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Ned Potter is the science correspondent for ABC's "World News with Charles Gibson." He has reported on such topics as space exploration, the human genome and climate change.
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Mars as Big as the Moon -- Not
Mars as big as the Moon? I hate to clog your computer with spam, but this one is going around again, so it's worth a mention. "The Red Pla!net is a bout to be spectacular!" says the headline of an...
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August 29, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (6)
What Kids Search For When They Search the Web
Symantec, the Internet security giant, sells a service called OnlineFamily.Norton, which allows parents to monitor and control their children's online activity. It also allows Symantec to compile statistics -- such as what it is that those children search for when...
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August 13, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (23)
Conficker Strikes…Or Does it?
You remember the Conficker worm, don't you? Well? If you don't, or if you're going, "Oh, yeah, that thing," maybe that's good. The Conficker botnet, a devilishly well-written piece of rogue computer code that threatened ominously to do something undefined...
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August 4, 2009 in Web/Tech | Permalink | User Comments (9)
