Cisco Linksys Wireless-N Range/Extender Bridge (RE1000)

Cisco Linksys? Wireless-N Range/Extender Bridge (RE1000) is one of the best wireless extenders we?ve tested to date. Still, like many extenders we?ve tested, it?s going to be pretty useless for distances exceeding 150 feet from a wireless router. However, unlike other products tested, it still gave a signal and connection (although not a speedy one) at 150 feet?as long as you're transmitting in the 2.4 GHz band.

Design and Specs

The RE1000 is a small, rectangular box with a two-prong electrical plug. The device has a WPS and a reset button on its top panel and a Fast Ethernet 10/100 network port on the bottom to serve as a wireless bridge for a wired device. There?s also a removable panel on the underside that lifts off to reveal a C7 AC power port. The RE1000 only supports the 2.4 GHz band, which is a shame, given the numbers of 5 GHz and dual-band routers out there. ??

Installation:

The RE1000 extender ships with a setup CD. Enclosed instructions direct users to set up the device close to the computer being used for install to the router to ensure a strong signal and that the extender can be moved after setup.

When the install kicks off, Cisco's software immediately discovered a newer version of setup was available, which means you?ll want to set this device up from a computer that is online, preferably connected to the wireless network you are trying to extend.

Next, the instructions have you plug the extender into an outlet. The setup software ?searches? for the extender. In about a minute, the software discovered the extender and discovered the names of all the wireless networks in proximity. I selected the network I wanted to place the extender, entered the passphrase when prompted and that?s all it took to get the extender setup.

Without question, the RE1000 has the easiest setup of any wireless extender I?ve tested: efficient and drop-dead simple.

Configuration and Features

The RE1000 has a browser-based utility that can be used to configure the device. The interface follows the same design as Cisco Linksys' E-series routers. ?Within the interface, users can get a view at the status of the extender and information such as channel width, signal strength and quality, as well as?packet information.

The extender also supports some Quality of Service (QoS) functionality with WMM (Wireless Multimedia) for improving the quality of video, voice, and other types of network traffic. ?Other features include diagnostics and enabling log files.

Performance:

Using Ixia?s IXChariot testing suite, I measured the RE1000?s throughput at distances of 50, 75, 100 and 150 feet away from the router as well as right next to the server room the router is located in. Besides measuring throughput, I also?noted how many signal bars the operating systemthe wireless client used for testing is reporting, whether it?s possible to connect to the wireless LAN at greater distance, and if it?s possible to browse the Internet at greater distances.

While the RE1000 did not give us the best throughput numbers (that distinction goes to the BearExtender PC Long Range 802.11n USB WiFi Booster [LINK=]) the RE1000 allowed connecting the wireless network and surfing the web from 150 feet away from the router?although surfing was slow. That's an ability I didn't observe with the BearExtender device. Here are benchmark results:

Why the RE1000 is Editor?s Choice for Extenders:

Wireless extenders are notorious for frustrating setup and not actually offering much in extending a wireless signal. While BearExtender?s device had better throughput testing with Ixia, by 150 feet, it was no longer possible to even connect to the WLAN, much less surf the Internet. I had the same issue with the D-Link Amplifi DAP-1525 Wi-Fi Booster.

The RE1000 was able to extend the signal to 150 feet, although, as mentioned, the connection was painfully slow. This could be due to the heavy interference in our testing area, so those without such RF noise may get better results.

In addition, the RE1000 incorporates solid features and the amazingly uncomplicated setup of Cisco Linksys? latest routers. These factors weighed all together, make the Cisco Linksys Wireless-N Range Extender/Bridge (RE1000) a four-star Editors' Choice pick. We can hardly wait for the version that supports the 5 GHz band as well.

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Bill Gates Gives $750M To AIDS Fund

GATES: Well, the most exciting thing I learned when I was just getting into philanthropy was that, if you reduce childhood deaths, if you improve health in a society, that, surprisingly, population growth goes down. And that's because a parent needs to have some children survive into adulthood to take care of them when they're old.

And so, if they think having six children is what they need to do to have at least two survive, that's what they'll do. And amazingly, across the entire world, as health improves, then the population growth actually is reduced.

