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Black Rice May Be Cheap Source of Antioxidants

Source:   healthfinder.gov
scientists say they’ve also found a cheaper source of antioxidants for consumers: black rice.
“Just a spoonful of black rice bran contains more health promoting anthocyanin antioxidants than are found in a spoonful of blueberries, but with less sugar and more fiber and vitamin E antioxidants,” study co-author Zhimin Xu said in a [...]

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U.S. electricity blackouts skyrocketing

Should Americans view these kinds of scenarios as extraordinary circumstances — or a warning sign of a darker future? Experts on the nation’s electricity system point to a frighteningly steep increase in non-disaster-related outages affecting at least 50,000 consumers. During the past two decades, such blackouts have increased 124 percent — up from 41 blackouts [...]

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Web Coupons Can be Tracked To Individuals

For decades, shoppers have taken advantage of coupons. Now, the coupons are taking advantage of the shoppers.

A new breed of coupon, printed from the Internet or sent to mobile phones, is packed with information about the customer who uses it. While the coupons look standard, their bar codes can be loaded with a startling amount [...]

GOOGLE FRANKENSTEIN SAYS MACHINES TO ‘CHOOSE YOUR NEWS’

DRUDGE: GOOGLE FRANKENSTEIN SAYS MACHINES TO ‘CHOOSE YOUR NEWS’

GOOGLE FRANKENSTEIN: MACHINES TO CHOOSE YOUR NEWS Mon Apr 12 2010 08:15:34 ET

GOOGLE CEO and Obama political activist Eric Schmidt declared this weekend that [...]

Hacker Disables More Than 100 Cars Remotely

 

More than 100 drivers in Austin, Texas found their cars disabled or the horns honking out of control, after an intruder ran amok in a web-based vehicle-immobilization system normally used to get the attention of consumers delinquent in their auto payments.

Police with Austin’s High Tech Crime Unit on Wednesday arrested 20-year-old Omar Ramos-Lopez, a former Texas [...]