09/05/2007

HP Plans to Go Even More Mobile

Hewlett-Packard is offering a number of updated laptops, along with a new tablet, which are geared toward enterprise users and will be some of the first PCs to offer Intel's Centrino Pro platform.

WinkFlash Steps in to Rescue ClubPhoto Pics

WinkFlash, a photo site, has acquired the users' photo albums at ClubPhoto, a defunct competitor. Winkflash is making a good-faith effort to restore them to their proper owners.

DNA reveals hooded seals have wanderlust

Researchers have discovered that hooded seals, a mysterious mammal that spends all but a few days each year in the ocean, are all closely related.

Extreme winds rule exoplanet's weather

Supersonic winds more than six times faster than those on Jupiter are blasting through the atmosphere of a Jupiter-sized planet 60 light years away, say scientists who've analyzed results from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

DNA repair proteins monitored at double-strand break

Investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital had a molecule’s eye view of the human cell’s DNA repair kit as it assembled on a double-strand break to link together the broken ends. Double-strand breaks are ruptures ...

Scientists identify prion's infectious secret

Researchers have known for decades that certain neurodegenerative diseases, such as mad cow disease or its human equivalent, Cruetzfeldt-Jakob disease, result from a kind of infectious protein called a prion. Remarkably, ...

Species thrive when sexual dimorphism broadens their niches

Some Caribbean lizards' strong sexual dimorphism allows them to colonize much larger niches and habitats than they might otherwise occupy, allowing males and females to avoid competing with each other for resources and setting ...

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