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Science in Society RSS FeedsThis Week in Science - Gold Nanoparticles on a Roll | Keeping Fungal Invaders at Bay | Ultra Clean, Ultra Small | Adding Injury to Insult | A Warped Route to Cloaking | Right on Target | Bright Shiny Flowers | Life's Too Short | Chaperone to Neurodegeneration | Trading Toxins | Rare Air | Peer Support | Viewing the Action of DNA Polymerase...Feed Source: www.sciencemag.org Editors' Choice - CELL BIOLOGY: Moving Toward Asymmetry | ASTROPHYSICS: A Star at Death's Door | IMMUNOLOGY: Finding Negatives Wherever | OCEAN SCIENCE: Winter Carbonate Collapse | CHEMISTRY: Diverse Scaffolds | CELL BIOLOGY: Follow the Leader | AGRICULTURE: Controlling Salt Intake... Random Samples - TO CATCH A CELL | NO FREE RIDE FOR BLUBBER | GETTING THERE... Newsmakers - PEOPLE TO WATCH IN 2009 | PEOPLE TO WATCH IN 2009... [RESEARCH ARTICLES] A Glucosinolate Metabolism Pathway in Living Plant Cells Mediates Broad-Spectrum Antifungal Defense - Plant cells defend against fungal attack through an innate immunity pathway in which infection triggers glucosinolate synthesis, stimulating formation of a protective callose. brbrAuthors: Pawe? Bednarek, Mariola Pi?lewska-Bednarek, Ale? Svato?, Bernd Schneider, Jan Doubský, Madina Mansurova, Matt Humphry, Chiara Consonni, Ralph Panstruga, Andrea Sanchez-Vallet, Antonio Molina, Paul Schulze-Lefert... [REPORTS] Mott Insulating State in Ultraclean Carbon Nanotubes - Both metallic and semiconducting carbon nanotubes exhibit a radius-dependent energy gap arising from correlated electrons in the tubes. brbrAuthors: Vikram V. Deshpande, Bhupesh Chandra, Robert Caldwell, Dmitry S. Novikov, James Hone, Marc Bockrath... [REPORTS] Broadband Invisibility by Non-Euclidean Cloaking - In theory, materials with a negative refractive index deployed in a curved, non-Euclidean space can provide a route to cloaking and invisibility across a range of wavelengths. brbrAuthors: Ulf Leonhardt, Tomá? Tyc... [REPORTS] Control of Self-Assembly of DNA Tubules Through Integration of Gold Nanoparticles - Gold particles incorporated into DNA strands drive the formation of a variety of three-dimensional spiral architectures. brbrAuthors: Jaswinder Sharma, Rahul Chhabra, Anchi Cheng, Jonathan Brownell, Yan Liu, Hao Yan... [REPORTS] Declining Coral Calcification on the Great Barrier Reef - Calcification by Great Barrier Reef corals decreased by about 14% since 1990, the largest decline in the past 400 years. brbrAuthors: Glenn De?ath, Janice M. Lough, Katharina E. Fabricius... [REPORTS] Stretching the Envelope of Past Surface Environments: Neoproterozoic Glacial Lakes from Svalbard - Unusual oxygen isotope compositions indicate that a Precambrian glacial period had an anomalous, perhaps extremely COsub2/sub-rich, atmosphere. brbrAuthors: Huiming Bao, Ian J. Fairchild, Peter M. Wynn, Christoph Spötl... [REPORTS] Why Peer Discussion Improves Student Performance on In-Class Concept Questions - In the classroom, discussion among students improves understanding and leads to more accurate answers to questions. brbrAuthors: M. K. Smith, W. B. Wood, W. K. Adams, C. Wieman, J. K. Knight, N. Guild, T. T. Su... [REPORTS] Regulation of Neuronal Survival Factor MEF2D by Chaperone-Mediated Autophagy - The degradation of a key neuronal survival factor by chaperone-mediated autophagy may contribute to Parkinson's disease. brbrAuthors: Qian Yang, Hua She, Marla Gearing, Emanuela Colla, Michael Lee, John J. Shacka, Zixu Mao... [REPORTS] Signal Sequences Activate the Catalytic Switch of SRP RNA - brbrAuthors: Niels Bradshaw, Saskia B. Neher, David S. Booth, Peter Walter... [REPORTS] Floral Iridescence, Produced by Diffractive Optics, Acts As a Cue for Animal Pollinators - The iridescence of tulip petals, as well as their pigmentation, affects foraging behavior by bumblebees. brbrAuthors: Heather M. Whitney, Mathias Kolle, Piers Andrew, Lars Chittka, Ullrich Steiner, Beverley J. Glover... [REPORTS] Real-Time DNA Sequencing from Single Polymerase Molecules - Arrays of narrow waveguides can record the action of a DNA polymerase stepping along a primer template, potentially providing a way to sequence DNA molecules. brbrAuthors: John Eid, Adrian Fehr, Jeremy Gray, Khai Luong, John Lyle, Geoff Otto, Paul Peluso, David Rank, Primo Baybayan, Brad Bettman, Arkadiusz Bibillo, Keith Bjornson, Bidhan Chaudhuri, Frederick Christians, Ronald Cicero, Sonya Clark, Ravindra Dalal, Alex deWinter, John Dixon, Mathieu Foquet, Alfred