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Alleged hacker in massive credit card scam honed skills at early age
Years before his arrest in the nation's largest credit card heist, Albert Gonzalez launched a bold plan from a computer in his high school library: hack into the government network...
Twitter to show whereabouts of tweeters
Twitter is adding location to its globally popular microblogging service in a move that will let people see where "tweets" are coming from.
New grass spray designed to relax and de-stress
Ever wanted to bottle the green fresh aroma of a forest? UQ researcher Dr Nick Lavidis has done just that with a new "eau de grass" spray soon to be...
Potential for Sweet Sorghum Ethanol is Very Sweet, Indeed
Sorghum syrup is about as traditional as it gets in rural America, particularly in the old South – where people still pour it over hot biscuits at breakfast just like...
FDA cracks down on ibuprofen pain relief gels
(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration has issued warnings to eight companies for illegally marketing pain relief ointments containing ibuprofen.
'World of Warcraft,' the magazine
Media group Future announced Thursday it has teamed up with videogame publisher Blizzard Entertainment to launch an official magazine about the hugely popular videogame "World of Warcraft."
Millionths of a second can cost millions of dollars: A new way to track network delays
Computer scientists have developed an inexpensive solution for diagnosing networking delays in data center networks as short as tens of millionths of seconds -- delays that can lead to multi-million...
Bioplastics Industry Getting a Second Wind
If anybody is thinking of updating the 1967 hit movie, The Graduate, they need to consider making a one-syllable change in the dialog. When the guy whispers in Dustin Hoffman’s...
Are you the next Usain Bolt? The answer could be in your saliva
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Newcastle University are launching a ground-breaking study to find out why some of us can run faster than others - despite doing the same amount of...
New technology gives LED displays a twist: study
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. researchers said on Thursday they have found a way to make large-scale flexible display screens that can be stretched to fit the contours of a bus...
City dwellers bear disproportionate federal tax burden
Live in an expensive city? Think you pay too much in federal taxes? If so, a study in the current issue of the Journal of Political Economy finds that you're...
News International plans to shut free London paper
News International, the British newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch's media giant News Corporation, said Thursday it planned to shut thelondonpaper, the group's loss-making freesheet for London commuters.
Older teens drop portable games for cellphones
Teenagers making the leap from junior high to high school are dumping portable gaming devices such as the Nintendo DS in favour of mobile phones, according to the latest survey...
FDA wants electronic safety reporting
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing making electronic drug safety reporting mandatory.
Feature: New UN study examines hunger severity within Nepal
The UN has called for urgent intervention to curb the food shortage situation in Nepal.
Scoring the Hottest School Gear
BehindtheBuy.com's David Gregg on What to Look for This Back-to-School Season
China Mobile reports half-year profit up 1.5 percent
China Mobile, the nation's largest mobile phone operator, on Thursday reported a 1.5 percent rise in half-year net profit, as it was hit by strong competition and a slow economy.
Majority of US hospitals will have smoke-free campuses by end of year
While hospital buildings are often smoke-free, a new study finds that by February 2008, 45 percent of US hospitals had adopted "smoke-free campus" policies, meaning that all the property...
Pidgin 2.6 adds Google Talk video and voice support
Pidgin has long been an easy way to use lots of different chat systems on your desktop. With its 2.6 release, Pidgin's finally catching up to the video, audio and...
Accused credit card hacker lived large in Miami
(AP) -- Nestled near a row of sultry, silvery-green palm trees and a 205-foot-long infinity pool, room 1508 at the National Hotel on South Beach is a portrait of...
Wikipedia launches iPhone application
Wikipedia said it has released an iPhone application as part of a drive to open the pages of its revered online encyclopedia to the booming ranks of smart phone users.
Groups to file complaints against 16 porn companies
Two foundations will register their concerns with California's workplace safety agency. They allege that failure to require condom use endangers performers' health. Vowing "never to stop pushing" for condom use in porn, AIDS Healthcare...
First half of September brings a whirlwind of cool, new gadgets
There's a whole lot of neat tech scheduled to be released or announced during that time frame.
Continuing Education: Adding Layers of Skills to a Science Background
Many continuing education students are trying to broaden their appeal by adding business and communications skills, or bringing their expertise to new fields.
Obama Calls Health Plan a ‘Moral Obligation’
The president asked religious leaders to help promote his efforts to overhaul the nation’s health care system.
"Dirtiest" Web Sites of the Summer
Larry Magid: Symantec Identifies Which Sites Are The Worst Malwear Threats
The tablet PC could be Apple's next big thing
Figuring out what Apple Inc. has in store for its next big product launch has become as popular a game as gathering to pick fantasy football drafts every fall.
Are digital textbooks the money-saving wave of the future?
An old adage states, "As California goes, so goes the nation." If that's true, then advocates of textbook reform -- and college students bearing the brunt of spiraling textbook prices...