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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

The Daily Dozen

  1. The comuputer mouse turns 40. Here's a gallery of mice over the years and a round-up of the most popular mice of today.
  2. How to photograph children.
  3. A review of the Acer Aspire One netbook. Currently selling for $349. In other netbook news, Nvidia is bringing the GeForce 9400M graphics cards to netbooks and Lenovo significantly drops the price of the IdeaPad S10. Also, Acer now takes the lead over Asus in netbook sales.
  4. Dogs can feel envy. Especially when treats are involved.
  5. Is it time to ditch Microsoft office and move online?
  6. A partially effective malaria vaccine has been developed that reduces incidence in children by 50%. This may have profound effects for Africa.
  7. The quality of a man's sperm depends on how intelligent he is, and vice versa?
  8. Neuroscience and Polciy: Bait and Switch.
  9. Almost 10% of homeowners with mortgages delinquent of in foreclsure process? Approximately 69% of homeowners have mortgages.
  10. Ceramics that won't shatter.
  11. Seven surprising things you may not know about Warren Buffett.
  12. "If this is meant to scare young men like me out of ever getting married, it's working!" An tasteless ad by JC Penny.
Posted by Brian Hollar at 8:24 AM
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