Friday, October 2, 2009

Pingie: HTTP:: Obama unlikely to sign climate bill ahead U N meet

HTTP:: Obama unlikely to sign climate bill ahead U N meet
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is unlikely to sign climate legislation ahead of U.N. global warming meeting in Copenhagen that starts in early December, the White House's top climate and energy coordinator said on Friday.n n
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Pingie: HTTP:: Suri Cruise Has 3 Million Wardrobe

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It’s not uncommon for stars to pay exorbitant amounts of money on things that they only get to enjoy or use just once. Obviously, clothes are also included on that list of items. Three-year-old Suri Cruise, daughter of famous Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise and actress Katie Holmes, for one, is living celebrity life at large, having her every fashion whim indulged, despite her young age, The Sun says. This explains why, at just three years of age, Suri already has a wardrobe estimated at $3 million. That’s a lot of money for a bona-fide star, let alone for a child who clearly couldn’t tell the difference between a designer creation and the cheapest of cheap knockoffs, US media outlets that have picked on the report say. Of course, this also helps Suri make a name for herself as the hottest fashion icon out of all celebrity kids. “Tom Cruise’s three-year-old daughter Suri has a wardrobe of designer clothes worth £2 million. Actor Tom, 47, and wife Katie Holmes,!
30, have commissioned the world’s top fashion names to custom-make outfits for their toddler. The pair’s pal Victoria Beckham is also said to have commissioned designer Roberto Cavalli to make a dress for Suri.” The Sun writes. Like any other celebrity that does not want to be mocked in the ...
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Pingie: TORRE: Chased From Sweden Pirate Bay Sails To Ukraine

TORRE: Chased From Sweden Pirate Bay Sails To Ukraine
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In August the bandwidth supplier to The Pirate Bay was ordered by a court to disconnect the world's largest BitTorrent tracker from the Internet. Within hours the site had relocated to a new host which immediately received similar entertainment industry threats. Now it seems the Bay has left Sweden, setting sail for Ukraine.
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Pingie: HTTP:: Lindsay Lohan s Skin Looks Terrible

HTTP:: Lindsay Lohan s Skin Looks Terrible
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At 23, Lindsay Lohan should look her best, no matter if she occasionally overdoes it on the self-tanner. Still, deep wrinkles crease her forehead and the spotty skin on her face has something of the quality of parchment, which makes her look 35, beauty experts believe. This is the direct result of many years of smoking, drinking and staying up late at night, leading celebrity surgeon Alex Karidis says, as quoted by SFGate: Daily Dish. It’s a known fact that bad habits take a toll on one’s countenance, literally adding years to it. Lindsay is a chain-smoker who also loves her drink â€" or used to, since the last time she went to rehab was reportedly for her alcohol addiction. She is also believed to have dabbled in drugs like cocaine, a report that was never officially confirmed. These and the many nights she spent in clubs instead of getting her beauty sleep seem to have eventually caught up with her. Recent photos of the actress show her looking worse for wear, as !
also noted above. Plastic surgeon Alex Karidis, who has not treated Lohan, believes this is nothing but the unsurprising result of so many years of unhealthy habits. “She looks at least ten years older. Those deep creases on her forehead are probably caused by a combination of things, including sun damage, smoking, and too much b...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Download Free VMware Fusion 2 0 6 Update Build 196839

HTTP:: Download Free VMware Fusion 2 0 6 Update Build 196839
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VMware Fusion runs Windows inside a secure and isolated virtual machine. Unlike free virtualization solutions such as Sun Microsystem’s VirtualBox, VMware Fusion fully integrates the guest OS with the host and its hardware, offering support for features like copy/paste and drag & drop, among many others. “Built from the ground up for Mac users, with an obsessive eye towards being a ‘good Mac citizen’ VMware Fusion is the easiest, most Mac-friendly way to run Windows on the Mac,” the people at VMware say. “A Mac-first user interface ensures that users get the features they expect, like customizable tool bars, searchable Apple help, Boot Camp support, dock notification integration, and more,” the company markets its software. The latest version available fixes multiple issues when running VMware Fusion 2.0.x on Mac OS X Snow Leopard (32-bit kernel mode). The 2.0.6 (Build 196839) update also provides an improved 3D performance on Macs with NVIDIA graphics c!
ards running Mac OS X 10.6 and contains fixes for close to a dozen issues. Requirements call for OS X 10.4.11 or later and an Intel Mac. The main features of VMware Fusion include: â€" Run Windows applications on your Intel Mac without the need to reboot; â€" Launch your Windows ...
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Pingie: HTTP:: How can a car fit through a tiny modem

HTTP:: How can a car fit through a tiny modem
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p2pnet news view P2P:- Now it can be revealed.nOnline, frequent p2pnet tipster Andrew â€" that’s ‘tipster,’ not ‘tippler,’ ie, someone who gets pissed all the time â€" is frequent p2pnet comment poster Comeoncomcast.n“Ahhhh Its a trap lol ” â€" he says in a Yes! Reader’s Write to our story on a Reuters report which [...]
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Pingie: HTTP:: Bishop Lahey and the mystery of faith

HTTP:: Bishop Lahey and the mystery of faith
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p2pnet news view | Crime:- Canadian Roman Catholic bishop Raymond Lahey said he hoped “to never again have to deal with such reprehensible behaviour” after overseeing a $15-million, out-of-court settlement to people who, when they were children, were sexually abused by priests.nNow he’s turned himself into Ottawa police after being charged with  importing and possessing [...]
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Pingie: HTTP:: Motorola Sholes to Go Official as Motorola Droid

