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Research aims to put tongues in control of devices

The tireless tongue already controls taste and speech, helps kiss and swallow and fights germs. Now scientists hope to add one more ability to the mouthy muscle, and turn it into a computer control pad.
Georgia Tech researchers believe a magnetic, tongue-powered system could transform a disabled person’s mouth into a virtual computer, teeth into a [...]


Mozilla boosts JavaScript performance

Mozilla this week is touting technology to boost performance of its JavaScript engine and Web applications.
Called TraceMonkey, the technology adds native code compilation to the engine, which itself is called SpiderMonkey, said Mike Shaver, Mozilla vice president of engineering, in a blog post on Friday. The software builds on code and ideas shared with the [...]


Brazilian charged in U.S. in connection with operating botnet

I know he is still innocent until proven guilty but getting arrested serves him right. I just couldn’t understand this kind of behavior, they have the talent but they’re using it in a wrong way. Why can’t they play fair? Tsk tsk..
A Brazilian man has been charged in connection with operating a botnet composed [...]


So ebay changed their rules too?

So when they change the fees, it was also accompanied with changed or added rules? Hmmm, quite a businessman isn’t it? I haven’t read the new rules yet so I can’t say anything about it.
But for sure, most of the ebayers are stamping their feet as they don’t like it. I wonder what’s the new [...]


149 dead in plane crash at Madrid airport

Such a sad news

Smoke rises from the scene of the crash where a plane skidded off the runway and crashed at Madrid’s Barajas airport on August 20, 2008. (Paul Hanna/Reuters)
A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands crashed, burned and broke into pieces Wednesday while trying to take off from Madrid’s Barajas airport, [...]