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Scientists Say a Dirty Child Is a Healthy Child 331

Posted by samzenpus from the snack-is-going-to-be-on-the-floor-today dept.
Researchers from the School of Medicine at the University of California have shown that the more germs a child is exposed to, the better their immune system in later life. Their study found that keeping a child's skin too clean impaired the skin's ability to heal itself. From the article: "'These germs are actually good for us,' said Professor Richard Gallo, who led the research. Common bacterial species, known as staphylococci, which can cause inflammation when under the skin, are 'good bacteria' when on the surface, where they can reduce inflammation."
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Submission + - Wolfpack Stands Up to RIAA; NC State Says "No&

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NewYorkCountryLawyer writes: "The Technician Online at North Carolina State Unversity reports that its Director of Student Legal Services, Pam Gerace, has advised students to remain anonymous, and has indicated her office's willingness to challenge the RIAA's subpoenas. What is more, the newspaper urges students to take Ms. Gerace up on her offer. The fighting spirit of Jimmy Valvano lives on."
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New Sony DVDs Not Working In Some Players 651

Posted by kdawson from the DRMed-out dept.
An anonymous reader writes "It seems that the most recent DVDs released by Sony — specifically Stranger Than Fiction, Casino Royale, and The Pursuit of Happyness — have some kind of 'feature' that makes them unplayable on many DVD players. This doesn't appear to be covered by the major media yet, but this link to a discussion over at Amazon gives a flavor of the problems people are experiencing. A blogger called Sony and was told the problem is with the new copy protection scheme, and they do not intend to fix it. Sony says it's up to the manufacturers to update their hardware."

Feed First round of 2006 Engadget Awards polls closing tonight (engadget.com)

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Filed under: Announcements, Misc. Gadgets

Just a friendly reminder that our first round of 2006 Engadget Awards polls closes tonight at 11.59PM EST. (Our second round will be closing tomorrow night (Monday) at the same time, so stay tuned for those.) But for now why not get your votes in if you haven't already, ok?

Vote for Handheld of the Year
Vote for HDTV of the Year
 Vote for Home Entertainment Device of the Year
Vote for GPS Device of the Year
Vote for Laptop of the Year
Vote for Peripheral of the Year
Vote for Portable Media Device of the Year
Vote for Robot of the Year
Vote for Storage Device or Technology of the Year
Vote for Tablet PC of the Year
Vote for Wearable Device of the Year
Vote for Wireless Device or Technology of the Year
... all the rest here

P.S. -For those confused about why the Xbox 360 wasn't nominated for 2006 Game Console of the Year, that's because it was announced, launched, and released in 2005. Did we mention it also won both Readers' and Editor's Choice Engadget Awards for best console, as well as Editor's choice for 2005 Gadget of the Year, too? Good, glad we cleared that up.

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