HTTP:: Motorola Sholes to Go Official as Motorola Droid
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The second mobile phone that Motorola is expected to launch on the market running under Google's Android operating system has been spotted in the wild as the Motorola Sholes or Tao, and now there are some reports that suggest it might actually be named Motorola Droid when it will hit Verizon's airwaves later this year. The fact that mobile phones come to the market with different names than the ones that leak from their makers is something you all are aware of, so it might not come as a surprise that Verizon and Motorola will jointly announce officially that Motorola Droid will come with Android for Big Red's users. According to the news, we won't have to wait too long before the handset becomes official, as the two companies plan on introducing it to the world as soon as next week. Whether that will happen at the CTIA conference that will kick off in San Diego on October 7, or at Motorola’s own developer conference, MOTODEV, also slated for next week, is unknown at th!
e moment. However, TheStreet, which brought the rumor to light, says that a Motorola representative, who declined to comment, stated that the company announced previously that it would make an announcement in the coming weeks. In the meantime, we should have a look at some of the specs Droid should come to the market...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Google Toolbar for Firefox Comes with Translations Private Browsing Support

HTTP:: Google Toolbar for Firefox Comes with Translations Private Browsing Support
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Google looks like it's waging a “translation war” against Facebook. Earlier this week the social network revealed a translation program for third-party websites using Facebook Connect. Google then retaliated with a new translation gadget for websites and is now taking things a step further by showing off the translation features in the new Google Toolbar for Firefox. “Last week was a big one for Google Toolbar: we released the new Google Toolbar with Sidewiki for Internet Explorer and Firefox allowing you to contribute helpful information next to any webpage. But there's more: with the new version of Google Toolbar, our advanced in-page translation also became available for Firefox, making it easy to read a webpage in another language with the click of a button,” Christian Stefansen, product manager for the Toolbar Team, wrote. The translation feature had been available in the Internet Explorer version of the Toolbar for several months now but it has just now ma!
de its way to the Firefox one. The tool detects if the page you are visiting is in a different language than the one set in the browser's options and offers to translate it. All it takes is one click and users don't have to leave the page. New pages will also be automatically translated and t...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Billy Bragg solves the file sharing problem

HTTP:: Billy Bragg solves the file sharing problem
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p2pnet news view | P2P | Music:- There’s an urgent need for performers to nurture fans and, “the relationship … an artist has with them is the only one that counts”.nThat was Britain’s Billy Bragg (right) in an  “incredible, rowsing speech to huge applause” during the Featured Artists Coalition meeting at Air Studios in London.nThat [...]
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Pingie: HTTP:: Obama in Copenhagen will he come again for climate

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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama came to Denmark to promote Chicago's Olympic bid, but will he come back to push for a treaty to save the world from climate change?n n
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Pingie: HTTP:: Planet Wide Disaster Saw the Rise of Fungi

HTTP:: Planet Wide Disaster Saw the Rise of Fungi
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Some 251.4 million years ago, a cataclysm destroyed most living things on our planet, including microorganisms, plants, and higher animals. Informally known as The Great Dying, the Permianâ€"Triassic (Pâ€"Tr) extinction event was the most severe battering the Earth had ever faced during its five cataclysmic extinctions. Now, new research suggests that this post-apocalyptic world provided some fungi with the most appropriate conditions to multiply and spread throughout the globe, feasting on what remained after the nature took its course, ScienceNow reports. Reduviasporonites is a genus of microorganisms that was first tested in 1996. At the time, experts established that they were fungi, but subsequent investigations hinted that they might be a form of algae. It was only recently that members of an international team settled this debate, when they concluded that the organism, which is commonly found in the P-Tr boundary layer, was a fungus. Additionally, the panel's resea!
rch also brought up an interesting fact â€" the fungus' diet mainly consisted of dead trees. Planetary scientists say that this bit of information may lead them to determine the exact cause of the Third Extinction, for which one is still elusive. When looking at the chemical footprint of Reduviasporonites, the researchers paid...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Download Free Tommy Hilfiger App for iPhone iPod touch

HTTP:: Download Free Tommy Hilfiger App for iPhone iPod touch
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The Tommy Hilfiger Group has announced Tommy Hilfiger for iPhone, a downloadable, mobile shopping application available through the App Store. Developed in partnership with Art Technology Group, Inc., the app gives consumers the convenience of purchasing Tommy Hilfiger products on the go. “Our customers are already using iPhones and other web-enabled mobile devices to quickly connect and research products â€" our iPhone application enables the natural next step of making a purchase,” Kate Terry, executive vice president of Global E-commerce at the Tommy Hilfiger Group, said. “Creating a smooth and entertaining experience for shoppers to explore, search and buy from the brand is an important function of our web-based initiatives, so we are very excited to launch our Tommy Hilfiger for iPhone application. We are also happy to partner with ATG, a well-renowned innovator in e-commerce.” “While many companies are introducing applications that facilitate mobile comme!
rce, few offer merchants the ability to exercise the same merchandising control they have come to expect and demand when presenting vast product catalogs and promotions to their target market,” Nina McIntyre, ATG’s senior vice president of marketing and chief marketing officer, added. “A...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Earth 039 s 039 Hum 039 Could Become Mars Mapping Tool

