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Weekend Ar(t)s: Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream Book shares simple secrets
Mon, 21 May 2012 04:52:14 CEST
Ars conducts an unscientific test of the ice cream innovators' cookbook.... Read more
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Annular solar eclipse goes global, social
Mon, 21 May 2012 04:52:12 CEST
First annular eclipse in 18 years thrills millions in western U.S. and Southeast Asia and millions more who could only watch on social networks.... Read more
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Linux 3.4 Released
Mon, 21 May 2012 04:26:04 CEST
jrepin writes with news of today's release (here's Linus's announcement) of Linux 3.4: "This release includes several Btrfs updates: metadata blocks bigger than 4KB, much better metadata performance, better error handling and better recovery tools. There are other features: a new X32 ABI which allows to run in 64 bit mode with 32 bit pointers; several updates to the GPU drivers: early modesetting ... Read more
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Bad romance: Internet scammers prey on the love-struck and lonely
Mon, 21 May 2012 03:26:07 CEST
On an average day, 15 Americans get scammed for $8,900 each.... Read more