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People with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor, according to new research.

A team of scientists has tracked down a genetic mutation that leads to blue eyes. The mutation occurred between 6,000 and 10,000 years ago, so before then, there were no blue eyes.

"Originally, we all had brown eyes," said Hans Eiberg from the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of Copenhagen.

to find out more: Your blue eyes are really BROWN!

Making your own Live CD - Linux!

Want to build your own live CD? Christopher Negus describes how you can use the Fedora Project's livecd-creator to draw from thousands of Fedora software packages, making the exact live CD you want.

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1157197

world's smallest magnetic sensor

NEC has announced that it has successfully developed and commenced full-scale production on the world's thinnest class of magnetic sensor at just 0.35 millimeters. Known as the "MRUS61C", the new product will be used for power and backlight switches in folding mobile phones and notebook computers, detecting the opening and closing of these and other similar devices. The NEC MRUS61C adopts a unique structure formed by the layering of magnetoresistive elements on IC circuits, achieving the world's thinnest class of magnetic sensors at a thickness of 0.35mm. The MRUS61C delivers a 36% reduction in the mounting space required when compared with NEC's existing models.

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http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/nec_mrus61c_is_the_worlds_smallest_magnetic_sensor.php

Scientist find way to stop cancer

A multinational team of researchers has found the immune system can stop the growth of a cancerous tumor without actually killing it. They say when the cancer cannot be killed with immune attacks it may be possible to find a way to use the immune system to contain it.

The study calls the cancer-immune system stalemate equilibrium. During this state the immune system decreases the cancer’s drive to replicate and also kills some of the cancerous cells, but doesn’t do it quickly enough to eliminate or shrink the tumor.

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http://www.ivanhoe.com/channels/p_channelstory.cfm?storyid=17556

Tags: cancer, cure, breakthrough

The First 50 Years of Space - Timeline!

You've got to check this out it is the only space travelling timeline in details - I love it!!!

http://avmedia.popularmechanics.com/video/space/index.html

free ruby on rails book for 60 days only!!!!

Ruby on Rails book is now FREE to Download!

Hurry before 60 days is up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Brazil to break Aids drug patent

Aids drug IP is up for another battles, following Thailand footsteps Brazil to break Aids drug patent.

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Free Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition

Microsoft is giving away Free Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition during march and april 2007; hurry get your copy now - this is real offers!!!

wii and wee don't mix!!!!!!!!!!!!

A competition gone bad when a lady has to drink gallons of water to win a wii for her son - drop dead caused by water intoxication when she arrived at her home. She was the winner of the competition but at what price.

Update: The program manager and some staff of this stupid compaign was fire, I think they deserve the punishment.

These girls show how much fun it is to play with your Wii.

These girls show how much fun it is to play with your Wii.
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These girls show how much fun

3d chat imvu

After reading the thread I've just join IMVU, look like this is winner compare to SL, I think I like the web base avatar better. If any one interested here the link:

imvu

wii expose! Looking into the wii hardware

This link will tells you more about wii's hardware and its interenal architecture.

wii expose!

Give yourself a second life!

Secondlife is an interesting place to be virtually! Secondlife is a cyberspace equivalent of real life living. It allows you to do almost anything virtually in your second life. You can buy a piece of land with real dollars and build your own estate, you can go shopping for items to add to your new home or if you so choose you could build your own furnitures or everything else and start selling and earn Linder dollars that you could used to buy things from the others population. SecondLife is free join so why not give it a try - click the links below to join.

Join now!

Wii First Impressions - user account

I lined up bright and early on Sunday morning to get myself a Wii. A (very speedy) drive home later, and I was ripping through the Wii packaging to get it setup.

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Nintendo warns Wii users not to get too excited

TOKYO : Nintendo on Thursday warned players of its new Wii video game console not to get too carried away when swinging the controller as they could accidently throw it into their television sets.

The warning follows reports that some users have cracked their TV screens when swinging the controller particularly hard to simulate the pitching of a baseball or the swinging of a tennis racket, after their wrist straps snapped.

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Human Computation

Google TechTalks July 26, 2006 Luis von Ahn is an assistant professor in the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University, where he also received his Ph.D. in 2005. Previously, Luis obtained a B.S. in mathematics from Duke University in 2000. He is the recipient of a Microsoft Research Fellowship. ABSTRACT Tasks like image recognition are trivial for humans, but continue to challenge even the most sophisticated computer programs. This talk introduces a paradigm for utilizing human processing power to solve problems that computers cannot yet solve. Traditional approaches to solving such problems focus on improving software. I advocate a novel approach: constructively channel human brainpower using computer games. For example, the ESP Game, described in this talk, is an enjoyable online game -- many people play over 40 hours a week -- and when people play, they help label images on the Web with descriptive keywords. These keywords can be used to significantly improve the accuracy of image search. People play the game not because they want to help, but because they enjoy it. I describe other examples of "games with a purpose": Peekaboom, which helps determine the location of objects in images, and Verbosity, which collects common-sense knowledge. I also explain a general approach for constructing games with a purpose.

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