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Journal Journal: 'Gateway' gene discovered for brain cancer

Journal by stemceller on Wednesday February 14, 2007 @06:41PM

Researchers have discovered that the same genetic regulator that triggers growth of stem cells during brain development also plays a central role in the development of the lethal brain cancer malignant glioma. In experiments on mice with such gliomas, they showed that knocking out the function of a particular regulatory protein, Olig2, almost completely eliminated tumor formation.

Submission + - Charter implements SiteFinder-like DNS

Submitted by paulbiz on Wednesday February 14, 2007 @06:24PM

paulbiz writes: It appears Charter Cable's DNS servers have just started resolving all invalid hostnames and pointing them to their own error page. The about page states "This service automatically eliminates many of the error pages you may encounter as you surf the web. No software was installed on your computer for this service to work." It has an "opt-out" page, but when you "opt-out" it simply sets a cookie that makes their page redirect errors to Microsoft Live Search instead!

Submission + - commercial quantum computer demoed

Submitted by

Lord Sidious

on Wednesday February 14, 2007 @05:00PM

Lord Sidious writes: "A Vancouver startup, D-Wave Systems, claims to have demonstrated the world's first commercially viable quantum computer.

http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/feb07/comments/1710"

What Jobs are Available for Math Majors? 301

Posted by Cliff on Monday July 31, 2006 @11:30PM from the joy-of-working-with-numbers dept.

Asmor asks: "I'm currently a CS major/math minor in college, who's strongly considering a role reversal. I like working with computers as a hobby, but I'm not so sure it's what I'd want to do for a living. On the other hand, I love math, especially in its pure and abstract forms. I would like to get a doctorate some day, but ideally I'd like to find a job as soon as I get my bachelor's. I've expressed this interest to important people in my life (like my parents and such) and the general consensus is that there aren't any jobs for math majors. I can't really disagree. Aside from teaching it, something I'm not sure I'd want to do, I can't think of any jobs for math majors. So, what options are out there for me if I did decide to switch? Would my future consist of high school math classes? Also, how much work is involved?"

Spammer settles with MS and Texas 36

Posted by timothy on Monday June 05, 2006 @06:01PM from the whack-a-mole dept.

RedOregon writes "One of the world's most notorious spammers has settled lawsuits with the state [of Texas] and Microsoft Corp. that cost him at least $1 million, took away most of his assets and forced him to stop sending the e-mails."

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