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12 Sep 2010
Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson defends Fernando Torres after the striker’s subdued performance in the goalless draw at Birmingham.
12 Sep 2010
crimeandpunishment writes “A federal judge has ruled that the company holding a movie copyright can subpoena the names of people who are accused of illegally downloading and distributing the film. The judge ruled that courts have maintained that once people convey subscriber information to their Internet service providers, they no longer have an expectation of privacy.”
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11 Sep 2010
Defending champion Kim Clijsters thrashes Vera Zvonareva 6-2 6-1 to win her third US Open title at Flushing Meadows.
10 Sep 2010
astroengine writes “Could we detect a huge volcanic eruption on an exoplanet 30 light-years from Earth? Possibly, say scientists from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. What’s more, there may be an opportunity for us to spot the ashy pollution ejected into the exoplanetary atmosphere when NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is launched in 2014. According to Discovery News, this would be a huge discovery if an Earth-like world was found Read the rest of this entry »
9 Sep 2010
Rahmmp writes “Adobe has sounded an alarm for a new zero-day flaw in its PDF Reader/Acrobat software, warning that hackers are actively exploiting the vulnerability in-the-wild. An Adobe spokeswoman described the attacks as ‘limited’ but warned that that could change with the availability of public samples and exploit code.”
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9 Sep 2010
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson refuses to discuss Wayne Rooney’s current off-field problems ahead of Saturday’s match at Everton.
9 Sep 2010
England coach Andy Flower admits it was a mistake to play two Twenty20 games back-to-back at Cardiff.
8 Sep 2010
Meshach writes “A study out of Canada claims that Facebook is a magnet for narcissists and people with low self-esteem. The theory is that these people use the site as a means of self promotion or to feel important.”
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7 Sep 2010
World champion Tom Daley still aims to compete at October’s Commonwealth games despite pulling out of the 10m platform competition at the World Youth Championships.
7 Sep 2010
bgweber writes “There’s been a lot of discussion about whether games should adapt to the skills of players. However, most current techniques limit adaptation to parameter adjustment. But if the parameter adaptation is applied to procedural content generation, then new levels can be generated on-line in response to a player’s skill. In this adaptation of Infinite Mario (with source [.JAR]), new levels are generated based on the performance of the player. Read the rest of this entry »