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  Toxel.com

• 12 Cool Products for your Kitchen

  Toxel.com

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:18 pm

  Collection of modern kitchen gadgets and useful products designed to make food preparation easier and more enjoyable. One Click Butter Cutter This ingenious butter cutter delivers one standard pat with each click of the handle. No more messy butter dish. [link] Manhole Cover for your Sink This manhole-inspired silicone work-horse will stop the water’s flow when you need a [...]

• Comb Shaped Like a Gun

  Toxel.com

  7 Feb 2010 | 4:17 pm

  Gun Comb promises to add some fun and excitement to your morning ritual. Do remember that styling your hair in public with a comb inspired by a gun can be a little dangerous. [via]

• New Heinz Ketchup Packaging

  Toxel.com

  6 Feb 2010 | 4:17 pm

  Heinz Dip & Squeeze dual-function packaging gives ketchup lovers two cool ways to enjoy Heinz Ketchup: either tear off the tip to squeeze with pinpoint accuracy, or peel back the lid for easy dipping. As an added bonus, the new innovative packaging holds three times as much ketchup as the traditional packet. [via heinz]

• 12 Amazing Leaf Carvings

  Toxel.com

  5 Feb 2010 | 7:40 pm

  Collection of beautiful leaf carvings created by talented artists from China. Leaf carving is actually cutting and removal of the leaf’s mesophyll to produce an artwork without cutting or removing any leaf veins. [via, 2, 3]

• 12 Creative Stress Ball Designs

  Toxel.com

  4 Feb 2010 | 6:19 pm

  Creative stress relievers and cool stress ball designs from all over the world. Stress Paul Feeling overwhelmed, tense, under pressure? Don’t get stressed, take it out on poor old Paul and keep your sanity! [link] Dwight Stress Ball Take out your stress on Dwight Schrute. Comes in sealed wrapper and features the head of one of the most recognizable [...]

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  Dumb Little Man

• The Power of Thinking Big

  Mark Harrison

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:03 am

  We've been conditioned to think small, simplify, not to be greedy, and to overall expect less and demand less from life. We’ve been taught that we should be happy and thankful with what we have and that there are many others less fortunate than ourselves.I read somewhere that, as an experiment, someone put two adverts in a newspaper. They were for the same job, doing the same work with the same hours, but one of them offered to pay a salary many times the other. Guess what? About ten times more people applied for the lower paid job! People think small. And that's one of the reasons they…

• Who’s In Charge of Your Life?

  Ali

  7 Feb 2010 | 12:04 am

  This might seem like an odd question. Who’s in charge of your life? Who tells you what to do? Who says which choices are valid, and which are silly or self-indulgent?On the surface of it, if you’re an adult, there’s probably no-one standing next to you and telling you exactly what you should be doing. But many of us have ceded control of our lives to someone else. Often unconsciously, we’ve taken on their values, even their likes and dislikes, and we’ve made them their own.Do you ever feel that you “should” be doing something that you aren’t? Why? Is that impulse really from…

• 8 Foods That Will Hide Your Bad Breath

  Krizia MissK

  6 Feb 2010 | 4:54 am

  There’s nothing worse than having bad breath and not knowing about it!There are certain foods that are guaranteed to cause bad breath. Most people are quite aware that eating foods such as curry, garlic, onions or coffee before a meeting or function might be the kiss of death when it comes to social etiquette.You can try chewing gum, but you’ll have to chew for a long time because until that bad-breath-causing-food clears from your system (which can take up to 24 hours), you’ll be stuck with that bad breath. That’s unless you know which foods you can eat to mask the problem.When it…

• 50 Ways You Can Create a Better Day

  DLM Writers

  5 Feb 2010 | 6:45 am

  Every now and then I wake up in a crappy mood, feeling totally unmotivated and not wanting to do anything or see anyone. It could be due to something bad happening the previous day, or it could be due to nothing at all. I just feel crabby for no reason. Weird, I know. But, I'm sure you know what I mean. Everyone has experienced dreadful waking moments in the past.In fact, it is not really surprising that a lot of people nowadays feel bad the moment they wake up. If you are bombarded with negative news like the recent airplane crotch-bomb threat and the Haiti earthquake, it is little wonder…

• 5 Reasons You May Want to Start a Side Business

  Ali

  4 Feb 2010 | 3:10 am

  Whether your “real” work is a full-time day job, an academic course, or taking care of kids, you might have a few hours to spare each week which you’d like to use productively. Have you ever thought about starting a side business?A few years ago, I thought that “business” was the realm of tough go-getters with a focus on profit and nothing else. Since then, I’ve met lots of individuals who run their own businesses from a couple who make rosettes for horse shows in their spare time, to people working as consultants with government organizations. These business owners come from all…

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  HowStuffWorks Daily Feed

• Top 10 Structurally Amazing Bridges

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am

  Bridges move cars, trains, bikes and people, among other things. These 10 may even move your soul with their engineering ingenuity and beauty. So which 10 make the cut?

• What are the different types of vegetarianism?

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am

  There are many different reasons people become vegetarian, including religion, health and ethics. And the types of vegetarianism there are to choose from are just as diverse. Will you give up all meat, or just certain kinds?

• Fact or Fiction: Cellulite

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am

  Cellulite -- and the dreaded cottage-cheese thighs it causes -- is a fact of life for women everywhere. What is cellulite, anyway? And, most importantly, how do you get rid of it?

• 10 Biggest Snowstorms of All Time

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am

  Last weekend's major snowstorm in the United States' Mid-Atlantic region caused widespread power outages and Monday's closure of federal agencies -- and more snow is expected this week. How does this stack up to the biggest snowstorms ever?

• Today's Video - Untamed and Uncut: Bull Jumps Into Crowd

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am

  A bull gets up close and personal with the audience when he jumps over a barricade at a bullfight in Mexico City, Mexico. Watch this clip from Animal Planet's "Untamed and Uncut" to see what happens next.

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• Brooklyn Decker SI Swimsuit Issue Cover PHOTO REVEALED (PICTURES, VIDEO)

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:51 am

  By SAMANTHA CRITCHELL, AP Fashion Model Brooklyn Decker landed the coveted Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover this year. The 22-year-old wife of tennis star Andy Roddick said being chosen for the front is "the news of a lifetime." The cover photo of Decker smiling in a yellow bikini is a departure from the more sultry look that SI had gone for the past few years, she said. She compared it to covers from the 1980s or '90s, when Elle Macpherson won her covers with a friendly, sun-loving look. Cover photo by Walter Iooss Jr./ Sports Illustrated. The issue on sale now. See more at…

• Colbert: "Sarah Palin Is A F--king Retard" (VIDEO)

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:14 am

  Using Sarah Palin's defense of Rush Limbaugh against her, last night Stephen Colbert proudly pronounced that "Sarah Palin is a f--king retard." After mocking Palin's speech at the Tea Party Convention (taking the obligatory jabs at the notes on her hand) Colbert moved on to Palin's reaction to Rahm Emanuel's use of the word "retard." Palin not only called for his Emanuel's firing, but also defended Rush Limbaugh's use of the word, deeming it acceptable because it was satire. After playing the clip of Limbaugh's "subtle" satire, Colbert jumped on the opportunity that his own satirical show…

• Jenny Sanford Jon Stewart 'Staying True' Interview: 'There's Nobody Cheaper Than This Guy' (VIDEO)

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:13 am

  On Monday night, South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford went on 'The Daily Show' to talk divorce, life after the Governor's mansion, and whether Gov. Mark Sanford stayed true to his principles-- and of course, her new memoir, 'Staying True.' "Do you still feel like he was a... is he a good governor?" Stewart asked. "You know, the name of the book is 'Staying True.'" Sanford said. "I will sing Mark's praises actually in that he stayed true to his political principles. BUt in doing so I think he lost site of the values we used to share that I think matter more." She went on, "he campaigned…