Gaertner, Paul Hardenbol, Cheryl Heiner, Kevin Hester, David Holden, Gregory Kearns, Xiangxu Kong, Ronald Kuse, Yves Lacroix, Steven Lin, Paul Lundquist, Congcong Ma, Patrick Marks, Mark Maxham, Devon Murphy, Insil Park, Thang Pham, Michael Phillips, Joy Roy, Robert Sebra, Gene Shen, Jon Sorenson, Austin Tomaney, Kevin Travers, Mark Trulson, John Vieceli, Jeffrey Wegener, Dawn Wu, Alicia Yang, Denis Zaccarin, Peter Zhao, Frank Zhong, Jonas Korlach, Stephen Turner... [REPORTS] Phage-Mediated Intergeneric Transfer of Toxin Genes - Viruses may transfer toxin genes among pathogenic bacteria in raw milk, complicating veterinary use of phage therapy as a bacteriacide. brbrAuthors: John Chen, Richard P. Novick... [REPORTS] Stable Introduction of a Life-Shortening Wolbachia Infection into the Mosquito Aedes aegypti - Infection of mosquitoes with a bacterium shortens their lives and reduces disease transmission, without development of resistance. brbrAuthors: Conor J. McMeniman, Roxanna V. Lane, Bodil N. Cass, Amy W.C. Fong, Manpreet Sidhu, Yu-Feng Wang, Scott L. O?Neill... [EDITORIAL] Making a Science of Education - Author: Bruce Alberts... [NEWS] THE TRANSITION: Holdren Named Science Adviser, Varmus, Lander to Co-Chair PCAST - brbrAuthors: Eli Kintisch, Jeffrey Mervis... [NEWS] SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION: Tehran Incident Threatens U.S.-Iran Project - brbrAuthor: Richard Stone... [NEWS] RESEARCH ASSESSMENT: U.K. University Research Ranked; Funding Impacts to Follow - brbrAuthor: John Travis... [NEWS] RESEARCH FUNDING: For Many Scientists, the Madoff Scandal Suddenly Hits Home - brbrAuthor: Jennifer Couzin... [NEWS] PLANETARY IMPACTS: Did the Mammoth Slayer Leave A Diamond Calling Card? - brbrAuthor: Richard A. Kerr... [NEWS] CORAL REEFS: Calcification Rates Drop in Australian Reefs - brbrAuthor: Elizabeth Pennisi... [NEWS FOCUS] SCIENCE ADVISERS: Bending the President's Ear - A science adviser is only as effective as the president wants him to be, say the men who have held the job since Sputnik.brbrAuthor: Eli Kintisch... [NEWS FOCUS] BRAIN CANCER: A Viral Link to Glioblastoma? - Circumstantial evidence hints that cytomegalovirus, a common herpesvirus, may play a role in the aggressive brain cancer, but big questions remain.brbrAuthor: Greg Miller... [NEWS FOCUS] POLAR SCIENCE: A Death in Antarctica - The death in 2000 of a young Australian astrophysicist at the U.S. South Pole station raised many troubling questions. Eight years later, there are few answers.brbrAuthor: Jeffrey Mervis... [LETTERS] Literature Citations in the Internet Era - brbrAuthors: Yves Gingras, Vincent Larivičre, Éric Archambault... [LETTERS] Narrower Focus May Be More Efficient - brbrAuthor: K. Brad Wray... [LETTERS] To Each Citation, a Purpose - brbrAuthors: Christopher S. Von Bartheld, Shaun P. Collin, Onur Güntürkün... [LETTERS] A Cycle of Tradition and Innovation - brbrAuthors: Hanne Andersen;, James A. Evans... [TECHNICAL COMMENT] Comment on ?Log or Linear? Distinct Intuitions of the Number Scale in Western and Amazonian Indigene Cultures? - brbrAuthors: Jessica F. Cantlon, Sara Cordes, Melissa E. Libertus, Elizabeth M. Brannon... [TECHNICAL RESPONSE] Response to Comment on ?Log or Linear? Distinct Intuitions of the Number Scale in Western and Amazonian Indigene Cultures? - brbrAuthors: Stanislas Dehaene, Véronique Izard, Pierre Pica, Elizabeth Spelke... [BOOKS ET AL.] EDUCATION: The Gamers' Advancement of Learning - Starting from the observation that video games captivate both players and programmers, Gee explores their implications for learning theory, motivation, and development of expertise.brbrAuthor: John Willinsky... [BOOKS ET AL.] EDUCATION: Inside the Schooled Mind - Reif discusses how findings from cognitive science can help improve teaching and learning, especially science education (and, within that, physics education).brbrAuthor: Elsbeth Stern... [BOOKS ET AL.] SCIENCE EDUCATION: A Handbook for Hands-On Learning - The contributors present perspectives on undergraduate research programs from participants, administrators, and external evaluators.brbrAuthors: Robert A. Lue, Richard Losick... [BOOKS ET AL.] EDUCATION: What's Wrong with Inferences from Test Scores? - In this account of the complexities of educational testing written for nonspecialists, Koretz discusses what such tests can and cannot reveal and how test scores can be misunderstood and misused.brbrAuthor: Edward Haertel... [POLICY FORUM] ENVIRONMENT: True Conservation