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SPAM: gasket seals 0

Submitted by realseal on Saturday March 26 2011, @03:08AM

realseal writes "Specialty Seals Rubber O-rings San Diego Manufacturer And Distributor Provides High Performance Seals And Seal Systems Escondido And Seal Products And Mechanical Component Goods."
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OpenBSD 4.7 preorders are up-> 0

Submitted by badger.foo on Saturday March 13 2010, @07:15PM

badger.foo writes "The OpenBSD 4.7 pre-orders are up. That means the release is done, sent off to CD production, and snapshots will turn -current again. Order now and you more likely than not will have your CD set, T-shirt or other cool stuff before the official release date. You get the chance to support the most important free software project on the planet, and get your hands on some cool playables and wearables early. The release page is still being filled in, the changelog has detailed information about the goodies in this release."
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Air Force Spaceplane Readying For Launch-> 0

Submitted by FleaPlus on Saturday March 13 2010, @06:38PM

FleaPlus writes "The US Air Force is currently preparing for the launch of the secretive X-37B OTV-1 (Orbital Test Vehicle 1) spaceplane, which was transferred from NASA to DARPA back in 2004 when NASA opted to focus its budget on lunar exploration. The reusable unmanned spaceplane is set to launch in April on top of a commercial Atlas V rocket, orbit for up to 270 days while testing a number of new technologies, reenter the atmosphere, then land on auto-pilot in California."
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Pharma Faces a Character Count Conundrum-> 0

Submitted by this_boat_is_real on Friday March 12 2010, @08:41PM

this_boat_is_real writes "There’s growing concern over how pharmaceutical companies use social media and the Internet to market their products. Last November, the US Food and Drug Administration held a hearing on the topic, and many were worried over how marketing mediums such as Twitter — which has a 140-character limit on text — can sufficiently disclose drug risks. FDA Article: http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/CDER/ucm184250.htm"
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AMD asks what you can do with 48 cores-> 0

Submitted by witherstaff on Monday March 08 2010, @06:02PM

witherstaff writes "As part of the PR for AMDs up and coming 8 and 12 core processors, AMD is giving away a 48 core machine to the winner of a contest. Contestants need to submit a 500 word essay, or a blog post, or 3 minute youtube video on how they'd use a 48 core machine (4 CPUs) to improve the world. You have until March 24th to get a machine finally able to play crysis. Nice way for AMD to show up Intel's 8 core launch."
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Elive2.0 Topaz combine Speed,stability and Beauty-> 0

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donadony

on Monday March 08 2010, @05:10PM

donadony writes "After 2 years of of development, Elive 2.0 landed under the codename "Topaz". The new release comes with many improvments. Elive "Topaz" is based on debian and use Enlightenment 17 as a default desktop . The authors of Elive claim that it offers great visual appear even with minimal hardware resources ,The minimum recommended hardware is 300 Mhz and 128 Mb of RAM. I downloaded and and tested elive live cd, really i got improssioned with the beauty and the speed of this Linux distroSee a video and some screenshots of Elive."
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Google launches tool for searching public data-> 0

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 08 2010, @03:23PM

An anonymous reader writes "Google Public Data Explorer takes information from public databases and makes 2-D charts, graphs, and maps. Data sources include the World Bank, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development, the California Department of Education, Eurostat, the U.S. Center for Disease Control, and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The most frequently viewed graphs are those on unemployment and school comparisons."
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Poll : What Future Technology is most important 0

Submitted by novakom on Monday March 08 2010, @02:45PM

novakom writes "1. Faster Than Light Travel
2. Terraforming
3. Teleportation
4. Invisibility
5. Quantum Computing
6. Mind to Mind Direct Communication
7. Time Travel
8. Death Star
9. Tier 15 WoW gear
10. Insensitive clod auto-detection
11. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY IMPORTANT????"

SPAM: Why Modern Business Is Bad for Your Mental Health 2

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yuhong

on Sunday March 07 2010, @09:57PM

yuhong writes "HBR has an article on "Why Modern Business Is Bad for Your Mental Health", providing another reason for moving away from shareholder value. A quote from the article: "We simply have to acknowledge that the community created by a combination of shareholder value maximization dogma, executive compensation theories, Wall Street analysts and bankers, and the financial press creates an unhealthy and inauthentic community." Another: "The pressures on businesspeople to operate in ways that do not conform to the rules of a healthy and authentic community have the effect of rotting out the moral core of the modern business executive.""
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Cannabidiol researchers discover the switch to tur-> 0

Submitted by SimonGirty on Sunday March 07 2010, @07:36PM

SimonGirty writes "We discovered that cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychotropic compound from the plant Cannabis sativa, can inhibit the processes that allow breast cancer cells to grow and spread (metastasis). The study is funded by the National Institutes of Health. Early test results on animals are very positive. The doctors hope to begin testing cannabidiol on humans within 2-3 years."
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