This Living Human Bone Was Grown In Lab

Scientists have grown real, living human bones in the lab for the first time, completely from scratch, and ready to be inserted inside human flesh.

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Coming Soon to Gmail Chat: File Transfer

Google just announced a small but useful update to the chat feature in iGoogle and Orkut, Google's social network. You can now use the chat feature to send photos, documents and other files directly to your contacts. More importantly, though, Google also announced that it plans to finally bring this file transfer functionality to Gmail's built-in chat feature.

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High-Fructose Corn Syrup "Prompts Considerably More Weight Gain" than Sugar

High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has been a whipping boy of late for its heavily processed origins (prompting a campaign about how natural it is), but it's much worse than that: Princeton researchers find that HFCS has a significant tie to obesity.

via High-Fructose Corn Syrup "Prompts Considerably More Weight Gain" than Sugar - Health - Lifehacker.

How to automatically sync your Android phone with iTunes

Apple’s iTunes does a great job of synchronizing your music, video, and photo collections with a smartphone — provided that smartphone is an Apple iPhone. But what if you have an Android phone but still use iTunes to organize your media on your computer? It turns out it’s still pretty easy to synchronize your iTunes media collections with your phone.

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You'd Be Crazy to Buy a Palm Now

Palm is dying. They've been hemorrhaging money since late last year, and yesterday's woeful earnings announcement sealed its fate. It didn't have to be this way. But it's been coming for a long time.

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10 things you won’t learn in school

A lot of the knowledge you’ll glean comes in the form of facts (or “laws”) on how and why certain things work. A few lessons involve behaviors, such as team work. On very rare occasions, one learns a life lesson.

But there are some things you’ll never learn in the classroom. Hopefully, this will fill some of the gaps:

You can learn a lot of things in the classroom.

via 10 things you won’t learn in school | VentureBeat.

25 Things You Can Remote Control With Your iPhone - iPhone - Gizmodo

25 Things You Can Remote Control With Your iPhone

25 Things You Can Remote Control With Your iPhoneOne of the more interesting things you can do with the iPhone is use it as a remote control for other devices. Since the iPhone App Store launched almost two years ago, developers have created hundreds of remote control applications.

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10 Ways to Improve Your Memory

Yesterday I forgot four passwords, two book titles, and one pair of pants despite sticky notes reminding me of each. Since then, I've read HowStuffWorks'; suggestions on improving memory. I forgot if they worked, but let's review 'em anyway.

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Flurry: more Droid devices than iPhones sold in first 74 days on the market

Flurry: more Droid devices than iPhones sold in first 74 days on the market Share by Robin Wauters on March 16, 2010

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How To Download All Facebook Photos With Your Tag

It is possible to save Facebook pictures individually, but that can be incredibly tedious if you have a large amount of photos you’d like to download.In this guide, I’ll show you how to download all of the Facebook tag photos that you and your friends are in with a great application called PhotoGrabber.

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Backpacks: The New Briefcase

In today’s generation of business, more often than not we see business professionals walking around with backpacks on their way to meetings or conferences. Why is that? I thought backpacks were for students or the occasional crazy professor. Now, it seems that backpacks in the work environment are not only commonplace, but the norm. I offer three suggestions for this recent trend and after reading perhaps you’ll make the switch too.

via Backpacks: The New Briefcase » The StartUp Blog at PartnerUp.

The Ghosts of SNL Presidents Past

Funny or Die's Presidential Reunion from Will Ferrell

The most recent Funny or Die original accomplishes something other than being funny or dying: It unites four! generations of legendary SNL cast members in the same room together. Quite a feat. Oh, and it's really funny.

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Chile quake might have shortened days on Earth

The massive earthquake that struck Chile last week might have shifted the Earth's axis and created shorter days, scientists at NASA say.

The change is negligible, but permanent: Each day should be 1.26 microseconds shorter, according to preliminary calculations. A microsecond is one-millionth of a second.

via Chile quake might have shortened days on Earth - CNN.com.

Exercise or Not, Sitting at a Desk All Day Is Bad for You

It doesn't matter if you go running every morning, or you're a regular at the gym. If you spend most of the rest of the day sitting - in your car, your office chair, on your sofa at home - you are putting yourself at increased risk of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, a variety of cancers and an early death. In other words, irrespective of whether you exercise vigorously, sitting for long periods is bad for you.

via Exercise or Not, Sitting at a Desk All Day Is Bad for You - Fitness - Lifehacker.

Five Best Music Streaming Services

The internet has revolutionized nearly every form of media, and music is no exception. This week we look at the five most popular music streaming services to see how people are getting their music fix.

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Top 10 Android Apps

Android's been around for more than a year, and in that time developers have whipped up some great apps. Whether you're a new Android owner or a pro looking for new tools, these 10 great and free apps belong in your arsenal.

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