HTTP:: Earth 039 s 039 Hum 039 Could Become Mars Mapping Tool
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When our planet's hum was identified for the first time, many experts were puzzled by it. Some people even went as far as to panic and call it a sign of God. Over the years, as with all the superstitions, these ideas faded away, as science progressed. Now, we have come so far in studying this ultra-low frequency noise, that experts say it could potentially be used to map other planets as well. Mars is, obviously, the first choice, as it is within reach, and knowing its structure is important for future manned missions on its surface, Wired reports. What has been plastically termed the “background buzz of the globe” is generated by ocean-wave interactions, especially along the western seaboard of the United States, in the eastern Pacific. The vibration is far too low to be picked up by human ears, which make out sounds in the 20 hertz-20,000 hertz range. The hum can be identified at a measly ten millihertz, several times below our minimum limit. It's doubtful that ther!
e are living things on Earth that can make it out, scientists say. One of the phenomenon's most important and useful characteristics is that it slows down and speeds up as it moves through the planet's crust, depending on the sort of materials it comes across. When planetary scientists found that out, they used the sam...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Dosing to Be Replaced by Micro 039 Shuttles 039

HTTP:: Dosing to Be Replaced by Micro 039 Shuttles 039
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A new find is about to change the way medicine has been practiced over the past few centuries, experts from the Queen Mary, University of London have announced. The researchers have just finished developing their micro-shuttles, micro-particles that will be used to gradually deliver drugs to an affected area. This will eliminate the need for traditional dosing, which has been in use since the first drugs were created. Each of the new capsules has a diameter of only two micrometers, or roughly the size of a bacteria. They are obtained by wrapping strand after strand of metabolism-resistant material over a spherical particle, which is then dissolved using acid. The end-result is a sphere made of the material, but with an empty core, in which other substances, such as vaccines, genes, and others, can be placed. Filling the particles is done in a simple manner, by heating the empty containers in a solution that contains the required drug. As a result, the capsules shrink and !
trap some of the drug molecules inside. “The main advantage of using such microcapsules is that they can be designed to be very stable inside the body, protecting their contents. This is particularly important for the many medications that are rapidly degraded or altered by the body. These capsules can be used to 'store' drugs i...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Michael Jackson Was Healthy When He Died Autopsy Reveals

HTTP:: Michael Jackson Was Healthy When He Died Autopsy Reveals
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Despite reports that have been surfacing in the media for the past several years, Michael Jackson was in good health when he died of an overdose on Propofol in June this year. He was thin, but not too much so for his height, he had a strong heart and did not have any alcohol or illegal drugs in his stomach, autopsy results indicate, as The Guardian informs. The singer’s autopsy was completed a little over a month ago, but the document in itself was not made public at the time. More details included in have surfaced the other day, indicating that, no matter what tabloids and so-called “friends” told the tabloids, Michael was a healthy man. The only things that afflicted him were arthritis, lung inflammation and vitiligo, the skin condition that has generated so much speculation these past years. “The previously unreleased document confirms earlier reports that Jackson had puncture marks on his arms. The singer also had mild arthritis and lung damage, which may have!
left him short of breath. But the new report underlines that none of these issues was life-threatening. Besides much-publicized cosmetic surgery, the report states that Jackson had tattooed eyebrows, lips, and a dark tattoo across the top of his balding head. Yet he was fit and well-fed. At 5'9" (175cm), the s...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Laser Technology Could Find Martian Ice Microbes

HTTP:: Laser Technology Could Find Martian Ice Microbes
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Over the past couple of years, experts have successfully used an innovative, new imaging technique called L.I.F.E. to probe the Antarctic underground for signs of life. Their quests have been successful, and the new technology has been proven to function very accurately. Now, taking that research one step further, scientists say that it could have considerable implications in our search for life on other planets, and especially on Mars. The planet's ice sheets look like they could harbor microbes and bacteria, so using the new method there may yield some breakthrough results, ScienceDaily reports. The method has discovered life, for example, in underground, Antarctic, frozen lakes, where cyanobacteria have been active. The Laser-Induced Fluorescence Emission (L.I.F.E.) imaging technique has been able to pick up these signs of activity, by detecting the red and infrared fluorescence the microorganisms generate while being alive. The work has been conducted by Kinohi Instit!
ute expert Michael Storrie-Lombardi, PhD, in the United States, and research scientist Birgit Sattler, PhD, from the University of Innsbruck, in Austria. The main advantage the imaging technique has is that it is non-invasive. That is to say, it does not destroy the target organisms while investigating them, unlike other similar dete...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Climate talks stall on targets finance U N

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BANGKOK (Reuters) - Efforts to convince rich nations to toughen emissions cuts have failed to make much headway at climate talks in the Thai capital, the U.N. said on Friday.n n
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Pingie: HTTP:: BOSS Begins Its Quest for Dark Energy

HTTP:: BOSS Begins Its Quest for Dark Energy
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During the night of September 14-15, the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) experienced its first light, in an event that marked the beginning of a new type of quest for dark matter. The new method relies on the now-emerging technology known as baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO), which may have the ability to clear up questions related to the expansion history of our Universe. BOSS is a part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS-III), ScienceDaily reports. “Baryon oscillation is a fast-maturing method for measuring dark energy in a way that's complementary to the proven techniques of supernova cosmology. The data from BOSS will be some of the best ever obtained on the large-scale structure of the Universe,” David Schlegel, who is the principal investigator for the BOSS project, explains. The expert, along with colleague Martin White, survey scientist, and Natalie Roe, instrument scientist, is based at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Lawrence Berkele!
y National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). University of Arizona Professor Daniel Eisenstein is the director of the SDSS-III. The first light for BOSS was achieved across the entire focal plane of the Sloan Foundation 2.5-meter telescope, at the Apache Point Observatory, in New Mexico. The resulting image featured more than 800 galaxies and ...
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Pingie: HTTP:: AT T U verse Now Available in Southeast Louisiana

