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Triple jump legend Olsson retires
By admin on May 16, 2012 | No Comments
Former Olympic triple jump champion Christian Olsson retires, meaning he will not compete at London 2012 Games.
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MIT Study: Prolonged Low-level Radiation Exposure Poses Little Risk
By admin on May 15, 2012 | No Comments
JSBiff sends this quote from MITnews:
“A new study from MIT scientists suggests that the guidelines governments use to determine when to evacuate people following a nuclear accident may be too conservative. The study (abstract), led by Bevin Engelward and Jacquelyn Yanch and published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, found that when mice were exposed to radiation doses about 400 times greater than background levels for (more…) -
AUDIO: Khan annoyed by fight cancellation
By admin on May 10, 2012 | No Comments
Amir Khan says he is frustrated that he won’t get the chance to settle the score with Lamont Peterson now that the WBA and IBF champion has failed a drugs test.
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Wolfenstein 3-D Celebrates 20 Years With Free Browser-Based Version
By admin on May 10, 2012 | No Comments
Dr Herbert West writes “20 years ago today, id software released Wolfenstein 3D, inspired by the classic Apple II game, Castle Wolfenstein. To celebrate, Bethesda Softworks on Wednesday released a free, browser-based version of the iconic first-person shooter. Users can pick which level they wish to play in the browser version, even the secret levels.”
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Diamonds Used To Increase Density, Performance of Phase-Change Memory
By admin on May 6, 2012 | No Comments
Lucas123 writes “Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have shown they can increase the density, performance and the durability of phase-change memory (PSM) by using diamonds to change the base alloy material. Instead of using the more typical method of applying heat to the alloy to change its state from amorphous to crystalline, thereby laying down bits in the material, the researchers used pressure from diamond-tipped tools. Using (more…)
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Accrington 0-1 Crawley Town
By admin on May 6, 2012 | No Comments
Scott Neilson’s goal is enough for Crawley to beat Accrington and seal automatic promotion to League One.
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Doncaster explains SPL vote delay
By admin on May 1, 2012 | No Comments
SPL chief executive Neil Doncaster says delaying a vote on financial fair play may see developments at Rangers.
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Book Review: Drupal Intranets With Open Atrium
By admin on April 30, 2012 | No Comments
New submitter nuvoleweb writes “Drupal Intranets with Open Atrium, by Tracy Charles Smith is a comprehensive guide to Open Atrium, the popular open source Intranet system. Open Atrium is a derivative (distribution) of Drupal specifically meant for group collaboration, and the author works in the Open Atrium core team at Phase2 Technology.” Read below for the rest of Andrea’s review.
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Tim Cook Prefers Settling To Suing and Has a Huge Quarter
By admin on April 25, 2012 | No Comments
An anonymous reader writes “Apple’s current legal battles with Samsung encapsulate a large number of patents, innumerable suits and counter-suits, and have resulted in legal motions in 11 jurisdictions across the globe. As you may remember, Steve Jobs in his biography was quite vocal about his intent to go thermonuclear on Android, vowing to spend every last dime in Apple’s coffers to destroy Google’s mobile OS. But Tim Cook is a bit more (more…)
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Premier League photographer shortlist
By admin on April 25, 2012 | No Comments
Take a look at some of the pictures shortlisted in the Premier League Photographer of the 20 Seasons Awards.


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