Child leukaemia 'genes' revealed

" Genetic flaws that increase the risk of the most common form of childhood leukaemia have been uncovered by British scientists. The three variants each raise the risk by between 30% and 60%, said the Institute of...

NAIA 3: Airport with falling ceilings

What could be more disappointing in the Philippines besides your elected officials engaged in graft and corruption? It's a Billion priced project payed by Filipino citizens from their taxes that would turn out...

What Men Aren't Telling You (Or, Why You Shouldn't Listen)

"That women are mysterious and unknowable is something every young man grows up believing. Men, on the other hand, never think of themselves as mysterious or confusing, and we are often at a loss as to why women...

Online risk due to browser flaws

This is something that we should give our attention. There are plenty of issues with every browsers so far, infact the Mozilla Firefox gets updated every time with the help of open source community. By this study,...

What to tell your kids about being ugly

"1. It doesn’t matter what you wear An ugly person in nice clothes looks like spray-painted dry rot, you don’t hide anything, you just look like you are trying to, the ugliness being accentuated by the niceness of your wardrobe. People will be less likely to approach...

Facebook Security lapse Allows Paris Hilton Pictures to be Leaked

A Vancouver-based computer technician, Byron Ng, was looking for flaws in Facebook's security - and boy, did he find one. Using a template Ng designed, the Associated Press was able to access thousands of photos,...

Despite its flaws, EcoDensity is worthy of support

Trevor Boddy gives an update on Vancouver's EcoDensity plan: "VANCOUVER — After nearly two years of work, the city's EcoDensity plan comes closer to reality with city council's public hearings on the initiative...

Hillary's Looming Electability Crisis

Talk of Hillary's electability (read: un-electability) is ratcheting up in the days prior to Super Tuesday.  I'd like to think I was ahead of the curve on this one.  I personally know at least six Republicans (read: every Republican I know) who will vote...

Microsoft: Vista More Secure Than XP and Open Source

Google is expanding into alternative energy in its most ambitious effort yet to ease the environmental strain caused by the company's voracious appetite for power to run its massive computing centers.

Microsoft gears up for nine patches next week

"Microsoft Corp. today said it will release nine security updates next Tuesday, half again as many as last month, targeting flaws in Windows, Office, Internet Explorer (IE) and Virtual PC. Of the nine bulletins...

Why The Simpsons flopped in the Middle East

One can assume APU the lively shopkeep is stereotyped as a burly red neck Calgarian. Though it has to be a stretch how the other characters who liven the show are omitted. But then we have mosque on the prairie....

Hackers: Beware of Social Networking Sites

With over 100 million members logged on Myspace alone, personal information has never been more vulnerable. Hackers are sifting thru millions of private accounts as we keep giving them more and more ways to...

Your media player could be a hacker's playground

The artical says it all, hackers keep knocking down our doors."Your media player could be a hacker's playground JORDAN ROBERTSON Associated Press August 2, 2007 at 9:24 PM EDT LAS VEGAS — Media players in...

Fix 4 New Critical Flaws in Windows OS

Microsoft considers these critical flaws could be used by an attacker to remotely run unauthorized software on the victim’s machine, theoretically leading to the propagation of an Internet worm. There are 6 sets of patches, 4 will fix critical flaws.

Don't use WEP! - German security researchers report.

"Researchers have discovered a faster way to crack the Wi-Fi security protocol The Wi-Fi security protocol WEP should not be relied on to protect sensitive material, according to three German security researchers who have discovered a faster way to crack it. They plan to...

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