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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 08:08:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Japanese Military Gains Space Access</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Almost four decades of Japan using the space for non-military applications are about to end on Friday with the introduction of a bill said to give the military space access. The action came with the visit of the Chinese President Hu Jiantao, whose country shot down one of its weather satellites last year, spreading fear amongst the Japanese people. In 1969 the parliament introduced a resolution stating that Japan would only use space for peaceful, non-military operations. 
   
The bill has not...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 07:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cat Urine Boosts the Number of Young Fathered by Male Mice</title>
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<description><![CDATA[It has now become clear that Jerry was a regular mouse-Casanova because of Tom. The scent of a cat may be the dread of any mouse, but it may also function like a sexual booster for these small rodents, as revealed by a new research published in the Journal of Ethology. The cat smell turns male mice into aggressive Don Juans, thus enabling them to get more females. 

Many previous researches had shown that cat odor typically trigger panic in mice, making them flee; the same seemed to not hold t...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 07:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Activision Sales and Profits Rise in Fiscal 2008</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Activision has announced its fiscal results for the year of 2007, which officially ends on March 31 and, boy, do they have a lot of reasons to be happy with themselves. The videogame publisher and developer has registered revenues of 2.9 billion dollars, which is almost 100% more than the revenues it cashed in during the previous fiscal year. Profits are also at a record level of almost 345 million dollars. Even more impressive is the fact that for the last 16 years Activision has been reported ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 07:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Windows Live Messenger No Longer Blocking Legitimate Websites</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Windows Live Messenger is no longer blocking legitimate websites, the company revealed on May 11, after users reported that the instant messaging client was preventing access to various URLs including Google&#039;s YouTube video web property. The first complaints came from users who discovered that it was impossible to share YouTube videos with their Windows Live Messenger friends if they typed the full URL. All items featuring "www.youtube.com" as either text or link were blocked. 

 "We had ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 07:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Yahoo Messenger Rolls out Cat Emoticons</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Yahoo Messenger 8.1 and Yahoo Messenger 9.0 Beta have just received a new IMVironment that comes with a brand new pack of emoticons which could be used by the connected users. Entitled Emoticats, the IMVironment is actually a Yahoo Messenger animation that allows you to choose from several cats portraits and send them to the users you&#039;re chatting with. Besides that, you can easily set up one of the cats pictures displayed by the IMVironment as your avatar by clicking on the "Adopt" button i...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 07:16:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>EA Removes 10-Day Check for Mass Effect and Spore</title>
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<description><![CDATA[When people heard the news regarding the once every 10 days SecuROM check for two of the most anticipated PC releases this year, Mass Effect and Spore, all hell broke loose and everybody became concerned about this problem. We shouldn&#039;t be afraid of losing our rights to play any of these games if we don&#039;t have an Internet connection, since Electronic Arts have announced that none of the games will require the periodic check anymore.

We can almost hear voices of people stating that i...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 07:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Renault F1 Competition Leaks Entrants&#039; Personal Data</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Most of us would expect an award wining company like Renault not to have any issues with security on their websites. But it appears some of our expectations are rather too high, as proven by an incident that occurred last week. One of the company&#039;s websites, namely the one in Great Britain, hosted a Grand Prix competition, of which it was later reported to have leaked its entrants’ personal information.

The British subsidiary of the motoring company is offering 600 pairs of tickets, in t...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 07:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Vidnik, the Newest iSight-using App. Download Here.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[David Phillip Oster of the Google Mac Team has just announced the release of their latest Mac application that uses Google. Vidnik is a free app that enables you to shoot your mug (or whatever you can think of) using your Mac&#039;s built in iSight and to upload the videos to YouTube. While Vidnik works with the built-in video cameras only on more recent machines, it is also compatible with Firewire video cameras, and plenty of USB video cameras too, according to the developers.

Aside using V...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 07:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Yahoo Acquires Inquisitor, Spotlight-Like Safari Plug-in</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Yahoo has announced the acquisition of Inquisitor, a Safari browser plug-in that provides useful as-you-type search suggestions to Mac users of the Apple browser. Inquisitor is similar to another technology powered by Yahoo, Search Assist, with a single difference: it is actually a browser plug-in that has to be downloaded and installed and is only compatible with Apple Safari, the Mac version. For those of you who don&#039;t know, Yahoo Search Assist is a special feature of the Yahoo Search eng...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 07:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hands-on with Spire&#039;s GigaPod VIII: Cheap Storage Space for Your PC</title>
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<description><![CDATA[We came across Spire&#039;s GigaPod VIII SP105B hard-disk enclosure during one of our raids in the supermarket. The GigaPod enclosure is a budget solution that is heavily discounted these days. We managed to snatch a unit at just $25.08, which is quite a bargain if you have a spare ATA hard-disk drive.

