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Last month, NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter wrapped up its two-year primary science phase, and Mars geologists are wallowing in a bounty of data.Images taken by the camera, able to see features down to about a yard in size, have revealed details like rippled textures in what had looked like bland dusty regions. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/-PkorpEe3nVIceANB_qjZJWYQvk/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/-PkorpEe3nVIceANB_qjZJWYQvk/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/uWf-jQDJ22c" height="1" width="1"/

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If you have ever wondered how they make the digital yellow line that marks the first down on college and NFL football games, then this is the video for you. The process is broken down from the camera to the software. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/ygQsWOOIJbaRV6H16IpaYuorAd4/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/ygQsWOOIJbaRV6H16IpaYuorAd4/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/uzwP5-mCv0I" height="1" width="1"/

UFO Over New Jersey?

COUNT 'EM AGAIN: Coleman announces legal challenge in Minnesota...

The earth is full of sounds ... Here is a list of weird “sonic mysteries” that come from our Earth.(includes some audio) pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/EBBvKz3Uiyf4H7GOs-pA9iK849E/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/EBBvKz3Uiyf4H7GOs-pA9iK849E/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/3qGWyc2Fqy4" height="1" width="1"/

We're posting these new StarCraft II screens with much reservation. After all, someone out there woke up this morning with no intention to die. But, having seen these new depictions of war-waging micro machines, this someone has triggered an inescapable obsession.... pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/cIWyZl2gxM05JVNBJOERxc2cylk/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/cIWyZl2gxM05JVNBJOERxc2cylk/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/lUNyeC9auuI" height="1" width="1"/

TIMEWARNER BOSS Dick Parsons to Commerce?

Scientists are reporting evidence that contrary to our current beliefs about what is possible, intact double-stranded DNA has the “amazing” ability to recognize similarities in other DNA strands from a distance. Somehow they are able to identify one another, and the tiny bits of genetic material tend to congregate with similar DNA. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/qDs_JbCf1ANFUDSP85sP_v47F3g/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/qDs_JbCf1ANFUDSP85sP_v47F3g/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/K93da0Tw_mE" height="1" width="1"/

Check out this great piece of satire by the talented folks over at JoyOfTech which gives us a sneak peek at what’s going on behind the scenes in preparation for Phil Schiller’s upcoming keynote. You gotta love Jobs sitting on a thrown below the mainstage as lions circle around. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/q4G3zY3rQR6cN0TxY0Mt9PatBl8/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/q4G3zY3rQR6cN0TxY0Mt9PatBl8/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/C4o_GK_wmPA" height="1" width="1"/

knifeyspooney writes in with an Ars Technica report that a federal judge has issued a strong rebuke to government lawyers attempting to invoke the "state secrets" defense to quash a lawsuit over warrantless wiretapping. This is not the high-profile case the EFF is bringing against the NSA; instead the case is being pursued by an Islamic charity that knows it had been wiretapped. "At times, a note of irritation crept into [Judge] Walker's even, judicial language. At one point, he described the government's argument as 'without merit,' and characterized another as 'circular.' He also seemed impatient with the Justice Department's refusal to provide any classified documents addressing Al Haramain's specific claims for review in chambers. 'It appears... that defendants believe they can prevent the court from taking any action under 1806(f) by simply declining to act,' wrote Walker."pa href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/06/2056249amp;from=rss"img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rssamp;op=imageamp;style=h0amp;sid=09/01/06/2056249"/a/ppa href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/06/2056249amp;from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/zJMUPW_KRGyd36X9v-q2IkoAa_A/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/zJMUPW_KRGyd36X9v-q2IkoAa_A/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/pGFF4463jpg" height="1" width="1"/

For iguanas, it turns out that it's not easy being pink, either.Biologists report that a rare type of pink iguana found on a single volcano in the Galapagos Islands is a genetically-distinct species from its green cousins — and that it's probably critically endangered. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/rbF5sbK1G8dWy5UCnE9Z1MWRZsQ/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/rbF5sbK1G8dWy5UCnE9Z1MWRZsQ/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/lYQHexBtEII" height="1" width="1"/

Tax dollars at work: TV show has cops chasing ghosts...

JEB: NO...

Al Qaeda Vows Revenge for Gaza...

COUNT 'EM AGAIN: Coleman announces legal challenge in Minnesota...

It's probably not an exaggeration to say that Windows 7 is Microsoft's most important release of its operating system in a decade. That's not necessarily because of its advances, or what it does for Windows users, but rather because of what it means for Microsoft as a company. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/J4eGraF4z7imfSUIBob83jFeyTg/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/J4eGraF4z7imfSUIBob83jFeyTg/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/SlqFPNN9pAc" height="1" width="1"/

Obama apologizes to Feinstein for his CIA surprise...

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Obama Wants CNN Doc for Surgeon General...