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Archive for May, 2009

Spyware refers to computer software, programs, that are installed, usually without the computer users knowledge and gather information about how the computer is being used and the websites the user visits.
The simplest and most insidious form of spyware are so-called “cookies” although not all cookies are bad. These tiny pieces of computer code are loaded [...]

US immigration officials held a cancer patient for four hours before they allowed him to enter the country because he had no fingerprints.
Chemotherapy drug capecitabine, Xeloda, is an anti-metabolite drug that can help prevent a relapse of the cancer, but it has several unfortunate side effects including peeling of the skin on the hands and [...]

A survey aimed at finding out what Europeans think of excess weight and obesity issues has been launched with a view to creating an official European Obesity Day.
The online survey will help demonstrate to European decision makers that this issue is one which affects European citizens and as such that they action should be [...]

Natan Weissman explains away recent claims regarding a machine known as the Perepiteia rotating machine that purportedly outputs far more electrical energy than is added to the system.
The so-called “Perepiteia” generator is demonstrated in a test setup driven by a motor taken from a Ryobi bench grinder. The acceleration behavior of the system as a [...]

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