HTTP:: AT T U verse Now Available in Southeast Louisiana
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Mobile phone operator AT&T announced on Thursday that its AT&T U-verse services had just been launched in parts of St. Tammany, Terrebone and Lafourche Parishes, and that residents in the area had the possibility to enjoy AT&T U-verse TV, AT&T U-verse High Speed Internet and AT&T U-verse Voice. According to the company, the services will become available for purchase starting with Monday, October 5, 2009. “Today’s launch of AT&T U-verse reflects our commitment to make the investments necessary to start bringing consumers in Southeast Louisiana a new era of true video competition,” said William A. Oliver, president, AT&T Louisiana. “We are thrilled to start offering this innovative video choice in Southeast Louisiana. Area residents have asked for more choices in television service and today we’re delivering.” The AT&T U-verse services, as many of you might already know, are provided over AT&T’s Internet Protocol (IP) netw!
ork, and come towards users in the country as an alternative to cable services. Moreover, AT&T U-verse has been designed so as to bring together TV, broadband, home phone and wireless services in a single bill, also offering users convenience and control at the same time. U-verse TV comes with Total Home DVR, which enables user...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Race to find quake survivors

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Only a handful found alive in rubble of Indonesian quake as rescue work continues.
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Pingie: HTTP:: Black Hole Behemoths May Be Destroying the Universe

HTTP:: Black Hole Behemoths May Be Destroying the Universe
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The concept of entropy refers to a quantity used to measure chaos. Entropy has been on the rise in the Universe ever since the Big Bang, and a new scientific study, taking into account the latest astronomical data, has evidenced that massive black holes at the center of galaxies are the largest contributors to this increase. This may not seem like much, but astrophysicists say that the higher the entropy, the faster the Cosmos' end will come. The correlation, in their mind, is simple and direct. Details of the idea have been submitted for publication in an upcoming issue of The Astrophysical Journal, NewScientist reports. In charge of the new investigation were experts Chas Egan and Charles Lineweaver, from the Australian National University, in Canberra. They used the most recent data to calculate the entropy of everything in the Universe, from clouds of cosmic dust and gas to gravitons â€" the hypothetical elementary particles that create the force of gravity within the!
framework of the quantum-field theory. Out of all the structures they analyzed, regardless of their sizes, behemoth black holes were found to be the largest contributors to entropy increase of all known space objects. Entropy is also sometimes used to express the number of possible arrangements of matter and energy that may ...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Gorgeous Infrared View of the Milky Way Revealed

HTTP:: Gorgeous Infrared View of the Milky Way Revealed
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Two of the most advanced telescopes orbiting the planet or the Sun today were launched this year aboard an Ariane 5 delivery system by the European Space Agency (ESA). One of them is the Planck observatory, whose mission is to analyze the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), while the other is the flagship mission, the Herschel Space Telescope. It is able to photograph the Universe in the far-infrared wavelengths, and one of its first images is of the Milky Way, featuring unprecedented details. While taking the shot, Herschel was placed in a special scanning mode, the BBC News reports. The main goal of the advanced observatory is to distinguish details about early star and galaxy formation that are invisible to other telescopes, such as the famous Hubble. In order to do that, it needs to be cooled close to absolute zero, and also to orbit the Sun in a Lagrangian point (L2), so that residual light coming in from the Moon, Earth and the Sun is kept away from its sensitive det!
ectors. In its latest image, the spacecraft used its three infrared detectors to image collapsing clouds of gas that fell under their own gravitational pull to create young, blue stars. The scanning mode Herschel was placed in meant that two of its cameras, the PACS (Photodetecting Array Camera and Spectrometer) and SPIRE (Spectral ...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Custom Robo Arena Unlockables IV DS

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Custom Robo sees its first DS release in Custom Robo Arena, after five previous launches on other platforms. Custom Robo Arena is the first installment of the game to be released in the PAL territories, and the second in North America. The game follows the player as they join Robo Team “Numero Uno” and fight through the tournament in order to obtain the Robo Cup.Apart from the GBA version of the title, it also follows the 3D combat model of the previous games. The Pokemon-styled combat system pits the player against their opponents and also makes use of the DS touchscreen. With it, the gamer will be able to perform maintenance on his Robo to prevent lowering its efficiency. The title is also the first of the series to offer multiplayer matches for up to two players over the Nintendo Wi-Fi. It also provides voice chat and makes use of the rival's system seen in Metroid Prime: Hunters. The game was published by Nintendo Co., Ltd. and was developed by Noise. It was launche!
d on October 19, 2006. It's an action, role-playing title played from a third-person perspective that received a PEGI rating of 7. UNLOCKABLESMinstrel RoboDefeat Hajime in your classroom after he brings Saki to school.Ray and Sagittarius Gun RoboDefe...
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Pingie: HTTP:: 4 4 Million Year Old Hominid Fossil Found

HTTP:: 4 4 Million Year Old Hominid Fossil Found
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A newly discovered hominid fossil, found in Ethiopia, Africa, demonstrates that humans did not evolve from knuckle-walking chimpanzees, as anthropologists widely believe. Apparently, our species evolved along a separate lineage from a common ancestor that we shared with a species of great apes that has long since been extinct, scientists say. The new, fossilized remains, named Ardi, belong to a woman that lived more than 4.4 million years ago. The skeleton was found in amazing condition, and nearly all the bones were recovered, Nature News reports. The last common ancestor between humans and primates is believed to have lived more than six million years ago, and experts say that this makes Ardi the oldest known hominid fossil on the planet. Previously, this “record” was held by the 3.2-million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis skeleton that is popularly known as Lucy. Ardi has been named Ardipithecus ramidus. “This spectacular specimen shows why fossils really mat!
ter,” the Head of the Anthropology Department at the Yale University, in New Haven, Connecticut, Andrew Hill, argues. Ardi was capable of walking upright, as modern humans are, but still retained a big toe similar to the one found in primates, meaning it could still grasp a tree fairly easily, for example. Also, early evid...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Google Introduces a Slew of New Search Options

