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Sheriff's Department fills vacancies The Santa Fe County Sheriff's Department has filled all of its vacancies, according to a news release. ...

Apple Hot News seemingly the last to learn of Time Capsule shipments
However someone ought to go let the folks at Apple's Hot News team know, as this entry in the Apple Hot News feed is somewhat perplexing. "Time Capsule, the wireless hard drive you can use to back up multiple Mac computers using Time ...

Fox News: Terrorists in League with Daleks
The Scholars & Rogues blog picked up on a Fox news story hyping the danger from Al Queda's crack scientists who are apparently seeking to destroy us with killer robots. Based on the photo in the article, Al Queda's new robot pals are ...

Android OS shows new tricks
The Google Android OS is generating more hype the closer we get to its market debut. Therefore when Google's director of mobile platforms Andy Rubin makes a preview of a working device with it there is no...

New Source for News Vetted by Scientists
It's not as news-cycle driven as the press release standby EurekAlert, but it's a hell of a lot more interesting. Context:. Press releases and the framing of science journalism (From Ars Technica's Nobel Intent, by the awesome John ...

Facebook Opens News Feed, But Not Enough
This week Facebook opened up its News Feed to third party services, allowing users to add content from outside sites to their Facebook feed. Third parties could already allow their users to do this by creating Facebook Apps. ...

Protein protects lung cancer cells from efforts to fix or kill them
A protein that helps lung cancer cells thrive appears to do so by blocking healthy cells' ability to fix themselves when radiation or chemicals such as nicotine damage their DNA, according to a University of Florida study to be ...

OCLN - Open Content Legal News - 29 Feb 2008
2008 also marks the start of a five-year grant by two new trusts: Kusuma Trust and IETSI (International Electronic Trade and Services Initiative) that have made an endowment to iCommons of $1 million over a period of five years. ...

Obituaries Are Not Wanted in Google News
A Google Groups has a member complaining about the number of obituaries found in Google News, the local section. It is from there I learn, that generally, Google doesn't want obituaries in Google News. Google News Guide Marcela said: ...

Cancer-related protein Akt may play key role in Alzheimer's disease
The cancer-related protein Akt may profoundly influence the fate of the tau protein, which forms bundles of tangled nerve cell fibers in the brain associated with Alzheimer's disease, reports a new study led by researchers at the ...