And there's a miracle intervention, which is vaccines. In 1960, over 20 million children died. In 2005, less than 10 million died. And that's despite much larger global population.

That is huge progress. And a lot of that is because these vaccinations are being given broadly, over half of that improvement. Another part is from economic development.

And so, even in the poorest countries, we should go in and give them a malaria vaccine, and give them vaccines for diarrheal diseases. And if a mother wants to limit her family size, give her the tools that let her have that possibility.

So, I think we owe it even to the poorest billion to give them a chance.

That's not to say I agree with his population growth bit, or even that his apparently somewhat paradoxical reasoning works out if you run the numbers, but it seems that his motivation to improve people's lives is good, whether or not a larger anti-population-growth rationale makes any sense.

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Sundance doc examines costs of US war on drugs (AP)

PARK CITY, Utah ? Eugene Jarecki's documentary at the Sundance Film Festival looks at the cost of America's war on drugs ? its social and human as well as financial cost.

With "The House I Live In," the filmmaker takes a close-up look at the results of U.S. drug policy.

Jarecki said he was moved to explore the issue because, while his parents escaped persecution in Nazi Germany, he sees another kind of Holocaust taking place in poor communities hit by harsh drug laws and mandatory minimum sentences.

The film includes interviews with inmates, dealers, narcotics officers, judges, professors and historians.

Jarecki argued that American drug laws have targeted minorities since the 1800s, and the lack of opportunities that continue to exist in poor and minority neighborhoods create an environment in which drug use and sales seem like a viable choice.

"To go down to a drug corner in the inner city is the rational act of somebody going to work in the only company that exists in a company town," said journalist and creator of HBO's "The Wire" David Simon, who is featured in the film.

Jarecki said that in communities plagued by unemployment, violence, absentee parents and overcrowded schools, people often turn to drugs to self-medicate, then find themselves addicted.

"Now you've got that dangerous cocktail of a user who's also a seller, and so many of the people I talked to are that," he said. "What they are not is violent. What they are not is a threat to you and me. And we are putting them away for sentences that are worse than the sentences we give to people who are violent." He said the United States is "the world's largest jailer."

He attributes the problem in part to fear-mongering by politicians wanting to appear tough on crime, so they target drug users and sellers with hefty prison sentences. But that cycle of incarceration creates more poverty, more absentee parents, more unemployment and more pain from which to escape.

Jarecki's other documentaries include "Freakonomics" and "Why We Fight," which won the Grand Jury prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.

Awards for this year's festival will be presented Saturday. Sundance continues through Sunday.

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Welch to GOP: Treat Paul with care (CNN)

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Open source controller framework lets you add the finishing touch

There are plenty of off-the-shelf controllers out there, but what if you fancy something a little more... you? How about fully customized, with a good seasoning of affordability and style? Design student Alex S has built a framework to help you build just that. The units shown above are for DJ-based programs, but you can create interfaces for any software that takes HID or MIDI input, and as they're modular, create endless ultra-custom set-ups. Keen to dismantle any technical barriers, Alex created a step-by-step Instructable, but you'll still need to get your hands dirty with Arduino and some circuitry. The whole project is open source, and while it's a step up from Lego, until we can just print these things, it seems like a great option to us.

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Killings shock Homs, United Nations to discuss Syria (Reuters)

AMMAN (Reuters) ? Fighting erupted in Homs on Friday, a day after townspeople said Alawite militiamen killed 14 members of a Sunni Muslim family in one of Syria's worst sectarian attacks since a revolt against President Bashar al-Assad flared in March.

The U.N. Security Council was to meet later in the day to discuss Syria before a possible vote next week on a new Western-Arab draft resolution aimed at halting months of bloodshed.

Russia, which joined China in vetoing a previous Western draft resolution in October and which has since promoted its own draft, said the Western-Arab version was unacceptable.

The draft contains "no fundamental consideration for our position" and is missing "key aspects that are fundamental to us," Itar-Tass news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov as saying.

The text, obtained by Reuters, calls for a "political transition," but not for U.N. sanctions against Assad's government, which Moscow, an old ally of Syria and an important arms supplier to Damascus, opposes.

