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ABC News has learned that the nomination of former Senator Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., to be President Obama’s Secretary of Health and Human Services has hit a traffic snarl on its way through the Senate Finance Committee. The controversy deals with a car and driver lent to Daschle by a wealthy Democratic friend…

DOJ phishing e-mail that entices federal employees to provide sensitive financial account information turns out to be a test of their security awareness, according to DOJ spokeswoman.

DANIEL Radcliffe’s stunt double on the Harry Potter set has been rushed to hospital after suffering serious injuries.

Scientists are mostly worried about bisphenol-A or BPA. “It’s an endocrine disruptor and in numerous animal studies it’s been linked to cancer, infertility, obesity and early puberty,”..list of ones to avoid and ones that are safe

The Big Brother State is an educational film about how politicians claim to be protecting our freedom… what we refer to as repressive legislation. States [are] gaining more and more control of their citizens at the cost of our privacy and freedom.

Lawrence Person writes “Another speculative fiction magazine folds: Realms of Fantasy is ceasing publication. This comes hot on the heels of the announcement that the venerable Fantasy and Science Fiction will be moving from a monthly to a bimonthly schedule, and underscores what a tough environment this is for science fiction and fantasy magazines, all of which have suffered declining circulation for quite some time. This is a real problem, since short fiction is generally where new writers cut their teeth, appearing in print alongside their more famous peers. Given that a one-year subscription costs less than the average video game, those with an interest in science fiction might want to consider buying subscriptions to Asimov’s, Fantasy and Science Fiction, and Analog. (Those in the UK might want to add Interzone and/or Black Static and Postscripts as well.)”

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nerdyH notes a DesktopLinux.com first look at the alpha of Intel’s Moblin 2 toolkit for Linux distributors to create distributions for netbooks and other Atom-based kit. “A lot of notebooks and even netbooks these days run Windows, but also offer a minimalist Linux environment that boots in seconds. Now, with the Intel-sponsored Moblin project’s alpha release of Moblin 2 Monday, it looks like insanely fast boots will become a standard feature of full-featured Linux desktops, too. Some of the quick-booting environments out there are enough to give anyone a lasting hatred of Linux. Like those free bicycles that liberal, well-intentioned municipalities release into the wild from time to time, hoping to get drivers out of their cars, fast-boot Linux is probably doing more to harm than help the cause. But pretty soon, even full-featured Linux will boot in seconds. That’s because Intel’s built some mighty whizzy read-ahead boot technology into Moblin 2.”

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