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by Amy Bennett

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Misdirected text messages lead to gunplay

Most people, when receiving a text message from someone they don't know, just ignore it. Not so Scott Allen Elder and Brian Matison.
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Bigfoot enthusiasts go high tech

Has Bigfoot gone without firm documentation because it doesn't exist, or because those hunting it haven't used GPS navigation devices and voice recorders? We may be about to find out.
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Your Facebook profile will live on after you are gone

Do you worry that your friends in cyberspace will quickly forget about you after you've passed on? Well, don't: Facebook will keep your profile as a memorial.
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Annals of science: Researchers offer the skinny on animal burps

Animals (and, yes, that includes humans) emit millions of tons of methane a year, generally via belching. Read on to find out which species are the worst offenders.
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Creepy science: Man placed at crime scene by blood-filled leech

Peter Alec Cannon didn't think he had left any evidence at the scene of the robbery.
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'Virtual doormen' springing up in NYC

A new system is gaining popularity, whereby many services that a doorman would normally offer are being provided by a person in a "command center" miles away.
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Iowa funeral home offers electronic billboard obits

In many rural communities, notices about upcoming funeral services are posted in stores that so that friends and neighbors can get the word in time to attend. In big-city Des Moines, though, a different method is needed.
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Maple seeds inspire new unmanned drone

When it comes to the ideal spinning blades for a flying machine, "Nature has worked on this for millions of years and perfected it and it has optimal dynamic properties," says Darryll Pines, dean of the University of Maryland's Clark School of Engineering.
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Legal follies, Facebook-style

Dear morons everywhere: Did you know that Facebook does not exist on some plane completely removed from the mundane realities of the legal system, and that you can get in trouble for things you do with it, just as you could with any other form of communication?
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Top 10 concerns about Windows 7 (from actual users)

If you're not afraid of your users, you should be, concludes a study by iYogi. No, wait, that's what I concluded after reading the press release about iYogi's Windows 7 research project.
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Sidekick: The Good News & the Bad News
Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
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