Archive for November 30th, 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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