bazzalunatic writes “Astronomers have found an infant red dwarf star 27 light years away from Earth, and it’s just 40 million years old. ‘The star has been known about and studied for the past 15 years, but it wasn’t realized it was so young and so close, until now,’ co-author Simon Murphy, a PhD student from the Australian National University said in the story. More accurate measurements from telescopes have aided the revised distances of the star (more…)

Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood new gameplay trailer takes it to a whole new level

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alphadogg writes “Hoping to understand what a new generation of mobile malware could resemble, security researchers will demonstrate a malicious ‘rootkit’ program they’ve written for Google’s Android phone next month at the Defcon hacking conference in Las Vegas. Once it’s installed on the Android phone, the rootkit can be activated via a phone call or SMS message, giving attackers a stealthy and hard-to-detect tool for siphoning data from the phone (more…)

Verizon Wireless slashed prices on their Palm WebOS devices today, knocking down the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus to the price of a trip to the movies. And the Mobile Hotspot feature? Free.

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One day when Hannah was 14, she became upset about the disparities between the world’s haves and the have-nots. She challenged us to be “a family that makes a difference in the world, even if it’s a small difference.” Joan asked her, “What are you willing to sacrifice? Your house? Your room?” Hannah said yes to both.

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kkleiner writes “Open source robotics received a huge momentum boost last Friday. Willow Garage, one of the driving forces behind the Robot Operating System, announced that it would be giving away ten of its new and extraordinary PR2 Beta Robots. Willow Garage has an open call for proposals, so that any research group can apply to receive one of the PR2 Betas free of charge. Applicants will have to release their research with the PR2 freely and under (more…)

A 15-year-old boy told Buffalo Grove police that his parents had taken away his video game system and asked whether they were within their rights.

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Here is an awesome sculpture that will definitely give the trick-or-treaters a fright this coming Halloween. The model clay is incredibly detailed and I believe we can all agree it is quite scary and even epic.

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