Progress - Conservation performance in securing biodiversity can be evaluated better with metrics based on the concept of a conservation balance sheet.brbrAuthors: Eve McDonald-Madden, Ascelin Gordon, Brendan A. Wintle, Susan Walker, Hedley Grantham, Silvia Carvalho, Madeleine Bottrill, Liana Joseph, Rocio Ponce, Romola Stewart, Hugh P. Possingham... [PERSPECTIVES] ASTRONOMY: How Old Is That Star? - Despite being fundamental in determining its physical state, a star's age cannot be measured directly, and estimation methods are imprecise.brbrAuthor: David R. Soderblom... [PERSPECTIVES] PHYSICS: Cloaking with Curved Spaces - Designs based on the mathematics behind curved space-time may lead to invisibility cloaks.brbrAuthors: André Nicolet, Frédéric Zolla... [PERSPECTIVES] CHEMISTRY: Repair or Replacement--A Joint Perspective - Insights into the molecular origins of cartilage lubrication could lead to more efficient tissue repair and to longer-lasting prostheses for hip and knee joints.brbrAuthor: Jacob Klein... [PERSPECTIVES] GEOCHEMISTRY: A Matter of Preservation - Differences in the preservation potential of crustal rocks may explain peaks in crustal ages previously attributed to enhanced crust formation.brbrAuthors: Chris Hawkesworth, Peter Cawood, Tony Kemp, Craig Storey, Bruno Dhuime... [PERSPECTIVES] EDUCATION: Farewell, Lecture? - A physics professor describes his evolution from lecturing to dynamically engaging students during class and improving how they learn.brbrAuthor: Eric Mazur... [PERSPECTIVES] MICROBIOLOGY: Mosquitoes Cut Short - Can the life-shortening effect of a bacterium on mosquitoes control the transmission of dengue?brbrAuthors: Andrew F. Read, Matthew B. Thomas... [SPECIAL SECTION] Adding a T to the Three R's - Authors: Pamela J. Hines, Barbara R. Jasny, Jeffrey Mervis... [SPECIAL/MULTIMEDIA] Video: Education and Technology - A video introduction to emScience/em's special issue on the promises, and challenges, that rapidly changing technology presents for the educational world.brbrAuthor: ... [SPECIAL/NEWS] NSF Rethinks Its Digital Library - A $175 million investment by the U.S. National Science Foundation has fostered collaboration and created vast amounts of material. But the digital world is changing.brbrAuthor: Jeffrey Mervis... [SPECIAL/NEWS] New Landscape for the Earth Sciences - A digital library for the earth sciences community and by the community is now also iof/i the community.brbrAuthor: Jeffrey Mervis... [SPECIAL/NEWS] A Nobelist's Passionate Pursuit of Excellence - Nobelist Harry Kroto argues that the best educational resources often come from people who are passionate about what they are doing and want to share it--even if those materials haven't first been put under the sort of disciplinary scrutiny typical of material included in the National Science Digital Library. brbrAuthor: Jeffrey Mervis... [SPECIAL/NEWS] A Vision in Search of Funding - Last summer, the U.S. government created an awkwardly named entity to fund research on how the Internet can improve U.S. education. But so far, the National Center for Research in Advanced Information and Digital Technologies exists only on paper.brbrAuthor: Jeffrey Mervis... [SPECIAL/NEWS] Computers As Writing Instructors - Software that helps students hone their writing skills is finding a niche in the classroom.brbrAuthor: Greg Miller... [SPECIAL/NEWS] Glow Lights Up Scottish Classrooms - Schools across Scotland are flocking to link up with a national intranet that serves students, teachers, and parents.brbrAuthor: Daniel Clery... [SPECIAL/NEWS] Korea Tries to Level the Field - A cyber home learning system seeks to raise achievement and reduce the huge cost of private tutors, a practice not available to every Korean family.brbrAuthor: Dennis Normile... [SPECIAL/NEWS] A Personal Tutor for Algebra - Commercial software created in the lab anticipates wrong answers and reinforces needed skills for first-year algebra students.brbrAuthor: Yudhijit Bhattacharjee... [SPECIAL ISSUE Perspective] Immersive Interfaces for Engagement and Learning - brbrAuthor: Chris Dede... [SPECIAL ISSUE Perspective] Technology and Informal Education: What Is Taught, What Is Learned - brbrAuthor: Patricia M. Greenfield... [SPECIAL ISSUE Perspective] Education and Training Technology in the Military - brbrAuthor: J. D. Fletcher... [SPECIAL ISSUE Perspective] Technology and Testing - brbrAuthors: Edys S. Quellmalz, James W. Pellegrino... [SPECIAL ISSUE Perspective] Video Games: A Route to Large-Scale