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Submission + - Cancer epigenetics: Breakthrough in identifying target genes (patexia.com)

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on Tuesday March 13, 2012 @09:48PM

techgeek0279 writes: "Cancer is usually attributed to faulty genes, but growing evidence from the field of cancer epigenetics indicates a key role for the gene "silencing" proteins that turn genes off inside the cell nucleus. A new study from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) promises to speed research in the field by rapidly identifying the genes epigenetic proteins can target for silencing."

Submission + - World's tallest man stops growing. It's about time. (patexia.com)

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on Tuesday March 13, 2012 @06:51PM

techgeek0279 writes: "The world’s tallest man seems to have stopped growing after treatment at the University of Virginia (UVA) Medical Center."

Submission + - Hacktivist Sabu: Anonymous traitor or FBI martyr? (patexia.com)

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on Tuesday March 13, 2012 @05:11PM

techgeek0279 writes: "Hacktivism: a term coined about 14 years ago that now has more meaning than ever in the history of our world. Hacking of Indonesian government websites, the Mexican finance department website, the Pentagon website, the World Trade Organization web server, the World Economic Forum web server, the World Bank web server, Scientology websites, the CNN website, the European Climate Exchange website, Mastercard and Visa websites, the Department of Justice website, FBI and CIA databases, most recently the Vatican website and so many other illegal breaches by hacktivist organizations has led to the realization that cyber-security may very well be our nation’s number one threat today."

Submission + - Wow... Yahoo files lawsuit against Facebook over ten patents (patexia.com)

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on Monday March 12, 2012 @07:18PM

techgeek0279 writes: "Yahoo Inc. alleges that Facebook has infringed ten of its patents related to social networking, advertising and privacy controls."

Submission + - What does it mean for flash memory after Apple's acquisition of Anobit? (patexia.com)

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on Monday March 12, 2012 @01:06PM

techgeek0279 writes: "Apple has an insatiable appetite for market control. Every acquisition, every strategy shift and every product demands analysis from every conceivable angle. While industry analysts have already spouted the obvious conclusions regarding Anobit’s acquisition and the buzz has entered a low burn phase, there are a lot of blanks yet to be filled."

Submission + - German scientists research batteries to surmount solar and lithium-ion limitatio (patexia.com)

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on Friday March 09, 2012 @06:47PM

techgeek0279 writes: "March marks the launch of an important German research group's project to build a better battery for storing energy produced from clean sources."

Submission + - Top 5 Tech Trends for this Week (3/5 to 3/9) (patexia.com)

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on Friday March 09, 2012 @04:47PM

techgeek0279 writes: "Here's the high-tech trends that topped the charts this week!"

Submission + - China Becoming an Innovation Powerhouse? (patexia.com)

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on Thursday March 08, 2012 @02:35PM

techgeek0279 writes: "The United States and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) have a vested interest in fostering research with both military and commercial applications. In the United States, the importance of military scientific research is consistently surfaced by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The PRC supports the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) which in turn works as a similar function to DARPA but with divided support between civilian and military technologies."

Submission + - Exercise changes your DNA? (patexia.com)

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on Wednesday March 07, 2012 @06:25PM

techgeek0279 writes: "Researchers reporting in the March issue of Cell Metabolism have found that when healthy but inactive men and women exercise for a matter of minutes, it produces a rather immediate change to their DNA."

Submission + - Raspberry Pi and Cotton Candy: Working with mini computers (patexia.com)

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on Tuesday March 06, 2012 @07:54PM

techgeek0279 writes: "In the area of the computer market that involves high-end users and gamers — the enthusiast market — new products receive names and mascots that provide an adrenaline rush, much like the products they represent: Fallout, Half-Life, FirePro and GeForce, for example.

When it comes to the other end of the computer market, the names are a bit different. Meet the Raspberry Pi and the Cotton Candy, two entries in the newest category of computing, the mini-computers. So do these cute names reveal computers that aren’t powerful enough to be anything but a toy?"

Submission + - Barcelona - Bayer Leverkusen Live Stream Full Highlights Video 7 March 2012 (highlightgoal.com)

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on Tuesday March 06, 2012 @07:22PM

highlightgoal writes: "Barcelona — Bayer Leverkusen uefa champions league tonights revenge soccer match all goals commenteries highlights preview. http://www.highlightgoal.com/

this huge football match highlights video clip will viewing very fast.

Match Predictions: Live Stream

Game Date: 07-02-2012 Wednesday

Kick Off: 19 45 AM

Stadium: Camp Nou, Barcelona Espana

Match Details:

Spanish FC Barcelona welcome Bayer 04 Leverkusen to the Camp Nou bidding to secure their place in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals for the fifth year running.

German Leverkusen are looking to reach the last eight for the first time since 2001/02. when they advanced to the final before losing to Real Madrid CF, although to do so they must overturn a 3-1 first-leg deficit.

http://www.highlightgoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/barca-leverkusen-300x182.jpg

Next HD Football Match Highlights Will Viewing.."

Submission + - Retaliatory Hacks Already Underway In Wake Of LulzSec Informant, Arrests (darkreading.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 06, 2012 @07:00PM

An anonymous reader writes: Today's announcement by the FBI of arrests of 'Sabu' and five others connected LulzSec and the hacks against Sony, Fox, PBS, HBGary Federal, is just the beginning, as some members of Anonymous lash back. One source says Sabu isn't the only informant, either.

Submission + - Are sodas carcinogenic? (patexia.com)

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techgeek0279

on Tuesday March 06, 2012 @04:06PM

techgeek0279 writes: "New chemical analyses have found that Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Diet Coke, and Diet Pepsi contain high levels of 4-methylimidazole (4-MI), a known animal carcinogen."

Submission + - See Robot Cheetah In Action (patexia.com)

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on Monday March 05, 2012 @02:43PM

techgeek0279 writes: "When you think of robots, especially when they are portrayed in movies, they actually move at the rate of those slow zombies you see in the old classic horror movies. In this video, you'll see that DARPA researchers have created Cheetah robot that runs at a pretty decent speed."

Submission + - Yahoo: A patent jackal covets the Facebook IPO lion's share (patexia.com)

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on Thursday March 01, 2012 @08:03PM

techgeek0279 writes: "Engulfed in the bidding frenzy of its upcoming $5 billion IPO, the last thing Facebook needed to hear was what Yahoo had to say to them this past Monday: if Facebook does not agree to pay licensing fees for about 10 to 20 patents that Yahoo holds, Yahoo will sue Facebook for patent infringement."

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