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But now, as the Republican Wilmington resident again seeks a seat in Congress in 2012, Pantano says the recent words of the military medical examiner who inspected the remains of the two men after they were exhumed in 2005 should put those questions to rest. “In my mind, it really closes the book,” Pantano said. Pantano recently re-released his book detailing the killings and the Article 32 hearing – the…

Throughout this year and the tail end of last, rumors have occasionally leaked about supposed features from Windows 8 (or Midori, depending on who you talk to). these can get pretty hard to keep track of, so I’ve decided to compile them in a single article for your reading pleasure. Windows 8 will come out in 2012. One of the first rumors about 8 leaked late year in the form…

since starting their GPU Technology Conference in 2010, NVIDIA has expanded into several events so that they can hold events in Europe and Asia. the next flagship GTC will be in San Jose in may, but NVIDIA’s #2 conference, GTC Asia, is occurring this week in Beijing. as with GTC America, GTC Asia serves several purposes for the company: a research symposium, a developer training program, and of course a…

There is a Linux web site that tracks the progress of Linux distributions called Distrowatch. And although the statistics shown at Distrowatch may be questionable (as even the webmaster of the web site has said), it’s worth having a look at the popularity of the major distributions over the last several years. Linux Commands Training Tips: Understanding the changing world of distributions will help you to realize that it’s much…

The Irish Times – Friday, December 30, 2011 Exoplanets ahoy in January, Nasa’s Kepler spacecraft spotted the smallest exoplanet to date. the rocky Kepler-10b is about 560 light years away and has diameter roughly 1.4 times that of Earth. but unlike Earth, the proximity of Kepler-10b to its star means it would have a scorching environment incompatible with life as we know it. This year the Kepler, which keeps track of…

Jerry McCrea/The Star-LedgerA generous gift from a longtime Rutgers professor will help bring academic leaders to Rutgers University, fostering a rigorous environment for students like these. Rutgers physics professor Claud W. Lovelace is one of the great thinkers of this generation, who has advanced — among other concepts too deep for the average mind or average editorial writer — the string theory of physics. String theory believes that, from a…

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is the end result of months of speculation and rumours surrounding the next Google Nexus Android phone, initially thought to be called the Samsung or Google Nexus Prime the new Galaxy Nexus has now had deals, prices and a release date announced at a recent launch event. This new Samsung Galaxy handset is to be the first in the world to offer the latest Android 4.0…

Based on the reaction of Internet poker supporters, you would have thought Santa Claus had arrived early. Two days before Christmas, the U.S. Department of Justice announced it reversed a long-standing opinion on the federal Wire Act of 1961. What remains unclear is whether Santa brought the new Lexus they had been dreaming about or a stocking full of coal. Anyone reading the online poker community’s blogosphere over the holiday…

Google is taking their tradition of releasing an “official” Android phone to the tablet market. The company is planning to release a new tablet called Google Nexus sometime in the first part of 2012. it will serve as the model of a “perfect” Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) tablet. When looking at a recent tablet comparison chart, I noticed that there are currently no Android 4.0 tablets on the market….

The first of the Windows powered smart phones from Nokia has now been released in the UK, the new Nokia Lumia 800 now has deals available on O2, Orange and T-Mobile networks with contract offers including free gifts available for consumers to order now. T-Mobile are the third UK network to launch deals for the new Nokia Lumia and are now offering the cheapest package that includes a free phone,…