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AMA: Illegal Internet pharmacies threaten public health
Illegal Internet pharmacies — which recently have gained more attention in Texas — “are a threat to the public health,” a trustee of the American Medical Association told a congressional committee.
Earth faces sixth mass extinction
The Earth may be on the brink of a sixth mass extinction on a par with the five others that have punctuated its history, suggests the strongest evidence yet.
‘Real World’ may come to Austin
“The Real World” — the MTV show that set the standard for reality TV programming — might make Austin part of its world.
Via launches teensy motherboard
Via Technologies has begun selling a new supersmall motherboard that’s just 4.8 inches square and comes with an x86 chip compatible with Intel’s Pentium processor.
Report says Time Warner executives have held talks recently about sale of online unit to Microsoft.
Its a bit weird seeing yourself quoted in other people’s blogs… weird… but kinda cool. 🙂
Oooo… and picture of me here… fun!
Ellison gives wife rich gift of Oracle stock
Software billionaire Larry Ellison has given his new bride a pricey gift — 911,744 shares of his company’s stock.
Rewritable DVDs, old drives don’t always play nice
Faster rewritable DVDs for a major format are about to hit the market, but they are not designed to record material in earlier drives.
“Rackspace is profiled on Forbes.com today in an article on our interactive chat on Rackspace.com. This is a first for Rackspace, as Forbes traditionally only covers public companies or those with hundreds of millions in revenue.”
Cable taps into wiretap law
At least one cable operator is starting to comply with a federal law that has long required telecommunications carriers to help police conduct electronic surveillance, according to a source familiar with the company’s plans.
The annual South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival begins on Wednesday, bringing thousands of music lovers and independent musicians to Austin, Texas, for five days of live music. It’s also the biggest confab of artists who aren’t afraid of the Web or new technologies and are eager to meet the fans who support them.
XFN™ (XHTML Friends Network) is a simple way to represent human relationships using hyperlinks.
Net hermit to ditch DotComGuy moniker
DotComGuy – the man who spent an entire year in a house living off entirely what he could find on the Net – is to change his name back to plain old Mitch Maddox.
Report reveals global problem of drug-resistant TB
The largest ever survey of drug-resistant tuberculosis has unveiled “worrying” levels of the disease, with health experts warning that the issue is a global problem.
Brain Size Surprise: All primates may share expanded frontal cortex
Researchers have traditionally theorized that the frontal cortex, a brain region linked to mental faculties such as planning and reasoning, expanded to an unprecedented extent during human evolution. However, a new analysis of brains from many different mammals takes the uniqueness out of our frontal cortex.
Unwelcome baggage: Sick fliers
As Ken Proctor, a shoe company executive from Hot Springs, Ark., settled into his EVA Airline seat for the flight from Taipei to Los Angeles, he began to get nervous about the sweat pouring off the man sitting next to him.
Every so often you run into a commercial that makes you chuckle… this is one of them for me. 🙂
Boeing to offer roaming via in-flight WLANs
Deutsche Telekom’s T-Systems subsidiary and Boeing are to seek ways in which the aircraft maker’s in-flight WLAN service, Connexion, can be tied in to T-Systems’ wireless ISP-oriented roaming enablement platform.
San Antonio is 17th destination city in America for movers
San Antonio was the No. 17 destination city among people moving 50 miles or more, according to the 2003 U-Haul Co. national migration trend report for the top 50 U.S. destination cities.
Cutting carbs on the road is tough, but help’s on the way
For the low-carbohydrate dieter, a business trip can be like a walk through a minefield. Venturing from the safety of their own kitchens, traveling dieters may find themselves peeling apart sandwiches on planes to gobble the carb-friendly turkey and cheese slices while disposing of the carb-loaded bread.
Long-haul fliers reap benefits of competition
The USA’s big airlines are losing their last haven of high profits — coast-to-coast flights.
Bite-mark evidence can leave false impression
On 8 April 2002 Ray Krone walked out of prison in Yuma, Arizona, having spent 10 years behind bars, including two on death row. His conviction, for stabbing cocktail waitress Kim Ancona to death, was secured largely on the basis of a supposed match between his teeth and a bite mark on the victim’s breast.
Astronomers find 10th planet
It is a frozen world more than 8 billion miles from Earth and believed to be the farthest known object within our solar system.
Seedy secret of healthier milk revealed
Butter that not only spreads easily when cold, but also contains a healthier balance of fats has been developed by researchers tinkering with the diets of cows.
Evidentally, some random woman got Chris Rock’s old cell phone number… she decided to write about – really funny stuff.
Paris Hilton primps for ‘Simple’ trip
In the sequel to Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie’s hit Fox reality show The Simple Life, the socialites-turned-TV stars are driving themselves on a 30-day cross-country trip with no money, credit cards, cell phones or boyfriends.
I was sitting in the session that Craig Newmark was hosting and he mentioned a term called “Toothing”… so I looked it up – and I was shocked.
Check it out and here’s another one
Who knew?!
Clear Channel runs afoul of indecency rules, again
Clear Channel Communications Inc. (NYSE: CCU) is facing a new round of allegations from the Federal Communications Commission that its stations aired sexually explicit material.
New artificial blood shows promise
Numerous past attempts to develop synthetic blood have failed because doctors got the basic science wrong, claim a handful of researchers. This week it was announced that a blood substitute based on their alternative theories is looking promising in an early trial.
Agency initiates steps for selective draft
The government is taking the first steps toward a targeted military draft of Americans with special skills in computers and foreign languages.
Underground wiring shocks people, pets
When a New Yorker walking her dogs was electrocuted in January by faulty wiring under the pavement, it seemed like the freakiest of accidents — until several pets in other big cities were killed or shocked in the weeks that followed.
Glazed diet? Krispy Kreme plans low-sugar doughnut
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (KKD), long known for its high-calorie treats, says it plans to offer a low-sugar doughnut to attract dieters and diabetics.
Nutrient during pregnancy ‘super-charges’ brain
Taking a nutrient called choline during pregnancy could “super-charge” children’s brains for life, suggests a study in rats.
Magazine names Chris Rock as funniest man
He’s not on television regularly anymore, but Entertainment Weekly has judged Chris Rock to be the funniest man in America.
Still waiting for that check in the mail? Here’s the ugly truth about rebates–and how to steer clear of the gotchas.
R.I.P., Texas Oil – Here Comes the Sun
Inside the plot to make the Lone Star State a solar powerhouse.
Stewart brands see no change in sales rates
Companies that make or sell Martha Stewart brands appear not to be deterred by her felony conviction. Most report no change in sales and say they’ll sell her goods for as long as consumers buy them.
I love my cyberknife… but this is may be cooler:
CeBIT to premiere USB Swiss Army Knife
It was bound to happen. Given that you can buy a Victorinox Swiss Army Knive with just about every gadget known to man, from horse-hoof awl to Hubble Space Telescope lens polisher, it’s no real surprise that the company – in association with flash memory outfit Swissbit – is now offering cutting tools plus USB flash memory stick. The gadget will be unleashed on an incredulous world at CeBIT next week.
Dogma on mammals’ eggs scrambled
Contrary to popular belief, female mammals produce new eggs after birth, a new study in mice suggests.
The perils of Googling
Google is in many ways most dangerous website on the Internet for thousands of individuals and organisations, writes SecurityFocus columnist Scott Granneman. Most computers users still have no idea that they may be revealing far more to the world than they would want.