STEM Education? - brbrAuthor: Merrilea J. Mayo... [SPECIAL ISSUE Perspective] Laptop Programs for Students - brbrAuthors: Andrew A. Zucker, Daniel Light... [SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEWS] Online Education Today - brbrAuthors: A. Frank Mayadas, John Bourne, Paul Bacsich... [SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEWS] Opening Education - brbrAuthor: Marshall S. Smith... [BREVIA] Nanodiamonds in the Younger Dryas Boundary Sediment Layer - Nanodiamonds in sites across North America suggest that an asteroid impact coincided with cooling 12,900 years ago. brbrAuthors: D. J. Kennett, J. P. Kennett, A. West, C. Mercer, S. S. Que Hee, L. Bement, T. E. Bunch, M. Sellers, W. S. Wolbach... [RESEARCH ARTICLES] Glucosinolate Metabolites Required for an Arabidopsis Innate Immune Response - brbrAuthors: Nicole K. Clay, Adewale M. Adio, Carine Denoux, Georg Jander, Frederick M. Ausubel... Belkin Desktop Internet Phone for Skype - span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-amazon" style="display: inline;"a href="http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-F1PP010EN-SK-Desktop-Internet-Phone/dp/B00158UZTW%3FSubscriptionId%3D151BWK97V0S8BGYJ8F02%26tag%3Dtechstuff01-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB00158UZTW"img alt="Belkin F1PP010EN-SK Desktop Internet Phone for 'Skype (Black)" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00158UZTW.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SX175_.jpg" cl... Toshiba 512GB Solid State Drive - span style="display: inline;" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image"img height="364" width="588" style="" class="mt-image-none" src="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/images/toshiba-512gb-ssd.jpg" alt="toshiba-512gb-ssd.jpg" //spana href="http://news.prnewswire.com/ViewContent.aspx?ACCT=109amp;STORY=/www/story/12-17-2008/0004943967amp;EDATE="br /Toshiba announced/a that it will showcase a 512GB solid-state drive (SSD) at the Consumer Elect... Christmas Blu-ray player + Netflix = A Very Blue Christmas - span style="display: inline;" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image"img height="40" width="123" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 20px 20px; float: right;" class="mt-image-right" src="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/images/netflix-logo.jpg" alt="netflix-logo.jpg" //span I have a Blu-ray player on my Christmas list that I hope to get. Santa Claus hasn't failed me yet. I also have a subscription to Netflix and planned on upgrading it to the Blu-ray p... CNET - Where's the ? love? - span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"img height="62" width="141" alt="cnet-news-logo.jpg" src="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/images/cnet-news-logo.jpg" class="mt-image-right" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 20px 20px; float: right;" //spanI love CNET, it's one of my favorite technology, electronics, and gadgets sites. But I'm just not feeling the love. You see, I a href="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/voi... BlackBerry OS Running On Windows Mobile HTC Touch Pro - span style="display: inline;" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image"img height="192" width="239" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 20px 20px; float: right;" class="mt-image-right" src="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/images/windows-mobile-running-blackberry-rim-os.jpg" alt="windows-mobile-running-blackberry-rim-os.jpg" //spanFrom the "Oh no you didn't!" department, BerryReview.com has an article and some sweet photo goodness showing a Windows Mobil... GizmoCall Another Flash VoIP Player - span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline"img class="mt-image-right" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 20px 20px" height="396" alt="gizmocall.jpg" width="222" src="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/images/gizmocall.jpg" //spana href="http://www.gizmocall.com"GizmoCall/a, a Flash-based, no download, cross operating system VoIP app launched on Monday. GizmoCall isn't the first to offer a Flash-based VoIP client. I... The Pirate Bay Offline for Christmas? - span style="display: inline;" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image"img height="255" width="240" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 20px 20px; float: right;" class="mt-image-right" src="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/images/the-pirate-bay-logo.jpg" alt="the-pirate-bay-logo.jpg" //spanInteresting message on a href="http://thepiratebay.org"The Pirate Bay/a today. At first I thought maybe the FBI, Interpol, or some other law enforcement entity took th... TMC Digium Announce Educational program for Digium|Asterisk World - Some good news from my company TMC and Digium, the founder of Asterisk that I thought I'd share. If you're an Asterisk fan, you ineed/i to be at Asterisk World, which is co-located with the #1 VoIP tradeshow in the U.S., namely TMC's ITEXPO.br /br /span style="display: inline;" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image"img height="110" width="272" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 20px 20px; float: right;" class="mt-image-right" src="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blo... ADTRAN Launches n-Command MSP - Remote VoIP Management Network Tool - span style="display: inline;" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image"img height="160" width="590" style="" class="mt-image-none" src="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/images/adtran-netvanta-server-450.jpg" alt="adtran-netvanta-server-450.jpg" //span br / Interesting new product from from ADTRAN whose aim is to simplify remote management of VoIP networks with their n-Command MSP. It sounds very similar to NetQoS Unified Communications Monit... Nortel Web.Alive = Second Life for Business - span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"img alt="nortel web alive" src="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/rich-tehrani/assets_c/2008/12/nortel-web-alive-11-thumb-500x255-4233.jpg" class="mt-image-none" style="" //span br / br / Rich Tehrani has a a href="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/rich-tehrani/virtual-worlds/nortels-weblive-brings-virtual-worlds-to-business.html"very interesting post/a about Nortel's foray into virtualized... Remote Desktop Dual Monitor Support tip - span style="display: inline;" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image"img height="340" width="300" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 20px 20px; float: right;" class="mt-image-right" src="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/images/remote-desktop-general-tab.jpg" alt="remote-desktop-general-tab.jpg" //spanYou're probably wondering if there is dual monitor support for Remote Desktop Connection. There is indeed, but there are some caveats and issues you shou... Grandstream GXV3005 Video Phone - span style="display: inline;" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image"img height="433" width="450" style="" class="mt-image-none" src="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/images/grandstream-gxv3000.png" alt="" //spanbr /a href="http://www.grandstream.com"Grandstream/a just announced the GXV3005 IP video phone is coming this month. The GXV3005 features an additional FXO port and is a href="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/voip/grandstrea... Scientists develop software that can 'Draw' your Dreams - span style="display: inline;" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image"img height="181" width="234" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 20px 20px; float: right;" class="mt-image-right" src="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/images/woman-sleeping-pillow.jpg" alt="woman-sleeping-pillow.jpg" //spanScientists have developed software that can 'draw' your dreams by reading your mind. Your dreams have now been unlocked with the invention of technology capable of... Skype 4.0 beta 3 released - Skype has been striving to improve the usability of a href="http://www.tmcnet.com/tmcnet/snapshots/snapshots.aspx?Company=Skype"Skype/a and give more prominence to other features such as video by a href="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/skype/skype-40-beta-news.asp"rearranging Skype's interface in version 4.0/a. They also have improved conversation management. Today, Skype released Skype 4.0 beta 3 for Windows. br /