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Google has just extended the functionality of the Search Options panel it introduced earlier this year with several new filters and options. There are nine new tools available ranging from fewer shopping sites to real-time search, which make Google a much better tool for certain specific searches while at the same time allowing users to sway the emphasis of the search results depending on their needs or preferences. “We've received lots of positive feedback, and we're seeing more and more people using Search Options every day,” Nundu Janakiram, product manager, and Patrick Riley, software engineer, wrote. “Today, we're announcing nine new Search Options tools: past hour, specific date range, more shopping sites, fewer shopping sites, visited pages, not yet visited, books, blogs and news. These features have been rolling out gradually and will be available globally in English by the end of the day. You can try them yourself by searching Google and clicking "Show optio!
ns" in the blue bar just under the logo.” When the Search Options tool was launched it introduced time frame filters allowing users to limit their searches to a certain time period. These worked fine for longer periods like months or days but the smallest possible option was to search for results from the past day. No...
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Pingie: HTTP:: 65 Million Year Old Dinosaur Eggs Found in India

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In a groundbreaking discovery that could potentially unlock the mystery surrounding the disappearance of dinosaurs, experts in India have uncovered an ancient dinosaur spawning ground, featuring hundreds of clusters of eggs. Initial estimates place the fossilized remains at about 65 million years in the past, although more tests need to be conducted before a final age is established. The find was made in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, as experts were searching for a suitable place to excavate an ancient riverbed, the BBC News reports. As investigators dug deeper and deeper into the riverbed, they eventually came across some peculiar, round formations, which they labeled as dinosaur eggs. They snapped photos of the formations, and then sent them to a number of universities and experts. All of them returned with the same answer â€" these were, indeed, fossilized eggs from the largest lizards that ever lived. “The important finding is that these eggs have been found in di!
fferent layers that means the dinosaurs came to the place over and over year after year,” MU Ramkumar, the leader of the team that made the discovery, told the BBC News. “The second important thing is that we have got volcanic ash deposits on the eggs which suggests that volcanic activity could have caused their ...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Verizon Wireless Razzle Goes Official

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Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless announced on Thursday the launch of yet another attractive handset for its users, the Verizon Wireless Razzle. The new handset, developed by Personal Communications Devices, LLC, comes to the market with a tilt-and-swivel design, and has been designed so as to prove a great messaging solution, while also providing fast access to its built-in music player. The specification list of the new device includes a QWERTY keypad, which is coupled with music controls on tilt-and-swivel bar, a 2.2-inch TFT display that boasts support for 262K colors, a built in 1.3-megapixel photo snapper, speakerphone, dual-band CDMA (1800/1900 MHz) connectivity options, Bluetooth capabilities with support for headset, hands-free, stereo, phonebook access, and object push for vCard and vCalendar profiles. The Verizon Wireless Razzle also comes with a variety of lifestyle features, including: - Access to Mobile Web - Media Center-capable for easy downloading o!
f games, ringtones and more - VZ Navigator-capable â€" Customers get audible turn-by-turn directions to more than 15 million points of interest and can share the directions with others - Text, picture and voice messaging (with T9 predictive text capabilities) - Task bar for shortcuts to menus - Voice comma...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Guitar Rock Tour Unlockables V DS

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The mobile-phone first Guitar Rock Tour shape-shifts to accommodate the new platform and comes to the Nintendo DS. If the original version was fully devoted to the electric guitar, the DS version will also grant players the possibility to rock out to the massive beat of the drums. Unlike the Guitar Hero franchise, Guitar Rock Tour doesn't employ any kind of add-ons and lets the player perform with nothing more than their DS. The correct notes can be hit with the stylus as they slide down the screen, while the drums can be played with either the stylus or the shoulder buttons to hit the notes.The game offers a nice collection of songs, like Girlfriend, Underclass Hero, In the Shadow, Beat It, Rock You Like a Hurricane or Message in a Bottle. The title was published and developed by Gameloft S.A. and was released in October 28, 2008. It did pretty well with the fans, and the Romanian developer could enjoy the fruits of the labor it put in the making of this rhythm game. The g!
uitar gameplay uses a more realistic, six-chord guitar instead of the far-too-simple, two-chord one. The gameplay is engaging and, as long as one enjoys the soundtrack, it will prove to be a very pleasant experience. UNLOCKABLESAwardsComplete the indicated task to unlock the corresponding award:...
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Pingie: HTTP:: TMA 16 to Dock on the ISS Today