• Elizabeth Warren: Time For Wall Street CEOs To 'Earn Back' America's Trust

  8 Feb 2010 | 4:50 pm

  Bailout watchdog and middle-class advocate Elizabeth Warren is accusing Wall Street CEOs of abusing the public's trust and is challenging them to step up and support financial reform -- for the nation's benefit as well as their own. In an opinion piece in Tuesday's Wall Street Journal, Warren writes that the lack of strong consumer rules has set off a competition to see which firms can make the most profits by tricking the most consumers. For years, Wall Street CEOs have thrown away customer trust like so much worthless trash. Banks and brokers have sold deceptive mortgages for more than a…

• Kendra Wilkinson's Husband Hank Baskett's Super Bowl Flub (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:45 am

  For tabloid readers who don't follow football, the Super Bowl was a match up between reality television personalities Kim Kardashian and Kendra Wilkinson, the girlfriend of Saints star Reggie Bush and the wife of Colts player Hank Baskett. As Kim celebrates the Saints' win, it was no doubt a somber night in the Baskett household. The game turned in New Orleans favor at the start of the second half when a risky onside kick bounced off Hank Baskett's hands and helmet, rather than being caught, and was recovered by the Saints. Below is the Getty photograph, including a zoom of his pained face,…

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  Radio Barking Latest Stories

• Thomas The Sweary Tank Engine

• Atlantic: Dante Alighieri - Epic Poet, Ass Kicker

• Roger Ebert: I Met A Character From Dickens

• NYT - Brian Turner: Shaking All Over - A Visit To Cambodia's Killing Fileds

• Slate: The Improbable Persistence Of Ozzy Osbourne

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  27 Clouds Latest Stories

• Independent: Jail Threat To Skiers Who Go Too Far Off-Piste

• Berlin's Mysterious War Memorial Faces Uncertain Future

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• Telegraph: Captain Scott - The Journey South

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  Wired Science

• A Peek at Wired’s Ultra Geeky Super Bowl Party

  Alexis Madrigal

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:03 am

  SAN FRANCISCO — More than 100 million Americans watched Sunday’s Super Bowl, but here at Wired.com, a couple dozen of our readers can probably brag they had the strangest viewing experience. They were strapped up with sensors that measured their body’s physiological reactions to what was happening during the game and commercials. With the help of Boston-based research firm Innerscope, we converted Wired’s cafeteria into a makeshift sports bar complete with 6 HDTVs gathered from around the office and of course, Beer Robot and greasy pizza. Participants in the study had…

• Fastest Wings on Earth Show Extremes of Sexual Selection

  Brandon Keim

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:43 am

  With feathers that resonate at precisely 1,500 hertz, the male club-winged manakin is perhaps the bird world’s most perfectly tuned example of sexual selection. By pinning down the frequency, researchers have completed a long investigation into the bird’s sonic physiology and showed just how far some guys go to impress the ladies. “The fundamental anatomy of the wings has been completely reworked to play a sound for courtship,” said Cornell University ornithologist Kim Bostwick, who describes the wings in a paper published Monday in Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

• Stunningly Preserved 165-Million-Year-Old Spider Fossil Found

  Tia Ghose

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:11 pm

  Scientists have unearthed an almost perfectly preserved spider fossil in China dating back to the middle Jurassic era, 165 million years ago. The fossilized spiders, Eoplectreurys gertschi, are older than the only two other specimens known by around 120 million years. The level of detail preserved in the fossils is amazing, said paleontologist Paul Selden of the University of Kansas and lead author of the study appearing Feb. 6 in Naturwissenschaften. “You go in with a microscope, and bingo! It’s fantastic.” The fossils were found at a site called Daohugou in Northern China…

• Audio: DIY Recordings of Awakening Sun

  Alexis Madrigal

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:20 pm

  As the sun emerges from a long lull in activity, the star’s emissions in the radio band of the spectrum have also picked up. And from a shed on three acres of land outside Santa Fe, New Mexico, amateur radio astronomer Thomas Ashcraft is making recordings of them available for download. “The Sun has become hyper-dynamic the past few days,” Ashcraft wrote on his website Sunday, along with links to four “specimens” of radio bursts, as he calls them. The sun is crackling with solar flares now as a very large sunspot continues to circle our star. The recent solar…

• Ultra-Precise Quantum-Logic Clock Trumps Old Atomic Clock

  Tia Ghose

  5 Feb 2010 | 3:13 pm

  Scientists have built a clock which is 37 times more precise than the existing international standard. The quantum-logic clock, which detects the energy state of a single aluminum ion, keeps time to within a second every 3.7 billion years. The new timekeeper could one day improve GPS or detect the slowing of time predicted by Einstein’s theory of general relativity. “It could it be a real contender for the next frequency standard, or next timekeeper,” said physicist Chin-wen (James) Chou of the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder, lead author of a study…

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  Mashable!

• 5 Ways Airlines and Hotels Can Drive Revenue with Social Media

  Shashank Nigam

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:18 pm

  Shashank Nigam is the CEO of SimpliFlying.com, an award-winning blog on airline branding. He tweets at @simpliflying.Social media is no longer the “new” thing, especially for airlines. JetBlue has over one an a half million followers on Twitter. Lufthansa allows passengers to update their Twitter or Facebook status about where they are in the sky. AirAsia drives buzz about its new destinations through custom micro-sites. However, most airlines (and airports and hotels) are still struggling to earn direct revenue from their social media efforts.Yet if Dell can make $6.5 million from…

• Google Buzz: The Official Demo [VIDEO]

  Adam Ostrow

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:08 am

  Google has just unveiled its latest attempt to become more relevant in the social media space: Google Buzz. The product is integrated within Gmail and will be rolled out gradually to all of the webmail service’s users over the next few days.We’re still digesting all of the implications of Buzz (and will have more coverage throughout the day), but in the meantime, here’s the two-minute demo of the product in action both on the Web and via mobile that Google showed off during today’s press conference:This video from Google looks specifically at the mobile features of Buzz:What are your…

• BREAKING: Google Goes Social with Google Buzz

  Ben Parr

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:21 am

  It’s official: Google has just announced Google Buzz, its newest push into the social media foray. This confirms earlier reports of Gmail integrating a social status feature.On stage revealing the new product was Bradley Horowitz, Google’s vice president for product management. While introducing the product, Mr. Horowitz focused on the human penchant for sharing experiences and the social media phenomenon of wanting to share it in real time. These two key themes were core philosophies behind Google Buzz.“It’s becoming harder and harder to find signal in the…

• Facebook Kills Lexicon, Focuses on Analytics for Page Admins

  Samuel Axon

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:20 am

  Facebook has removed its Lexicon analytics app, blogger Steve Rubel noticed last night.Don’t know what Lexicon was? That’s OK, a lot of people didn’t; it was announced very quietly, but it was a neat tool. You could use Lexicon to see how frequently, and when, certain terms were trending in status updates, just like you can use Google Trends to do the same with search terms.For example, our own Stan Schroeder was a bit perplexed a couple years back when the word “sex” had a massive spike in usage on May 30, 2008. It was the launch day of the Sex and the City…

• 7 Ways to Promote Your Offline Event Using Social Media

  Susan Payton

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:10 am

  Susan Payton is the President of Egg Marketing & Public Relations, an internet marketing firm. She blogs at The Marketing Eggspert Blog, and teaches marketing courses at Marketing EggSchool. Follow her on Twitter @eggmarketing.We all know about Tweetups and online events, but what about events that you didn’t specifically invite the Twitterati to attend? Conferences, meetings and parties are all events that might not have started online, but which can definitely benefit from online promotion and mention.Leverage your offline event with some smart social media marketing. Here are…

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  Futurity.org

• One step closer to quantum computing

  Kitta MacPherson-Princeton

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:22 am

  In his laboratory, Jason Petta has trapped one or two electrons in microscopic corrals created by applying voltages to miniscule electrodes on a wafer of semiconductor. His method of altering the property of a lone electron without disturbing the trillions of electrons in its immediate surroundings may be an important step toward developing future types [...]

• Eyeing an enzyme to stop deadly infections

  Bill Snyder-Vanderbilt

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:31 am

  Molecule (shown as a stick model in white) attaches to an enzyme (shown in green) essential to the parasite that causes African sleeping sickness, inhibiting its activity and causing the death of the organism. (Credit: Galina Lepesheva/Vanderbilt University) VANDERBILT (US)—Knowing the structure of an enzyme essential to the protozoan parasite that causes African sleeping sickness may [...]

• New ‘Flowerpecker’ spotted in Borneo

  Richard Ashby-Leeds

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:55 am

  The “Spectacled Flowerpecker”—a bird species new to science—has been found in the Danum Valley Conservation Area in Sabah, Malaysia, by David Edwards, a fellow at the Faculty of Biological Science at the University of Leeds, and two tour leaders. Fortunately, Richard Webster managed to take some photographs, which show an attractive grey bird with bright [...]

• More aggressive MS seen in blacks

  Lois Baker-Buffalo

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:28 am

  MRI scans of the same brain slice at monthly intervals reveal bright spots within the brain tissue indicating active lesions. MRI scans of participants in a recent study show that African Americans with MS had more damage to brain tissue and had less normal white and grey matter compared to whites with the disease. (Courtesy: [...]

• Driverless car to scale Pikes Peak

  Christine Blackman-Stanford

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:19 am

  Shelley, Stanford’s driverless car, was named after Michele Mouton, the first woman to win the race up Pikes Peak. In the video below, mechanical engineer Chris Gerdes gives a tour of Shelley, a modified Audi TTS, which is scheduled to climb Pikes Peak in September. (Credit: L.A. Cicero) STANFORD (US)—A re-engineered Audi TTS will attempt to [...]

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  ReadWriteWeb

• Can Google Buzz Succeed Where FriendFeed Couldn't?

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:20 pm

  Google just launched Google Buzz, the company's new social networking service which will be tightly integrated with Gmail. There can be little doubt that Google Buzz looks a lot like FriendFeed, the social aggregation service that was acquired by Facebook in August 2009. Today, FriendFeed's developers are Facebook employees and aren't likely to continue to improve the service in any meaningful way, while the active user community on FriendFeed continues to shrink rapidly. Given the similarities between the two services, we can't help but wonder if Google Buzz will be able to succeed where…

• How Google Buzz is Disruptive: Open Data Standards

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:31 am

  Google rolled out a social stream service today called Buzz. It looks on the surface like Facebook, FriendFeed and other stream reading and writing services. It will compete with Facebook and Twitter. Under the covers, though, this major product was built by a team of people taking a radical new approach to online publishing: Buzz is all about open, standardized user data. Google Buzz data can be syndicated out to other services using the standard data formats called Atom, Activity Streams, MediaRSS and PubSubHubbub. That couldn't be more different from Facebook. Google has taken open data…

• Mobile Health: Will Network Applications Help Us Get Healthy?

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:30 am

  Last week, we were at the mHealth initiative conference in Washington D.C. The keynotes were all about the impact mobile health applications are having in shaping the future of the health care system. Nothing demonstrates that more than the iPhone. In the 18 months since it was released, it has been perhaps the biggest thing to happen to health care electronic records, which has seen billions of dollars worth of investment in past decades. Mobile and wireless health applications directly impact the individual's health and have the promise of ensuring that when a patient leaves a doctor visit,…

• Foursquare Partners with Zagat, New York Times

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:17 am

  Foursquare has come out strong in recent weeks with partnership deals that look to put it at the top of the location-based app game. Last week, it announced a partnership with Bravo, the style and fashion-centric television network, and today it has come out with a partnership with Zagat, the restaurant guide, and the New York Times. As we wrote last week, Foursquare is competing in an increasingly crowded space. These partnerships may help it attract a whole new audience and remain competitive against other services like Yelp that are just joining in the location-based arena. Sponsor…

• Live Blogging from Google: Launch of Google Buzz

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:11 am

  This morning, Google is announcing some exciting new features for two of its most popular applications. Team Red, as we affectionately call ourselves, is present at the Googleplex in Mountain View, and we'll be live blogging the event, giving you, dear reader, a fascinating play-by-play. Stay tuned for updates! The event will begin at 10 a.m. Pacific (UTC -8). Just refresh this post to see new content as events unfold. Additional on-the-fly research and images from RWW journalist Frederic Lardinois. Sponsor 11:11: The event is over! Time to chase people down and ask some more pointed…

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  Toptenz

• Top 10 Karaoke Songs

  TopTenz Master

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:55 am

  Everybody loves karaoke! Whether or not you need an alcoholic beverage first, or already have your song picked in the car. Singing karaoke is as natural as leaving cookies out for Santa Claus. Although first invented in Japan, it didn’t take long for the entire world to catch on. Maybe it’s because deep down everyone [...]

• 10 Remarkable & Unusual College Degrees

  TopTenz Master

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:55 am

  While  almost everyone agrees that earning a degree is very important for both economic and personal success, there is a lot of debate over which degrees are the best. And often the the least popular degrees can be the most rewarding, again, both economically and personally. Students are lined up to get the popular MBA degree, [...]

• Top 10 Villanous Rulers

  Loni Perry

  5 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am

  Throughout the history of mankind there have been some rulers that use fear and terror to gain control of their people. They rule with an iron fist and an unrelenting thirst for power and recognition. Unfortunately for society there was too many for them all to fit on the list, so here’s the worst of [...]

• Top 10 Reasons The World Won’t End on December 21, 2012

  TopTenz Master

  4 Feb 2010 | 5:55 am

  No doubt about it, 2012 and doomsday prophecies are big nowadays. According to the Mayan calendar, the world as we know it will end sometime around December 21st, 2012. Of course, if it doesn’t, that won’t mean we’ll be out of the woods. According to the Bible, Jesus Christ may return at any moment to [...]

• Top 10 Websites Useful For 1 Minute

  TopTenz Master

  3 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am

  If you need absolutely anything, the Internet is ready to serve you. Alas, websites these days have grown so overly complex, it’s easy to forget the smaller, useful websites that serve their purpose quickly and let you get on with your life in less than a minute. Heck, some websites are so useful you may [...]

