Canada to mount search for lost Franklin ships
[Canadian Politics] August 14, 2008 0:04 AM
Some 163 years after they disappeared into the icy fastness of the Arctic archipelago, Sir John Franklin's ill-fated ships, Erebus and Terror, are once again at the centre of a great geopolitical game over claim to the Northwest Passage.

Windows Vista security 'rendered useless' by researchers
[MS Windows] August 10, 2008 11:30 PM
Two security researchers have developed a new technique that essentially bypasses all of the memory protection safeguards in the Windows Vista operating system.

Minimalist Fitness: How to Get In Lean Shape With Little or No Equipment
[Exercise] August 8, 2008 9:24 AM
Two common barriers for people who want to exercise and get in shape are a lack of time and money needed for fitness. Who has the time to go to the gym, or buy expensive equipment, or take long bike rides?

How Cloud Computing Is Changing the World
[Technology] August 8, 2008 3:17 AM
A major shift in the way companies obtain software and computing capacity is under way as more companies tap into Web-based applications

Google backs ISP-guaranteed minimum data rates
[Internet] August 6, 2008 11:27 AM
Vint Cerf, writing on the company's official policy blog, is down on usage-based billing, an idea which has been gaining traction among some ISPs (Bell Canada, Time Warner, and others are experimenting with it).

Body-Mod: Elf Ears
[Cool] August 6, 2008 1:07 AM
I've never been into piercing and what not, but this is just plain cool. That doesn't mean I'd do it, though. Via Boing Boing.

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