HTTP:: TMA 16 to Dock on the ISS Today
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In only a couple of hours, the two professional astronauts and the space tourist aboard the Russian-built Soyuz TMA-16 capsule are scheduled to dock to the International Space Station (ISS). The link-up is estimated to take place at 4:37 am EDT (0837 GMT), and will see two new Expedition 21 crew members brought aboard the orbital facility. They will replace the current ISS Commander, Gennady Padalka, and NASA flight engineer Michael Barratt, who have both come to the end of their six-month stay on the outpost. NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams and Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, who are now on TMA-16, will, in turn, remain on the ISS for six months, Space reports. Traveling with them is Canadian billionaire Guy Laliberte, who made a name for himself as the founder of the world-famous circus troupe Cirque du Soleil. He will spend ten days aboard the orbital lab, before returning back to Earth with Padalka and Barratt, aboard the Soyuz TMA-14 capsule. During his space stay, L!
aliberte will conduct a series of actions meant to raise awareness on the world's poorest people, who have no access to clean water. He is the founder of the ONE DROP non-profit organization, one that aims to fight poverty by ensuring access to clean water for the poorest populations on the planet. “When I founded ONE DROP, it was (or rather, ...
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Pingie: HTTP:: No New Nobel Prizes Will Be Created

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Over the past few years, an eminent group of scientists has argued that the range of Nobel Prizes awarded every year should be increased, so as to reflect the new fields of science. The prizes, which are the highest a scientist can get, are currently only awarded for a few categories, and experts say that these do not reflect the full extent of modern science. In response, senior officials from the Nobel Foundation say that no new prizes will be created, and that Alfred Noble's legacy will be preserved the way he intended it to, the BBC News reports. In an open letter ten top scientists sent to the Foundation, it is argued that domains such as public health, environmental science, or ecology are not well represented with prizes, and that important contributions to humankind's knowledge are being ignored and unrecognized. The document was published in the New Scientist magazine. Sir David King, the former science advisor for the United Kingdom government, was also among t!
he scientists who signed the letter. He argues, some say with merit, that the scientific world today has little to do with that of the early 20th century, when Nobel Prizes started being awarded. “We're faced with a whole bunch of new challenges simply not foreseen when the Nobel prizes were formulated. When Alfred Nobel signed his will in...
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Pingie: HTTP:: GTA Chinatown Wars Unlockables V DS

HTTP:: GTA Chinatown Wars Unlockables V DS
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The first GTA to hit the DS, Chinatown Wars, tells the story of Huang Lee, a triad member in the modern Liberty City. Huang flies form China to deliver a ceremonial sword to Wu “Kenny” Lee and ensure the Triad inheritance. But things do not go as smoothly as planned, and Huang loses the sword shortly upon arrival in LC. He is robbed, shot and left for dead, only to survive and swear vengeance.The title uses a cel-shaded 3D Engine and implements the classic, mission-based GTA gameplay, also incorporating the newer features of the franchise, like the safehouse, where you can store cars and items or replay completed missions. The game also features a GPS, to help you navigate Liberty City more easily.The gamer can also engage in different drug trades, buying Coke, Heroin, Acid, Weed and other narcotics only to sell them for a bigger price, through the PDA system, but they need to be careful. Buying in bulk can attract the unwanted attention of the police, causing an immedi!
ate increase in the wanted level. Hijacking drug vans is also a money-making possibility, as players can drive them back to their safe house to retrieve the drugs or the money, if the transaction has already been made.The game is published by Rockstar Games, Inc., developed by Rockstar Leeds and h...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Kepler Carries Human Messages into Space

HTTP:: Kepler Carries Human Messages into Space
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The Kepler Space Telescope, launched earlier this year, is, arguably, one of the best telescopes in the world today, especially when it comes to detecting small exoplanets around other stars. Its mirrors are high-tech enough to observe periodical variations in a star's brightness, which may only be caused by a planet or comet moving in front of it. But, as mission controllers reveal, scientific instruments are not the only payload aboard the observatory. A DVD containing tens of thousands of messages, from average people all around the world, is also attached to Kepler, and it is meant to be a reminder for whoever finds the telescope millennia from now of this generation's hopes and dreams. A significant number of those who have left messages for this project have expressed their doubts about the Kepler actually finding other inhabitable worlds among the stars. Certainly, they say, other exoplanets will be revealed, as the 400 discovered until now have been. But the odds o!
f finding one that can sustain life as we know it are very small. Other participants have been more optimistic, and have expressed their excitement about this mission, which is the first-ever telescope to be launched with the specific goal of finding other planets, Space reports. “If Kepler finds many terrestrial-style planets we can ...
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Pingie: HTTP:: New Efforts to Push Synthetic Biology to Mass Production

HTTP:: New Efforts to Push Synthetic Biology to Mass Production
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A group of five specialists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has recently founded a start-up company, known as Ginkgo BioWorks, with the stated goal of making synthetic biology systems as easy to produce as bread. Its headquarters are located in Boston, and the team says that its first order of business will be to start assembling biological parts such as the strings of specific genes for industrial and academic use, Technology Review reports. “Think of it as rapid prototyping in biology â€" we make the part, test it, and then expand on it. You can spend more time thinking about the design, rather than doing the grunt work of making DNA,” one of the company's Co-founders, Reshma Shetty, explains. For example, the expert adds, assembling two pieces of DNA together in a specific pattern may cost more than $100, as a base price. Of course, more intricate work means that the price tag goes way up as well. The team says that research groups around the !
world would benefit from its company, in that they would no longer have to spend so much time making the constructs themselves. Rather, they could just order them from Ginkgo BioWorks. The goal of synthetic biology is not necessarily to create entirely new organs, to be used in transplants and such. Rather, it ai...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Windows XP Mode RTMs Final Version Coming Soon

