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  World\’s First \’Building In Motion\’ Set For Dubai

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  OC Register to outsource some editing to India

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  An Indian company will take over copy editing duties for some stories published in The Orange County Register and will handle page layout for a community newspaper at the company that owns the Pulitzer Prize-winning daily, the newspaper confirmed Tuesday.

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  Dyson working on new generation of fast, green cars

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  Britain\’s most famous inventor, Sir James Dyson, is working on a project that could lead to the creation of a fast, green car.

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  A truly lucky and blessed bastard has seen THE DARK KNIGHT and damn… I\’m so frickin\’ jealous!

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  Hey folks, Harry here… On the other side of WALL*E… for me the film I\’m geekin\’ hardest for is THE DARK KNIGHT. I watch the TV spots relentlessly. The new glimpses at Heath\’s performance are both hearthbreaking & illuminating. And every nuance of…

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  Tourist dies of \’food poisoning\’

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  A British tourist has died of suspected food poisoning at a luxury hotel at Lake Garda, northern Italy.

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  Sickness bug found in tap water

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  About 250,000 people in Northamptonshire are being told to boil tap water for drinking after a bug was found to have contaminated supplies.

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  E Ink: \’E-newspapers\’ to Go Commercial in late 2009

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  \”In the field of electronic paper-based electronic newspapers, a verification test will start by the end of 2008, and an actual business will start in the second half of 2009.\”

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  Antro Solo Seats Three, Gets 117 mpg City, 157 Highway

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  Straight out of Budapest comes some seriously different thinking. What if you could get an $18,000 car that seats three McLaren F1 style (driver in middle, flanked by passengers), weighs less than 600 pounds, achieves well over 100 mpg and can go…

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  New brief on DARPA\’s Vulcan engine

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  DARPA has released some tidbits of information in a briefing on how one might build a propulsion system that combines a Constant Volume Combustion (CVC) engine and a full-scale turbine engine to accelerate a hypersonic jet to multiple Mach.

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• Chicago locals beware the birds
  Chicago residents have been sharing tips about how to avoid coming under attack by dive-bombing blackbirds.
• Visa taps into Facebook following
  Visa, the world’s largest credit card network, is paying Facebook $2m (£1m) to advertise its small business service on the popular social networking site.
• Logitech Unveils First Mac-Compatible Webcam with Premium Autofocus Technology, Carl Zeiss Optics
  Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro for Mac Delivers Image-Perfect Detail, Exceptional Video Calling with iChat and Skype
• Physicists Store Images in Vapor
  Books are written on solid pieces of paper for an obvious reason: the atoms in a solid don’t move around much, keeping the words and pictures in place for centuries. Trying to store letters and images in a gas medium, on the other hand, seems a little..
• Air hockey-playing robot crushes humanity
  First machines learn to dominate the sport of emperors (chess). Now they are on the verge of dominating the sport of electricians.
• Midwest floodwaters could linger for weeks
  The worst of the flooding that has ravaged the midwestern United States is nearly over, but it will be weeks before the murky water recedes in many areas, the National Weather service warned Monday.
• Lightning sparks 800-plus fires in California
  More than 840 wildfires sparked by an “unprecedented” lightning storm are burning a swath of Northern California, alarming the governor and requiring the help of firefighters from Nevada and Oregon.
• Economy on brink of recession, Greenspan says
  Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned on Tuesday the U.S. economy was on the brink of a recession, with the chances of that happening at more than 50 percent.
• Millionaires club gets bigger, members richer
  The world’s millionaires club is getting bigger — and its members decidedly richer.
  The number of people around the globe with at least $1 million in assets swelled by 6 percent last year to 10.1 million, according to the 12th annual World Wealth…
• Councils Told To Stop Snooping For ‘Trivial’ Offences
  Councils have been urged to stop using controversial surveillance powers for “trivial” offences.
  Bosses have been warned by the head of the Local Government Association (LGA) that they risk alienating the public for so-called snooping.
• U.S. searches for salmonella in Mexico
  U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt said Monday the United States wants to open an office in Latin America to monitor food safety.
• First image of Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo structure
  Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo is under construction at Scaled Composites in Mojave, California and Flightglobal has obtained what appears to be the first image of its cockpit section.
• Man’s Wii Fit experiment comes to an end, 15 pounds shed
  As you may recall, Mickey DeLorenzo rose to some degree of internet stardom a little over a year ago by dropping a whopping nine pounds using Wii Sports as his sole exercise routine and, after packing on a few pounds, he decided to give it another go…

