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What do you call a Yugo with a flat tire? Totaled. What's included in every Yugo owner's manual? A bus schedule. What do you call a Yugo that breaks down after 100 miles? An overachiever [Source: TIME / 03-16]

The 5D Mark II gets video modes professionals have been craving. Is this a one-off fix or part of a shift to products that are continuously improved? [Source: CNET News.com / 03-16]

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Feature-length documentary film Earth Days will premiere on Facebook with a live video stream and a chat at 8 PM EST on April 11, more than a week before the over-the-air PBS television premiere at 9 PM EST on April 19. The film chronicles the history of Earth... [Source: Mashable! / 03-16]

Social networking has finally become something valuable for brick-and-mortar businesses. Smartphones and location-based social networks allow users to interact, share, meet up, and recommend places based on their physical coordinates. This real-world connectio... [Source: Mashable! / 03-16]

What if we took the leading sensor-based products currently being developed or already on the market, put them all under one roof, and added a typical American family? Would they just be the techiest family on the block, or would it have a significant impact o... [Source: ReadWriteWeb / 03-16]

NewsBlotter - WebMD - The risks associated with hip fractures may linger long after the initial recovery period is over, especially for men. [Source: NewsBlotter.com / 03-16]

NewsBlotter - WebMD - The American Academy of Neurology has issued a new guideline outlining what it says are the most effective treatments for non-motor symptoms common in people with Parkinson's disease. [Source: NewsBlotter.com / 03-16]

NewsBlotter - SpeakersOffice - A while back, I received a distressed email from Ken, a young manager at a high-tech company. Ken and I had never met, but he had read my first two books and had done his best to apply the ideas and practices of Extreme Leadersh... [Source: NewsBlotter.com / 03-16]

NewsBlotter - WebMD - People who suffer from psoriasis may be at an increased risk of other serious medical conditions, including heart disease and cancer, studies show. [Source: NewsBlotter.com / 03-16]

NewsBlotter - Discovery Channel - Katie Spotz took 70 days to row 2,817 miles and became the youngest person to row across the Atlantic. [Source: NewsBlotter.com / 03-16]

NewsBlotter - HowStuffWorks.com - A well-stocked kitchen pantry is important for a couple of reasons. It gives healthy options to cook at home and you can save money on eating in. So what should you always have on hand? [Source: NewsBlotter.com / 03-16]

NewsBlotter - HowStuffWorks.com - It's not that hard to get into most houses. Between the keys hidden under mats, the shoddy locks and the soul-baring social network statuses on vacation plans, it's pretty easy to find a home's weak spot. How should you protec... [Source: NewsBlotter.com / 03-16]

NewsBlotter - Discovery Channel - You might avoid karaoke, or would never entertain thoughts of appearing on American Idol, but a new book shares that most people have hidden singing talents. [Source: NewsBlotter.com / 03-16]

NewsBlotter - HowStuffWorks.com - The space shuttle program has known both success and tragedy. Check out our newest playlist: Space Shuttles. [Source: NewsBlotter.com / 03-16]

NewsBlotter - HowStuffWorks.com - Losing weight doesn't have to be a painful and grueling process. A simple 30-minute walk while enjoying the sunset can burn as much as 1500 calories each week. Read our list of 25 simple steps to a healthier you. [Source: NewsBlotter.com / 03-16]

NewsBlotter - NASA Image of the Day - In December 2009, the first high-resolution global map of Mercury was made publicly available. These images are from MESSENGER, a NASA Discovery mission to conduct the first orbital study of the innermost planet, Mercury. ... [Source: NewsBlotter.com / 03-16]

Quitting smoking can turn back time. A year after kicking the habit, smokers' arteries showed signs of reversing a problem that can set the stage for heart disease, according to the first big study to test this. [Source: physorg.com / 03-16]

For the average college basketball fan looking for an edge in a March Madness office pool, a University of Illinois expert in statistics and data analysis has some advice on how to pick winners: After the Sweet Sixteen round of play, ignore a team's seeding, w... [Source: physorg.com / 03-16]

