BuzzSkyline writes “New Scientist is reporting on a lab-scale experiment that may lead to a tsunami invisibility cloak, which could protect islands, open-ocean platforms and even coastlines from dangerous waves by effectively making them invisible to tsunamis. The technology is based on the same sorts of negative index of refraction ideas that some physicists are [...]

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Apple’s vaunted stock takes a sharp dive Monday amid general market turmoil and the fear that PC sales are drying up.

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We’ve talked about how microformats like hCard add semantic
information to your content. Despite our talk, it took us a nudge by
microformat evangelist Chris Messina to add hCards to Webmonkey. While we were at it, we whipped up a quick how-to tutorial. Follow along to make your own digital business
cards.

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The company known to set standards is instead adopting them. Microsoft joins the list of big companies that include Google, Yahoo and Nokia in adopting the jQuery JavaScript framework in its development environment. In a surprise tack, Microsoft moves web
development forward by enabling an open and popular framework rather than reinventing a proprietary one from [...]

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Linux kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman calls Ubuntu out for a fight. Ubuntu is being lambasted for not contributing to the underlying Linux technology.

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Researchers have found a way to spoof GPS signals in a bid to fool receivers and show the potential security threat that an attack on the system poses.

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Less than 24 hours after news broke regarding Josh Beckett’s right oblique strain that would keep him out of Game 1 of the American League Division Series in Anaheim on Wednesday, the talk around the Red Sox’s clubhouse focused almost exclusively on the health of the battle-tested ace.
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The Phillies have lined up their rotation for the first three games of the NL Division Series, which begins Wednesday at Citizens Bank Park. Ace lefty Cole Hamels will start Game 1, followed by righty Brett Myers and lefty Jamie Moyer in Games 2 and 3.
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SAM Ekwe finished his fabled hoops career in Mendiola on a high note, leading his school to a rare grand slam in the country???s oldest collegiate basketball league.
Ekwe delivered 21 points, 19 rebounds and three blocks as the San Beda Red Lions took the do-or-die Game 3 of the 84th NCAA men???s basketball finals [...]

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At NextFest, one of the attractions was a four-seater car powered by the passengers “rowing” it forward.

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