HTTP:: Windows XP Mode RTMs Final Version Coming Soon
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Redmond-based software company Microsoft released several months ago its own solution aimed at offering Windows 7 RC users the possibility to enjoy compatibility with the older Windows XP operating system, the Windows XP Mode. Available for download initially in a beta flavor, the RC iteration of Windows XP Mode is currently up for grabs for those who installed the RC version of Windows 7, and is bound to become final in the near future. A recent post on the Windows 7 Team Blog states that Windows XP Mode was released to manufacturing on October 1 and that the final version of the solution is expected to become available for download as soon as Windows 7 hits the market, on October 22, to be more precise. The RTM version of this solution is meant to offer OEMs the possibility to include the XP Mode within the PCs they will bring to the market, the post also notes. “Windows XP Mode is designed to provide small business and mid-sized businesses running Windows 7 Profess!
ional (or higher) the ability to run Windows XP productivity applications that may not be natively compatible with Windows 7. We expect many Windows XP applications to be compatible [with] Windows 7 however Windows XP Mode is meant to serve as an added safety net so small and mid-sized businesses can migrate and run Windows 7 withou...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Bright Spot on Mercury Gets Close Up

HTTP:: Bright Spot on Mercury Gets Close Up
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The third and final flyby that NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft performed around Mercury has revealed a new take on the innermost planet's mysterious bright spot, a feature that astronomers cannot explain yet. It was first discovered during the probe's second flyby, and experts have been hypothesizing on its origins ever since. The new photo was taken as MESSENGER flew 142 miles (228 kilometers) above the planet's surface, in an elegant, gravity-assist maneuver that would ensure its capture into Mercury's orbit in 2011, Space reports. A larger set of images was captured during the flyby, but some of them could not be downlinked right away on account of a minor data glitch. “We do have some new science from the flyby. We missed a little icing on the cake. What is important is that the spacecraft and the instruments are healthy. We're all working through this,” Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) expert and MESSENGER project scientist Ralph McNut!
t said yesterday. The bright spot got its third known image during the flight. It was photographed before by MESSENGER, with its Narrow Angle Camera, on October 6, 2008, and again by astronomer Ronald Dantowitz, who was using an Earth-based telescope. The recent image, while indeed revealing more details of the feature, is far from provi...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Sumatra quake death toll climbs

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Rescue efforts gather pace as workers race to search for survivors trapped in rubble.
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Pingie: HTTP:: GOCE Starts Its Science Mission

HTTP:: GOCE Starts Its Science Mission
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The European Space Agency's (ESA) Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) satellite has finally begun transmitting high-quality data from its peculiar, low orbit around the planet. Its ultra-sensitive instruments analyze subtle variations in the Earth's gravitational pull over various regions of the globe, and the mission's main objective is to produce the first full map of these variations. Its secondary objective is to create the first image of the planet's spheroid, a feature that does not necessarily represent its actual shape, but that is of tremendous use for scientists. Having recently completed its calibration and instrument-tuning stages, the observatory is now ready to start collecting the most precise gravitational measurements of our planet. The craft is practically free-falling through the atmosphere, as it circles the globe, and engineers have outfitted it with a highly precise and very smoothly running ion thruster. The motor is abl!
e to accelerate the craft in such a manner that its instruments are not affected. Jolts are to be avoided for such a mission, the experts say, if a clear picture of the Earth's geoid is to result. Such a map would essentially paint a portrait of the planet as it would look if it were covered by a smooth ocean and had no altitude variations. Measurem...
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Pingie: CNN.C: UN chief 1100 dead in Indonesia quakes

CNN.C: UN chief 1100 dead in Indonesia quakes
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At least 1,100 people are dead in Indonesia as a result of two large earthquakes in as many days, United Nations humanitarian chief John Holmes told reporters Thursday.
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Pingie: HTTP:: Sumatra quake toll tops 1100

HTTP:: Sumatra quake toll tops 1100
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More casualties expected as many remain trapped under rubble in Indonesia.
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Pingie: HTTP:: Angel Miranda Kerr Launches Holistic Skincare Line Kora

HTTP:: Angel Miranda Kerr Launches Holistic Skincare Line Kora
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It’s not unusual for celebrities to branch out into other fields and try new ventures that capitalize on their already hard-won fame. Actors and actresses start releasing music albums, footballers design clothing lines and create perfumes, and models go into acting. Victoria’s Secret Angel Miranda Kerr is the latest celebrity to join them, with an all-organic beauty line named Kora that will go on sale in mid-October, as Pedestrian TV informs. Details about the upcoming line of products have already begun to surface on the Internet, together with two shots from the promo campaign, one of the products themselves and one of Miranda, fronting the campaign. Since this is a holistic, all-natural line, the model chose the natural approach in everything connected to it, from the packaging to her makeup in what will probably be the official main poster. “Australian beauty and Victoria’s Secret model, Miranda Kerr, has branched out of the modeling world and announced the!
launch of her new organic skincare line, KORA. The 100% organic skincare products were named after a type of meditation in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition (how very Zen of her) and will be sold exclusively in David Jones. Unlike other celebrity endorsements where a face or name will suffice, Kerr has reportedly ...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Modern Warfare 2 Is the Most Wanted Videogame

HTTP:: Modern Warfare 2 Is the Most Wanted Videogame
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With Halo 3: ODST now out, it seems that Modern Warfare 2 from Activision and Infinity Ward is the videogame that players are most interested in picking up in the coming period, at least according to the GamePlan Insights study conducted by OTX, whose aim was to compile a list of the most attractive titles to be released in the next months.Nick Williams, who is an analyst with OTX, was quoted by Gamasutra as saying that “Modern Warfare 2 continues to post impressive metrics across the board, ranking second in aided awareness, first in pre-order, and third in intent-to-rent on GameFly.” He also notes that “In addition, Uncharted 2 has the highest intent-to-rent on GameFly during the last two weeks, which is indicative of favorable word-of-mouth building among enthusiast gamers.”The study finds that more casual gamers are giving hardcore players a run for their money, with Wii Fit Plus from Nintendo being even more known in the gaming demographic than Modern Warfare 2!
. Assassin's Creed II is third in purchase intention followed by New Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo Wii, which is fourth, and by God of War III that is not due until March 2010.Final Fantasy XIII is also pretty appealing to gamers, more than the PS3 version of Modern Warfare 2, which sits at seven. It's in...
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Pingie: TORRE: Supreme Court Opens Door For Pirate Bay Block

