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Facebook games cost more than just your time
Games such as “FarmVille” and “Pet Society” serve up players (i.e., you) on a silver platter. Full story
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Cars near ‘auto’ pilot mode
A new breed of prototype automobile can drive without the help of unreliable humans, and major car companies are paying attention. Full story
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Consortium for the Barcode of Life
Cosmic Log: The "barcodes of life" are being used to crack down on smugglers, track down disease carriers and trace the effects of evolution and climate change.
Did Neanderthals have sex with modern humans?
Neanderthals were the closest relatives we had, and tantalizing new hints suggest that we might have been intimately close indeed.
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Cosmic Log: DNA barcodes make their mark
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The "barcodes of life" are being used to crack down on smugglers, track down disease carriers and trace the effects of evolution and climate change.
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Space elevator team wins $900,000 from NASA
A Seattle-based team has won $900,000 in this year's Space Elevator Games, a NASA-sponsored contest to build machines powered by laser beams that can climb a cable in the sky.
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Facebook’s fantasy games cost more than time
Social network developers for games such as “FarmVille” and “Pet Society” get paid big bucks by advertisers for serving up customers on a silver platter. (That would be you.)
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Spain: Internet-related child porn on the rise
Francisco Villanueva of the Interior Ministry says the number of cases has gone from 108 in 2004 to 1,024 last year.
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Review: Motorola's Droid a serious smartphone
Review: Motorola's Droid stands out from the crowd of iPhone wannabes with a slim but weighty body, noticeably angular look and large touch screen.
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New 'Call of Duty' could set record
This holiday season's biggest entertainment blockbuster likely will be a sequel to a popular franchise, with jarring depictions of war and an intricate story of good versus evil. It could easily rake in more than last year's record $155 million opening weekend for "The Dark Knight."
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Cars are approaching ‘auto’ pilot mode
A new breed of prototype automobile can drive without the help of unreliable humans, and major car companies are paying attention.
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