Introduction

Spire is mostly known for its case and cooling products that are mostly designed by Ferrari&#039;s legendary designer Pinafarina. Although some of Spire&#039;s HDD enclosures ar...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 07:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ultrasounds for Mating</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The noise of a waterfall can easily cover the croak of a frog and this is why, in most cases, many frogs living near flowing water have quiet croaks and lack vocal sacks. However, a Chinese frog came up with the perfect solution for this tiny predicament: ultrasound croaks! We’re talking about the small concave-eared torrent frog (Amolops tormotus = Odorrana tormota) from eastern China, which thus manages to overcome the noise of the waterfalls it lives in. The only other vertebrates known to us...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 06:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>First Ares Engine Tests Completed</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The space launchers expected to take astronauts and cargo to the International Space Station by 2015 and to carry a manned mission to the Moon and Mars by 2020, as part of NASA&#039;s Constellation Program, have completed on Thursday their first series of tests in the early development program. The Ares I rocket along with the Orion capsules are set to replace the old US orbiters that will end their service in 2010. For a period of five years, until 2015, the US will have no personal means of sp...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 06:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kids Aren&#039;t Able to Buy Unsuited Games</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Federal Trade Commission of the United States of America has recently published figures regarding the number of underage kids that are able to buy videogames not suited for their age. The FTC has conducted a study in which an "undercover shopper" aims to buy a videogame that is not suited for his age from a wide variety of outlets, including malls, hypermarkets and specialist stores. This is not the first time that the FTC undertakes such a study. The first of its kind was conducted in 2000,...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 06:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ubuntu Weekly Report: 4th - 10th May, 2008</title>
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<description><![CDATA[This week we&#039;ve released a guide for those of you who want a secure and encrypted Ubuntu operating system. Data encryption is one of the best methods to protect your sensitive files, especially if you own a laptop. Unfortunately, on the Ubuntu OS, this is only available in the text mode installer. But that&#039;s why this guide is here, to help you install a fully encrypted Ubuntu OS on your computer.

In other news, we would like to inform you that the Ubuntu Brainstorm project continues...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 06:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Firefox 3.0 Release Candidate 1 (RC1/Final) Code Complete</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Mozilla has made an important step forward toward the finish line for Firefox 3.0, its next generation open source browser. The code for the first Release Candidate of Firefox 3.0 is now complete at over a month since the availability of the previous development milestone of the browser. Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 was released on April 5, 2008, and to this date it is the last finalized beta testing build. On April 8, Mozilla announced that the browser&#039;s tree was entering lockdown for the Release Ca...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 06:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Battlefield: Bad Company Demo Coming this June</title>
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<description><![CDATA[If you got tired of first person shooter (FPS) games where you have to save the world, be the hero and so on, you&#039;ll definitely love Battlefield: Bad Company, since you will be embarking on a quest where your personal goals and desire for gold are much more important than following the rules. To prove that doing so can be much more fun that shooting your enemies in order to save a specific somebody, Electronic Arts has decided to release a demo on June 5, both for the PlayStation 3 and the ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 06:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Softpedia Recommended Mac Apps of the Week – 10.05.2008</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Windows users like to brag saying they get sooo much software on their platforms that they don&#039;t even know what to do with it anymore. Although it&#039;s quite true, Mac users can live with it because they get just the necessary amount of software they need, and, best of all, they really DO know what to do with it. In fact, I&#039;m sure that&#039;s why you stopped for a quick glance this week, too.

As usual, we&#039;ve selected three apps, all of which are free to download and install o...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 13:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Coolest Girl In School – the Mobile Game For Bad Girls</title>
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<description><![CDATA["Coolest Girl In School" is the name of a controversial mobile game developed by Champagne for the Ladies and Kukan Studio, two Australian providers of mobile entertainment. The game was first released in Australia, and it&#039;s now also available  internationally, so anyone can try it out.        

Presented as being better than a GTA (Grand Theft Auto) for girls, Coolest Girl In School is said to be the first mobile RPG game created for female gamers. The controversial aspect of the game is...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 11:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Magic Forms</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Communication tools integrated in websites are necessary to create "virtual relations" with users. Contact forms, blog post comments forms and generally any type of elements that enable users to provide their feedback allow the enhancement of dynamic character of any website. 

Web forms are made from an HTML page containing the fields where the user will fill in information  and a processing script that takes the form fields data and send it to an email address, to a database or writes data ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 11:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>AMD: Going Asset-Light May not be the Best Solution</title>
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<description><![CDATA[AMD&#039;s recent approach at cutting down on costs in order to turn back to profit might force the company to sell its two fabrication facilities in Germany. Hector Ruiz, the company&#039;s CEO recently hinted at the fact that AMD might sell its customer division, but other control measures could force the company to sell its chip fabs. 

Speculations started to emerge immediately after Hector Ruiz announced that the company would  deploy its manufacturing assets more cost-effectively. 