Arab monitors headed for the Damascus suburb of Douma, where government troops battled rebel fighters the previous day as the struggle to topple Assad edged close to the Syrian capital.

Opposition activists said Syrian security forces killed seven people overnight, including four in Homs, a mostly Sunni city with minority Alawite neighborhoods that has become a fiercely contested battleground in the uprising. Two people were killed in Idlib and one in the Damascus suburb of Saqba.

Residents and activists said "shabbiha" militiamen from Assad's Alawite sect had shot or hacked to death 14 members of the Bahader family in Homs's Karm al-Zaitoun district, including

eight children, aged eight months to nine years old.

They said the slayings followed a hail of mortar rounds on the area which killed 16 people. "We also have 70 wounded," said a doctor treating casualties from the bombardment.

YouTube video footage taken by activists, which could not be independently verified, showed the bodies of five children, three women and a man in a house.

There was no comment from Syrian authorities, which enforce tight restrictions on independent media.

The British-based opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said security forces had killed a total of 43 civilians on Thursday, including 33 in Homs, of whom nine were children.

REVENGE KILLINGS

Hamza, an activist in Homs, said the militiamen were taking revenge for deaths inflicted on their ranks by army defectors loosely grouped in the rebel Free Syrian Army.

Tit-for-tat sectarian killings began in Homs four months ago. Assad's Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam, has dominated the political and security apparatus in Syria, a mostly Sunni nation of 23 million, for five decades.

At the U.N. Security Council meeting, Morocco was expected to distribute the new draft resolution backing an Arab League call for Assad to step down. An interim unity government would then prepare for elections and enact security reforms.

Syria, which says it is pursuing its own political reforms, has rejected the Arab plan as interference in its affairs.

The 10-month-old revolt against Assad edged closer to Damascus on Thursday as troops battled rebels in a town just north of the capital and a provincial governor spoke of negotiating local ceasefires.

(Additional reporting by Erika Solomon in Beirut and Louis Charbonneau at the United Nations; Writing by Alistair Lyon)

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Shoulder pain from using your iPad? Don't use it on your lap

ScienceDaily (Jan. 25, 2012) ? The sudden popularity of tablet computers such as the Apple iPad^? has not allowed for the development of guidelines to optimize users' comfort and well-being. In a new study published in Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment, and Rehabilitation, researchers from Harvard School of Public Health, Microsoft Corporation, and Brigham and Women's Hospital report that head and neck posture during tablet computer use can be improved by placing the tablet higher to avoid low gaze angles, and through the use of a case that provides optimal viewing angles.

"Compared to typical desktop computing scenarios, the use of media tablet computers is associated with high head and neck flexion postures, and there may be more of a concern for the development of neck and shoulder discomfort," said lead investigator Jack T. Dennerlein, PhD, of the Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, and Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Fifteen experienced tablet users completed a set of simulated tasks with two media tablets, an Apple iPad2 and a Motorola Xoom. Each tablet had a proprietary case that could be adjusted to prop up or tilt the tablet computer. The Apple Smart Cover allows for tilt angles of 15? and 73?, and the Motorola Portfolio Case allows for tilt angles of 45? and 63?. Four user configurations were tested: Lap-Hand, where the tablet was placed on the lap; Lap-Case, with the tablet placed on the lap in its case set at the lower angle setting; Table-Case, with the tablet placed on a table with its case at the lower angle; and Table-Movie, with the tablet placed on a table with its case at the higher angle.

During the experiment, users completed simple computer tasks such as Internet browsing and reading, game playing, email reading and responding, and movie watching. Head and neck postures and gaze angle and distance were measured using an infrared three-dimensional motion analysis system.

Head and neck flexion varied significantly across the four configurations and across the two tablets tested. The iPad2 was associated with more flexed postures when it was placed in its case. This appeared to be driven by differences in case design, which drastically altered the tablet tilt angle and the corresponding viewing angle. For both tablets, the gaze angle changed in a similar fashion to the head flexion across all configurations, with non-perpendicular viewing angles causing increased head and neck flexion. Head and neck flexion angles were greater, in general, than reported for desktop or notebook computing.