Multitudes of people worldwide begin each day with a cup of steaming hot coffee. Although it is sometimes referred to as the devil's brew, coffee contains several nutrients (eg, calcium) as well as hundreds of potentially biologically active compounds (eg, pol... [Source: physorg.com / 03-16]

The New York Times fired back on Monday against plans by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. to compete against the respected daily with a New York edition of The Wall Street Journal. [Source: physorg.com / 03-16]

In an unprecedented broadcasting move, the 2010 Masters will be produced and broadcast live in 3-D, Augusta National Golf Club chairman Billy Payne announced on Monday. [Source: physorg.com / 03-16]

An experimental oral drug has lowered blood sugar levels and inflammation in mice with Type 2 diabetes, suggesting that the medication could someday be added to the arsenal of drugs used by millions of Americans with this disease, according to new research. [Source: physorg.com / 03-16]

Preventing and treating heart disease in some patients could be as simple as supplementing their diet with extra vitamin D, according to two new studies at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Murray, Utah. [Source: physorg.com / 03-16]

Environmentally friendly products are everywhere one looks. Energy efficient dishwashers, bamboo towels, the paperless Kindle and, of course, the ubiquitous Prius are all around. But why do people buy these green products? Do they care about the environment or... [Source: physorg.com / 03-16]

U.S. citizens reported losing more than $550 million in 2009 in Internet fraud, falling prey to a variety of increasingly sophisticated scams, according to a report by the Internet Crime Complaint Center. [Source: physorg.com / 03-16]

A family history of Alzheimer's is one of the biggest risk factors for developing the memory-robbing disease, which affects more than 5 million Americans and is the most common form of senile dementia. Now an international collaboration led by NYU Langone Medi... [Source: physorg.com / 03-16]

Not only land birds, but also some seabirds, cover enormous distances during migration: the sooty shearwater, for example, circumnavigates the earth one and a half times on its travels. Despite this, relatively little is known about the migratory behaviour of ... [Source: physorg.com / 03-16]

Public safety should win against personal choice especially when it comes to elderly seniors who shouldn't drive, states an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). [Source: physorg.com / 03-16]

Many visits by dying cancer patients to the emergency department can be avoided with effective palliative care, states an article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ). In Ontario, about 40% of cancer patients visit the emergency department in the... [Source: physorg.com / 03-16]

An estimated three to four million people - about one in every eight Canadians - drink water from private supplies. [Source: physorg.com / 03-16]

New research findings published in the March issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons indicate that some breast cancers continue to be detected as a palpable lump rather than being found through mammographic screening. Patients who presented wi... [Source: physorg.com / 03-16]

A team of Mayo Clinic researchers have found that cardiac rehabilitation is associated with significantly reduced mortality rates for patients who have had stents placed to treat blockages in their coronary arteries. The findings, presented today at the annual... [Source: physorg.com / 03-16]

The prevalence of abnormal ankle-brachial index (ABI) test results among individuals tested for peripheral arterial disease (PAD) -and who are not considered at high risk of a coronary heart event by Framingham-based risk factors -is high and provides another ... [Source: physorg.com / 03-16]

Shaking hands with a robotic arm could be a new way to help stroke patients learn to use their arms again. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation report a pilot trial of the 'Braccio di Ferro' (Iron a... [Source: physorg.com / 03-16]

Treatment with the anti-hypertensive drug valsartan (Diovan) led to a modest reduction in the development of type 2 diabetes but did not significantly reduce cardiovascular events in patients with impaired glucose tolerance, according to researchers at Duke Un... [Source: physorg.com / 03-16]

In a surprising discovery about where higher life can thrive, scientists for the first time found a shrimp-like creature and a jellyfish frolicking beneath a massive Antarctic ice sheet. [Source: physorg.com / 03-16]

Each cusp of our teeth is regulated by genes which carefully control the development. A similar genetic puzzle also regulates the differentiation of our other organs and of all living organisms. A team of researchers at the Institute of Biotechnology of the Un... [Source: physorg.com / 03-16]

Trafficmaster's Smartnav satellite navigation is the first Pay As You Go (PAYG) navigation application on the smart phone market, allowing users to only pay for satnav directions and traffic information when they need it. Trafficmaster's PAYG satnav service is... [Source: Business Wire / 03-15]