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So what's new in S... Free snom Flexor CTI for Outlook Application offers Advanced Telephony Features - span style="display: inline;" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image"a href="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/images/flexor-cti-snom.JPG"img height="233" width="300" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 20px 20px; float: right;" class="mt-image-right" src="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/assets_c/2008/12/flexor-cti-snom-thumb-300x233-4196.jpg" alt="flexor-cti-snom.JPG" //a/spansnom and Camrivox today announced free VoIP telephony integration wit... Copy Paste Comes to the iPhone - span style="display: inline;" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image"img height="300" width="480" style="" class="mt-image-none" src="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/images/iphonecopypaste2.jpg" alt="iphonecopypaste2.jpg" //spanbr /Pastebud is a cool new service launching tomorrow that leverages javascript, web services, and bookmarks in mobile Safari to ifinally /ibring copy and paste to the iPhone and iPod touch. Thank the heavens! It's... WordPress 2.7 released - WordPress 2.7 "Coltrane" was a href="http://wordpress.org/development/2008/12/coltrane/"just released/a featuring some pretty cool upgrades in features. First, it sports a drag-and-drop interface for redesigning the layout of your WordPress blog/website. Second, it automatically updates core WordPress files and your plugins (if you so choose). Heck, you can even have it set to download beta nightlies. img src="http://blog.tmcnet.com/mt-static/plu... Logitech G13 Advanced Gameboard - span style="display: inline;" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image"img height="314" width="452" style="" class="mt-image-none" src="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/images/logitech-g13-gameboard.jpg" alt="logitech-g13-gameboard.jpg" //spanbr /Logitech today introduced what they deem a "Game-Changing Gameboard" called the Logitech G13 Advanced Gameboard. Hyperbole aside, the Logitech G13 Advanced Gameboard is an interesting concept. It sp... Truphone brings low-cost calling to iPhone over Wi-Fi now 3G - span style="display: inline;" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image"a href="http://www.truphone.com"img height="200" width="134" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 20px 20px; float: right;" class="mt-image-right" src="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/images/truphone-iphone.png" alt="truphone-iphone.png" //a/spana href="http://www.truphone.com"Truphone /ais now bringing low-priced international calls to the iPhone even when not connected to Wi-Fi. In ... Ditch Desktop IP phone to Save Money? - span style="display: inline;" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image"img height="233" width="250" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 20px 20px; float: right;" class="mt-image-right" src="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/images/cisco-7960.jpg" alt="cisco-7960.jpg" //spanWith a slowing global economy, one of the cost-cutting measures desired by IT personnel appears to be the desktop phone, including desktop IP phones. That at least according to an OnRel... Skype for Windows Mobile 2.5 Beta Released - span style="display: inline;" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image"img height="300" width="251" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 20px 20px; float: right;" class="mt-image-right" src="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/images/skype-mobile-2.5.jpg" alt="skype-mobile-2.5.jpg" //spanSkype's Mobile team has overhauled a href="http://www.tmcnet.com/tmcnet/snapshots/snapshots.aspx?Company=Skype"Skype/a for Windows Mobile and released Beta 2.5 today. The ne... Fonality Launches PBXtra Unified Agent on Salesforce.com's Force.com AppExchange - span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"a href="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/images/fonality-uae-01.jpg"img height="433" width="590" alt="fonality-uae-01.jpg" src="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/assets_c/2008/12/fonality-uae-01-thumb-590x433-4179.jpg" class="mt-image-none" style="" //a/span br /Back in September I a href="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/voip/fonalitys-trixbox-pro-unified-ag... Digium Responds to FBI Vhishing Security Warning about Asterisk - span style="display: inline;" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image"img height="75" width="110" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 20px 20px; float: right;" class="mt-image-right" src="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/images/fbi-ic3.jpg" alt="fbi-ic3.jpg" //spanspan style="display: inline;" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image"img