California: Hot Spot Hits 812 Degrees, Starts Fires

This is a scientific mystery. Why one patch of land hits 812 degrees and literally sets things on fire is under investigation."High atop a steep grass-covered mountain overlooking the Little Sespe Canyon near Fillmore, the earth is on fire. Wisps of smoke rise from a brown...

Where the mould grows - Clayoquot Sound First Nations poor housing conditions

This is what the First Nations of Clayoquot Sound are facing, high unemployment, poor housing conditions and little hope.  With logging and mining about to begin, resource extraction is looked to as the ways...

Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better: MIDI Software Duel

  Last night I bore witness to a battle... a geeky, geeky battle. Two MIDI-support software packages faced off in the arena of death, popcorn and kittens, and only one emerged triumphant. At odds were...

Facebook tramp leaves £34,000 in unclaimed pension money

Tramps - real tramps with long beards who look, well look like tramps should look, are often loved and hated in the same measure and become someone to look out for. This tramp had a large facebook following and...

Lump spotted on Mars might be ice - or stone

"Less than a week after landing safely on a cold, sunny patch of far northern Mars, NASA's Phoenix lander is at work and one of its cameras, scientist said Friday, has already detected a lump of ice - or maybe only a little Martian rock.Either way, the Phoenix will begin...

British woman, 24, plunges to death in French Alps in climbing accident

A 24-year-old British woman, from Kent and has not been named, slipped on a patch of black ice while scaling the 13,000 foot Tour Rond peak near Chamoix, has died in a climbing accident in the French Alps. She...

Report: New NY Governor Admits Affair

The best defense is a good offense..."With his predecessor's term doomed by a sex scandal, brand-new Gov. David Paterson tried to come clean about his own skeletons just hours after assuming office by acknowledging a years-old affair.Paterson was sworn in almost exactly a...

Johnson & Johnson Pain Patch Recall - J&J sais Leak Can Cause Accidental Over...

"Recall Alert: February 13, 2008 Johnson & Johnson announced that it and Novartis AG's Sandoz unit are recalling patches comprising of  fentany because of possible cuts in the drug reservoir that could cause a leak and expose people.The patches are produced by...

Researchers Expose 'Stupid Phisher Tricks'

It's funny that some of the script kiddies using plug and play phishing tools are being subjected to phishing themselves inadvertedly just by using those tools. It's almost like the food chain....   " Researchers Expose 'Stupid Phisher...

White Sands celebrates monumental anniversary

"LAS CRUCES — It was Jan. 18, 1933 — 75 years ago today — and President Herbert Hoover was two days away from turning his Depression-wracked presidency over to Franklin Roosevelt. One of his last acts was to...

Strategic Command 2 Weapons and Warfare Expansion v1.02 Patch

"Merry Christmas all! This is a busy season for everyone and to help celebrate a little early we are releasing the latest Strategic Command 2 Weapons and Warfare Expansion v1.02 Patch. This patch improves the various aspects of Amphibous Transport units and warfare as well as...

The “Ow” starts now - 100 reasons not to upgrade to Windows Vista (part 1)

"Windows Vista. Basically paying $239 or $399 to buy Direct X 10, and some design and fixes to IE on top of Windows XP. That is $399 in the era of the ‘$100 laptop’ (admittedly the $100 is a goal, estimates currently lying at around $160). Windows Vista is a step by...

Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch Lawsuit Filed

  Problems that arose with the Ortho Evra birth control patch were tied to the very substances they released into the body and the high amounts of estrogen and progestin.  Basically, exposure to these hormones at these levels led to an increased risk of blood...

Microsoft "...Didn't Change Automatic Updates"

"Microsoft has denied that its software had arbitrarily changed Windows Vista's update settings, saying that users were responsible for the modifications that generated claims of unauthorized patch installs. Reacting to reports that first surfaced last week, a program manager...

Software Update Disables Hacked IPhones

"Apple Inc. has issued a software update that creates problems for iPhones modified to work with a cellular carrier other than AT&T Inc. and disables at least some unofficial programs installed on other iPhone...

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