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Comment Comments (Score 3, Interesting) 421

by zeraeiro on Monday October 18, 2010 @12:58AM (#33929508) Attached to: Why Microsoft Is So Scared of OpenOffice

Have you checked the comments on the right side here: http://www.microsoft.com/showcase/en/US/details/faaf9eb8-77c6-4bed-bc08-c069a7bfbb04 Let's tell MS what we think.

Scientists Erase Specific Memories In Mice 320

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday October 23, 2008 @06:57AM from the where's-the-cheese dept.

Ostracus writes "It sounds like science fiction, but scientists say it might one day be possible to erase undesirable memories from the brain, selectively and safely. After exposing mice to emotionally powerful stimuli, such as a mild shock to their paws, the scientists then observed how well or poorly the animals subsequently recalled the particular trauma as their brain's expression of CaMKII was manipulated up and down. When the brain was made to overproduce CaMKII at the exact moment the mouse was prodded to retrieve the traumatic memory, the memory wasn't just blocked, it appeared to be fully erased."

Comment Re:Made up or unsourced quotes? (Score 5, Informative) 275

by zeraeiro on Sunday September 28, 2008 @06:39AM (#25183481) Attached to: Venezuela Purchases a Million Intel Classmates

Part is true. I'm from Portugal and all over the media you hear everyday everywhere "The first Portuguese computer ever made (...)". They don't even mention it's a Intel Classmate. http://ww1.rtp.pt/noticias/index.php?headline=98&visual=25&article=356756&tema=29 Not sure about the scale of the order in comparison to OLPC.

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