Only when the tablets were used in the Table-Movie configuration, where the devices were set at their steepest case angle setting and at the greatest horizontal and vertical position, did posture approach neutral. This suggests that tablet users should place the tablet higher, on a table rather than a lap, to avoid low gaze angles, and use a case that provides steeper viewing angles. However, steeper angles may be detrimental for continuous input with the hands. "Further studies examining the effects of tablet and configuration on arm and wrist postures are needed to clarify and complete the postural evaluation," noted Dr. Dennerlein.

"Our results will be useful for updating ergonomic computing standards and guidelines for tablet computers. These are urgently needed as companies and health care providers weigh options to implement wide-scale adoption of tablet computers for business operations," Dr. Dennerlein concluded.

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Megaupload founder faces lengthy extradition battle (Reuters)

(Reuters) ? Efforts by the United States to extradite the mastermind of an alleged Internet piracy scheme from New Zealand to face copyright infringement and money laundering charges are likely to be long and complex.

Kim Dotcom, a German national also known as Kim Schmitz, will be held in custody in New Zealand until February 22 ahead of a hearing of a U.S. extradition application.

U.S. authorities claim Dotcom's file-sharing site, Megaupload.com, has netted $175 million since 2005 by copying and distributing music, movies and other copyrighted content without authorization. Dotcom's lawyers say the company simply offered online storage and that he will fight extradition.

"It could take some considerable time to get through the whole thing," said senior New Zealand lawyer Grant Illingworth, adding there were rights of appeal and procedural review to both sides.

Dotcom, 38, and three others, were arrested on Friday after a police raid at his rented country estate, reputedly New Zealand's most expensive home, at the request of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Under New Zealand's extradition law the prosecution must show there is enough evidence that would substantiate charges against Dotcom and the other accused of breaching local copyright laws.

"What the judge has to do is decide whether there is a prima facie case that would justify the person being put on trial if the offence had occurred in New Zealand," Illingworth said.

"If the evidence doesn't make out, what under New Zealand law amounts to a prima facie case, then the person walks away."

A 1970 extradition treaty between the United States and New Zealand gives the U.S. 45 days from the time of Dotcom's arrest to request extradition. The New Zealand Extradition Act, passed in 1999, gives the United States preferential status to access a streamlined process for making its request.

The judge who refused Dotcom bail said he could not assess whether the United States had a strong enough case against Dotcom, nor whether he had a good defense.

"All I can say is that there appears to be an arguable defense, at least in respect of the breach of copyright charges," Judge David McNaughton wrote in his judgment.

CIVIL MATTER

Copyright infringement and illegal file sharing are normally civil matters in New Zealand, but there is a provision for criminal charges and a maximum 5-year jail term for serious breaches.

Rick Shea, a partner at Lowndes Jordan in Auckland, said there were some differences between New Zealand and U.S. copyright law, in terms of knowledge, that could be an issue.

Douglas McNabb, a U.S. lawyer who specializes in extradition defense, said extraditions to the United States have to meet probable cause - the same standard that is required for making arrests in the United States.

Although the extradition hearing is not a test of guilt or innocence, McNabb said Dotcom's lawyers may argue they should be allowed a limited discovery process to show that probable cause has not been met.

Prime Minister John Key said the issues raised were serious and New Zealand would co-operate with the U.S. authorities.

"This is the largest, most significant case in Internet piracy so New Zealand is certainly going to work with the United States authorities to allow them to extradite Kim Dotcom," he said on TV3.

According to Shea, New Zealand has never had an extradition proceeding involving copyright law. "I wouldn't expect this to be sorted out quickly," he said.

AGGRESSIVE CHARGES

Anthony Falzone, Director for Copyright and Fair Use at Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society, said it was too early to comment on the strength of the case, but questioned whether some of the allegations in the indictment would actually push Megaupload outside the safe harbor provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

The indictment "pushes some pretty aggressive theories", Falzone said.

The most recent Supreme Court case to deal with similar issues was in 2005. In MGM v Grokster, the U.S. court highlighted the importance of intent in determining if an Internet firm was liable for its users infringing copyright.

"A lot of the Megaupload case may also rise and fall on the question of intent," said Falzone.