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  Popular Science - Science

• On DARPA's List: a Real-Time, 3-D Picture of The Earth Beneath Our Feet

  Clay Dillow

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:32 am

  DARPA wants to know what's happening in the skies overhead and seeks full situational awareness on the ground, so we suppose it's no surprise that now it wants full, real-time surveillance of what's happening beneath the surface. As part of the agency's fiscal 2011 budget, $4 million will go toward creating a system of sensors and algorithms that will create real-time 3-D maps displaying "the physical, chemical, and dynamic properties of the earth down to 5 km depth, including natural or man-made structures at militarily- relevant spatial scales." Sounds reasonable enough. From where you are…

• To Deter Plague of Bark Beetles, A Boombox Blasting Bug Sounds

  Stuart Fox

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:44 am

  Bark beetles plague the forests of Canada so furiously you'd think rivers of blood and the death of the firstborn would follow hot on their heels. So far, no one has stopped the beetle rampage that has destroyed 33 million acres of trees in British Columbia. However, scientists at Northern Arizona University (NAU) may have devised a way to turn back the beetle tide using sound recordings. Like Nevada residents tried last year, the NAU scientists started by blasting rock music and backwards recordings of Rush Limbaugh (presumably because playing the Rush Limbaugh recordings forward is a…

• Marijuana Research Offers New Hope For Male Birth Control Pill

  Stuart Fox

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:59 am

  The male birth control pill has lingered for years tantalizingly just out of reach, in the realm where rumor meets science. Recently developed hormonal and mechanical contraceptives never found an audience, serving only to highlight the absence of a male pill. Now, an examination of how smoking pot lowers fertility may make the male pill more than a persistent rumor. Writing in last week's issue of the journal Cell, University of California, San Francisco, researcher Yuriy Kirichok revealed a new link between bong hits, a protein called Hv1, and the ability of sperm to swim. Hv1 activates in…

• New Breed of Variable-Pressure Touchscreens Harnesses Quantum-Mechanical Phenomenon

  Clay Dillow

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:17 am

  Tapping a principle of quantum mechanics and a medieval-looking nanoparticle, a UK firm has created a composite material that may soon deliver efficient, pressure-sensitive touchscreens to numerous devices. Yorkshire-based Peratech has already licensed the technology to a division of Samsung that provides mobile components to other handset manufacturers, but it's in the growing realm of touchscreen tech where the potential for Quantum Tunneling Composite (QTC) is most exciting. The composite works on an idea in quantum mechanics that if you shoot a tiny particle at a solid wall, there is a…

• Marine Corps' Unmanned Programmable Copter Passes First Major Test

  Stuart Fox

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:29 am

  The difficulty of supplying remote outposts across rugged terrain has contributed to many of the deadliest moments in the Afghan War, by preventing the delivery of weapons and ammo to engaged soldiers, forcing supplies to travel over dangerous roads, or turning helicopters into vulnerable targets. Last June, the Marines put out a call for a helicopter UAV to solve those problems. Now, with a successful demonstration at Utah's Dugway Proving Grounds, the Marines might have found their robocopter. In the demonstration, a modified K-MAX helicopter moved 3,000 pounds across 600 miles, in under…

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  BBC News

• Google unveils new social network

  Google has taken the wraps off its latest social network known - as Buzz - pitting it directly against rival sites such as Facebook and Twitter.

• Critics mock Palin 'helping hand'

  Sarah Palin is criticised for writing crib notes on her hands for Saturday's high-profile Tea Party speech.

• Fertile forties pregnancy warning

  Experts fear older women are ditching contraception in the mistaken belief that fertility inevitably wanes at a certain age.

• Obama steps up pressure on Iran

  US President Barack Obama says the US and allies are developing "significant sanctions" against Iran over its nuclear programme.

• Cadbury's Bristol plant to close

  Cadbury's new owner, Kraft, says it plans to close the company's Somerdale factory with the loss of 400 jobs.

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  NYT: Front Page

• East Coast Braces for Another Storm

  By LIZ ROBBINS

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:15 pm

  The Mid-Atlantic region is preparing for another powerful storm that could deliver as much as 16 inches of fresh snow on Wednesday.

• Stocks Rally on Hopes of Greek Bailout

  By JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:05 pm

  Stocks climbed on hopes that European officials would move to rescue Greece from its debt troubles.

• In Move to Contain Crisis, Toyota Details Hybrid Recall

  By HIROKO TABUCHI

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:55 am

  The worldwide recall will affect about 437,000 hybrid vehicles, including the 2010 Prius, according to the company’s filing.

• Iran Is Said to Begin Nuclear Enrichment

  By ALAN COWELL and THOM SHANKER

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:51 am

  Brushing aside international threats of stricter sanctions, Iran reportedly began enriching its uranium on Tuesday.

• Americans Jailed in Haiti Plead for Help From U.S.

  By IAN URBINA

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:48 am

  The 10 Americans detained in Port-au-Prince on child trafficking charges say the U.S. government could be doing more.

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  WSJ: Today's Most Popular

• Couples Kiss and Tell

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:25 am

  It is often possible to understand why a marriage fails, as so many do. It is much more difficult, though, to figure out why one succeeds.

• No Exit as Fannie, Freddie Flail

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:24 am

  Fannie and Freddie remain troubled wards of the state, with no blueprints for the future and no clear exit strategy for the government.

• Hearts Actually Can Break

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:52 am

  Broken-heart syndrome mimics a heart attack but is brought on by acute emotion or physical trauma. Patients usually fully recover with no lasting heart damage.

• A Great Day to Be a Boilermaker

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:28 am

  Long hidden in the shadows of Indiana, Purdue is stealing the spotlight with the No. 6-ranked men's basketball team, plus another newly-anointed Super Bowl MVP to boot.

• McGurn: Bush Was Right, Says Obama

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:38 am

  'We're not handling any of these cases any different from the Bush administration.'

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  TechCrunch

• TED: Now with More Elitism?

  Sarah Lacy

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:33 pm

  Let me say upfront: I have never been to TED, mostly because I have never been invited and I can’t imagine a world where I justify paying $6,000 for a conference. But I live in Silicon Valley so every year leading up to the star-studded event, I have to hear about it from nearly everyone I know: People who love it and people who hate it. For the last few years, these conversations have gotten ugly. What I’ve seen and heard from the outside depicts the sad transition from what used to be an inventive, elite industry conference that cross-pollinated experts from the worlds of technology,…

• Microsoft Slams Google Buzz

  Michael Arrington

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:20 pm

  “Busy people don’t want another social network, what they want is the convenience of aggregation. We’ve done that. Hotmail customers have benefitted from Microsoft working with Flickr, Facebook, Twitter and 75 other partners since 2008.” – Microsoft statement on Google Buzz. When one of the big guys launches a new product, competitors generally just sit it out and let the press do its thing. But Microsoft made a point of reaching out today with the quote above, criticizing Google Buzz as “another social network” and noting that Hotmail has aggregated Flickr,…

• Yahoo Not Pleased With Google Buzz’s Buzz

  MG Siegler

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:18 pm

  Google officially unveiled Buzz, their major step into social statuses through Gmail today at an event held at 10 AM PT. Within the hour, Yahoo PR was set in motion to let everyone know that they actually did this first, almost a year ago. Here’s the humorous email that was sent out: It’s been almost a year and a half since we first launched Yahoo! Updates – a social feature that lets people share their status, content and online activities and stay connected to what their friends and family are doing on Yahoo! and across the Web – and we wanted to share the latest on what’s…

• Sergey Brin Used Google Buzz To Write His NYT Op-Ed On Google Books

  MG Siegler

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:54 am

  During the Q&A session today following the Google Buzz event, Google co-founder Sergey Brin revealed something both humorous and interesting. When asked a question about practical uses for Google Buzz, Brin noted that he actually used the service to help him write his op-ed about Google Books that ran in the New York Times last year. Brin noted that he was having difficulty with the article because it’s just his one point of view. So he put out his draft on Google Buzz (which Google was testing out internally within the company at the time), and quickly got dozens of comments. Brin…

• Screenshots: Google Buzz In Action

  MG Siegler

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:17 am

  Now that the Google event is over, the company has started turning on Buzz for Gmail users. Here are some quick screenshots of it in action. CrunchBase InformationGoogle BuzzInformation provided by CrunchBase

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• How Digital Marketing Helped 'Avatar' Break the Box Office

