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200 Spammers Create 80% of All Spam Worldwide

November 13th, 2006 at 11:51 pm » Comments (0)

Up to 80% of spam targeted at Internet users in North America and Europe is generated by a hard-core group of around 200 known professional spam gangs whose names, aliases and operations are documented in Spamhaus’ Register Of Known Spam Operations (ROKSO) database.



Nanotechnology Breakthrough Cleanses Arsenic From Water

November 13th, 2006 at 6:37 pm » Comments (0)

The discovery of unexpected magnetic interactions between ultrasmall specks of rust is leading scientists at Rice University’s Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology (CBEN) to develop a revolutionary, low-cost technology for cleaning arsenic from drinking water.



Sideways Bike Is A Show Stopper

November 13th, 2006 at 8:44 am » Comments (0)

Introducing a new bicycle invention by Michael Killian. This bicycle is ridden forward and is balanced by using human Left to Right balance. This bicycle uses independant (non linked) Front and Rear steering.



Creating Designer Sheep

November 13th, 2006 at 6:55 am » Comments (0)

A physical DNA map of more than 98 per cent of the sheep genome will be released by CSIRO scientists this week, charting where a sheep’s hereditary information can most likely be found on its 26 chromosomes.



Introducing a Functional Air Guitar

November 13th, 2006 at 6:50 am » Comments (0)

Australian engineers have created an air guitar that actually works, fulfilling the dreams of talentless metal fans around the world.



The Future of Newspapers

November 13th, 2006 at 6:46 am » Comments (0)

The age of podcasts, war-zone bloggers, and countless other online information sources presents newspapers with arguably their biggest challenge ever. But how to react? Is print heading for obsolescence? Or can it re-invent itself and reach out to a generation brought up looking at screens? Leading media figures weigh in on this topic: