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Monthly Archives: April 2010

Video: The videos games of May

April 30, 2010 – 3:24 am

Iron Man, cowboys, spartans, and more, these are the video games of May. Msnbc.com's Todd Kenreck reports. (msnbc.com)Iron Man, cowboys, spartans, and more, these are the video games of May. Msnbc.com’s Todd Kenreck reports. (msnbc.com)

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Too risky to phone ET? Too late — NASA’s tried

April 30, 2010 – 3:17 am

Stephen Hawking says it is too risky to try to talk to space aliens. Oops. Too late. NASA and others have already beamed several messages into deep space, trying to phone E.T.

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Report: Microsoft cancels two-screen tablet

April 30, 2010 – 3:02 am

Microsoft Courier's combination of both touch- and pen-based computing was compelling. According to sources familiar with the matter, Microsoft has cancelled Courier, the folding, two-screen prototype tablet that was first uncovered by Gizmodo.

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Frogs much like humans, genetically speaking

April 30, 2010 – 1:26 am

The African clawed frog X. tropicalis (left), whose genome was recently sequenced, along with its larger cousin X. laevis (right).African clawed frogs have more in common with humans than you might think, according to their newly sequenced genome, which shows a surprising number of commonalities with the human genome.

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WP: FTC could gain enforcement power over ’Net

April 30, 2010 – 1:17 am

The Federal Trade Commission could become a more powerful watchdog for Internet users under a little-known provision in financial overhaul legislation that would expand the agency’s ability to create rules.

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Steve Jobs slams Adobe Flash as unfit for iPhone

April 29, 2010 – 11:40 pm

Apple CEO Steve Jobs is going on the offensive against Adobe’s Flash technology. He says it’s too buggy, battery-draining and PC-oriented to work on the iPhone and iPad.

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New species of ancient flying reptile discovered

April 29, 2010 – 11:28 pm

A pterosaur that flew above what is now the Dallas-Fort Worth area (which was covered by a sea millions of years ago) was identified from its fossilized jaw. An ancient reptile with a 9-foot wingspan was soaring over the sea in what is now North Texas some 95 million years ago when — plop — it fell into the water and died.

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So long, nerds! Syfy doesn’t need you

April 29, 2010 – 10:59 pm

Hoping for more geeky fare such as "Stargate Universe" on Syfy? Well, forget about it. The network wants you to watch wrestling instead.Presumably fulfilling its post-rebranding promise to “Imagine Greater,” the former Sci Fi Channel — now known as Syfy — has imagined its way right out of the niche that made the cable network.

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China revises state secrets law to include Internet

April 29, 2010 – 9:18 pm

China on Thursday adopted a revised law on state secrets, designed to adapt authorities’ wide-ranging powers to officially include telecoms and online communications.

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Church recruits young priests via Facebook

April 29, 2010 – 8:57 pm

As he sat in Church last Sunday afternoon, Guillaume Humblot found himself troubled by the declining number of Catholic priests in France, and asked himself if he was ready to join the cloth.

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