  8 Feb 2010 | 3:03 pm

  Do you remember August 21, 2009? Moviegoers in more than 100 IMAX 3-D theaters worldwide watched 16 minutes of footage from a new James Cameron movie. That same day, Ubisoft debuted a trailer for a videogame based on the film, and Mattel unveiled action figures inspired by the film's characters. A day earlier, the teaser for the very same film broke a record on Apple.com after beng streamed more than four million times on its first day. August 21 was celebrated as "Avatar Day." Today, it should be remembered as the dawn of the most comprehensive digital marketing campaign ever developed to…

• Rent vs. Own: The Streaming Music Debate Continues

  5 Feb 2010 | 10:00 am

  The exponential growth of Internet bandwidth combined with the ability to significantly compress digital audio has impacted the music industry in numerous ways, for better and worse. Just as file trading created a massive network of pirated music, the ability to stream audio in real-time has allowed for a number of innovative content distribution and promotion methods. Digital music streaming services have been around for over a decade. Companies such as Rhapsody, Napster, MOG, and We7 have experimented with various business models and user experiences, with mixed results. The traditional…

• 4 Minute Roundup: Facebook as News Reader; Engadget Comments

  5 Feb 2010 | 7:35 am

  This episode of 4MR is brought to you by GoDaddy, helping you set up your own website in a snap with domain name registration, web hosting and 24/7 support. Visit GoDaddy to learn more. Here's the latest 4MR audio report from MediaShift. In this week's edition, I look at the rise of Facebook as a place to find news. Hitwise found that Facebook was the #4 referrer of traffic to news sites, after Google, Yahoo, and MSN -- and above Google News. Plus, the tech blog Engadget shut down comments after an influx of trolls, before relenting to open them again. And I ask Just One Question to Google…

• Google News to Publishers: Let's Make Love Not War

  4 Feb 2010 | 6:11 am

  In the view of some traditional media execs, Google is a digital vampire or a parasite or tech tapeworm using someone else's content to profit. As that rhetoric heated up in the past year, Google has responded not with equal amounts of invective but with entreaties to help publishers. Google launched Fast Flip to help bring old-style page flipping to the web, promoting higher forms of visual journalism and sharing ad revenues with publishers. Then came Living Stories, a new format for updating stories at one URL, designed in tight collaboration with the New York Times and Washington Post.

• Email is Far From Dead

  2 Feb 2010 | 12:24 pm

  For years, the digerati have been declaring the end of email as a useful tool. Back in 2003, experts said RSS feeds would spell the death of the inbox. In 2007, Wired and CNET said younger generations were using IM, Facebook and MySpace instead of email. More recently, PC Magazine's John Dvorak proclaimed "9 Reasons E-mail is Dead," and The Wall Street Journal told us "Why Email No Longer Rules." The prognosticators point to the annoyances of spam; the difficulties of getting mass messages through corporate firewalls (and of having them stripped of HTML or graphics); and the fact that…

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• As Focus Shifts To Jobs, The Uninsured Seek Solutions

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:22 am

  The national debate over health care appears to be taking a back seat to jobs creation — but the problem persists for people who have jobs but no health insurance. A recently developed health alliance in New Orleans aims to be at least part of the solution to this problem.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

• Lil Wayne's Jail Time: All Part Of The Plan

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:24 am

  Today, a New York judge told the rapper he can't postpone going to jail past March 2nd. He's a star whose influence reaches well beyond the hip-hop world. He's been in a Nike commercial with LeBron James, interviewed by Katie Couric. Even President Obama's mentioned his name—a few times. And he may even represent a new model for rappers who get sent to jail.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

• Science-Fiction Music: Monsters, Aliens In 'Filk'

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:11 am

  NASA recently announced that significant amounts of water have been found on the moon, leading to speculation that we might someday populate our orbiting friend. The idea sounds far-fetched, but it's the type of thing science-fiction fans have been dreaming of for many years. In music, stories of space travel and extraterrestrials predate even Tin Pan Alley.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

• Seeking A Kinder, Gentler Image For Israel

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:25 pm

  The U.N.'s Goldstone Report accused both Israel and Hamas of war crimes during last winter's conflict in the Gaza Strip. Now, some say Israel needs to launch an offensive of a different kind: a public relations drive to disassociate itself from words like "occupation" or "conflict."» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

• Congressman John Murtha Dies

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:07 pm

  Democratic Congressman John Murtha of Pennsylvania has died. He was 77. He had been suffering complications from gallbladder surgery. The retired Marine Corps officer was an outspoken critic of the war in Iraq.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

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• Obama: U.S. Preparing 'Significant' Sanctions On Iran

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:24 pm

  The United States is developing a "significant regime of sanctions" after Iran apparently spurned an offer to negotiate over its suspect nuclear program, President Obama said. Obama said work to broaden economic sanctions applied by the U.N. Security Council is moving along quickly, but he gave no specific timeline.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

• Obama Prods Congress To Unite On Job Creation

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:59 am

  The president met with House and Senate leaders to push for consensus on legislation that creates jobs, citing public frustration with the lack of progress on key issues. Afterward, the Senate's top Republican said GOP lawmakers could support some pieces of the jobs package.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

• As Focus Shifts To Jobs, The Uninsured Seek Solutions

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:22 am

  The national debate over health care appears to be taking a back seat to jobs creation — but the problem persists for people who have jobs but no health insurance. A recently developed health alliance in New Orleans aims to be at least part of the solution to this problem.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

• Can Toyota Recover Its Reputation For Quality?

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:20 am

  The Japanese automaker has stumbled badly in managing its current recall crisis. It's been accused of withholding information, changing its story and being less than aggressive in dealing with the various problems. Assuming the automaker can solve its problems, regaining public trust could take years.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

• Storm Socks Midwest, Takes Aim At Mid-Atlantic

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:30 am

  The second major snowstorm in less than a week was bearing down toward the region, where plows still hadn't touched some roads, utility workers were struggling to restore power, and shovels were in short supply. The storm could dump more than a foot of snow on top of the nearly 3 feet already on the ground in many areas.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

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• Veteran congressman's death adds to Barack Obama's woes

  Ewen MacAskill

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:18 pm

  • Democrats fear Republicans will win seat held since 1974• President's poll ratings fall further amid health care impasseThe Democratic party faces another election test after the death yesterday of John Murtha, a congressman dubbed by his colleagues the "king of pork".Murtha, aged 77, had been in the House of Representatives since being elected to his Pennsylvania district in 1974.The fear in the party is that Republicans will notch up another victory when a special election is held, probably May.The Democrats have been panicking since losing Ted Kennedy's Massachusetts Senate seat to…

• Sarah Palin's old-fashioned Palm Pilot

  Tim Dowling

  8 Feb 2010 | 4:05 pm

  Sarah Palin had the notes for her speech in the palm of her hand - literallyWe have all had occasion to write on our hand, either because no paper was available or because we knew we'd probably forget the bit of ­paper along with the thing we'd written on it (although if your memory's in that sort of shape, you probably won't be able to find a pen).There is a big difference, however, between scrawling "bin liners" on the back of your hand before you go to the shops and reading off your palm on tele­vision, as ­Sarah Palin did during the Tea Party Convention at the weekend. Photographs of…

• Bioshock 2 for PS3 and Xbox 360 | Game review

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:15 am

  PS3/Xbox 360; £49.99; cert 18+; 2K GamesIt is difficult to know where to start with a game this perfect, so let's go straight to the headline act: the storyline.Much has been made of Bioshock 2's narrative, and for good reason: it's glorious. You could watch someone else playing and enjoy it as a movie. At its centre is the ideological battle between free-market individualist Andrew Ryan and proto-Stalinist collectivist Sofia Lamb, and this philosophical conflict affects everything you do. You are moving through the wasteland that they created, trying to find the girl you were charged with…

