Archive for May, 2011

More Than 33,000 Bike Helmets Recalled on Chin Strap Flaws

Bell Sports said Tuesday it was voluntarily recalling about 33,600 Exodus full-face bicycle helmets in the U.S. and Canada because the plastic buckle on the chin strap can break, allowing the helmet to come off the wearer’s head View full post on FOXNews.com

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House rejects debt limit increase without cuts (AP)

AP – House Republicans dealt defeat to their own proposal for a $2.4 trillion increase in the nation’s debt limit Tuesday, a political gambit designed to reinforce a demand for spending cuts to accompany any increase in government borrowing. View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories

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Cellphones a ‘possible’ carcinogen — like coffee (AP)

AP – A respected international panel of scientists says cellphones are possible cancer-causing agents, putting them in the same category as the pesticide DDT, gasoline engine exhaust and coffee. View full post on Yahoo! News: Health News

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Cleartones are a Beacon of Tranquility in a Sea of Cacophony [Ringtones]

Ringtones suck. Not in theory but in practice. They exist for one reason and that is to notify; this however, doesn’t stop everyone and their grandma from using screechy loops of “Ice Cream Paint-Job” instead. Enter Cleartones by Hugo Verweij. More » View full post on Gizmodo

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Cellphone-Cancer Link? New Report Says Be Afraid

World Health Organization says there may be a link between cancer and type of radiation found in cellphones VIDEO: Report Links Cell Phones, Cancer Risk View full post on FOXNews.com

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In Japan, You Watch TV, but TV Also Watches You [Japan]

Google has long dreamed of hardware that knows exactly who’s watching TV, which would let them target content and ads towards the viewer. Japanese network NHK is now testing that technology in the real world, hoping to accomplish something similar. More » View full post on Gizmodo

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Plane carrying Mladic lands in Holland (AP)

AP – Serbia extradited Ratko Mladic to the U.N. war crimes tribunal on Tuesday where he will stand trial for genocide, 16 years after he was charged by the court for the killing of 8,000 Muslim men and boys in the worst massacre of civilians in Europe since World War II. View full post on [...]

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More sick, dead, in European E. coli outbreak (AP)

AP – Two new deaths linked to a mysterious bacterial outbreak in Europe blamed on tainted vegetables were reported Tuesday, including the first outside Germany, as the number of reported cases continued to rise. View full post on Yahoo! News: Health News

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Chronic-Fatigue Paper Called Into Question

Editors of the journal Science have asked the co-authors of a 2009 paper that linked chronic fatigue syndrome to a retrovirus called XMRV to voluntarily retract the paper View full post on FOXNews.com

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This Is Lifehacker, Episode 11: Access Your Computer from Anywhere, Remote Control BitTorrent, and Set Up a Remote Security Camera [Video]

In a networked world, you don’t have to be sitting in front of your computer to start downloads, access files, or see what’s going on in front of your webcam. This week’s episode of Lifehacker is all about remote access and control. More » View full post on Gizmodo

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