Ac...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 11:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Encrypted Ubuntu 8.04</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Data encryption is one of the best methods to protect your sensitive files, especially if you own a laptop. Unfortunately, on the Ubuntu operating system, it&#039;s only available in the text mode installer. But that&#039;s why this guide is here, to help you install a fully encrypted Ubuntu OS on your computer. The whole process is completely safe and it is recommended to be used by anyone out there who wants to protect his/her sensitive data. To break it down to you: No more living in fear! Yo...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 11:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MARVELS to Find Hundreds of Exoplanets</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Only a few decades ago, astronomers weren&#039;t even sure if other solar systems aside ours exist in the universe. Since then, a couple of hundreds of solar systems have been discovered, mostly composed of gas giants. When trying to learn about other solar systems, astronomers often make analogies to our own. If our solar system is so varied, imagine how fascinating other worlds could be. A new study set to start in the fall of this year will make observations on about 11,000 near stars in a pe...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 11:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>AMD Plans to Re-organize to Become Profitable</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Advanced Micro Devices held all the details regarding its "asset-smart" strategy to itself and did not present any of its concrete decisions regarding the future of the company at the annual meeting with its shareholders. The only thing that the company unveiled is that it plans to focus only on core businesses and that it intends to become profitable with current revenue stream.

"The year 2007 was a difficult transition year for AMD. I could not be more disappointed with our financial result...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 10:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Oil Peak and the Renewable Abiotic Petroleum</title>
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<description><![CDATA[We are living in a civilization based on oil. It is an issue that makes us extremely vulnerable. That&#039;s because of the global "Peak Oil." The oil production follows a bell curve. Its peak is the moment when oil has been 50% depleted. After the peak, oil production decreases while its price starts to go up.

Many scientists, bankers and investors consider that 2005 was the year of global Peak Oil. US domestic oil production reached its peak in the &#039;70s. The bell of the oil production ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 10:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>9 Critical Errors that Will Prevent the Installation of XP SP3 RTM Build 5512</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Users looking to Service Pack 3 for Windows XP, as Service Pack 2&#039;s second coming and the perfect reason to avoid Windows Vista SP1, might need to reconsider their plans. The reason is rather simple, despite the fact that it has spent over two months more time in development compared to Vista SP1, while containing only a minor, standard evolution in comparison to SP2, XP SP3 has come to the table with a flood of issues, a wide variety of them impacting the deployment process. There are no l...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 10:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Plextor Unveils Next-Gen 1TB Network Attached Storage</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Plextor has just announced an update to its network-attached storage product offering. The two new additions come with a re-engineered unit and interface, and are touted as being the next-generation high performance external storage devices.

The Plextor StorX PX-NAS500L comes with a storage capacity of  500GB, while the higher-end  PX-NAS1000L sports 1 TB of space. Despite their large capacity size, the units are mostly pitched at entry-level users who are just making the switch to NAS storag...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 10:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The First Touchscreen Egg Phone</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A young designer from Prague, the capital of Czech Republic, recently came up with a fresh and good looking mobile phone concept, called the Egg Phone. Far from being bulky like an egg,  the new handset has an oval-shaped, curved case that seems to be quite slim and, more important, it can probably fit well in users&#039; hands.      

Roman Tubl, the creator of the Egg handset, imagined the device having "illuminated" margins and a wide touchscreen display with tactile feedback, which represe...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 10:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>See the Big Dipper in the Spring Sky</title>
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<description><![CDATA[It is the most recognizable group of bright stars on the night sky, thus not even novices can miss it. Anyone living northwards of the 41 parallel can enjoy it throughout the whole year. Most call it the Big Dipper, while to Irish people it is known as &#039;King David&#039;s Chariot&#039;. The French call it the &#039;Great Chariot&#039; and the British &#039;The Plough&#039;. However, the name is not important, but the fact the with a little bit of astronomy, the Big Dipper can help you locate...]]></description>
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<title>Nvidia 9900GTS and 9900GTX Drawings, Spotted in the Wild</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Two of Nvidia&#039;s upcoming graphics cards in the GeForce 9900 series got pictured yesterday. It&#039;s true that the images show an engineering drawing on the products rather than the functional unit, but they bring extra details about a series of products kept under the deepest secrecy.

According to a forum post at Xtreme Systems, the two picture cards are the upcoming 9900GTS and 9900GTX, both powered by Nvidia&#039;s GT-200 graphics engine. The two boards are codenamed P651 and P65x, re...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>How One-way Mirrors Work</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A one-way mirror is basically just like any other mirror, just that it has the ability of reflecting light on one side while on the other, it is transparent. Typical mirrors achieve a high degree of reflectiveness on one side, leaving the reverse opaque to optical light. This is done by covering the glass layer with a silvered coating. One-way mirrors, however, use half silvered surfaces in order to achieve a balance between reflectiveness and transparency, in combination with carefully adjusted...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 09:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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