height="48" width="150" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 20px 20px; float: right;" class="mt-image-right" src="http://blog.tmcnet... More Than Half of U.S. Adults Got Game - More than half of U.S. adults play video games, according to a survey by the bPew Internet amp; American Life Project/b, and 20% do so daily. br /br /The survey of 2,054 U.S. adults was conducted late last year, with a margin of error of 25.br /br /People fimg alt="sonic.jpg" width="100" height="117" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" src="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/images/sonic.jpg" /rom ball walks of ... Gadget Prices Falling This Holiday Season! - img alt="" width="150" height="150" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" src="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/images/voip-gift.jpg" /Ho ho ho!br / br / 'Tis the season#160;for steep discounts on gadgets goods on the Internet. According to this article in ba href="http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/12/05/holiday.pricing/"Electonista/a/b, online shopping sites such asb Buy.com, HP.com, SonyStyle.com, Newegg... Football Drives HDTV Sales - span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"img alt="football04.jpg" width="200" height="256" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" src="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/images/football04.jpg" //span And now the truth can be told!br / br / bHDTV /bmanufacturer bSamsung/b has revealed that a survey foundb football /bto be the most popular sport to binfluence HDTV purchases/b among sports ... Never Charge your gadget again - Free Electricity! - Intel said it is researching technology to harvest free energy from the environment, which could lead to devices such as mobile phones running for indefinite periods without recharging. a href="http://www.tmcnet.com/tmcnet/snapshots/snapshots.aspx?Company=Intel"Intel/a is working on tiny sensors that can capture energy from sources such as sunlight and body heat to power personal electronic devices such as MP3 players, cell phones, portable handh... 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Nerd Vittles (Ward Mundy) is the man! He just combined the popular Acer Aspire One NetBook featuring the powerful a href="http://www.tmcnet.com/tmcnet/snapshots/snapshots.aspx?Company=In... CounterPath Launches Bria for Microsoft Outlook integrating VoIP with Outlook Contacts - CounterPath Corporation announced the launch of Bria for a href="http://www.tmcnet.com/tmcnet/snapshots/snapshots.aspx?Company=Microsoft"Microsoft/a Outlook, which integrates CounterPath's softphone technology directly into Microsoft Outlook. CounterPath also makes the popular (amp; free) SIP client a href="http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/tag/X-Lite"called X-Lite/a.br /br /span style="display: inline;" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-ima... Facebook Connect for Movable Type plugin - Facebook Connect is appearing in more and more websites, including Techcrunch, SFGate, and more, allowing you to use your Facebook credentials to post comments on third-party websites. a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/03/techcrunch-is-now-in-a-relationship-with-facebook-connect/#comment-2554871"TechCrunch announced/a Facebook Connect support for their comments just a few days ago. Yesterday, perhaps in response to a href="http://www.tmcn... George Bush: Bible ?probably? not literal - a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23032"img src="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/graphicspics/george bush.jpg" alt="George Bush" width="90" height="90" border="0" style="float:left;padding-right:5px;" title="George Bush"/a After plunging America into an illegal war based on lies and deceit, presiding over human rights abuses -- including the promotion and use of torture (and of course lying about it) -- and taking away many basis freedoms (... Investigators take DNA from FLDS baby during raid - a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23031"img src="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/graphicspics/fldsgirl.jpg" alt="FLDS" width="90" height="90" border="0" style="float:left;padding-right:5px;" title="FLDS"/a Investigators from the Texas attorney general?s office on Monday took DNA samples from a baby born to a member of a polygamist sect months after a high-profile raid, thwarting efforts by the baby?s mother to a href="http://www.religionnew... Trial