With MGM, the court found the intent of the Internet company from the beginning was to build a tool to facilitate illegal sharing.

"Maybe that's what the Feds (FBI) think they have here, too," said Falzone.

(Reporting by Gyles Beckford in WELLINGTON and Rebecca Hamilton in NEW YORK; Editing by Lincoln Feast and Ian Geoghegan)

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State of the Union from 2011, in 2012 - Today's Qs for O's WH - 1/23/2012 (ABC News)

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Goodell: NFL to consider some full-time officials (AP)

BALTIMORE ? Aiming to ensure NFL rules are enforced the same way from game to game, the league will consider making about 10 officials full-time employees next season. As of now, all game officials are part-time employees.

Responding to a question about consistency in officiating while speaking to a group of about 75 fans before Sunday's playoff game between the Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the proposal would bring a group of officials to the league offices in New York to help review game films and evaluate the calls.

They then would be spread out among the crews at games.

"Consistency is exactly what every club wants, and I think every fan wants. You want consistency in the way rules are applied," Goodell said. "We are contemplating this offseason taking some of those officials from the field who are now part time ? they have other jobs ? and making a certain number of them, let's say 10, full time."

Goodell also told the fans the rules committee will examine whether teams should be allowed to hire assistant coaches who left other teams during the same season, as happened with New England and Josh McDaniels. He returned to the Patriots in time for the playoffs after spending the regular season with the St. Louis Rams.

"We've talked to several club executives. I'm not getting a lot of reaction from the other clubs that this is unfair. They don't seem to think it's a big issue," Goodell said. "But it's something we'll talk about."

Among other topics Goodell addressed with fans, and later while speaking to reporters:

_He hopes the league and the players' union will be able to settle their differences on testing for human growth hormone before next season, but he wouldn't say he's confident that'll happen.

"There's certainly enough time. We had a meeting just on Friday between the two parties to try to address those issues," Goodell said. "We understand the issues they've raised. We've answered those questions. ... All of the scientists agree that this test is valid. So we think we have a valid test. It's been proven on a global basis. We hope to get it implemented as quickly as possible."

The new labor contract that ended the NFL lockout in August included a provision for HGH testing as soon as this season ? but only once the NFLPA approved the process. That hasn't happened, in part because the NFLPA says it needs more information about the test itself.

Asked by a reporter whether he's confident of getting a test in place for 2012, Goodell paused, then replied: "I'll tell you: Sure going to work as hard as we can to get it done, because I think it's important, not just for the game, but also for the players."

_He called the latest tweaks to concussion protocols ? including putting certified athletic trainers in booths at games to keep an eye out for possible head injuries, and adding video feeds on sidelines ? "significant improvements" and "two very positive steps."

_The new kickoff rules "achieved our objective" by reducing injuries, Goodell said.

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Weather officials confirm tornado hit western NC (AP)

ELLENBORO, N.C. ? Weather officials confirm there was a tornado in the storm system that swept through parts of western North Carolina this week, flinging mobile homes into valleys, damaging dozens of buildings and injuring nearly 20 people.

The storm system struck Rutherford and Burke counties on Wednesday, as a cold front moved through the western Carolinas. A National Weather Service survey team reported the system produced a tornado of EF2 strength, with winds of roughly 115 miles an hour.

"The trailer started shaking and we were gone," said Samantha Owens of Ellenboro, in Rutherford County. "It just picked and we just started rolling."

The mobile home where Owens lived with her mother and four children was thrown off its foundation, she said Thursday. Her mother was taken to a hospital in Charlotte with a concussion, but Owens and her children escaped with minor scrapes and bruises.

"Not even a year ago, we had a house fire and we lost everything," she said as she searched through the ruins of her home for items that hadn't been destroyed. "We were trying to start over, and then this happened."

At least 10 people were injured in Rutherford County and nearly the same number in Burke County, emergency officials said. There were no fatalities reported by Thursday afternoon.

"We are certainly thankful for that," Burke County Manager Bryan Steen said.

At least two of the injuries in Rutherford County were serious, sheriff's Sgt. Dwayne Wright said, but officials didn't know the extent of those injuries.

