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Watch 9-Year-Old’s Comical Weather Report

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 12:52:56 -0500

Watch 9-Year-Old’s Comical Weather Report

After Evasi0n, iOS Hackers Have More Exploits In Store For Apple

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 08:39:34 -0500

As Apple’s engineers scramble to fix the security flaws exploited by evasi0n, the latest jailbreak tool to crack the restrictions on its iPhones and iPads, the company may be more than just one move behind the community of hackers targeting its products. In fact, the jailbreakers say they have plenty more bugs in their back pockets, already waiting to jailbreak thenext iPhone.

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You were sorely missed! #cydia #jailbreak #evasi0n #apple #ipad...

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:20:44 -0500

You were sorely missed! #cydia #jailbreak #evasi0n #apple #ipad #iphone

Video

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:13:02 -0500

Apple's 128Gb iPad Shows The World Exactly What Apple Does Best.

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:29:26 -0500

With Apple’s (AAPL) announcement (and confirmation) that the company will start selling a 128GB iPad with Retina Display, it clearly shows exactly what Apple thinks of the industry — computers are over, even the company’s own computers. At $799 for the Wi-Fi model, the new 128GB iPad is just a stone’s throw away from an entry-level MacBook Air… you know, an actual computer. But if you look at Apple’s press release and how the company is positioning this product, it’s meant to be a computer replacement, and for a lot of people, it’s really starting to become one.

There might be $100 or $200 tablets other manufacturers can sell, but none of them are computer replacements — the iPad with Retina Display is.

You want to use AutoCAD? Record 24 audio tracks? Manage your company’s remote servers? Edit Office documents? Store all of your RAW photos and HD videos in addition to editing them? The iPad can do all that and more. That’s the future and Apple not only knows it, Apple is making it happen.

This company doesn’t care one bit about cannibalization of its computer line, because it already has a product pipeline filled with better and more expensive iPads to replace its computers with, and it’s only a matter of time before Apple starts showing them to us.

Also, just for reference, Apple’s 128GB iPad will definitely come with more than 85GB of usable space.

J.J. Abrams’s iteration of Star Wars.

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:12:40 -0500

J.J. Abrams’s iteration of Star Wars.

Hola Unblocker Gives You Access to iPlayer, Netflix, Pandora, Hulu, and More Regardless of Region

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:05:00 -0500

Chrome/Firefox: Hola Unblocker is a browser extension that removes region locks and allows you to watch BBC iPlayer, Netflix, Hula, Pandora, and more regardless of where you live. It doesn’t require any set up and works right out of the box.

Install the Hola unblocker for Chrome or for Firefox to unblock sites. The unblocker does not include the Hola web accelerator. For web acceleration AND unblocking install Hola for Windows.

'Quadruple helix' DNA seen in human cells

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:04:38 -0500

Cambridge University scientists say they have seen four-stranded DNA at work in human cells for the first time.

The famous “molecule of life”, which carries our genetic code, is more familiar to us as a double helix.

But researchers tell the journal Nature Chemistry that the “quadruple helix” is also present in our cells, and in ways that might possibly relate to cancer.

They suggest that control of the structures could provide novel ways to fight the disease.

“The existence of these structures may be loaded when the cell has a certain genotype or a certain dysfunctional state,” said Prof Shankar Balasubramanian from Cambridge’s department of chemistry.

“We need to prove that; but if that is the case, targeting them with synthetic molecules could be an interesting way of selectively targeting those cells that have this dysfunction,” he told BBC News.

Tag and track

It will be exactly 60 years ago in February that James Watson and Francis Crick famously burst into the pub next to their Cambridge laboratory to announce the discovery of the “secret of life”.

What they had actually done was describe the way in which two long chemical chains wound up around each other to encode the information cells need to build and maintain our bodies.

Today, the pair’s modern counterparts in the university city continue to work on DNA’s complexities.

Balasubramanian’s group has been pursuing a four-stranded version of the molecule that scientists have produced in the test tube now for a number of years.

It is called the G-quadruplex. The “G” refers to guanine, one of the four chemical groups, or “bases”, that hold DNA together and which encode our genetic information (the others being adenine, cytosine, and thymine).

The G-quadruplex seems to form in DNA where guanine exists in substantial quantities.

And although ciliates, relatively simple microscopic organisms, have displayed evidence for the incidence of such DNA, the new research is said to be the first to firmly pinpoint the quadruple helix in human cells.