TORRE: Supreme Court Opens Door For Pirate Bay Block
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Following an order from a prosecutor, last year Italian ISPs started to block subscriber access to the Pirate Bay. The Pirate Bay was not planning to go down without a fight though - the decision was appealed and TPB won. Now, several months later, this victory has been nullified by the Supreme Court.
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Pingie: HTTP:: AT T Improves Coverage in Colorado Springs

HTTP:: AT T Improves Coverage in Colorado Springs
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Wireless carrier AT&T announced on Wednesday that it continued the process of upgrading its 3G network with new enhancements in the Colorado Springs area. The operator deployed in that market additional wireless spectrum in the 850 MHz band, which is expected to offer it the possibility to offer better 3G wireless connectivity, as well as to improve the indoor coverage its users enjoy. Moreover, the new enhancement also brings increases in network capacity, so that it can better support the demand for 3G mobile broadband services. According to the wireless operator, the newly deployed high-quality 850 MHz spectrum is aimed mainly at providing better in-building coverage, and AT&T users in Colorado Springs are expected to see improvements in the connectivity to the carrier's 3G network. The same increase in service quality in other markets has resulted in a rise in total 3G data traffic, the company added. “The upgrades in the Colorado Springs area are of signi!
ficant value to our residents and businesses, and we thank AT&T for bringing this type of broadband investment here. This continued commitment to give our community the best technology enables our businesses to be more competitive and gives residents access to the fastest services around,” State Senator John Morse commented. ...
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Pingie: HTTP:: New Pill to Make Muscles Young Again

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Until not long ago, the fountain of youth was just a myth, the stuff fairytales were made of and that us mortals could only dream of. In recent years, the possibility of scientists discovering the secret to eternal youth and health has augmented, they say, even if they are yet to come up with the magic pill. On this note, hopes are high that, one day, a drug that will make muscles young again will be available, as McKnight’s says. US and Danish researchers analyzed two groups of volunteers, whose muscles (in the thigh) were first weakened by means of a cast. Both groups were asked to work out when the cast was removed, but the most progress in regenerating the muscle was seen in the younger men, because their body was able to create more of the protein needed for this to happen. Based on the findings, researchers are now hopeful that, one day, they will be able to come up with a pill that will do the regeneration part when our body is no longer able to. “Researchers!
compared muscle samples from two groups of adult males-one group averaging 22 years of age, while the other group averaged 71 years of age. The subjects were then placed in a leg cast for two weeks to simulate muscle atrophy. After the casts were removed, more muscle samples were taken at three days, then again at four weeks. Researchers...
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Pingie: CNN.C: UN 1100 dead in Indonesia quakes

CNN.C: UN 1100 dead in Indonesia quakes
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At least 1,100 people are dead in Indonesia as a result of two large earthquakes in as many days, United Nations humanitarian chief John Holmes told reporters Thursday.
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Pingie: HTTP:: Ubuntu 9 10 Beta Is Available for Download

HTTP:: Ubuntu 9 10 Beta Is Available for Download
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A few minutes ago, the Ubuntu development team unleashed the Beta release of the upcoming Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) operating system, due for launch in late October this year. As usual, we've downloaded a copy of it in order to keep you up-to-date with the latest changes in the Ubuntu 9.10 development. What's new in Ubuntu 9.10 Beta? Well, as you probably already know, there is now a revamped Human theme, the Humanity icons and lots of wallpapers! Moreover, the Ubuntu Software Store has been renamed to Ubuntu Software Center and updated several times in the last two weeks. And... in order to improve the boot performance, the Ubuntu developers have now transitioned to Upstart. [tablec][row][col][/col][/row][/tablec][tablec][row][col]Ubuntu Software Center[/col][/row][/tablec] A new security feature included in the 32-bit Linux kernel that Ubuntu uses is Non-eXecutable memory protection, which has been enabled by default for quite a while now on processors that support the!
NX feature, but it has been useless for systems that have lacked support. From now on, the kernel provides an emulation of the NX feature for all these other processors, potentially blocking many exploits targeting the stack or heap memory. A lot of the applications in the repository have been compiled using compilation ...
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Pingie: HTTP:: p2pnet World Headlines Oct 1 2009

HTTP:: p2pnet World Headlines Oct 1 2009
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Hello! You and 472 other people have the chance to recreate Star Wars: A New Hope. StarWarsUncutnBelow is the entire movie split up into 15 second clips. Click on one of the scenes to claim it, film it, and upload it. You can have up to three scenes! When we’re all done, we’ll stitch it [...]
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Pingie: HTTP:: Bananas vs the Dole Food Company

HTTP:: Bananas vs the Dole Food Company
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p2pnet news view P2P | Movies | Freedom:- Today was the day set for the makers of  Bananas!* to show their documentary in the Swedish parliament.nBut it isn’t about bananas.  It’s about freedom of speech â€" about, “efforts by Los Angeles trial lawyer Juan Dominguez to represent fruit workers allegedly made sterile after Dole sprayed [...]
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http://www.p2pnet.net/story/29132
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