Jan 21 2009

Mathematicians’ guide to first-date etiquette

Scientists say they have proof that women are better off with men willing to wait before they have sex

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Jan 21 2009

Obama Halts All Regulations Pending Review

One of President Barack Obama’s first acts as president was to order federal agencies to halt all pending regulations until his administration can review them. The order went out Tuesday afternoon, shortly after Obama was inaugurated president, in a memorandum signed by new White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel.

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Jan 21 2009

The Audacity To Be Ignorant

There has not always existed a prevailing culture of cranial laziness.

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Jan 21 2009

The Daily Show Bids Farewell to Juvenile Humor

There were so many balls last night. And they were big and lavish and right in my face. Also, they threw a bunch of parties for President Obama.

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Jan 21 2009

Acupuncture Works … as Placebo

Headache sufferers can find relief in acupuncture, even if the needles are stuck in the wrong places, scientists now say.

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Jan 21 2009

Zero Punctuation: Far Cry 2

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Jan 21 2009

Japan: Only One Xbox 360 Game Made Top 100 Sellers of 2008

Crunching the sales data from game publication Famitsu, we have a breakdown by platform of the 100 biggest selling games of last year in Japan.

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Jan 21 2009

Malware infestation responsible for credit card data breach

Move over TJ Maxx, payment processor Heartland Payment Systems has potentially leaked up to 100 million credit and debit accounts into the black market. That number, if verified, would make this the largest data breach on record. It also means the United States has managed to set two national records in the same day.

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Jan 21 2009

Woman arrested after child gives away hiding spot

Officers who arrived to serve a warrant said two men and a woman at the house told officers that the woman had left, but then a 4-year old child approached one of the officers and revealed that the woman was under a bed.

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Jan 21 2009

Living free with Linux: 2 weeks without Windows

Can a dedicated Windows user make it for two weeks using only Linux? Preston Gralla tried it and lived to tell this tale.

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