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El Nino may have helped Magellan cross the Pacific (AP)
AP - The El Nino phenomenon that has puzzled climate scientists in recent decades may have assisted the first trip around the world nearly 500 years ago.
Researchers warn of nitrogen hazard to environment (AP)
AP - While carbon dioxide has been getting lots of publicity in climate change, reactive forms of nitrogen are also building up in the environment, scientists warn.
Da Vinci to be honored by small helicopter flight (AP)
AP - A Japanese man who developed the world's smallest helicopter will take flight in the birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci in tribute to the Renaissance genius' original idea.
Robotic suit could usher in super soldier era (AP)
AP - Rex Jameson bikes and swims regularly, and plays tennis and skis when time allows. But the 5-foot-11, 180-pound software engineer is lucky if he presses 200 pounds — that is, until he steps into an "exoskeleton" of aluminum and electronics that multiplies his strength and endurance as many as 20 times.
Why the China Quake Was So Devastating (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - The 7.9-magnitude earthquake that hit China's Sichuan province, leveling buildings and taking tens of thousands of lives, might not have wrought such destruction in the United States, experts say.

'$100 laptop' nonprofit now teamed with Microsoft

BOSTON (AP) -- The One Laptop Per Child project is about to find out whether Microsoft Corp., a rival the nonprofit group once derided, is the solution to its problems in spreading inexpensive portable computers to schoolchildren....


Woman indicted in Missouri MySpace suicide case

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A Missouri woman was indicted Thursday for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax on the online social network MySpace against a 13-year-old neighbor who committed suicide....


Icahn to Yahoo board: Sell to Microsoft or leave

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang spent months fending off Microsoft Corp.'s unsolicited takeover bid. Now he may only have a few weeks to persuade the software maker to revive its last offer of $47.5 billion, or risk being fired in a shareholder mutiny led by activist investor Carl Icahn....


'$100 laptop' embraces Windows XP

Microsoft joins forces with the makers of the "$100 laptop" to make Windows XP available on the low-cost computers.

Investor launches Yahoo challenge

A billionaire investor announces he will fight to oust the present board of directors at Yahoo.

US 'cyber-bully' mother indicted

A US woman who allegedly bullied a girl on MySpace who later committed suicide is indicted by a Grand Jury.

Identity fraud hits net telephony

Usernames and passwords from voice-over IP accounts are being traded online, a telecoms firm finds.

SCI Tech News

Western Digital Improves Its Caviar SE16 Drive

GeIL's Inexpensive Low Latency 4GB PC2-6400 DDR2 Kit

High Quality, High Efficiency Power Supply For Lower Wattage Systems

LG Drive Makes Desktop PC a Blu-ray/HD-DVD Player

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EU, Latin American leaders meet on trade, climate (Reuters)

Friction forecast at EU-Latin America summit (AFP)

Researchers warn of nitrogen hazard to environment (AP)

Obesity contributes to global warming: study (Reuters)

Maverick oilman Pickens puts $2B bet on wind power (AP)

   

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