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Tragic Human Error Lead to Transplantation of HIV-positive Organs |
 ...Careggi hospital said that the liver and kidneys of an HIV-positive woman were transplanted after a laboratory biologist mistakenly wrote on a woman's medical records that she tested negative for the virus.
The chief of Careggi hospital, Edoardo Majno, confessed that there has been a tragic human error. Doctors mentioned that the woman, although being HIV-positive, didn't know she was infected with the virus and after... |
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Only 13 % People Have Internet Access |
 ...on the planet have access to the Internet. This statement was made by the United Nations News Center. The majority of Internet users (90 %) live in industrialized countries. The gap in the field of information technology between the developed countries and those that are in development, is continuously increasing.
In its statement the UN News Center mentioned that most developing countries cannot benefit from the progres... |
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Storm virus attacks blogs |
 ...Storm virus is back again to infect blogs, webmails and bulletin boards. British and Korean computer security scientists claim it's a new variant of malware that is extremely difficult to detect.
The Storm worm looks like a message that features news about Europe's storms. In fact, this virus can evaluate network traffic on the computer and later insert a link to malicious website into user's post, webmail or bulleti... |
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Microsoft's Antivirus Causes Damage |
| ... whether Outlook or Outlook Express. The company's forum concerning OneCare included postings that state the cause of the message deletion.
Users found out that their e-mails were deleted by an antivirus program. It supposed to delete messages that contained malware attachments but besides doing its main job the antivirus whether quarantined or sometimes even erased all .pst or dbx files.
One user left a comment on Mic... |
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Microsoft to Connect Xbox 360 and PC Gamers |
| ... of both Xbox 360 console and PCs. The company stated that the service will open in May. It is to be reminded that Live has attracted about six million Xbox 360 console gamers and now Microsoft looks forward to launch it on new Windows Vista system.
The software giant decided to make this step after its chairman Bill Gates stated last year that Microsoft... |
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Google's Blogspot Contains 75% Spam |
 ...o.com99%- maxpages.com81%- usaid.gov85%- blogsharing.com93%- sitegr.com100%- torospace.com95%- blog.hix.com100%
The list shows that some of these blogs are used exclusively, or almost exclusively, for spam. The main reason for such a torrent of splogs is the fact that these sites provide blog space for free, just to attract more traffic.
The next list show the spam percentage of spam sites on 'top-level domains' (T... |
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Google's List of Class-Action Lawsuits |
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function MLnkMk(str)
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for(i=0;i#iuuq;00xxx/uifsfhjtufs/dp/vl031170140280hpphmf`xjot`vtfofu`dpqzsjhiu`dbtf#!!ubshfu>#`cmbol#?Sfbe!npsf//=0b?'))) "Parker, who represented himself in the suit, publishes online under the name "Snodgrass Publishing Group". One of his publications was an e-book entitled "29 Reasons Not To Be A Nice Guy" and at some time he posted Reason 6 from this book onto a Usenet forum, the wo... |
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20 Million Copies of Windows Vista Sold |
| ...s. Since October 2006 PC manufacturers have offered their buyers either a free or a or a cheaper upgrade of their old system to the new Vista. Distributive copies of Vista ordered by PC manufacturers for pre-installation on their PCs, the copies bought at shops and the ones downloaded from Microsoft's on-line stores have been included in current report.
Michael Silver, vice-President of Gartner, a research company, said ... |
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Microsoft Upgrades Its Xbox 360 |
| ...s upgrade is mainly directed at the so-called 'hardcore gamers', who would like to see in their game console more additional details and features.
According to James L. McQuivey, a researcher at the Forrester Research said the the hard-drive space upgrade is meant to encourage the Xbox 360 users to download media from the Internet, which require more additional money spending.
Peter Moore, Microsoft's corporate vice pre... |
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A Man in Dubai Charged $170,000 Debt for Mobile Communication |
 ...Two citizens of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, have talked themselves into almost $225,000 bill for mobile communication.
A man from Dubai was sued by a local communication service provider because of his $170,000 bill for mobile communication. A brief investigation of the case showed that the man had 38 different phone numbers registered on his name at the same company. It was absolutely not clear, how one person could b... |
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Russia's Internet Award Was Given Away |
 ...brhabr.ru;Web-Journalist of the year;Web-Producer of the year;Web-Man of the year;Web-Editor of the year;Web-Event of the year - taken by the web-conference of the Russian President, Vladimir Putin;Informational site of the year;Web-Researcher of the year - taken by three men, who analyzed the Russian blogosphere;Web-Design of the year;IT and Communication Site of the year;Internet Service of the year (as a matter of fact... |
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Palm to use Linux platform |
| ...The famous smartphone producer, Palm, is to use a new software platform that will be based on Linux. The company's officials announced Palm's new operating system platform while on a meeting in New York. During a discussion with the analysts, Palm's officials talked on the business strategy of the company but they refused to state anything regarding the recent rumors of a possible buyout.
The smartphone maker for along... |
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Schools include MySpace in the curriculum |
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for(i=0;i#iuuq;00efm/jdjp/vt#!!ubshfu>#`cmbol#?Efm/jdjp/vt=0b?')) feeds for educational purposes.
If earlier, the access to these sites were seen as a an obstacle and were banned, now many teachers see it a helpful tool as this attracts great interest among teenagers.
Every participant taking part in the project will have a blog with profile page, and have an opportunity to shar... |
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HIV blood killed haemophilia patients |
 ...ng agent Factor 8 and these supplies were taken from US prisoners. Specialists testing new blood products were neglectful of the danger and used blood from the donors who were infected with dangerous viruses.
The official data to prove the terrible incident disappeared. As the government officials said, documents were deleted or not exposed to the public due to its confidentiality.
From one of the letters it was re... |
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New Electronic Display to Be Used on Clothes and Beer Cans |
 ...e light their homes and design clothes. The device represents a thin film of plastic able to conduct electricity and create solar power.
Scientists working on the international project are looking forward to bring the organic light emitting devices to the masses. Thus the invention could significantly cut costs by billions of dollars each year.
Due to the fact that the organic light emitting devices are very thin an... |
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