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1. november 2005
 

Hackers use bird flu emails to hijack computers (Reuters).

Canada geese take off from a farmer's field near Oak Hammock, Manitoba, October 8, 2004. Thirty-three Canadian birds found to be carrying a kind of bird flu are unlikely to be suffering from the H5N1 killer strain which has spread from Southeast Asia to Europe, a top Canadian health official said on October 31. (Shaun Best/Files/Reuters)Reuters - Computer hackers are exploiting fears over bird flu by releasing a computer virus attached to an email passing itself off as containing avian flu information, warned Spainish computer firm Panda Software.


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11:56:21 AM    comment []

Stem Cell Center's Web Site Overloaded (AP).

A South Korean man applies to take part in the stem cell research at the world stem cell hub in Seoul November 1, 2005. Patients desperately seeking cures for deadly and debilitating diseases crashed the Web site of South Korea's new stem cell bank even before it began taking applications to take part in research, officials said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonAP - The Web site of a stem cell research center in Seoul was overloaded Tuesday when it began formally accepting applications from patients seeking to benefit from cloning technology, an official said.


[Yahoo! News: Technology News]
11:54:57 AM    comment []

Small Firms Turn to Drones . A soldier wary of what's over the next hill can snap together the nose, tail, body and two wings of the Evolution XTS, all six pounds of it, and find out. Just load a hand-held sling shot and let the airplane fly, for 90 minutes if needed. Guide it by computer and watch real-time video stream in. By Dina ElBoghdady. [washingtonpost.com - Technology - Industry News, Policy, and Reviews]
11:50:35 AM    comment []

Gulf War veteran wins test appeal. A former guardsman wins a "landmark decision" for a pension based on Gulf War Syndrome. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
11:48:52 AM    comment []

Memorial service for bomb victims. The Queen will lead a national memorial service at St Paul's Cathedral dedicated to victims of the 7 July bombings. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition]
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