of cult leader Wayne Bent opens - a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23030"img src="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/graphicspics/waynebent.jpg" alt="Wayne Bent" width="90" height="90" border="0" style="float:left;padding-right:5px;" title="Wayne Bent"/a a href="http://www.apologeticsindex.org/660-michael-travesser-strong-city-documentary"Wayne Bent/a, 67, lay in bed naked and "a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21354/wacky-cult-leader-beds-naked-virgins-sons-wife"chest ... Detroit Churches Pray for ?God?s Bailout? - a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23029"img src="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/graphicspics/cars church.jpg" alt="car industry bailout" width="90" height="90" border="0" style="float:left;padding-right:5px;" title="Praying for a car industry bailout"/a The Sunday service at Greater Grace Temple began with the Clark Sisters song ?I?m Looking for a Miracle? and included a reading of this verse from the Book of Romans: ?I consider that our p... Alleged abuse of abducted ?miracle child? poses more questions for council that failed Baby P. - a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23028"img src="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/graphicspics/gilbertdeya.jpg" alt="Gilbert Deya" width="90" height="90" border="0" style="float:left;padding-right:5px;" title="Gilbert Deya"/a Police are investigating allegations of serious abuse of a five-year-old victim of child trafficking while he was in the care of Haringey, the London council that failed to prevent the death of Baby P. br /br /The boy h... New York Times ad blasts ire aimed at LDS - a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23027"img src="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/graphicspics/mormonism.jpg" alt="Mormon Church" width="90" height="90" border="0" style="float:left;padding-right:5px;" title="Mormon Church"/a Declaring "no mob veto," a full-page ad in the New York Times on Friday denounced the "violence and intimidation" directed at members of the a href="http://www.apologeticsindex.org/m04.html"LDS Church/a who supported Ca... Jeremy Steinke convicted in murder of girlfriend?s family - a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23026"img src="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/graphicspics/jeremy steinke.jpg" alt="Jeremy Steinke" width="90" height="90" border="0" style="float:left;padding-right:5px;" title="Jeremy Steinke"/a Just days after a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/category/jeremy-allan-steinke"Jeremy Steinke/a was arrested in the killing of a Medicine Hat couple and their young son, the 23-year-old told police that he... Cult leader Wayne Bent goes to trial - a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23025"img src="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/graphicspics/wayne-bent-cult-leader.jpg" alt="Wayne Bent" width="90" height="90" border="0" style="float:left;padding-right:5px;" title="Wayne Bent"/a The man who said that he only answers to god will soon be answering to a judge and a jury of his peers.
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The trial of cult leader a href="http://www.apologeticsindex.org/660-michael-travesser-strong-city-... Mayor abandons anti-drug program affiliated with Church of Scientology - a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23024"img src="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/graphicspics/scientology-no.jpg" alt="Scientology" width="90" height="90" border="0" style="float:left;padding-right:5px;" title="Scientology"/a The city of Las Cruces, New Mexico, is immediately ending an anti-drug program aimed at third-graders after it was revealed it was created and bankrolled by the a href="http://www.apologeticsindex.org/585-scientology"C... Televangelist?s $3.6 million jet not tax-exempt, appraiser says - a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23023"img src="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/graphicspics/kenneth copeland.jpg" alt="Kenneth Copeland" width="90" height="90" border="0" style="float:left;padding-right:5px;" title="Kenneth Copeland"/a A a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19870/kenneth-copeland"Kenneth Copeland Ministry jet/a worth $3.6 million has been denied tax-exempt status by the Tarrant Appraisal District, setting the stage for... Copyright © 2009, OkieWebs. All Rights Reserved. |