In Burke County, 16 homes were destroyed by the twister, with another 50 suffering various amounts of damage, according to Fire Marshal Mark Pitts. About six businesses were also damaged.

At least five people were hurt when the storm struck a few minutes later in the Icard area in eastern Burke County, Dixon said.

The American Red Cross opened a shelter in Icard, in eastern Burke County, and about 15 people stayed there overnight. Steen said county officials were ready to help anyone who still needed a place to stay Thursday.

Wind also struck a marina in Caldwell County late Wednesday, damaging at least three boats. It was not clear if a tornado had hit the area. No injuries had been reported.

The storm cell that caused the damage dumped hail in South Carolina before moving into North Carolina, according to the National Weather Service. Tornadoes have happened in the past in January, but they're far more common in the spring and fall, said Andrew Kimball, a meteorologist in the weather service's Greer, S.C. office.

"It's extremely odd, extremely rare," Steen said. "I don't ever remember a tornado in North Carolina in January."

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Samsung to release Galaxy Tab 7.0N in Germany, with new form factor

Samsung has yet to receive a verdict on its lawsuit-circumventing Galaxy Tab 10.1N, but the manufacturer apparently feels pretty confident about its chances. Today, Samsung announced a new, Germany-specific version of its Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, with the launch of the Galaxy Tab 7.0N. Slated to hit the market later this month, this seven-inch slate features many of the same specs you'll find on its Honeycomb-coated predecessor, save for a front-facing speaker upgrade and, of course, a redesigned form factor. For now, it's only slated to launch in Germany, where it'll retail for about €600 (about $770).

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Brittany Murphy's father wants her death re-investigated (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) ? Unconvinced that his daughter's death was adequately investigated, the father of deceased actress Brittany Murphy has filed a complaint calling for Murphy's autopsy specimens to be released for independent investigation.

In the complaint, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday, Angelo Bertolotti says claims that the investigation into Murphy's December 20, 2009 death was far from complete.

"Plaintiff exhausted all extrajudicial means of ensuring that his daughter's death is finally and fully investigated," the complaint reads. "In spite of his efforts, to date there has been no investigation, none of the potential witnesses and/or persons of interest have been questioned and only very basic autopsy procedures/toxicology testing has been performed."

Specifically, Bertolotti says that Murphy's hair and other specimens were never tested "for any poisons, toxins or heavy metals."

The complaint claims that arsenic poisoning is sometimes misdiagnosed as pneumonia and anemia -- which were contributing factors to Murphy's death, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office investigation.

Claiming that he wants to determine "a true cause of his daughter's death," Bertolotti is asking that the specimens -- including a bindle of Murphy's natural hair, a bindle of hair from an extension, and a sample of the actress' pubic hair -- be released to "the independent laboratory of Plaintiff's choosing to conduct any and all remaining toxicology and/or any other outstanding tests."

The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office has not yet responded to TheWrap's request for comment.

(Pamela Chelin contributed to this report)

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Family of Mexican marines kidnapped, slain (AP)

MEXICO CITY ? Mexican officials say they have arrested four men in the kidnapping and slaying of a marine officer, his two sons and his wife in the western state of Guerrero.

The Secretary of the Navy's office said in a statement that the victims disappeared on Dec. 16. One of the children is also a marine officer and the other is an enlisted marine. Several of the suspects arrested Friday have confessed to kidnapping them at a fake checkpoint and killing them.

The Navy Secretary's statement on Saturday said that the four men had been seized along with several firearms, ammunition and a set of handcuffs. It did not say if the men were associated with a particular criminal group. Investigators are searching for the bodies.

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How NASA May Use Microbes to Power Space Robots (SPACE.com)

Today's robotic space missions take careful steps to avoid carrying tiny bacterial life from Earth that could contaminate the surface of Mars or other planets. That may all change if a NASA-funded effort can harness microbes as an almost endless power source for the next generation of robotic explorers.

Such microbial fuel cells could power space robots almost indefinitely, as long as their bacteria have the tiny amounts of food needed to stay alive and create electricity through their chemical reactions. That would offer an alternative to space missions that rely upon either nuclear or solar power for their batteries ? NASA's Spirit Mars rover was officially declared dead last May after the Red Planet's harsh winter deprived it of sunlight for its solar panels.