• Embroidered T-shirt. Price: £4. Cost: Misery
  Primark is rightly being exposed over the use of child labour in the finishing of cheap clothes. But as evidence against retailers stacks up, shoppers are kidding themselves if they don’t shoulder some of the blame, says Dan McDougall.
• Ugliest dog show
  Twelve contenders vied for the title of the World’s Ugliest Dog at the Sonoma-Marin Fair, in California.
• Did Capone Get Off On GET SMART??
  It’s sort of amusing that many of the films I had the highest expectations for this summer have let me down, and then a movie like GET SMART comes around, for which I had fairly low expectations thanks to some abysmal trailers, and it ends up being…
• Tactical biorefineries go to Iraq
  The U.S. Army is testing the mettle of small-scale waste to energy machines in the hot and sandy war zone.
• First picture of £4billion glass tower that could save - but dwarf - Battersea Power Station
  A £4billion masterplan to save Battersea Power Station before it collapses was unveiled today.
• Public Bike System , System Overview (CANADA)
  The Public Bike System (PBS) was created to offer an attractive and easy-to-use option for those seeking urban transportation that has less impact on the environment than traditional fuel-powered vehicles, and to act as the perfect complement to public…
• Video: Samsung’s Soulful dinosaur takes tour around England
  Remember that not-entirely-innocent looking prehistoric creature that won your heart immediately upon viewing Samsung’s optical illusion promotional vid? Apparently quite a few folks demanded to see more of the Soul dinosaur, so Sammy hoisted him up…
• Bollywood Goes to Hollywood, With Some Tinsel of Its Own: Financial News
  Hollywood loves to show outside investors just how the movie business really works. But some of the people behind Bollywood in India believe they have something to teach Hollywood about making movies.
• Media & internet - Facebook heads MySpace in unique visitors
  Facebook, the fast-growing social network, has taken a significant lead over MySpace in visitor numbers for the first time, according to one popular measure of internet traffic.
• Poll: most Britons doubt cause of climate change
  The majority of the British public is still not convinced that climate change is caused by humans - and many others believe scientists are exaggerating the problem, according to an exclusive poll for The Observer.

• Internet addiction is a ‘clinical disorder’
  Obsessive internet use is a public health problem which is so serious it should be officially recognised as a clinical disorder, according to a leading psychiatrist.
• Ahmadinejad says West failed in Iran nuclear crisis
  President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday the West has failed to break Iran’s will in the nuclear standoff, days after world powers presented Tehran with a new offer aimed at ending the crisis.
• Bright Chucnks At Phoenix Lander’s Mars Site Must Have Been Ice
  Dice-size crumbs of bright material have vanished from inside a trench where they were photographed by NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander four days ago, convincing scientists that the material was frozen water that vaporized after digging exposed it.
• What is the science behind the AeroCam?
  The science behind the BroadStar AeroCam is brilliant in its simplicity. In the same way that an airplane wing uses the movement of air to generate a force powerful enough to raise an enormous aircraft and keep it airborne, the AeroCam captures energy…
• Mr. Beaks Likes GET SMART, Loves Anne Hathaway!
  …Peter Segal deserves more credit than he’s likely to get for the film’s pacing; ephemeral fare like this tends to bog down after ninety minutes, but he keeps things humming for a solid 110. That’s not easy. And while the ringers generally fail to…
• Harry says, ‘If Shit Got THE LOVE GURU On It, Shit Would Wipe It Off!’
  Unfuckingbelievably unspeakably awful. THE LOVE GURU is astonishingly rancid. There’s a part of me, that wants THE LOVE GURU to make like 75 Million opening weekend. Why? So that the entire - giant film going audience marks Mike Myers’ death as a comedian
• US fears of teen ‘pregnancy pact’
  Officials in the US state of Massachusetts are investigating how 17 teenage girls from the same school have become pregnant.
• India inflation rate rises to 11%
  Indian inflation has risen to a new 13-year high, hitting shares and weakening the rupee.

• Nanosolar Achieves 1GW CIGS Deposition Throughput
  …This feat is fundamentally enabled through the proprietary nanoparticle ink we have invested so many years developing. It allows us to deliver efficient solar cells (presently up to more than 14%) that are simply printed…
• Clone cell cancer ‘cure’ hailed
  Scientists claim they have cured advanced skin cancer for the first time using the patient’s own cells cloned outside the body.



