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AUDIO: Morgan needs to work on form – Miller
By admin on February 29, 2012 | No Comments
National selector Geoff Miller says England batsman Eoin Morgan needs to go away and work on his method after he was left out of the squad to face Sri Lanka.
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VIDEO: Wenger wants show of character
By admin on February 25, 2012 | No Comments
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says it would be “criminal” for Arsenal to sit around feeling sorry for themselves ahead of Sunday’s north London derby against Tottenham.
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New Version of Flashback Trojan Targets Mac Users
By admin on February 25, 2012 | No Comments
wiredmikey writes with this extract from Security Week: “On Friday, researchers from security firm Intego reported that a new variant of Flashback is targeting passwords and as a byproduct of infection, Flashback is crashing several notable applications. Flashback was first discovered by Intego in September of 2011. It targets Java vulnerabilities on OS X, two of them to be exact, in order to infect the system. Should Flashback find that (more…)
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Test-Tube Burgers Coming Soon
By admin on February 20, 2012 | Comments Off
ananyo writes “A burger made entirely from lab-grown meat is expected to be unveiled by October this year. But costing in excess of $250,000, it’s not going to be flying off supermarket shelves quite yet. The lab meat is produced using adult stem cells, which are then grown on scaffolds in cell-culture media. Because such lab-assembled muscle is weak, it has to be ‘bulked up’ by exposing to electric shocks. The researchers, based in the (more…)
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Jones warns of ‘massive’ pay cuts
By admin on February 20, 2012 | Comments Off
“Massive” pay cuts are on the way in Welsh rugby, warns ex-national team captain Gwyn Jones amid a crisis in the professional game.
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BBC announces 3D Olympic coverage
By admin on February 15, 2012 | Comments Off
The BBC reveals which events from the 2012 Olympics it plans to broadcast in 3D.
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Doctors “Fire” Vaccine Refusers
By admin on February 15, 2012 | Comments Off
phantomfive writes “In a study of Connecticut pediatricians published last year, some 30% of 133 doctors said they had asked a family to leave their practice for vaccine refusal. Pediatricians are getting tired of families avoiding vaccines, which puts their children at higher risk of disease. From the article: ‘Pediatricians fed up with parents who refuse to vaccinate their children out of concern it can cause autism or other problems (more…)
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Halfpenny set to kick for Wales
By admin on February 11, 2012 | Comments Off
Leigh Halfpenny is likely to retain Wales’ goal-kicking duties against Scotland, says coach Warren Gatland.
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Ask Slashdot: How To Allow Test Takers Internet Access, But Minimize Cheating?
By admin on February 11, 2012 | Comments Off
New submitter linjaaho writes “I work as lecturer in a polytechnic. I think traditional exams are not measuring the problem-solving skills of engineering students, because in normal job you can access the internet and literature when solving problems. And it is frustrating to make equation collections and things like that. It would be much easier and more practical to just let the students use the internet to find information for solving (more…)
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Garth Crooks’s team of the week
By admin on February 6, 2012 | Comments Off
Do you agree with our football expert’s side this week?


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