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Canadian Blood Services Promotes Pseudoscience 219

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @07:49PM from the type-A-negative-personality dept.

trianglecat writes "The not-for-profit agency Canadian Blood Services has a section of their website based on the Japanese cultural belief of ketsueki-gata, which claims that a person's blood group determines or predicts their personality type. Disappointing for a self-proclaimed 'science-based' organization. The Ottawa Skeptics, based in the nation's capital, appear to be taking some action."

$358 Million Patent Judgment Against Microsoft Overturned 76

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday September 12, 2009 @05:10AM from the ain't-over-till-it's-over dept.

eldavojohn writes "Last year, Microsoft was ordered to pay Alcatel-Lucent hundreds of millions of dollars for patent infringement. Well, that award has just been overturned by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, saving Microsoft a considerable sum. But Microsoft isn't in the clear yet; the appellate court said that they did infringe on Alcatel-Lucent patents, but that those infringements did not warrant $358 million in damages. The case needs to be retried."

Offline Wikipedia Reader For iRex Iliad 112

Posted by timothy on Thursday May 22, 2008 @05:49PM from the don't-panic dept.

An anonymous reader writes with a link to "an offline Wikipedia viewer for the iRex Iliad e-ink e-book reader (similar to Amazon's Kindle). Take it anywhere — and you don't need to be connected to the Internet in any way!" (You'll need a 4GB flash card and the ability to follow the directions.)

Comment Re:I tried to visit once (Score 1) 133

by tauri on Saturday March 15, 2008 @12:07AM (#22757570) Attached to: The National Cryptologic Museum

>>The CIA has a joke: "An optimist at the NSA is someone who looks at YOUR shoes when they walk by."

I think you mean "extrovert" instead of "optimist"....

Samsung Caught Bribing Government Officials 136

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday November 20, 2007 @10:21AM from the allegedly-corporations-can-be-corrupting-influences-allegedly dept.

Dekortage writes "Allegedly, electronics giant Samsung Electronics attempted to bribe a South Korean government official with 5 million won (US$5,445). Ironically, the official was Lee Yong-chul, who was a presidential monitor against corruption at the time. This is the latest allegation against Samsung, which was recently accused of running 'a vast network of bribery through the government, the judiciary branch and the news media' that reaches all the way to South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun."

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