Recent tech news

[engadget.com] Danish wind turbine eats itself
What would happen to wind turbines in a storm? The answer is in. Check this out.

[engadget.com] Cold boot disk encryption attack is shockingly effective
To those who care about computer security, this is once again a reminder that no software can save your data from being stolen if your computer is left unattended. To those who don't care about computer security, you can laugh all you want.

[informationweek.com] Black Hat Conference: Security Researchers Claim To Hack GSM Calls
While technology has become much more affordable, it is not necessarily so for protecting sensitive data in an ever more connected world. The more we rely on the virtualized computing environment (hint: Matrix) to do business, the higher is the cost to counter malicious acts.

[tbo.com] When good toys go bad X: Elmo makes death threats to toddler
Choosing a toy isn't as simple as choosing carrots. Also do you really know what you get for what you pay? Where does the dark side of a talking toy come from?

Two more gone and one to come on Engadget.com

Analog cellular networks, R.I.P.: 1983 - 2008
Feb 18th 2008 7:51AM

Sharper Image can't move enough air purifiers to avoid bankruptcy
Feb 20th 2008 9:58AM

Emotiv to make mind-controlled games a reality by Christmas
Feb 20th 2008 3:40AM

R.I.P, HD DVD - Engadget.com's coverage

It's finally over. Blu-ray has won. Here's the complete coverage Engadget.com did on the news in the last a few days. I wonder what will happen to Microsoft's Xbox 360 HD DVD drive. Has the stock market already digested the news and adjusted the MSFT price?

Feb 15
Wal-Mart to officially discontinue HD DVD sales by June
11:39AM

HD DVD deathwatch: we're making it official
3:36PM

Niveus pledges allegiance to Blu-ray, bids adieu to HD DVD
5:17PM

Feb 16
Toshiba pulling the plug on HD DVD already? - Yup it's over.
8:29AM

So, what are you HD DVD early adopters going to do?
12:40PM

Feb 17
Announcement of HD DVD's death expected in short order (duh)
11:46PM

Feb 18
Toshiba shares surge ahead of HD DVD abandonment
4:42AM

Xbox 360 Blu-ray player rumor returns right on cue
5:41AM

Toshiba claims "no decision" on HD DVD strategy as desertions continue
8:16AM

Microsoft holding off on HD DVD reaction, thinks "games" sell consoles
11:40AM

Toshiba expected to announce death of HD DVD tomorrow, stop sales by March
2:01PM

BDA sez Toshiba and Microsoft are "more than welcome" to go Blu
4:02PM

Feb 19
Official: HD DVD dead and buried, format war is over
2:59AM

Live from Toshiba's HD DVD press conference in Tokyo
2:46AM

Toshiba: "no plans" to adopt Blu-ray
3:30AM

HD DVD casualty report: over 1m players, recorders, and drives lost to the format war
4:03AM

Paramount and Universal to publish films on Blu-ray
11:19AM

Top ten things to do with your now-defunct HD DVD player
12:04PM

In case you missed it: peace broke out in the format war, HD DVD is dead
3:21PM

LG not ditching HD DVD just yet, hopes to accommodate early adopters
5:32PM

Toshiba sez it wouldn't change a thing, still thinks HD DVD is better
6:47PM

GameStop no longer taking HD DVD trades, possibly not taking 360 HD DVD drive either
9:02PM

Onkyo pulling the plug on future HD DVD development
10:10PM

Feb 20
So it begins: Toshiba's HD-A3 falls to $99 at Circuit City, comes with 7 free HD DVDs
9:26AM

Two years of battle between HD DVD and Blu-ray: a retrospective
11:48AM

A different kind of soccer

It's crazy. It's pathetic. But it is so much fun!

Watch the ROBO-ONE Robot Battle Ball video

電腦經理

不如請番個電腦經理，分分鐘比人更可靠！

[nytimes.com] Maybe We Should Leave That Up to the Computer

信仰可降血壓嗎？

Religiousness may lower blood pressure in blacks

（出自Reuters Health，刋登在美國官方網站MedlinePlus。）

我反而怕有人以此作信福音的原因。

HopeLab presents Re-Mission Outcomes Study Results at Society of Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting

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RE: Scientists Finally Figure Out How Bees Fly

My position is that it's not hard to notice all the amazing works in the nature, especially human beings, as displayed through our intelligence and morality. I am saddened because of many's continous denial of the maker of the beautiful nature, who has created it way before we discover just how a bee fly.

"People in the ID community have said that we don't even know how bees fly," Altshuler said. "We were finally able to put this one to rest. We do have the tools to understand bee flight and we can use science to understand the world around us."
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New and old Discovery News

Garlic's Potent Effects Revealed
Study: High-Fat Diet Encourages Eating
Study: Human Hands Emit Light
Bird Sings Complex Harmonies
Penguin Chicks' Tough Lives Chronicled