The virus that causes AIDS could theoretically be eliminated in a decade if all people living in countries with high infection rates are regularly tested and treated, according to a new mathematical model.
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ERIE, PA—Local fast food consumer and occasional motorist Don Turnbee announced his decision Wednesday to bypass I-79's Greenville exit in hopes that the following turnoff would lead to more appealing fast food options.
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A Dutch software dealer has filed a complaint against Microsoft with the European Commission, arguing that the company's pricing policy in Europe violates antitrust laws.
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Almost two years in, our weekly listicle, the Lifehacker Top 10, still proves to be one of the most popular posts on-site. Since our top-10-making bot is off this weekend, take a gander at 20 of the most popular Top 10's that have published in 2008 so far.
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We all knew that Biggie Smalls wrote most of Lil Kim’s rhymes. What we didn’t know was that he also recorded references tracks to guide Kim through her rhyme sequence and structure. Or that said tracks have been crawling the interwebs for a hot minute. Luckily, our friends at Buhbomp have unearthed some old reference tracks Biggie cut for Kim.
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We all knew that Biggie Smalls wrote most of Lil Kim’s rhymes. What we didn’t know was that he also recorded references tracks to guide Kim through her rhyme sequence and structure. Or that said tracks have been crawling the interwebs for a hot minute. Luckily, our friends at Buhbomp have unearthed some old reference tracks Biggie cut for Kim.
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A Colorado company is offering a new service for parents -- genetic testing to determine if they should steer their toddlers toward speed or endurance sports.
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Admit it. You've got an old GameCube from yesteryear laying around, and the slow economy (and fear for your life) is holding you back from running to your nearest brick-and-mortar to pick up a Classic Controller for your Wii. You know you want to play Super Mario 64 to work off that turkey, but you can't justify laying out the cash.
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Top 10 iPhone Video Apps that will let you discover videos like never before. Share it with your friends.
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A global rise in tobacco use in the next two decades will help heart disease remain one of humanity’s leading killers, while HIV/AIDS deaths will peak in 2012 before making a steady decline. This is according to an update of the World Health Organization’s “Burdens of Disease” report, which measures the current sources of human mortality...
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A global rise in tobacco use in the next two decades will help heart disease remain one of humanity’s leading killers, while HIV/AIDS deaths will peak in 2012 before making a steady decline. This is according to an update of the World Health Organization’s “Burdens of Disease” report, which measures the current sources of human mortality...
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A global rise in tobacco use in the next two decades will help heart disease remain one of humanity’s leading killers, while HIV/AIDS deaths will peak in 2012 before making a steady decline. This is according to an update of the World Health Organization’s “Burdens of Disease” report, which measures the current sources of human mortality...
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American goalkeeper Brad Friedel of Aston Villa made a record 167th consecutive Premier League appearance Saturday against Fulham.
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Life's DHA and ARA - Algae- and fungus-based baby formula additives that are chock-full of brain-developing fatty acids.
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Kid who has shows a knack for playing drums at age two. By age six he's already better than most drummers I've ever met. The video continues up until age 11.
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Rule number one of burglary is 'don't get yourself photographed'. Probably coming in somewhere around rule number 437, meanwhile, is 'don't make an enemy of someone who owns billboards all around your city'.
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Rule number one of burglary is 'don't get yourself photographed'. Probably coming in somewhere around rule number 437, meanwhile, is 'don't make an enemy of someone who owns billboards all around your city'.
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Energy independence is still only a hypothetical goal for the U.S., but the owner of a tiny island off the coast of Connecticut says he has already achieved that feat and is offering his work as a model.
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It just wouldn't be a night at the fights if someone didn't get all riled up and start their own action outside the Octagon.
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Usually a galaxy's shape corresponds with its color as well as its age. Spiral galaxies appear blue because they are still dynamically forming hot young stars. Elliptical galaxies, on the other hand, are mostly old, dead, and red.
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The Pirate Bay isn’t new to the experience of being blocked by European ISPs. Now, according to many customers of the ISP Orange, it has been impossible to access the site for the last five days, unless they route their traffic through a proxy. Are Orange really taking the bold step of censoring the world’s largest tracker?
