 Russian cargo ship docks with the ISS 2 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
A Russian Progress M-64 cargo ship docked Saturday with the International Space Station, the Interfax news agency reported. | |
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(AP) -- Former satellite TV provider EchoStar Corp. on Sunday will demonstrate its first product for cable companies at the industry's trade show: a unit that can tune in television and act as a cable modem. | |
 AOL seeks growth in shift from mass site to niches 3 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- A company rooted in bringing the Internet to the masses, AOL is shifting its focus toward serving niche audiences with the launch of dozens of specialty Web sites. The latest - ParentDish for parents ... | |
 Nintendo's latest game wants you off the couch 3 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Sumo wrestlers were the main inspiration behind Wii Fit, Nintendo's latest attempt at getting you off the couch when you play video games. | |
Routine conduct at risk with MySpace suicide case 3 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Think twice before you sign up for an online service using a fake name or e-mail address. You could be committing a federal crime. Federal prosecutors turned to a novel interpretation of computer hacking law to indict ... | |
FDA stresses birth defect risks with Roche drug 3 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Health regulators warned again Friday that Roche and Novartis drugs prescribed to organ transplant patients can cause miscarriages and birth defects when used by pregnant women. | |
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(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. is seeking to conceal large portions of a shareholder lawsuit alleging the Internet company's board improperly thwarted Micrsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover offer, raising shareholder questions over ... | |
Cable companies to ramp up Web, HD, mobile service 3 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Cable operators are riding high heading into this year's industry trade show, which kicks off this weekend. After a dismal 2007 in which their shares took a big pounding, cable is seeing a rebound as Wall Street ... | |
NIST tool helps Internet master top-level domains 3 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
At the request of a worldwide Internet organization, a computer scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology developed an algorithm that may guide applicants in proposing new “top-level domains”—the last ... | |
Item! Candidates are buying your vote 3 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Mention the words “vote buying” and modern-day political villains Jack Abramoff and Tony Rezko probably come to mind, or perhaps special interest groups that donate to a politician’s campaign and expect support when relevant ... | |
 Wildlife numbers plummet globally: WWF 7 hours ago | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
| User comments: 2
The world's wildlife populations have reduced by around a quarter since the 1970s, according to a major report published Friday by the WWF conservation organization. | |
A Critique of Shortsighted Anthropic Principles 7 hours ago | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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Many people marvel that we live in a universe that seems to be precisely tailored to suit the development of intelligent life. The observation is the basis for some forms of "Anthropic Principles" that strive to explain why ... | |
 How Did That Chain Letter Get To My Inbox? 7 hours ago | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Everyone who has an e-mail account has probably received a forwarded chain letter promising good luck if the message is forwarded on to others--or terrible misfortune if it isn't. The sheer volume of forwarded ... | |
Canada scraps plans for new reactors for making medical isotopes 7 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Canada announced Friday it is scrapping development of two new nuclear reactors that would have supplied radioactive materials, essential for medical tests, to most of the world. | |
Snakes Hear in Stereo 7 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Physicists from the University Munich in Germany and the University of Topeka, Kansas have strong new evidence that snakes can hear through their jaws. Snakes don't have outer ears, leading to the myth that they can't hear ... | |
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