• Ali Dizaei, Metropolitan police commander, jailed for four years

  Vikram Dodd

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:31 am

  Scotland Yard commander who falsely arrested man is jailed for misconduct and attempting to pervert course of justiceThe case against Commander Ali DizaeiThe Metropolitan police commander Ali Dizaei was jailed for four years today after being convicted of falsely arresting a man and making up an account that he had been assaulted and threatened.A jury at Southwark crown court today found the 47-year-old guilty of misconduct in public office and attempting to pervert the course of justice. Dizaei, a controversial and high-profile officer, faces being sacked from the force in disgrace.The jury…

• Body found in plane landing gear hatch

  8 Feb 2010 | 4:38 am

  Tokyo airport mechanic finds apparent stowaway after Delta Airlines flight arrives from New YorkJapanese authorities are trying to identify a body found inside one of the landing gear compartments on a Delta Airlines plane flight that arrived in Tokyo from New York.The body of the apparent stowaway, identified only as that of a male with dark skin, was clad in a long-sleeved plaid shirt and jeans, said police at the Narita international airport.A mechanic found the body lying inside the landing gear compartment of the Boeing 777-200 during maintenance after Delta Flight 59 from New York…

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• NASA Readies a Satellite to Probe the Sun--Inside and Out

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:00 am

  NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory is what might be called a satellite for the information age. It is designed to provide scientists who study the sun with a torrent of data--the space agency says the observatory will return 150 million bits of data about Earth's host star per second, or about 1.5 terabytes per day. [More]

• What Happens in the Amygdala... Damage to Brain's Decision-Making Area May Encourage Dicey Gambles

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:00 am

  Imagine you've lost your job. You have some money saved, and a chance to double it with a gamble. But if you lose the bet, you'll forfeit everything. What would you do? [More]

• Python Predation: Big snakes poised to change U.S. ecosystems

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:00 am

  Brought to the U.S. as pets, Burmese pythons have made headlines with their uncontrolled spread in the Florida Everglades and willingness to challenge alligators for the position of top predator. A report released by the U.S. Geological Survey last fall delivered more bad news: two other constrictor species, also former pets, are thriving in the area, and six others could pose similar threats. Researchers fear that reproductive populations could spread and eat native animals into extinction.The new interlopers--northern and southern African pythons, reticulated pythons, boa constrictors and…

• Distracted Customers' Wait Times Fly

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:05 pm

  You know what it’s like. Sit chatting with a friend, and the hours can zip by. But once someone puts you on hold [audio: bad on-hold music] or makes you wait in line, each second feels interminable. But Dan Zakay of Tel Aviv University has some tricks for businesses to keep waiting customers happy. He published the psychology research in the journal NeuroQuantology . [More]

• The Advantages of Being Helpless

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  At every stage of early development, human babies lag behind infants from other species.  A kitten can amble across a room within moments of birth and catch its first mouse within weeks, while its wide-eyed human counterpart takes months to make her first step, and years to learn even simple tasks, such as how to tie a shoelace or skip a rope, let alone prepare a three-course meal. Yet, in the cognitive race, human babies turn out to be much like the tortoise in Aesop’s fable: emerging triumphant after a slow and steady climb to the finish. As adults, we drive fancy sports…

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• Riding The Rocky Recovery

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am

  The Forbes Investor Team weighs recent developments and comes up with a game plan for the remainder of 2010.

• Recall U.S. Interests In Auto Industry

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am

  Toyota's troubles expose potential conflicts of interest.

• A Raring Recovery

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am

  Our forecast for real GDP growth.

• 20 Inspiring Women To Follow On Twitter

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am

  Women with a skill for putting their hearts and complex issues into 140 characters.

• Get Paid By These Dividend Darlings

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am

  A fat dividend yield can help smooth out what may be a rocky time in 2010. Here are some places to find nice ones.

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• Mackie Says 'Hurt Locker' Better Than 'Avatar'

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:37 am

  Mackie Says 'Hurt Locker' Better Than 'Avatar' Anthony Mackie says 'The Hurt Locker' is the best film of the year, even better than 'Avatar.' While he wasn't nominated for an Oscar, his co-star, Jeremy Renner, and director, Kathryn Bigelow did get the nod. (Feb. 9) From: AssociatedPress Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 02:16 More in Entertainment

• WH Press Secretary Scribbles Notes on Hand

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:34 am

  WH Press Secretary Scribbles Notes on Hand In a bow to vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs went to his hand during a briefing Tuesday to remember points he wanted to make to reporters. (Feb. 9) From: AssociatedPress Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 00:45 More in News & Politics

• Wife of Minn. Bridge Victim Adopts Haitian Twins

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:08 am

  Wife of Minn. Bridge Victim Adopts Haitian Twins Betsy Sathers lost her husband in the collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis. Now she's building a new family with the recent adoption of two-year-old twin orphans from Haiti. (Feb. 9) From: AssociatedPress Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 01:39 More in News & Politics

• U.S. Forces Hunting "Scoundrels" in Afghanistan

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:55 am

  U.S. Forces Hunting "Scoundrels" in Afghanistan US Army soldiers launched a preliminary operation Tuesday in support of a planned US-Afghan attack on the largest Taliban-controlled town in southern Afghanistan. (Feb. 9) From: AssociatedPress Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 01:09 More in News & Politics

• Raw Video: Obama Appears at WH Briefing

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:43 am

  Raw Video: Obama Appears at WH Briefing President Barack Obama makes an appearance at the daily White House briefing, joking with reporters about making it there despite the snow clogging Washington. And he says Senate leaders are working together, making snow angels. (Feb. 9) From: AssociatedPress Views: 246 9 ratings Time: 00:59 More in News & Politics

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• Tom Shannon: The painter and the pendulum

  5 Feb 2010 | 8:13 am

  Tom Shannon: The painter and the pendulum www.ted.com TED Talks TED visits Tom Shannon in his Manhattan studio for an intimate look at his science-inspired art. An eye-opening, personal conversation with John Hockenberry reveals how nature's forces -- and the onset of Parkinson's tremors -- interact in his life and craft. From: TEDtalksDirector Views: 12827 269 ratings Time: 13:22 More in People & Blogs

• David Agus: A new strategy in the war against cancer

  4 Feb 2010 | 1:57 pm

  David Agus: A new strategy in the war against cancer www.ted.com Traditionally, David Agus explains, cancer treatments have had a short-sighted focus on the offending individual cells. He suggests a new, cross-disciplinary approach, using atypical drugs, computer modeling and protein analysis to treat and analyze the whole body. From: TEDtalksDirector Views: 8893 269 ratings Time: 23:45 More in Science & Technology

• George Whitesides: A lab the size of a postage stamp

  3 Feb 2010 | 7:22 am

  George Whitesides: A lab the size of a postage stamp www.ted.com Traditional lab tests for disease diagnosis can be too expensive and cumbersome for the regions most in need. George Whitesides' ingenious answer, at tedxboston, is a foolproof tool that can be manufactured at virtually zero cost. From: TEDtalksDirector Views: 10272 313 ratings Time: 16:47 More in Science & Technology

• Jamie Heywood: The big idea my brother inspired

  2 Feb 2010 | 10:43 am

  Jamie Heywood: The big idea my brother inspired www.ted.com When Jamie Heywood's brother was diagnosed with ALS, he devoted his life to fighting the disease as well. The Heywood brothers built an ingenious website where people share and track data on their illnesses -- and they discovered that the collective data had enormous power to comfort, explain and predict. From: TEDtalksDirector Views: 10761 340 ratings Time: 16:55 More in Science & Technology

