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Submission + - Astronaut Charged With Attempted Kidnapping

Submitted by

friedo

on Tuesday February 06, 2007 @01:47AM

friedo writes: "US Navy Capt. Lisa Nowak, a NASA astronaut who has served on the space shuttle and ISS, was charged with attempted kidnapping, battery and destruction of evidence over an apparent romantic dispute with another woman. Nowak drove 900 miles wearing diapers to confront Colleen Shipman. And then it gets weird."

Submission + - Astronaut Love Triangle Turns Violent

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 06, 2007 @01:08AM

An anonymous reader writes: I know that some will howl this is not News for Nerds, but I also know that you can't resist the sleasy details of an all NASA love triangle that turned violent.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/space/orl-bk-n asaastronaut0507feb05,0,6104316.story?coll=orl-hom e-headlines

Don't worry, it had nothing to do with the recent Hubble failure...

Submission + - Some MP3 Players Incompatible with Vista

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 06, 2007 @01:05AM

An anonymous reader writes: Slashdot posted an article that iPods might have problems with Vista and Apple would update iTunes for Vista in a few weeks. There were some accusations that Apple tried to make Vista look bad. However, it turns out that iPods are not alone in having problems with Vista. Digital Chosunilbo has an article titled More Windows Vista Problems for Korean Firms which points out that other MP3 players may also have problems with Vista.

Korean MP3 players were also found to be incompatible with Vista. A Samsung Electronics spokesman said that the company's new music devices are compatible with Vista, but that older models like the YP-20S don't function well. ReignCom said that its H10 and an MP3-playing electronic dictionary are incompatible with Vista. A ReignCom spokesman said that the firm is developing a program to resolve the problem and that it should be ready this month. Facing a similar problem, other MP3 player maker like COWON are also testing to find out if their products work with Vista.

Submission + - Iranian scientists claim to have cured AIDS

Submitted by

user317

on Monday February 05, 2007 @09:24PM

user317 writes: "The Iranian government's boasts of "great achievements", included an announcement on Saturday that Iranian scientists have "introduced an AIDS cure". After seven long years of arduous work, Iranian scientists here on Saturday introduced a herbal medicine which cures Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). "The drug named 'IMOD' is completely effective and safe with no proven side effects," Iran's Minister of Health Kamran Bagheri Lankarani claimed during a ceremony."

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