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That's 340 trillion, trillion, trillion addresses!

SAN FRANCISCO - THIRTY years after the first Internet addresses were created, the supply of addresses officially ran dry on Thursday. But don't panic. The transition to a new version of addresses ...


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Facebook photos swiped for dating website

  SAN FRANCISCO - HACKING and art mixed on Friday in a freshly-launched dating website that lets visitors seek mates by sifting through profile pictures mined from Facebook. Lovely-faces.com bo...


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News Corp bets on iPad for future of news

NEW YORK - RUPERT Murdoch, among the most ardent defenders of the traditional press, has staked his reputation on a risky bet that for just 14 cents a day he can save the news business with tablet d...


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Oysters disappearing worldwide: study

WASHINGTON - A SURVEY of oyster habitats around the world released on Thursday found that the succulent mollusks are disappearing fast and 85 per cent of their reefs have been lost due to disease an...


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Humans Left Trees 4.2 Million Years Ago

Early human ancestors stopped swinging in trees and started walking on the ground sometime between 4.2 and 3.5 million years ago, according to a new study.   This key moment, when our an...


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Everest Trekkers' Hearts Will Go On

Just the thought of climbing Mount Everest is enough to nearly give some people a heart attack. It turns out that the physical effects of climbing high into the mountains can cause similar damage ...


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Google slams Microsoft for 'cheating'

WASHINGTON - THE world's biggest Internet search company, Google, is accusing rival Microsoft's Bing of copying its results, a charge Microsoft denies. 'Some Bing results increasingly look like an...


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Thailand's famed Pattaya beach in danger of vanishing

  The eastern city, a magnet for foreign tourists seeking sun, sea, watersports and racy nightlife, is under siege by both man and the forces of nature. One of Asia's most popular b...


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Google topples Nokia from smartphones top spot

  (Reuters) - Google Inc's Android dethroned Nokia's Symbian as the global leader in smartphone software during the last quarter of 2010, ending a reign that began with the birth of the industry ...


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Oldest Galaxy Uncloaked by Hubble

   A galaxy located 13.2 billion light-years from Earth is the oldest object yet detected. The galaxy formed when the universe was just 500 million years old. Fishing...


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Bikepacking, great way to travel !

(Taitung Taiwan 2010)   Bikepacking?   This concept of travelling with your bicycle I believe is not new.  Probably touring by bicycle, which you can see it happening more and more ...


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Taipei Bicycle Exhibition 16-19 March 2011

  Show Dates & Hours: March 16 to 19, 2011 Admission: March 16-18, open to trade by invitation only March 19, open to trade and public * Minors under 12 are not admitted to the s...


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How good is cycling sandal ?

A very good pair of cycling/trail sandal is a must for tour cyclist. Very comfortable and with quicklocks, its so easy to take off and put on Lightweight and you can wear it on beaches or eve...


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Reminiscing Shangrila backpacking trip

Reminiscing my solo backpacking trip to Shangrila from Penang...  Penang->Bangkok->Vientianne-> LuangPrabang->Boten->Jinghong-> Kunming->Dali->L...


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Mt Everest base camp trip, anyone?

The legendary Khoo Swee Chiow is organising a treking trip to Everest base camp via Tibet, China, instead of the usual Nepal route, this coming April.  He will be taking a group up to base camp, an...


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Thailand shuts down key dive sites

The Thai government announced that 18 diving sites will be off limits for up to 14 months to allow the reefs' bleached coral to recover.   A decision to close a selection of diving site...


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Security apps boost Apple as BlackBerry alternative

  A slew of small security software developers are helping Apple's iPhone gain a foothold within corporations that were once the exclusive domain of Research In Motion's BlackBerry. The shift r...


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Mono-clawed mini-cousin of T.rex found in China

An artist's impression of how Linhenykus monodactylus might have appeared   A tiny distant cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex has been discovered in China with only a single claw on each upper li...


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Medicine By Mail Service Launched

Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai launched Monday the 1Malaysia medical service through the post specifically for sufferers of chronic diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure. W...


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BlackBerry program may help RIM defend its turf

  Research In Motion aims to keep its dominance of the corporate smartphone market by enabling the BlackBerry to segregate a user's personal data from work-related emails and other applications s...


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Google to launch Groupon competitor

Google Offers is designed to help potential customers find great deals in their area, a fact sheet says. Google is preparing to launch Google Offers, the search giant's Groupon compet...


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Sharks are probably colour-blind

Researchers in Australia have discovered a secret weakness of one of the ocean's most impressive predators. Sharks, it seems, are completely colour blind. The scientists, who examined retinas of...


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WikiLeaks: Swiss banking secrets next

A Swiss whistle-blower Monday handed over what he said were secret Swiss banking records to WikiLeaks, the website dedicated to revealing secrets. Swiss banker Rudolf Elmer handed two discs to Wik...


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Youtube, Google Maps Most Popular in Samsung Smart Tv App

YouTube and Google Maps have been among the most popular applications for Samsung Electronics Co.'s smart TV users, Yonhap news agency quoted the South Korean tech company as saying on Monday. Yo...


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iPad reading may cut into TV time

The iPad is changing how folks read stuff online -- no surprise if you think how different a gizmo it is to a PC. But a new study shows it's moving online reading into primetime TV hours, which is...


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Planet Discovered Outside Solar System

A NASA spacecraft has detected a rocky planet that is the smallest ever discovered outside the Sun's solar system, the agency announced. The exoplanet -- so named because it orbits a star other t...


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Skype Acquires Qik Mobile

Internet telephone service Skype said it acquired mobile video company Qik for an undisclosed amount. Qik's service -- available on more than 200 mobile phones, including Android and Apple's iPhon...


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Toshiba Plans Glasses-Free 3D TV

Toshiba Corp will begin selling large-screen glasses-free 3D television sets in fiscal 2011 and plans to start marketing the groundbreaking devices beyond its home turf of Japan, executives said. ...


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Microsoft Uses Mobile Phone Chips

Microsoft has shown a full version of Windows running on chips usually found in mobile phones. The desktop version of Windows was demonstrated working with three processors built around chips des...


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Hair Colour Predicted From Genes

Scientists say they have developed a way to predict a person's probable hair colour using markers in their DNA. The study paves the way for a forensic test that could estimate the hair colour of a...


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