• Sendhil Mullainathan: Solving social problems with a nudge

  2 Feb 2010 | 9:52 am

  Sendhil Mullainathan: Solving social problems with a nudge www.ted.com macarthur winner Sendhil Mullainathan uses the lens of behavioral economics to study a tricky set of social problems -- those we know how to solve, but don't. We know how to reduce child deaths due to diarrhea, how to prevent diabetes-related blindness and how to implement solar-cell technology ... yet somehow, we don't or can't. Why? From: TEDtalksDirector Views: 5993 195 ratings Time: 20:34 More in Science & Technology

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• Key to Effective Negotiations for Women

  5 Feb 2010 | 3:56 pm

  Key to Effective Negotiations for Women Deborah Kolb, Deloitte Ellen Gabriel Professor for Women and Leadership at the Simmons College School of Management, discusses the emerging body of research on the role of gender in negotiation, the variety of factors that may explain wage disparities between men and women and women's underrepresentation in leadership roles, and negotiating strategies that maybe help women overcome barriers to success. Stanford University www.stanford.edu Michele R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford http Stanford University Channel on youtube:…

• Iraq: The Disputed the Zone

  5 Feb 2010 | 3:49 pm

  Iraq: The Disputed the Zone (August 2009) Martin Lewis, Stanford Senior Lecturer in International History, discusses religious diversity in Iraq and raises questions about genocide and geopolitics in the northern regions. Stanford University: www.stanford.edu Stanford Continuing Studies: csp.stanford.edu Stanford University Channel on youtube: www.youtube.com From: StanfordUniversity Views: 490 22 ratings Time: 37:35 More in Education

• DRAM Errors in the Wild: A Large-Scale Field Study

  5 Feb 2010 | 3:47 pm

  DRAM Errors in the Wild: A Large-Scale Field Study (October 21, 2009) Bianca Schroeder of the University of Toronto Computer Science Department gives an in depth discussion on how common dynamic random access memory errors are, their statistical properties, and how they are affected by external and chip-specific factors. Stanford University: www.stanford.edu Stanford Engineering Everywhere: see.stanford.edu Stanford Center for Professional Development: scpd.stanford.edu Stanford School of Engineering: soe.stanford.edu Stanford University Channel on youtube: www.youtube.com From:…

• Programming by Sketching

  5 Feb 2010 | 3:37 pm

  Programming by Sketching (October 9, 2009) Ras Bodik, from UC Berkeley Computer Science, discusses how partial programs can communicate programmer insight, how suitable synthesis algorithm completes the mechanics, and how end-user programming may be decomposable into partial program completion. Stanford University: www.stanford.edu Stanford Engineering Everywhere: see.stanford.edu Stanford Channel on youtube: www.youtube.com From: StanfordUniversity Views: 476 10 ratings Time: 01:03:23 More in Education

• Citizen Engineer

  5 Feb 2010 | 3:25 pm

  Citizen Engineer (October 14, 2009) "Whereas the 20th century belonged to the scientist, the 21st century", says Sun Microsystems CTO Greg Papadopoulos, "is the domain of the engineer." Rather than secretly toiling away on new discoveries, modern engineers are concerned about social responsibility, renewable materials and product life cycles, collaborative and open source discovery, and furthering industry-wide innovation. As Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Research and Development at Sun, Greg Papadopoulos directs the company's approximate $2B…

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• Tavis Smiley's Video Blog - Black History Month Celebration | PBS

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:42 am

  Tavis Smiley's Video Blog - Black History Month Celebration | PBS Tavis weighs in on the importance of Black History Month and its relevance today. Check out Tavis Smiley on PBS. For more information, see www.pbs.org From: PBS Views: 1 0 ratings Time: 03:31 More in People & Blogs

• NBR | Don Moore Extended Interview | Your Mind and Your Money | PBS

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:33 am

  NBR | Don Moore Extended Interview | Your Mind and Your Money | PBS www.pbs.org PBS Airdate: February 8, 2010 Professor Moore provides his insights on the dynamics of investor overconfidence. For more information visit: www.pbs.org From: PBS Views: 1 0 ratings Time: 05:50 More in News & Politics

• NBR | Investor Overconfidence | Your Mind and Your Money | PBS

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:05 am

  NBR | Investor Overconfidence | Your Mind and Your Money | PBS www.pbs.org PBS Airdate: February 8, 2010 Dan Grech explains why overconfidence can be a negative for most investors. For more information visit: www.pbs.org From: PBS Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 03:52 More in News & Politics

• Independent Lens | P STAR | Film Clip #3 | PBS

  7 Feb 2010 | 11:00 am

  Independent Lens | P STAR | Film Clip #3 | PBS www.pbs.org "I've got scars here from shooting up heroin. You know what heroin is?" The story of a single-father who is determined that his 9- year old daughter become a rap star and thus redeem his deferred dream. We follow the father-daughter duo through the grit and glamour of the music industry, the struggles of being a single dad with no means, and the sacrifices a child makes in order to make her daddy proud. P-STAR RISING premieres February 9, 2009 on Independent Lens, a weekly series airing on PBS. Hosted by Maggie…

• Independent Lens | P STAR | Film Clip #2 | PBS

  6 Feb 2010 | 2:00 am

  Independent Lens | P STAR | Film Clip #2 | PBS www.pbs.org "My company, DFE, which is Diaz Family Entertainment. I'm the CEO but I'm too young." The story of a single-father who is determined that his 9- year old daughter become a rap star and thus redeem his deferred dream. We follow the father-daughter duo through the grit and glamour of the music industry, the struggles of being a single dad with no means, and the sacrifices a child makes in order to make her daddy proud. P-STAR RISING premieres February 9, 2009 on Independent Lens, a weekly series airing on PBS. Hosted…

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• SD card reader for iPhone might help bridge the photo gap

  Aron Trimble

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:35 am

  Filed under: Macworld, Accessories, Hardware, iPhone It's cool that Apple is getting all cozy with SD cards for the iPad; it helps to sell the idea that the iPad is closer to a MacBook than an iPhone. As useful as an SD card reader is for the iPad, there is one minor hiccup: it probably won't work with the iPhone. ZoomMediaPlus aims to fill that gap with the ZoomIt SD card reader/application for the iPhone. The ZoomIt is a dongle that plugs in to the iPhone's dock connector and (with the use of Zoom's app) allows you to view and share content stored on an SD card. According to ZoomMediaPlus,…

• Answers for the 'rents about the iPad

  Erica Sadun

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:00 am

  Filed under: AppleSo my folks were here this weekend, and as you'd expect my Dad is really curious about the upcoming iPad, or as he likes to put it "his new 3G iPad". I convinced him that he should wait for April so he could get the new postpaid-data-ready iPad, which he could use anywhere, not just with WiFi hotspots. As we were talking, I began to realize that he didn't really have a clear idea of exactly what this gadget is -- and lots of you probably have parents in similar situations. So I put together this Q&A using actual questions my Dad asked throughout the course of the…

• SDK devsugar: Re-signing applications

  Erica Sadun

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:00 am

  Filed under: AppleTUAW's devsugar series helps introduce developers to tools and tricks that they might not yet be familiar with. Today's tip centers on signing already-compiled and already-signed applications with a new custom signature. A while back, I posted about a way to sign already-compiled applications with your personal credentials in order to better allow developer-to-developer distribution. By re-signing an application, it allows you to install it on any of the devices you have registered to your account at Apple without having to go through the fuss and bother of normal ad-hoc…

