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Megaupload founder refused bail in New Zealand

February 4, 2012 – 8:30 am

A New Zealand court refused an appeal by the founder of online file-sharing site Megaupload.com to be freed on bail, Friday, agreeing with prosecutors there was a risk he would attempt to flee before an extradition hearing.

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Check out the Red Planet’s craziest colors

February 4, 2012 – 7:54 am

A picture from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter paints the Red Planet in shades of blue, yellow and green — but there's a method in the madness.Science editor Alan Boyle’s blog: A picture from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter paints the Red Planet in shades of blue, yellow and green — but there’s a method in the madness.

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PhotoBlog: Will apps replace photo books?

February 4, 2012 – 7:08 am

Veteran photographer Gerd Ludwig publishes an app instead of a book to showcase his long-term documentation of Chernobyl's fallout.Veteran photographer Gerd Ludwig publishes an app instead of a book to showcase his long-term documentation of Chernobyl’s fallout.

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Asteroid Eros draws skywatchers in Earth flyby

February 4, 2012 – 7:06 am

This picture of Eros, the first of an asteroid taken from an orbiting spacecraft, is a mosaic of four images obtained by the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft in 2000 on Valentine's Day, immediately after the probe went into orbit.Amateur astronomers and students around the world are taking a close look at the asteroid Eros as part of a hands-on experiment to measure solar-system distances.

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Hackers take over law enforcement websites

February 4, 2012 – 6:52 am

Saboteurs stole passwords and sensitive information on tipsters while hacking into the websites of several law enforcement agencies worldwide in attacks attributed to the collective known as Anonymous.

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Jellyfish are taking over!!! Oh … never mind

February 4, 2012 – 5:41 am

Mastigias jellyfish flood Jellyfish Lake, a marine lake in Palau, an island nation in the Pacific Ocean.Jellyfish have become the subject of what resembles a modern myth, some say.

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Internet piracy suit asks: Can you even copyright porn?

February 4, 2012 – 5:38 am

A California woman is fighting a porn piracy case by arguing that porn can’t be copyrighted in the first place.

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Post SOPA, it’s time to protest ACTA (on Feb. 11)

February 4, 2012 – 5:35 am

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Special Forces seek to halt copter crashes

February 4, 2012 – 5:15 am

A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter lands to pick up U.S. Special Operations Forces at the end of a clearing operation in Babakashan province, Afghanistan, on Sept. 13, 2011.Deadly helicopter crashes have killed dozens of U.S. Special Forces operators who flew risky missions to hunt insurgents and terrorists in Afghanistan and Iraq since 2001. Now the U.S. military is looking to equip its elite warriors’ helicopters with airborne laser mapping capable of seeing through fog and dust to find safe landing zones.

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Math tells NFL teams to go for it on 4th down

February 4, 2012 – 4:47 am

Linebacker Terrell Suggs of the Baltimore Ravens pumps up the crowd before a fourth-down attempt by the Cincinnati Bengals in the fourth quarter at M&T Bank Stadium on Nov. 20, 2011 in Baltimore. The Ravens won, 31-24.Are fourth-down attempts really a bad decision? Mathematics pounds this sort of conventional wisdom into the turf. Statistical analyses have shown that to give their team the best chance of winning, coaches should go for it more on fourth down. A lot.

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