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Sometimes you’re better off reading tea leaves than putting faith in medical studies. To wit: A review of 45 prominent medical studies published in The Journal of the American Medical Association has found that not quite half stood the test of time, including a few that were later refuted or seriously weakened by additional research. [...]

Seemed like a good idea at the time: build a Web directory of links to pirated mp3s around the world. Plaster it with advertising. Collect some ad dollars. Enjoy your retirement from the Queensland police force in style. But it wasn’t. On Thursday Stephen Cooper, operator of just such a directory was [...]

“We suspect that Clinton’s indignation may have something to do with the fact that an as-yet-unconfirmed mod called “Lewinsky” allows GTA gamers to blast their way into the Oval Office using semi-automatic rifles and then receive the kind attentions of a plump and shameless hussy called Monika.”

– The Register’s Lester Haines speculates on the real [...]

The first impressions of Apple’s Intel-based developer transition systems are beginning to roll in, and if they’re accurate, Mac users have a lot to look forward to. Sources who’ve spent some time playing with the systems — equipped with a 3.6 GHz Intel Pentium 4 processor — tell Apple Insider their performance is impressive. [...]

No need for Microsoft to rename its anti-spyware utility Microsoft Pro-Spyware now that the company has called off rumored acquisition talks with adware distributor Claria (see “Hey, Steve, every time I open this Claria proposal, it resets my homepage” and “Antispyware untrustworthy? Recommended action: Ignore“). Anonymous sources tell Clickz News that the PR firestorm that [...]

We may be off to a strong semiconductor reporting season if the financials AMD posted Wednesday are any indication. The company, which is locked in a competitive and legal death-grip with Intel (see “Intel to play Luca Brasi role in “Godfather” remake“), posted its first profitable quarter in nine months, driven by a 38 percent [...]

Ever since Apple jumped into the music business, the hits just keep on coming. Shares of Apple Computer spiked as much as 9 percent this morning, after the company’s report of a more than a fivefold increase in third-quarter profit. After market close Wednesday, Apple reported a profit of $320 million, or 37 cents [...]

A Half-Life 2 adaptation of a “A few good men”

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