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Google-Backed Pixazza Launches "Image Apps," Rebrands As Luminate

Pixazza, a startup backed by Google Ventures, is known for "in-image advertising," a method of overlaying photographs with relevant ads--when a user mouses over a picture of, say, a bicycle, for example, he or she might see an offer to purchase a bike from an onlne retailer such as Amazon or Sears; if a purchase is made, Pixazza takes a cut of the sale.

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Examining Oslo Terrorist Breivik’s Internet Trail

Oslo terrorist Anders Behring Breivik's extensive Internet presence gives us a look inside the inner workings of a madman. Meet a young man obsessed with Muslims, liberals, commercial techno music, and World of Warcraft. Oslo terrorist Anders Behring Breivik, like most nutjobs, had a substantial Internet presence.

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Miyazato plans to aid Japan relief after Evian win

Ai Miyazato clinched her first title of the year at the Evian Masters on Sunday and pledged to share her prize money with the people still suffering in the aftermath of the disasters back home in Japan.

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Could We Harness Energy from Earthquakes? Not Likely

Dear EarthTalk : Can earthquake energy be harnessed for power, particularly in places like Japan? Also, how can Japan, so vulnerable to earthquakes, even have nuclear power?

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Saiki takes 2nd-round lead at Evian Masters

Miki Saiki of Japan took a one-stroke lead at the Evian Masters on Friday, shooting a 5-under 67 in the second round to move 9 under as the drenched course started to dry out.

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Nuclear Fission Confirmed as Source of More than Half of Earth’s Heat

Nuclear fission powers the movement of Earth's continents and crust, a consortium of physicists and other scientists is now reporting, confirming long-standing thinking on this topic. Using neutrino detectors in Japan and Italy--the Kamioka Liquid-Scintillator Antineutrino Detector (KamLAND) and the Borexino Detector--the scientists arrived at their conclusion by measuring the flow of the antithesis of these neutral particles as they emanate from our planet. Their results are detailed July 17 in Nature Geoscience .

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It’s Miyazato vs. Miyazato

Mika and Ai Miyazato finished 1-2 after the second round of the U.S. Women's Open on Saturday, setting up a third-round pairing for the two golf prodigies from Okinawa, Japan.

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This Week In Bots: Open-Source Learning Bots, Sensitive Robo-Skin, Robot Soccer, Chocolate Printer Bot, And More

Qbo Open-Source Bot Par Excellence Qbo is a kind of smaller, cheaper PR2 --he's an open-source robot platform (using the ROS operating system developed for PR2), which could aid robot research as well as educating students in robotics and computer programming.

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