Lake Vostok drilling complete: Earth’s oldest super-clean water system reached – SlashGear
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![]() National Geographic | Lake Vostok drilling complete: Earth's oldest super-clean water system reached SlashGear On the first of this month it was reported that scientists were about to complete a 30 year drilling expedition to hit a 20-million-year-old lake: this week they've reached the surface. This body of water called Vostok is Antarctica's largest ... Russians "Close" to Drilling Into Antarctica's Lake Vostok Scientists cautious over Russia's Antarctic lake drilling Russian scientists seeking Lake Vostok lost in frozen 'Land of the Lost'? |
Remains of the Day: Adobe Brings Flash Player Sandboxing to Firefox [For What It's Worth]
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by Jeremy Hoag
in Syndicated Sites
Adobe brings long awaited Flash sandboxing to Firefox, Facebook and Google back down from Indian courts, and longstanding torrent site BTJunkie closes up shop. More »
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Get your top tech deals of the day. Google ‘Solve For X’ Website Goes Live
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by Soulskill
in Syndicated Sites
alphadogg writes "Google on Monday released a website and video regarding its Solve for X project, which the company says is 'a place where the curious can go to hear and discuss radical technology ideas for solving global problems.' It's got a TED-like think tank feel to it, but possibly with oodles of Google resources behind it. It appears related to Google's up-to-now largely secretive Google X research lab that the New York Times recently shed some light on."
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Todo.txt Touch for Android Adds Home Screen Widget, Tap to Call Support [Todo.txt]
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Android: Todo.txt, our favorite plain text to-do list manager, has updated its touch-centric Android app to include a home screen widget, recognition for phone numbers and email addresses, and a few other fixes that make it easier to use. More »











