Archive for November, 2009

Laser Therapy Can Aggravate Skin CancerHigh irradiances of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) should not be used over melanomas. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Cancer studied the pain relieving, anti-inflammatory ‘cold laser’, finding that it caused increased tumour growth in a mouse model of skin cancer. Jan M. Bjordal from Bergen University...
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Department of Defense Buys 2,200 PS3s to Upgrade Supercomputer Apparently the Department of Defense believes that PS3s are a better value when it comes to supercomputers than IBM products specifically designed for the purpose. Granted recent price drops probably didn’t hurt in justifying a 2,200 console order either. This isn’t the first time...
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Doka Harumi’s robot dance routine fills us with shame for humanity, but mostly Japan Have you ever felt guilty after watching a robot dance? Don’t worry, you will soon. Worse than that time you ‘accidentally’ sat through four episodes of Sailor Moon. Worse than that time you watched the Helicopter Boyz video and then...
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Samsung Behold II review It was but a year ago that Samsung graced us with the original Behold. At the time it was more or less positioned to win the hearts of folks who wanted a luscious touchscreen but had no real truck with smartphones. So what do we have here? With the Behold...
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The Grass Is Greener On the Other Side, China Edition Newsweek has a series of eight polls exploring how China looks at the US, the US at China, and the two of us at the world. We have confidence…just not necessarily in ourselves.
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LG BL40 Christmas Edition sports 8 megapixel camera, no egg nog If you’re reading this in South Korea, or are planning a trip there this holiday season, do us a solid, will ya? Apparently LG is releasing a Christmas Edition of the BL40, with the tantalizing name: ‘New Chocolate: Black Label Series.’ We were...
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US Air Force orders up 2,200 more PS3s — for thinking, not gamingWe were as surprised as anyone when the USAF threw down the cash for 300-odd PlayStation 3s back in March of last year, but what’s more shocking is that it’s now back for more — seven times more, in fact. Already employing...
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Microsoft opens PC lounge in Saks Fifth Avenue for holiday season We all know Microsoft’s feeling pretty smug — and with good reason — about Windows 7 right now. In an effort to drum up yet more hype for its latest OS, and perhaps to try and gauge customer interest in an East coast...
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Who Will Be The Crow?Oh, The Crow! I loved you so! I had the poster, the comic book by James O’Barr, the T-shirt, and the unrequited crush on Brandon Lee, whose tragic death only fanned the flames of my teenage desire. I even went to see the sequel, The Crow: City of Angels, which...
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LA Preview: Subaru WRX STI Special Edition headed for U.S. showrooms Filed under: LA Auto Show, Performance, Hatchback, Subaru 2010 Subaru WRX STI Special Edition – Click above for high-res image gallery For U.S. Subaru enthusiasts, it has long seemed like the folks at Fuji Heavy forgot that we might be interested in special-edition...
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