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Canon EOS Rebel XS

Canon Announces EOS Rebel XS SLR Camera

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 08, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Canon USA today announced the introduction of the EOS Rebel XS, a new entry-level digital camera that affordably puts Canon SLR technology such as an Optical Imaged Stabilized lens and easy-to-use professional ...





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Gadgets: Picks from the PhotoPlus Expo

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

This past weekend at the 2009 PDN PhotoPlus Expo, companies from all over showed off the latest and greatest in digital photography gear. Here is a sampling of items that caught my attention while walking the floor at the ...


Social-networking website LiveJournal continues to be pounded by a cyber attack

Cyber attacks continue at Twitter, Facebook, LiveJournal

Technology / Internet

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Twitter, Facebook and LiveJournal said Monday they were continuing to fend off cyber attacks that last week derailed the popular Internet services.


Lucky survivors rescued by Fla. turtle hospital (AP)

Lucky survivors rescued by Fla. turtle hospital

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The turtles at this waterfront hospital have been hit by boat propellers, caught in fishing nets, attacked by sharks, stricken with tumors and lost flippers.


Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora enforcement assistance chief John Sellar

Smuggling wildlife: From eggs in a bra to geckos in underwear

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

John Sellar is no comic book super hero, but judging by the criminals he deals with as the only policeman at the UN agency against illegal wildlife trade, he could well be one.


US guns fuel Canada and Mexico crimes, UK gun crime remains rare

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Guns smuggled from the US arm criminals in Canada and Mexico, contributing to a higher murder rate in Canada and more intense drug crime conflict near the Mexican border, according to a study published today in a special ...


LED closes the yellow gap: Full conversion of blue into amber light by new nitride phosphor

LED closes the yellow gap: Full conversion of blue into amber light by new nitride phosphor

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Monochromatic light-emitting diodes cover a large part of the visible spectrum with high effi-ciency. For blue light, nitride diodes achieve external quantum efficiencies in excess of 65%, ...


The anti-consumption movement: Researchers examine resistance to global brands

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

What motivates people to rebel against global brands—or consumption in general? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research examines the connection between nationalism and the anti-consumption movement in India.


Vietnamese and foreign technicians work at a lake inside the presidential palace in Hanoi

Testing begins to save legendary Vietnam turtle

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 13, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers have begun testing mechanical "SediTurtles" they say will protect a legendary Vietnamese turtle while cleaning the historical lake in which the creature lives.


Sri Lankan soldiers stand guard two kilometers from the front line on Puthukkudiyiruppu

Sri Lanka army website hacked: defence ministry

Technology / Internet

created May 01, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The Sri Lankan army's website has been targeted in a "cyber terrorism" attack by Tamil rebels, the defence ministry said Friday, and replaced with gruesome photos of apparent victims of the civil war.


Sugar, spice and puppy dog tails: Developing sex-typed personality traits and interests

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new longitudinal study of children's personality traits and interests tells us that sex-typed characteristics develop differently in girls and boys. The study, by researchers at The Pennsylvania State University, the University ...



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