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Sharp to offer Blu-ray recorder with 1-terabyte HDD
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sharp Corp (6753.T) said it would launch a Blu-ray high-definition DVD recorder with a 1-terabyte hard disk drive (HDD), the world’s largest storage capacity on any Blu-ray recorder, as it competes with the HD DVD camp.

Software Takes Aim at Altered Photos
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Tracing its roots to a founder’s anger at a no-show home remodeling crew, the makers of Shoot & Proof software aim to erase any doubts that digital photos are faked or manipulated.

Google Calendar Optimized for iPhone
Google has released a version of Google Calendar that is optimized for usage on the iPhone. Now when you browse to http://calendar.google.com on your iPhone, you will be able to see your different calendars in their respective colors.

New Smithsonian museum appears online
WASHINGTON - The Smithsonian Institution’s museum dedicated to black history and culture launches this week with an interactive Web site — long before its building opens for visitors on the National Mall.

Scientists: Brain injuries from war worse than thought
Scientists trying to understand traumatic brain injury from bomb blasts are finding the wound more insidious than they once thought. They find that even when there are no outward signs of injury from the blast, cells deep within the brain can be altered, their metabolism changed, causing them to die, says Geoff Ling, an advance-research scientist with the Pentagon.
And they discovered this by blowing up animals.  One horror on top of another.

Brain Activity Might Point to Early Alzheimer’s
In future, quick diagnoses should mean better treatment, experts say

Omega-3s Guard Against Type 1 Diabetes
High-risk kids who ate more fatty acids were less likely to develop diabetes, study says

Study Links Coronary Disease, Colon Cancer
Higher incidence of malignancies found in heart patients.

U.S. breast cancer death rate continues dropping
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The death rate from breast cancer continues to drop steadily by about 2 percent a year, but black women are not seeing the same benefits as whites, the American Cancer Society said on Tuesday.

Smart Bra Does Breast Cancer Screening
A breast-screening smart bra developed by the Centre for Materials Research & Innovation (University of Bolton, UK) allows users to detect breast cancer at the earliest possible stage, making a cure much more likely.

Blood test detects early lung cancer
A simple blood test that identifies early lung cancer before it has had a chance to spread could save lives by alerting doctors to the need for treatment.

Study Questions Flu Shot’s Value for Older People
Most trials don’t even include people over 70, researchers note

Hospitals’ Primary Care Docs Boost Outcomes
Patients cared for by these generalists were discharged sooner, study found

Treatment Programs Benefit Depressed Workers
Study found significant improvement in symptoms and productivity.

People ‘See’ Common Letters in Brighter Colors
The more often you use a letter or number, the brighter the color you associate with it. No, it’s not a psychedelic experience, but a common link among people, called synaesthetes, who see vivid colors when they see, hear or think of digits, and to a lesser degree in everyone, a new study finds.

Migrating birds may “see” Earth’s magnetic field
LONDON (Reuters) - Migrating birds, it seems, can “see” the Earth’s magnetic field which they use as a compass to guide them around the globe.

Paleontologist aims to preserve mountain
LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The Robledo Mountains’ reputation as one of the world’s most important landscapes of pre-dinosaur fossil trackways likely will be enhanced by another discovery — petrified wood slowly emerging from the desert floor.

NASA to Embark on Asteroid-Belt Mission
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA is about to embark on an unprecedented asteroid-belt mission with a spacecraft aptly named Dawn. The 3 billion-mile, eight-year journey to probe the earliest stages of the solar system will begin with liftoff, planned for just after sunrise Thursday.

Astronomers Spot New ‘Halley-Like’ Comet
The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has spotted an unusual comet that flies around the sun at regular intervals. 

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