• Australia ire over chef’s f-words
  The oaths and expletives for which colourful British TV chef Gordon Ramsay is famed have brought him to the attention of Australian lawmakers.
• Indian baby ‘back from the dead’
  Hospital authorities in India have ordered an independent inquiry after a baby was declared dead, only to make an apparently miraculous return to life.
• Firefox claims download success
  Mozilla is claiming a download record for the release of Firefox 3.0.
• The song they didn’t write? Coldplay are accused of plagiarism by American band
  It was all going so predictably well. Coldplay’s new album went straight to No 1 on Sunday, selling 300,000 copies in three days; concerts sold out; that iTunes ad was everywhere. Even their notoriously sniffy critics in the music press seemed,…
• US N-weapons parts missing, Pentagon says
  The US military cannot locate hundreds of sensitive nuclear missile components, according to several government officials familiar with a Pentagon report on nuclear safeguards.
• Schoolboy hacker Omar Khan who upped his grades faces 38 years in jail
  It could be a long time before Omar Khan goes to college: as long as 38 years, according to Orange County prosecutors, who have arrested and charged the 18-year-old student with breaking into his prestigious high school and hacking into computers to…
• House Democrats call for nationalization of refineries.
  House Democrats responded to President’s Bush’s call for Congress to lift the moratorium on offshore drilling. …
  Among other things, the Democrats called for the government to own refineries so it could better control the flow of the oil supply….
• The Trons: self-playing robot band totally kills our self-esteem
  We’ll admit, we reckoned we were coming along alright with our bar chords, but now we’re teetering on the edge of just giving up. Yeah, we’ve seen robotic mechanisms programmed to make meaningful sounds before, but The Trons are a bona fide band, man….

• Universal sets a date for ‘Bruno’ - Entertainment News, Film News, Media
  Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Bruno” is ready for summer heat.
  Universal will release the film on May 15, 2009. So far, there are no other R-rated comedies near that date.
• Energy Guzzled by Al Gore’s Home in Past Year Could Power 232 U.S. Homes for a Month
  In the year since Al Gore took steps to make his home more energy-efficient, the former Vice President’s home energy use surged more than 10%, according to the Tennessee Center for Policy Research.
• Women Dressed As Nurses Targeting Central Fla. Shoppers
  A gang of female bandits dressed in nursing costumes is stalking and targeting women and elderly shoppers at Central Florida businesses.
• Why We’re Gloomier Than The Economy
  Ask Americans how the economy is doing, and their answer is stark: It is not just bad, it is run-for-the-hills terrible. Consumer confidence is at its lowest level in almost 30 years. Only 12 percent of Americans think the economy is in good shape. On…
• Verizon Pushes Speed Factor In Expanding Faster Web Service
  Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) said Wednesday that it plans to expand the availability of its super-fast Internet service, further pressuring the cable providers in the speed game.
• Behold The Badassity Of Tony Jaa’s ONG BAK 2!!
  Twitch has posted the Cannes promo reel for Tony Jaa’s directorial debut, ONG BAK 2.
• Moriarty’s One Thing I Love Today! Brian K. Vaughan’s ROUNDTABLE Script!
  …a fairly jaded script collector friend of mine msg’d me to say he’d gotten his hands on… yes, “the best script ever,” and I should read it. He sent it over, and as soon as I saw what it was, I was intrigued. Brian K. Vaughn is one hell of a w

• Japanese ‘cannibal killer’ executed in Tokyo
  Japan’s most reviled serial killer – a “cannibal nerd” who preyed on primary-school girls and drank their blood – has been executed in Tokyo.
• Sony Ericsson makes good on Motion Gaming F305 and S302 Snapshot handsets
  We’ll make this quick since we’ve already given you all the details related to Sony Ericsson’s Motion Gaming F305 and S302 Snapshot. The F305 quad-band GSM/EDGE slider relies upon a motion-sensing accelerometer (pictured bowling), dedicated gaming…
• Frontline Aerospace Unveils “Humvee of the Air”
  Frontline Aerospace, Inc., announced a breakthrough aircraft configuration code-named V-STAR ™ – an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) – and associated MicroFire ™ gas turbine fuel-efficiency technology.
• Honda rolls out zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell car
  Japanese automaker’s hydrogen-powered FCX Clarity promises twice the efficiency of gas-electric hybrids.
• Scans see ‘gay brain differences’
  The brains of gay men and women look like those found in heterosexual people of the opposite sex, research suggests.
• Afghans flee amid fears of battle
  Hundreds of people have fled their homes in a district of southern Afghanistan where the Taleban have seized control of a number of villages.