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Main StoriesCurrent BBC Headlines Toyota recalls thousands of cars  Toyota recalls thousands of hybrid cars worldwide, including 8,500 in the UK, because of braking problems. Ice 'probable cause' of BA crash The fault which caused a plane to crash land at Heathrow Airport in January 2008 was "unrecognised", a report says. Gascoigne held in second incident Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne is quizzed by police for the second time in two days after a disturbance at a hotel. Fertile forties pregnancy warning Experts fear older women are ditching contraception in the mistaken belief that fertility inevitably wanes at a certain age. Brown faces vote reform rebellion Gordon Brown is facing a backbench rebellion over plans for a referendum on changing Britain's voting system. The Register Headlines IPS's double IT has risks, says commissioner h4>Doing a good job nevertheless, he controversially adds/h4>p>Identity commissioner Sir Joseph Pilling has expressed concerns about the Identity and Passport Service's two-stage approach to its core technology.…/p>p>a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/697/wp01-webthreats-080303-uk.pdf?td=rss">Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work/a>/p> China jails porn-monger h4>Crackdown continues/h4>p>China's aggressive crackdown on internet smut and dissent continues - yesterday a man was sentenced to 13 years prison for renting a US server for distributing pornographic material…/p>p>a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/859/atth0s1n.pdf?td=rss">The power of collaboration within unified communications/a>/p> New cig peril:em>Third/em>-hand smoke coats puffers in poison h4>Deadly 'electronic gaspers' fingered, too/h4>p>US federal boffins in Berkeley, California say they have discovered yet another deadly hazard associated with smoking. They also raise warnings regarding the perils associated with electronic cigarettes.…/p>p>a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/814/oracle-814.pdf?td=rss">What is your recession sales strategy?/a>/p> Intel's 'Tukwila' Itaniums - hot n' pricey h4>How much for an upgrade?/h4>p>strong>Analysis/strong>Asem>El Reg/em>dulya href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/08/itanium_9300_rollout/">reported earlier today/a>, Intel took the wraps off its long awaited and many times tweaked "Tukwila" quad-core Itanium 9300 processors for midrange and high-end servers. But let's take a look at the feeds and speeds of the chip itself and how the lineup compared to the prior Itanium 9100 series.…/p>p>a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/696/smartprotection-whitepaper.pdf?td=rss">Offloading malware protection to the cloud/a>/p> Shopping sites boost customer savvy h4>And improve legal compliance, says OFT/h4>p>Internet shoppers are more aware of their rights and more online retailers are complying with consumer protection laws than previously, according to studies by consumer protection regulator the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).…/p>p>a href="http://whitepapers.theregister.co.uk/paper/view/697/wp01-webthreats-080303-uk.pdf?td=rss">Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work/a>/p> space news from spacetoday.net Endeavour launches The space shuttle Endeavour lifted off early Monday on a mission to the International Space... Clouds delay shuttle launch Sunday morning's launch of the space shuttle Endeavour was postponed because of cloud cover,... STS-130 countdown underway NASA is proceeding with the countdown towards Sunday morning's launch of the shuttle Endeavour... Progress docks with ISS A Progress cargo spacecraft docked with the International Space Station late Thursday night. The Progress... NASA extends Cassini mission The Cassini spacecraft will continue its studies of Saturn and its moons through 2017 under... news from nova science now NOVA scienceNOW: Phoenix Mars Lander NASA's latest robot has already found frozen water and is looking for more signs that the Red Planet could support life. NOVA scienceNOW: Brain Trauma Even so-called "mild" head injuries turn out to be anything but. NOVA scienceNOW: Mammoth Mystery A pair of mammoth skeletons is found locked together by their tusks. What happened? NOVA scienceNOW: Profile: Judah Folkman Once scorned for his ideas about how cancer grows, the late Judah Folkman is now hailed as a visionary. NOVA scienceNOW: Dispatch: Asking Big Questions In this excerpt from a 2002 commencement address at Oberlin College, the late cancer researcher Judah Folkman describes how he learned to think outside the box when he was in high school. Listen in. |
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