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If last year's numbers are any indication, some 46 million turkeys across America will be trussed up for Thanksgiving dinner this Thursday. That's about 17 percent of all turkeys raised in the United States in a given year. How do turkey farmers meet the huge single-day demand for their birds?
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This is Fedora Space Operations announcing with great pleasure the successful launch of the new ship, Fedora 10: "Cambridge." Strapped into the pilot seats are the latest GNOME (2.24) and KDE (4.1),accompanied on their amazing journey by an all star crew of glitch freeaudio, better printing and webcam support, and a new faster graphical startup.
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A major European vendor of city-wide traffic management systems is porting its flagship traffic light controller to Linux and real-time Java.
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...Imperiling a billion people in the process. A leading Indian researcher, Syed Hasnain, chairman of the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), argues that all the glaciers in the middle Himalayas are retreating and could disappear from the central and eastern Himalayas by 2035.
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The new system on the 5,000 square meter roof will provide for all the year-round energy needs of the hall and several surrounding buildings, producing 300 kilowatt hours (MWh) of clean energy a year. It will allow the 108-acre city-state to cut its carbon dioxide emissions by about 225,000 kg and save the equivalent of 80 tonnes of oil each year.
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Don't like the way you look? Impersonate a famous game character, movie star or politician instead.
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When eBay paid $945 million for BillMeLater in October, we blinked. The business assigns credit at the point of sale to ecommerce customers who can’t use credit cards because they don’t have them, have maxed out credit limits, or choose not to. It charges fees much like a credit card - currently 19% interest.
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When eBay paid $945 million for BillMeLater in October, we blinked. The business assigns credit at the point of sale to ecommerce customers who can’t use credit cards because they don’t have them, have maxed out credit limits, or choose not to. It charges fees much like a credit card - currently 19% interest.
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You know that line about being able to read the depths of wisdom in certain wise peoples' eyes....If you don't think it's BS & if you extend it to animals, you might think you see something in this monkey's eyes. Or not. Probably not. But at very least you'll see a great pic.
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You know that line about being able to read the depths of wisdom in certain wise peoples' eyes....If you don't think it's BS & if you extend it to animals, you might think you see something in this monkey's eyes. Or not. Probably not. But at very least you'll see a great pic.
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Searching Amazon and eBay sometimes feels a bit archaic – the look and feel hasn’t changed all that much over the years, and the search results can be cumbersome
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You lost your notebook? You are worried about the data that might be exposed. No problem: Kill the notebook with a text message...
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A gallery of the 25 best Sports Illustrated covers from the 1960s. Covers include photos of John F. Kennedy, Wilt Chamberlain, O.J. Simpson, Bill Russell, Ted Williams, Vince Lombardi, Joe Namath, Muhammad Ali, Casey Stengel, and more.
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I got it: Velcro-Goat has somehow managed to gain access -- while in Greece! -- to a trade secret (or two or three) from our North American no-can-leave-the-continent rupicaprid-ninjas named Oreamnos americanus!
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Facts are troublesome things for the anti-2nd Amendment demagogues. Using a fully auto military rifle, a comparable semi-auto, and a comparable semi-auto hunting rifle, San Jose police officer and firearms trainer Leroy Pyle demonstrates with easy to understand facts how the so-called "assault rifle" fear-mongering is baseless.
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A Thai court on Tuesday sentenced to death two Israeli nationals who had been convicted of smuggling drugs. Vladimir Akronik and Alon Makhlouf were arrested about a year ago during a large-scale police operation on Bangkok's Kao San road, a popular destination for Israeli tourists.They were caught with 23,000 ecstasy pills in their possession.
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President Barack Obama is skinny, as he often describes himself. He's actually lost weight on the campaign trail. He is a comfort-food guy and his favorite grub is a steaming bowl of chili.
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Gina Salamino, 37 a queens teacher fired for bedding a 17-year-old male model is suing to win her job back, saying she had no idea her lover boy was enrolled in high school during their affair. Joshua Walter was so busy catwalking he never attended a single class during the 2006-07 school year.
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Jupiter has a rocky core that is more than twice as large as previously thought, according to computer calculations by UC Berkeley and University of Arizona scientists.
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