• Apple ships latest version of Aperture for photo professionals

  Mel Martin

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:00 am

  Filed under: Multimedia, Software, Software UpdateIt certainly caused a lot of excitement when the Apple web store went down this morning. No, it wasn't an updated MacBook Pro line but Aperture 3, Apple's high-end photo editing and image management software. The latest version is U.S. $199.00, and upgrades are available for any existing Aperture users for $99.00. Apple says Aperture 3 has "more than 200 new features", including Faces and Places, brought over from iPhoto '09. There is an enhanced tool called Brushes, which allows photographers to paint adjustments and filters directly onto…

• The Apple Store is back online

  Mike Schramm

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:24 am

  Filed under: Apple Yes, as expected, the Apple Store is down for the morning, presumably to update us with brand new MacBook Pros and whatever else Apple has cooked up for a release. We'll keep an eye on the website along with you readers, and when we see what's been updated, we'll let you know. Do be patient -- as many of us are traveling to Macworld today, we might actually be on the roads and/or in the air when it happens, but we'll update as soon as we can. Stay tuned. Update: It's back up, and it appears the new hotness is... Aperture 3. Thanks to all who sent this in!TUAWThe Apple Store…

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• Not All Major Publishers Reportedly On Board With Agency Model for eBook Pricing

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:46 am

  TBI Research reports that not all major book publishers are enamored with the "agency model" being pushed by a number of publishers inspired by Apple's forthcoming iPad tablet device and iBookstore online store to assert more control over their conte...

• Apple's Research Into Social Aspects of Online Shopping Gaining Renewed Attention

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:01 am

  In April 2008, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published an Apple patent application revealing the company's research into ways of integrating social aspects into online shopping as part of enhancements to the visitor experience. As des...

• Music Labels See Slower iTunes Sales Growth in Wake of Price Increases

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:49 am

  MediaMemo notes that Warner Music Group has reported seeing slower sales growth via Apple's iTunes Store since the introduction of variable pricing last year.Warner Music Group (WMG) said this morning that it has seen unit sales grow...

• Apple Releases Aperture 3 With Faces and Places Tagging Features

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:49 am

  Apple today announced the release of Aperture 3, adding over 200 new features to the company's professional photo editing and management application. The updated version includes the Faces and Places tagging features introduced in iPhoto las...

• Apple Job Posting Suggests Video Recording Coming to Future iPad Models

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:41 pm

  A new job posting on Apple's site suggests that the company is preparing to add still and video camera capabilities to its iPad tablet device in the future. The position is for a quality assurance engineer in the Media Systems division of Apple's br...

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• BlackBerry Curve trumps iPhone, Droid as tops in US

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:15 pm

  IDC as part of a wave of mobile market share updates has again given the crown to the BlackBerry Curve as the top selling smartphone in the US. Despite the line's relative age, it outsold both the second-place iPhone and third-place Motorola Droid during the fall and was joined in the top ten by four other models: the Pearl, Bold, Storm and Tour occupied the fifth, sixth, seventh and ninth place spots respectively. The iPhone 3G, Palm Pre and myTouch 3G filled out the fourth-, eighth- and tenth-place positions....

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  9 Feb 2010 | 12:15 pm

• Intel to add 1.33GHz ULV Core i7 this summer?

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:25 am

  An unofficial report has Intel releasing a new ultra-low voltage Core i7 CPU this summer, the 660UM. The dual-core chip would produce a 1.33GHz clock speed but ramp up to 2.4GHz speeds when overclocked in Turbo Boost. When it arrives, it should supercede the 1.2GHz Core i7 640UM, support the same 800MHz DDR3 memory and consume the same 18W of total power as the slower model....

• Google unveils Buzz live updates on Gmail, Android, iPhone

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:10 am

  Google at its event today gave its users a new real-time status update system. Google Buzz aggregates live updates from a user's Google contacts and shows not just direct messages but updates from Twitter, Google Reader updates, and media posts from Flickr, Picasa and YouTube. Photos and videos are given special treatment and include special media browsers to view content without having to leave the existing environment....

• ARES, ARES Commander promise cross-platform CAD

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:30 am

  Germany's Graebert has formally announced ARES, a new CAD tool. The software is touted mainly as cross-platform, able to run natively on Windows, Mac and Linux systems. Mobile versions are planned for Android, Windows Mobile and the iPad....

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  8 Feb 2010 | 6:36 pm

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• Palm gate

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:36 pm

  Sarah Palin gets bashed for cribbing notes on her palm, then writes "Hi Mom" to mock critics. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports.

• Exiled Iranian spreads word

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:26 pm

  An exiled Iranian whose journalist father is in jail in Iran wants to get stories out of and into Iran.

• Toyota problem electronic?

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:19 pm

  Experts say Toyota's stuck gas pedal problem may be electronic, not mechanical. CNN's Drew Griffin reports.

• Symbol of Iranian defiance

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:14 pm

  CNN's Ivan Watson looks back at Neda, the woman who became symbol of defiance in Iran.

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• Dogs and sleds

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:21 am

  Dogsleds are in the news lately, as several races have recently taken place around the Northern Hemisphere, and as transportation choices for both a meeting of the G-7 and the start of the 2010 U.S. census. Mushers brought representatives to Iqaluit, a small village in Nunavut Territory, chosen to host a recent G-7 meeting, in part so Canada could assert sovereignty over its part of the Arctic. The 2010 U.S. Census, as per tradition, kicked off its count on January 25th in a rural part of Alaska in the small village of Noorvik, as census takers arrived by dogsled. And recent dogsled races…

• Colorful India

  5 Feb 2010 | 7:37 am

  January 26th, 2010 marked the 60th anniversary of India's adoption of the Constitution of India, and the 80th anniversary of its original 1930 Declaration of Independence from British rule. The annual holiday is celebrated as Republic Day, with a grand parade held in the capital, New Delhi, and many other celebrations across the diverse nation. Collected here are a number of photographs from the Republic Day celebrations and many more colorful glimpses of daily life from all around India. (40 photos total)Indian soldiers march during the Indian Republic Day parade in New Delhi on January 26,…

• Tough Guy Challenge 2010

  3 Feb 2010 | 8:28 am

  The 24th annual Tough Guy Challenge took place last weekend, on Sunday, January 31st, on South Perton Farm, near Wolverhampton, England. Despite being billed as "the safest most dangerous taste of physical and mental endurance pain in the world", this year's race still attracted over 5,000 men and women - all of them signing a disclaimer saying "It's my own bloody fault for being here". About 600 racers did not complete the course this year - the winner being Paul Jones of Oswestry, England, completing the course in one hour 18 minutes. The Challenge is annual event to raise cash for charity…

• Haiti three weeks later

  1 Feb 2010 | 7:26 am

  Tomorrow will mark three weeks since the massive January 12th earthquake in Haiti, and tent cities remain full, even as some businesses and factories are beginning to reopen in Port-au-Prince. Now that massive amounts of aid have arrived, distribution problems have cropped up and are being addressed. The World Food Program has begun a new system of delivering rice to 10,000 Haitians per day at each of 16 women-only distribution points around the city - restricted to women, since young men often muscle their way to the front of distribution lines, and the women are viewed as more likely to…

• Afghanistan, January, 2010

  29 Jan 2010 | 7:31 am

  As the surge of 30,000 U.S. troops continues to pour into Afghanistan, the Obama administration is now considering the possibility of reconciling with some of the Taliban, reintegrating the soldiers into society, as a way to find an end to this long conflict. The plan is supported by Afghan president Hamid Karzai, although discussions are still in the very early stages. A recent United Nations report found that violence in Afghanistan claimed the lives of more than 2,400 Afghan civilians in the year 2009. While this is the largest annual death toll for noncombatants since the U.S. led…