Four Japanese auto giants and the country's largest power company joined forces Monday to set up a common system to recharge electric cars, with the aim of creating a global standard. [Source: physorg.com / 03-15]

A new Wolfram Alpha search engine that delivers factual answers to online queries instead of links to Web pages won top honors late Sunday at South By South West (SXSW). [Source: physorg.com / 03-15]

Vitamin D is quickly becoming the go-to remedy for treating a wide range of illnesses, from osteoporosis to atherosclerosis. However, new evidence from a Wake Forest University School of Medicine study suggests that supplementing vitamin D in those with low le... [Source: physorg.com / 03-15]

A large study from Children's Hospital Boston and the Boston-based Autism Consortium finds that a genetic test that samples the entire genome, known as chromosomal microarray analysis, has about three times the detection rate for genetic changes related to aut... [Source: physorg.com / 03-15]

Eighty-four percent of children 18 and younger had successful clinical outcomes during an eight year follow-up to repair a torn meniscus (cartilage that provides cushioning to distribute your body weight across the knee joint) at the same time as reconstructio... [Source: physorg.com / 03-15]

The good news for traditional US news organizations? Their websites are popular. The bad news? Few news consumers click on ads and hardly any are prepared to pay for news online. [Source: physorg.com / 03-15]

Only 35 percent have a favorite site and 21 percent rely primarily on a single source, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center. [Source: New York Times: Technology / 03-15]

If you're like most senior company loyalists, the word temp probably brings to mind certain corporate characters. The receptionist who's always updating his Facebook page. The coder who spends more time on job search algorithms than on optimizing your site. Th... [Source: CNN - Top Stories / 03-15]

Decent job listings are pretty scarce these days -- which is why it's more important than ever to get your resume in front of the top headhunters in your field. Executive-search professionals serve their client companies by quietly cherry-picking candidates... [Source: CNN - Top Stories / 03-15]

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Nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains and fueled by leaders and social hubs such as Micah Baldwin , Tech Stars mentor, #followfriday creator and now chief community caretaker at Graphic.ly of Digital X, and Robert Reich, the founder of Boulder/Denve... [Source: ReadWriteWeb / 03-15]

NewsBlotter - Dictionary.com Word of the Day - gravitas: high seriousness. [Source: NewsBlotter.com / 03-15]

NewsBlotter - Readers Digest - Plumbers around the country give us the scoop on how to find a good plumber, lower your water bill, and save money on repairs. [Source: NewsBlotter.com / 03-15]

NewsBlotter - HR Executive - While the expectation of privacy in the workplace has all but vanished for American employees, advancements in cell-phone and video technology mean employers should no longer expect privacy at work either. HR leaders should instruc... [Source: NewsBlotter.com / 03-15]

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TechNewsSource - SANS - Tip of the Day [Source: TechNewsSource.com / 03-14]

At the Bigg Digg Shindigg event at the South by Southwest Interactive Conference (SXSWi), Digg CEO Jay Adelson revealed that the popular social bookmarking site is getting a major overhaul, teasing the audience about new features such as personalized feeds and... [Source: Mashable! / 03-14]

The iPad officially became available for pre-order earlier today and while plenty of you are still debating about whether or not to pre-order , it appears as if the device might already sold 51,000 units in just two hours via pre-order. Wow. If you've ever dou... [Source: Mashable! / 03-14]

Last week John wrote of his family's efforts to spend less by cutting back on some luxuries, but in this economy many families have gone to more extreme measures to get out from under onerous debt burdens. [Source: WSJ.com: The Juggle / 03-14]

NewsBlotter - HowStuffWorks.com - With some time and a little grit, you can grow a surprising number of your own fruits and veggies. Even if you don't have room in your backyard for an orchard or farm, there's at least one food on this list you can harvest. [Source: NewsBlotter.com / 03-14]

NewsBlotter - Dictionary.com Word of the Day - fulminate: to issue or utter verbal attacks or censures. [Source: NewsBlotter.com / 03-14]

