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Monthly Archives: March 2012

Tracking your kids for safety — and for health

March 31, 2012 – 11:20 pm

Technology makes it possible to keep tabs on our kids in a way our parents couldn’t. And the latest round of gadgets may give today's mom and dad more peace of mind.Technology makes it possible to keep tabs on our kids in a way our parents couldn’t. And the latest round of gadgets may give today’s mom and dad more peace of mind.

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Stalker-like, girl-hunting iPhone app outed

March 31, 2012 – 6:45 am

The use of Foursquare's location-based services, crucial to the app being effective when it comes to literally finding girls by those on the hunt.An iPhone app called “Girls Around Me” has just lost its best asset: The use of Foursquare’s location-based services, crucial to the app being effective when it comes to literally finding girls by those on the hunt.

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Mars’ mystery cloud explained

March 31, 2012 – 5:27 am

Amateur astronomers have been marveling over a curious cloud they spotted on the Mars — and now the professionals are focusing in on an explanation.Science editor Alan Boyle’s blog: Amateur astronomers have been marveling over a curious cloud they spotted on the Mars — and now the professionals are focusing in on an explanation.

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For teen girls, cellphones and cars don’t mix

March 31, 2012 – 5:19 am

    New driver in the family? If it’s your daughter, you may be wise to remind her not to use her cellphone in the car. The advice is good for everyone in the family, but a new study suggests that teen girls are twice as likely as teen boys to use cellphones and other electronic devices while driving — and that can spell disaster on the road.  

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PhotoBlog: National Geographic features new images of the unseen Titanic

March 31, 2012 – 4:44 am

National Geographic magazine and a team of researchers have unveiled new images of the Titanic, revealing unrestricted views of the wreck for the first time ever.National Geographic magazine and a team of researchers have unveiled new images of the Titanic, revealing unrestricted views of the wreck for the first time ever.

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Ancient alien planets upend view of universe

March 31, 2012 – 4:38 am

An artist’s impression of the star HIP 11952 and its two Jupiter-like planets. Astronomers think this alien planetary system is about 12.8 billion years old.Astronomers have discovered a planetary system that formed nearly 13 billion years ago, suggesting the early universe harbored more planets than has been thought.

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Your old Xbox could be stealing your credit card

March 31, 2012 – 4:17 am

It’s not the usual approach to security, but if you want to keep your credit-card data safe, you might want to take a hammer to your old Xbox 360’s hard drive, researchers say, although Microsoft disputes the findings.

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Two ‘extinct’ trees rediscovered in Africa

March 31, 2012 – 4:05 am

Rediscoveed species Erythrina schliebenii, center, has a trunk with vicious spines.Two tree species once feared extinct have been discovered in a threatened coastal forest in the African country of Tanzania. The two species have made reappearances before, but both trees, one a legume, the other a member of the mint family, were thought to have finally been obliterated in recent years.

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Twitter takes TweetDeck temporarily offline

March 31, 2012 – 4:00 am

Twitter's TweetDeck software went offline Friday after a possible security glitch that gave one user "access to hundreds of accounts," he said. Twitter’s TweetDeck software went offline Friday after a possible security glitch that gave one user “access to hundreds of accounts,” he said.

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Closing the gap between man and machine

March 31, 2012 – 3:39 am

The International Space Station's humanoid robot helper, Robonaut 2, reaches out to touch a gloved astronaut hand in a photo that pays tribute to Michelangelo's Sistine ceiling painting.Humans and robots appear to be coming closer than ever in a NASA photo that features the International Space Station’s Robonaut-2 paying tribute to a famous Michelangelo painting.

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