Deep-Sea Origin of Life Theory Supported by 1.43 Billion year old Fossils

04/08/2007 at 4:55 PM (whatnot)

The ancient black smoker chimneys, which scientists unearthed in a Chinese mine, are 1 billion years older than similar fossils previously identified and are nearly identical to the archaea- and bacteria-harboring structures found today on sea beds.

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Security experts warn about the risks of “Premature Ajax-ulation”

04/08/2007 at 4:52 PM (whatnot)

At the Blackhat security conference in Las Vegas, security researchers warn developers about the risks of implementing dynamic web applications without considering the security implications.

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MIT Researchers Test More Efficient Engine: Reduces fuel consumption by 25%

04/08/2007 at 4:48 PM (whatnot)

A new version of the internal combustion engine, which could significantly cut gas consumption, might be

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Saturn’s ring mystery is solved

04/08/2007 at 4:47 PM (whatnot)

Scientists have made a significant step forward in understanding the dynamics of Saturn’s magnificent and mysterious system of rings.

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Mozilla Releases Hacker Tools

04/08/2007 at 4:46 PM (whatnot)

Mozilla is beginning to give away programs used by both the good guys and the bad guys to discover critical program vulnerabilities. The programs, called fuzzers, have so far been for internal use only. Fuzzers poke at programs in search…

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Confirmed: Intel to Release New Four-Core 45nm “Penryn” processors Q4 2007

04/08/2007 at 4:46 PM (whatnot)

Intel will be launching new four core 45nm Intel Core Extreme “Penryn” processors in Q4 2007, a few months ahead of schedule. The top of the line proc. is likely to hit 3.33GHz, run a 1333MHz system bus and hold 12MB of L2 cache.

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