Leo's Tech Blog

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"/

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"/

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Using Adderall, Ritalin, modafinil, and other performance-raising medications has become commonplace enough that a group of seven leading bioethicists and neuroscientists published an editorial in the scientific journal Nature last month advocating the use of performance-boosting drugs. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/jxG7-EqXfvM9JjAnDXaohKGkKco/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/jxG7-EqXfvM9JjAnDXaohKGkKco/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/taf_eN5sJU4" height="1" width="1"/

The developers behind the Debian Linux distribution have voted to proceed with the release of the next major version despite ongoing controversy over the inclusion of binary firmware in the kernel. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/e1058TFuYsyTglrOA4bpXomqsfg/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/e1058TFuYsyTglrOA4bpXomqsfg/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/hYQQVgSsAkM" height="1" width="1"/

Gaza's hospitals are said to be at a breaking point, with medical supplies running low and paramedics among the many attacked. Western media have not been allowed into Gaza so far to witness and report on the situation there. Here is an eyewitness account of conditions on the ground in Gaza. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/6Q2vnVt9O6_VDXwOL8Y7T8Vs2N0/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/6Q2vnVt9O6_VDXwOL8Y7T8Vs2N0/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/Pqb8XHhFd0U" height="1" width="1"/

Atheist adverts declaring that "there's probably no God" have been placed on 800 buses around Britain after an unprecedented fundraising campaign. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/vwIMuyrZNSK6NnY5eEFP7X2FgLg/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/vwIMuyrZNSK6NnY5eEFP7X2FgLg/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/qgC5EMgMBz0" height="1" width="1"/

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NBC had come under fire for booking Coulter to promote her new smear-book, _Guilty_, on the "Today" show. Coulter, long suspected of being a penis-retaining transvestite, is now pouting, but lied and smeared from her blog, saying "I guess this ends the 'they just want to get ratings' argument about liberal media bias." pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/1GehsDm4dIs56tbBNl2982_wwbw/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/1GehsDm4dIs56tbBNl2982_wwbw/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/Nuu2E2HFC6A" height="1" width="1"/

Dubbed the Hyundai Assurance Program, the South Korean automaker said that people who finance or lease a new Hyundai during the next 12 months can return the car if they “experience an involuntary loss of income” within one year of the purchase date. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/PUbLQ2y3mfrpFXaSSFU8xC_593w/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/PUbLQ2y3mfrpFXaSSFU8xC_593w/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/USxF1UMv33E" height="1" width="1"/

The phishing site that was set up to hoodwink Twitter's users has a second front door that looks exactly like Facebook. The address of the fake Twitter site was twitter.access-login.com/login, but take out the "/login" part and you arrive at the dead-ringer for the Facebook homepage. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/CQaI1xa3TQ-nDAMPVUINss5n35A/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/CQaI1xa3TQ-nDAMPVUINss5n35A/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/kl4tQ5NW3ww" height="1" width="1"/

Toyota reeling from its worst U.S. sales decline in more than a quarter of a century, will shut all its factories in Japan for 11 days as the global economic slump hits demand and company profits. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/hR-H9_5oLxb337mZxeAuacVfOFo/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/hR-H9_5oLxb337mZxeAuacVfOFo/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/zm0NGU-diFw" height="1" width="1"/

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The linebacker who had a career-high 16 sacks, setting a team record, and led the NFL with a career-high seven forced fumbles, beat Dallas’ DeMarcus Ware in balloting by a nationwide panel of 50 sports writers and broadcasters announced Monday. Pittsburgh defense was the league’s stingiest in total defense, pass defense and points allowed. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/0t9EEF8whZACD8drKXzfARKTjr4/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/0t9EEF8whZACD8drKXzfARKTjr4/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/g6oHw3V2zaI" height="1" width="1"/

What's great, and terrible, about Wikipedia is that anyone can edit it. Anyone--including the person the Wikipedia entry is about. This becomes obvious when looking at the pages of certain washed-up celebrities, and the results are equal parts hilarious and sad. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/WmhBGhQPva-Uc2c-nOFAkKnQJA4/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/WmhBGhQPva-Uc2c-nOFAkKnQJA4/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/WScQDYsOq7Y" height="1" width="1"/

It all seems to point back to one person that goes by “Gmz” on a hacker site called Digital Gangster (this site was also where Miley Cyrus photos were posted after they were taken from her hacked Gmail account). Gmz obtained the account credentials and then posted them on DigitalGanster. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/MM75hnfTq4Nk-tC91YgxcD-d0s8/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/MM75hnfTq4Nk-tC91YgxcD-d0s8/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/Lavn31B6m7I" height="1" width="1"/

As the Red Wings left the field, one of them, Henrik Zetterberg, made eye contact with the 14-year-old. "He kind of winked," Plew said. "Then he gave me his stick."What happened next is just sick. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/GoprbvoshXU4BYyS7Om7yaDifQo/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/GoprbvoshXU4BYyS7Om7yaDifQo/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/GoyGiOhzapY" height="1" width="1"/

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While Phil hasn't mentioned it in the keynote just yet, it looks like iTunes might be getting a big catalog overhaul, with most major labels finally offering up DRM free tunes. Previously purchased songs are now upgradable for the same old price of $0.30 a song. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/-UwI3hjru5kZhUXlKjdbIzdAYy8/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/-UwI3hjru5kZhUXlKjdbIzdAYy8/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/tv_IufO_rBY" height="1" width="1"/

Magueijo, a 40-year old native of Portugal, puts forth the heretical idea that in the very early days of the universe light traveled faster—an idea that if proven could dethrone Einstein and forever change our understanding of the universe. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/CfYbQEXOBBdP1rrnTbgZXlpPyco/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/CfYbQEXOBBdP1rrnTbgZXlpPyco/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digg/popular/~4/mQ4ahfyIIn8" height="1" width="1"/