NewsBlotter - HowStuffWorks.com - New research suggests that you'll be happier spending money on experiences -- like vacations -- than on material purchases. What other steps can people take to get happier? [Source: NewsBlotter.com / 03-14]

NewsBlotter - National Geographic Photo of the Day - Fog lifts to reveal the island of Boreray, in the St. Kilda archipelago, perched far out in the Atlantic. [Source: NewsBlotter.com / 03-14]

NewsBlotter - Dictionary.com Word of the Day - erudite: characterized by extensive reading or knowledge. [Source: NewsBlotter.com / 03-14]

NewsBlotter - The Gates Notes - On a recent trip to Africa, Bill explored innovative and cost-effective initiatives supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that are reducing child mortality and the risk of infection from AIDS, and increasing basic fin... [Source: NewsBlotter.com / 03-14]

NewsBlotter - Harvard Business Blogs - In my experience of over two decades of coaching executives in their public speaking, I rarely run across one who has both the time and the inclination to do what it takes to deliver a great speech. Most of them are satis... [Source: NewsBlotter.com / 03-14]

NewsBlotter - HowStuffWorks.com - What's his name? You know, the guy from the thing who was wearing the shirt? Memory fails us all sometimes, so here are 10 tips to keep you from blanking the next time you go to shake hands. [Source: NewsBlotter.com / 03-14]

Whether you want to live like a rock star or a cowboy, or become an urban gardener or just opt for the simple life, there is a town in America to suit everyone's taste. [Source: NewsBlotter.com / 03-14]

NewsBlotter - National Geographic Photo of the Day - Their crumpled layers as old as the continents, the sea stacks and cliffs of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland offer jagged reminders of the forces that drove Europe, North America, and Greenland apart as the N... [Source: NewsBlotter.com / 03-14]

NewsBlotter - Discovery Channel - The Svalbard Global Seed Vault now houses the world's most diverse collection of seeds. [Source: NewsBlotter.com / 03-14]

NewsBlotter - HowStuffWorks.com - New research in the journal Health Affairs shows that American kids get more than 27 percent of their daily calories from snacks -- a factor that could contribute to childhood obesity. What snacks can keep kids happy and help ... [Source: NewsBlotter.com / 03-14]

NewsBlotter - Harvard Business Blogs - Let's say you're someone over 55 who has enjoyed roaring success in your career, launched your kids, called it quits. You've made your mark and your moolah, and you want to do more than spend your sunset years hanging out... [Source: NewsBlotter.com / 03-14]

NewsBlotter - Harvard Business Blogs - The other day, one of my colleagues asked me, What exactly do you mean when you use the word 'innovation?' Answering the question led to a productive discussion about what really inhibits innovation inside large organizat... [Source: NewsBlotter.com / 03-14]

NewsBlotter - Harvard Business Blogs - When Stevie Wonder first sang I just called to say I love you , no one wondered whether he would have been better off tweeting his message instead of picking up the phone. Not so today. [Source: NewsBlotter.com / 03-14]

NewsBlotter - NASA Image of the Day - Dramatic plumes, both large and small, spray water ice out from many locations along the famed 'tiger stripes' near the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus. The tiger stripes are fissures that spray icy particles, water ... [Source: NewsBlotter.com / 03-14]

NewsBlotter - HR Executive - A new study highlights the lifestyle and work expectations of the digital literati, and experts say employers need to work to fashion -- and communicate -- policies that meet their needs. In the absence of available or understandab... [Source: NewsBlotter.com / 03-14]

In December 2008, we launched the Laid Off and Looking blog as a way for WSJ readers and job seekers to learn firsthand about how rising unemployment was affecting Americans. We asked 29 laid off professionals with M.B.A. degrees to share what it was like for... [Source: WSJ.com: Laid Off And Looking / 03-14]

Mobile social networking ruled on Saturday as the techno-hip at South By South West (SXSW) used location-based services on smartphones to track down everything from panels to parties. [Source: physorg.com / 03-14]

Spiders and silkworms are masters of materials science, but scientists are finally catching up. Silks are among the toughest materials known, stronger and less brittle, pound for pound, than steel. Now scientists at MIT have unraveled some of their deepest sec... [Source: physorg.com / 03-14]

