Secret URL May Allow Apple to Delete Your iPhone Apps Remotely – “It’s supposed to be your “life in your pocket,” not Apple’s. But a piece of code discovered in the iPhone operating system might keep you under Apple’s control…”

Vista’s Security Rendered Completely Useless by New Exploit – “This week at the Black Hat Security Conference two security researchers will discuss their findings which could completely bring Windows Vista to its knees…”

Neanderthal Bone Yields Complete Mitochondrial Genome – “DNA extracted from a 38,000-year-old Neanderthal bone has just enabled scientists to sequence the complete mitochondrial genome for the human-like species, according to a paper that will be published tomorrow in the journal Cell.”

Cell change ‘keeps organs young’ – “Researchers may have found a way to halt the biological clock which slows down our bodies over the decades…”

Anti-aging pill to turn back the clock – “A DRUG that slows the ageing process and prevents cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer’s, could be on sale within five years, scientists claim…”

Flush With Energy – “Unlike America, Denmark, which was so badly hammered by the 1973 Arab oil embargo that it banned all Sunday driving for a while, responded to that crisis in such a sustained, focused and systematic way that today it is energy independent…”

NASA to Test Plasma Rocket at International Space Station – “Plasma rockets are the rockets of the future. They use the same stuff that makes up the sun and stars, and follow the same principles that scientists believe govern black holes. And now, NASA is ready to harness that energy for their own devices. They’re planning to test a plasma rocket at the International Space Station…”

10 Green Concept Cars That Are Waaaaay Out There – “Concept cars are flights of fantasy carrying auto design into the future. Since our future will be a place where a gallon of gas costs more than a gallon of Scotch, the students at Royal College of Art designed their cars that run on things like electricity and algal fuel…”

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The great oil bubble has burst – “If the trend continues into September at anything like the same rate of descent, most of the inflationary spike of the past 12 months will miraculously have been sliced away. This is a dramatic reversal, and it is worth trying to work out why it is happening and what it means…”

106 mpg ‘air car’ creates buzz, questions – “New York-based Zero Pollution Motors is the first firm to obtain a license from MDI to produce the cars in the United States, pledging to deliver the first models in 2010 at a price tag of less than $18,000…”

The suit you can wash in the shower – “Suits are worn every day in a variety of business settings, causing them to become dirty, wrinkled, and occasionally even coffee-stained. Who has not wished their suit could be easily washed without having to take it to the dry cleaner’s? Now a new suit has hit the market that takes care of just this problem. The Shower Clean Suit can be washed in warm water from the shower, does not require ironing, and maintains a sharp crease in the trousers…”

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