“Plasma Bubble” Deflectors For Spaceship

Magnetic “deflector shields” could one day guard astronauts against dangerous space radiation, if experiments now underway pay off.

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Proxy Issues

I recently had to take down my proxy totallyresearchforwork.com due to a TOS violation and the the fact that it was consuming a large amount of resources on the server.  I’m sure the several million hits didn’t help either. I am currently working on a solution to this issue.

Xbox 360 Laptop mk2

Behold, the Xbox 360 Laptop mk2! It may look a bit like its first generation sibling, but don’t be fooled. This Xbox laptop is a bit thinner, significantly lighter, and has some essential upgrades if you’re gonna build one yourself. You are going to build one, aren’t you? Because that’s the best part about it we’re going to show you how to make it

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Save Internet Radio!

The founder of Pandora and others have created the SaveNetRadio coalition. The Copyright Royalty Board has raised rates by 300 to 1200 percent. Sign the petition to stop this madness!

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New Halo 2 ‘Blastacular’ Map Pack Live!

The much anticipated new Halo 2 maps, Tombstone and Desolation, have been released today at the price of $4.00 for both maps.

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Bungie Clarify On New Halo 3 Details

Following the recent release of the Halo 3 Vidoc, Bungie have posted their weekly update to clarify on a few details. The ‘X’ button will indeed be used to deploy ‘equipment’ to the map (Bubble Shied/Trip Mine), the ‘equipment’ will be quite rare so as not to unbalance the gameplay. And the graphics will look a lot nicer in the Beta version.

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Do P2P Blocklists Keep you Safe?

Recent findings by researchers from the University of California, Riverside, show that 15% of the IPs people connect to on the Gnutella P2P network are blocked by blocklist applications such as PeerGuardian. Statistics like this do not prove anything about the effectiveness of these lists, however, according to an insider…

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What happens when you click on “Send Error Report” ?

Ever wondered what happens when you click on “Send Error Report” whenever a software crashes on your computer? Here is an insight into what people at Microsoft do when someone submits one such report.

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Pentagon to Put Internet Router in Space

The Department of Defense’s Iris project will put an internet router in space by the start of 2009. It will allow voice, video and data communications for US troops using standards developed for the internet.

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New Stargate episodes premiere tonight

U.S. viewers need wait no longer! Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis return to SCI FI Channel tonight, April 13, at 8 p.m. Eastern/Pacific

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