The presence of plaque on an abdominal CT scan is a strong predictor of coronary artery disease and mortality, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study. [Source: physorg.com / 03-14]

Lowering blood pressure to normal levels - below currently recommended levels - did not significantly reduce the combined risk of fatal or nonfatal cardiovascular disease events in adults with type 2 diabetes who were at especially high risk for cardiovascular... [Source: physorg.com / 03-14]

A baby elephant thought to have died in the womb made its first public appearance at Sydney's Taronga Zoo on Sunday, amid predictions it will make a full recovery from its arduous birth. [Source: physorg.com / 03-14]

Law enforcement officers who worked near ground zero after the World Trade Center attacks seem to show early signs of heart problems at a higher rate than would be expected for their age, a new study suggests. [Source: physorg.com / 03-14]

A research team led by Mayo Clinic has found a national trend toward younger, more diverse patients having total knee replacement surgery. The findings were presented today at the 2010 annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons in New Orlea... [Source: physorg.com / 03-14]

Apple Inc. is giving its chief operating officer a $5 million bonus for outstanding performance running the company while CEO Steve Jobs was on medical leave. [Source: physorg.com / 03-14]

Carnegie Mellon University's Matt Oberdier is developing a new hydrosurgery system to help physicians better manage excessive bleeding during surgery. [Source: physorg.com / 03-14]

A new minimally invasive sports hernia repair gets athletes back in the game 3 times faster than the traditional repair, according to a new study presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in New Orleans, (March 13)... [Source: physorg.com / 03-14]

The second-ever known tropical cyclone in the South Atlantic Ocean can't escape satellite eyes, and today, the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-12 captured a visible image of Tropical Storm 90Q now located off the coast of Argentina. [Source: physorg.com / 03-14]

The cost of Internet fraud doubled in 2009 to about $560 million, the FBI said Friday. The most common type of frauds reported were scams from people falsely claiming to be from the FBI. [Source: physorg.com / 03-14]

Women who took the birth control pill beginning in the late 1960s lived longer than those never on the pill, a new study says. [Source: physorg.com / 03-14]

Apple fans flocked online Friday to be among the first to order iPad tablet computers slated to begin shipping in the United States on April 3. [Source: physorg.com / 03-14]

The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry and three healthcare partners are working together to determine the true cost-burden of oral cancer. [Source: physorg.com / 03-14]

Except for the sound of tires rolling on the ground, the latest generation of Polaris all-terrain vehicles moves almost silently across a snowy field. Powered by an electric battery instead of a gasoline engine, the new Ranger EV (for electric vehicle) is in s... [Source: physorg.com / 03-14]

Time to try Atkins again? Not so fast. [Source: physorg.com / 03-14]

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patients may be able to participate in high-impact sports without increasing risk of early implant failure, according to a new study presented today at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)... [Source: physorg.com / 03-14]

Increasing calcium intake is a common -- yet not always successful -- strategy for reducing bone fractures. But a study supported in part by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) underscores the importance of vitamin D and its ability to help the body utiliz... [Source: physorg.com / 03-14]

With The New York Times and Rupert Murdoch poised to start charging for newspapers online, media heavyweights sparred on Thursday over whether readers will pay for news on the Web. [Source: physorg.com / 03-14]

Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium found in about 50% of humans worldwide, can cause stomach ulcers and, in extreme cases, gastric cancer. In an article for F1000 Medicine Reports, Seiji Shiota and Yoshio Yamaoka discuss the possible eradication of H. pylori inf... [Source: physorg.com / 03-14]

Normal vertebrate brain ventricle formation relies upon the stretchiness or relaxation of the neuroepithelium, which is regulated by the motor protein myosin. This process was discovered in zebrafish and may play a role in the proper expansion of tubes in othe... [Source: physorg.com / 03-14]

The usual excuse of lack of time for not doing enough exercise is blown away by new research published in The Journal of Physiology. [Source: physorg.com / 03-13]

How to put a baseball game schedule onto your personal calendar. [Source: New York Times: Technology / 03-12]