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Submission + - Japanese Fleeced in Poodle Scam

Submitted by ddg412 on Friday April 27, 2007 @04:20PM

ddg412 writes: You would think most people could tell a dog and a sheep apart. Apparently, some people in Japan can't. A company called 'Poodles as Pets' have been passing off sheep as poodles to unsuspecting people. At $1600 each, they were a bargain, until customers started noticing their 'dogs' wouldn't bark and had hooves instead of nails.

Feed Rare Case Of Dental Patient-to-patient Hepatitis B Virus Transmission Recorded (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Tuesday April 03, 2007 @05:33PM

Researchers have documented a case of hepatitis B virus (HBV) transmission between two patients at a dentist's office in the United States. While this kind of infection is exceedingly rare, universal vaccination against the virus would likely have prevented both cases, according to the authors of the case report and an accompanying commentary.

Submission + - AppleTV playing XVid and other fun hacks

Submitted by

snk1324

on Friday March 23, 2007 @02:49PM

snk1324 writes: "I'm surprised this hasn't been posted yet, but some posters on the Something Awful forums have successfully hacked the AppleTV to play XVid, got VNC access, and SSH going. It's going pretty fast, so there may be more by the time you read this. Check it out here."

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