Google CEO leaves Apple board as companies compete

NEW YORK — Google CEO Eric Schmidt is resigning from Apple's board of directors as the Internet search leader increasingly develops products that compete with Apple's core businesses, including the popular iPhone.

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Chinese Web sites close amid tightening controls

BEIJING — Two more Web sites dedicated to social networking went offline in China on Tuesday amid tightening controls that have blocked Facebook, Twitter and other popular sites that offered many Chinese a rare taste of free expression.

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Tech 101: How a denial-of-service attack works

Investigators are piecing together details about one of the most aggressive computer attacks in recent memory — a powerful "denial-of-service" assault that overwhelmed computers at U.S. and South Korean government agencies, companies and institutions, in some cases for days.

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In my quest to find the better service between Software RAID & Hardware RAID, I was caught RAID-handed among too many points and nitty-gritties of technical specifications and opinions. As a result of my explorations, I have developed a simple point-by-point structure to let you walk through this topic rather easily. First let us know what is a RAID and then we will delve into the details. According to wikipedia:

RAID stands for Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks which is a technology that employs the simultaneous use of two or more hard disk drives to achieve greater levels of performance, reliability, and/or larger data volume sizes.

There are different levels of RAID. The most popular RAID formats are RAID-1 & RAID-5. However today we will not focus on the various RAID format. Let's go straight to the differences between software RAID and hardware RAID.

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Investigators at the University of Alberta have recently reported that the drug DCA is able to cause tumor regression in a number of human cancers growing in animals.

The drug, dichloroacetate (DCA), is being used for years to treat rare metabolic disorders and is known to be relatively safe. It is also not protected by patents and hence could be made very cheaply, much cheaper than normal anti-cancer drugs.

The best part is that DCA (dichloroacetate) actually makes the cancer cells healthy by reactivating their mitochondria, their main power generator, which in turn makes cancer cells mortal like the other cells. The drug doesn't affect the normal cells of the body.
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