‘Funny target’

The team, led by Giulia Biffi, a researcher in Balasubramaninan’s lab, produced antibody proteins that were designed specifically to track down and bind to regions of human DNA that were rich in the quadruplex structure. The antibodies were tagged with a fluorescence marker so that the time and place of the structures’ emergence in the cell cycle could be noted and imaged.

This revealed the four-stranded DNA arose most frequently during the so-called “s-phase” when a cell copies its DNA just prior to dividing.

Prof Balasubramaninan said that was of key interest in the study of cancers, which were usually driven by genes, or oncogenes, that had mutated to increase DNA replication.

If the G-quadruplex could be implicated in the development of some cancers, it might be possible, he said, to make synthetic molecules that contained the structure and blocked the runaway cell proliferation at the root of tumours.

“We’ve come a long way in 10 years, from simple ideas to really seeing some substance in the existence and tractability of targeting these funny structures,” he told the BBC.

“I’m hoping now that the pharmaceutical companies will bring this on to their radar and we can perhaps take a more serious look at whether quadruplexes are indeed therapeutically viable targets.”

Photo

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:30:59 -0500

Only in India.

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 09:39:00 -0500

Only in India.

Have AT&T U-Verse? Well, You’re Getting New Movies From Sony, MGM and Two Apps Today

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:12:14 -0500

Starting today through Sunday, AT&T U-Verse customers will be able to preview a brand spankin’ new Screen Pack filled with even more content than was previously available, says AT&T. For the low, low price of only $5 a month, U-Verse TV Screen Pack customers will instantly have unlimited access to “an extensive library” of movies across the U-Verse ecosystem (Uverse.com, U-Verse app, U-Verse TV).

Movies from Sony, MGM and other studios are on board and titles will be added on an ongoing basis. If you’re a U-Verse customer and want to access the free preview, you need only hit “On Demand” on your U-Verse remote and scroll till you find “Screen Pack”. You can also search for it on the app or website.

In addition to that, two new U-Verse apps are being released too. Twonky Beam lets you sling “compatible” videos from the Web on your smartphone to your U-Verse set-top box. If you’re a U-Verse TV customer with “High Speed Internet” you’ll be able to “throw” photos from your mobile device or Facebook page to your TV using the Pix and Flix app. And they’re both free!

Good Morning!

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 10:35:00 -0500

Good Morning!

Love this song by Susheela Raman.

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 14:06:14 -0500

Love this song by Susheela Raman.

It’s not snow, but I’ll take it. #SouthFlorida

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 08:12:03 -0500

It’s not snow, but I’ll take it. #SouthFlorida

Apple’s Pinch to Zoom Patent Has Been Tentatively Invalidated.

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:03:00 -0500

The WSJ reports:

The agency declared invalid the entirety of Apple’s patent on Wednesday, according to a document issued by the patent office that was filed by Samsung in federal court in San Jose, Calif. The document lists portions of the patent that were struck down on reexamination, on the basis that prior patents covered the same inventions.

staff: It’s a holiday miracle! Without further adieu, Tumblr...

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:27:57 -0500

staff:

It’s a holiday miracle!

Without further adieu, Tumblr for iPad is finally here. We hope you like it as much as we do.

(And don’t forget — Tumblr is awesome on your Android tablet too!)

2012 Person of the Year: Barack Obama, the President

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 10:43:22 -0500

2012 Person of the Year: Barack Obama, the President

Instagram Blog: Thank you, and we're listening

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:04:00 -0500

Instagram Blog: Thank you, and we're listening:

Yesterday we introduced a new version of our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service that will take effect in thirty days. These two documents help communicate as clearly as possible our relationship with the users of Instagram so you understand how your data will be used, and the rules that govern…

Instagram backlash is Flickr's gain.

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 09:39:00 -0500

The popular photo sharing service Instagram is facing a user backlash after the company revealed new terms of service this week. The fine print, that takes effect on January 16th, is the first big policy change to Instagram since Facebook acquired the service earlier this year. The new ToS grants Instagram the right to license all public photos to companies or organizations, as well as use them for advertising. CNET suggests that this could effectively turn the site into a stock photo service without the benefit of fees paid to photographers.

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Yum! #Pomegranate #HealthySnack #FarmersMarket #nofilter

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 19:12:22 -0500

Yum! #Pomegranate #HealthySnack #FarmersMarket #nofilter