"Whether you're looking at satellites or planetary explorers, to have a power system that's not reliant on the sun of the solar system, day or night cycles, and hazardous materials such as nuclear or other harsh chemicals, means you really open a lot of doors for expanding the duration of scientific missions," said Gregory Scott, a space robotics engineer at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory.

The microbial fuel cells won't power huge robots such as NASA's car-size Curiosity rover in the near future, even if the experimental technology might eventually scale up to do so. Instead, they would trickle small amounts of electricity that can slowly charge a battery until enough energy exists to power a scientific instrument or move a tiny robot.

That process could ideally keep almost any small space mission going for as long as necessary.

"Given the fact that they are living organisms, they have a really long shelf life," Scott told InnovationNewsDaily. "The bacterial colony will live as long as you give it food ? in our case, sugar ? or one of the other biomass fuels we're looking into. The colony will be able to survive pretty much indefinitely."

Scott and his colleagues hope to make a prototype robot powered by microbes and weighing just over 2 pounds (1 kg) within the next 10 years. Their first year of funding comes from the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program.

But shrinking microbial fuel cells ? some prototypes weighing 35 pounds (16 kg) on the small side ? down to something that fits on a 2-pound robot will take years of work. The researchers must also figure out how to boost the small energy outputs of such microbial fuel cells even as they shrink the overall size and weight.

Another challenge comes from making even lower-power electronics for the next generation of tiny space robots or rovers. Such electronics must use very little or even no power in some periods to survive on the electricity supplied by microbial fuel cells.

The researchers also want to figure out a simple, reliable way for their tiny robot or rover to move about. One of their leading ideas involves a spring-loaded hopping system.

Once a working prototype robot has been built, researchers would begin to consider the challenges of sending microbes on missions headed for deep space, asteroids or distant planets ? including the question of protecting extraterrestrial surfaces from contamination. Their current microbes consist of Geobacter sulfurreducens, a bacterium that does not require oxygen.

"There are planetary protection concerns, as well as concerns about protecting the microbes themselves from radiation," Scott said. "Sometime down the road we also have to consider whether the microbes we're looking at are most effective for radiation environments or extreme temperatures."

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China detains four in connection with data leaks - report (Reuters)

SHANGHAI (Reuters) ? China has detained four people and punished eight for a series of data breaches last month that severely undermined trust in the country's internet security, the official People's Daily reported on Wednesday.

Last month, the user IDs, passwords and email addresses of more than 6 million accounts registered on CSDN -- a site for programmers -- were leaked. The popular social-networking site Tianya was also hit by a data breach.

The data leaks led to a slew of online reports and rumors about other websites being hacked that were later proven unfounded.

The People's Daily reported that Chinese public security organs had investigated the cases and found nine cases of reselling user data, three cases of fabricating and promoting speculation of data leaks. Four people were detained and eight were punished, it said.

A spokesman for the State Internet Information Office said the authorities would continue to crack down on hacking of data and the spreading of rumors related to such breaches.

China has the world's largest Internet user base at 485 million users.

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Real-Life 'Tatooine': New 'Star Wars'-Like Planets with 2 Suns Found (SPACE.com)

Astronomers have found more real-life versions of Luke Skywalker's home planet Tatooine from "Star Wars" ? alien worlds that see two suns rise and set each day instead of one. And these two newfound worlds are also extremely close to the habitable zones of their parent stars, scientists say.

The discovery cements what appears to be a new class of twin sun alien planets and may help astronomers estimate how many of such binary stars possess planets. The finding also suggests that many planets might lie in the habitable zones of such systems, researchers said.

Astronomers used NASA's Kepler space telescope to identify the two so-called "circumbinary planets" amid 750 systems they sampled. Their discovery brings the total number of confirmed double-sun worlds up to three.

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Both newfound twin-sun planets are low-density gas giants located around distant star pairs. [Gallery: "Tatooine" Planets With 2 Suns Found]

The first, called Kepler-34 b, is about 22 percent of the mass of Jupiter (the largest gas giant in our solar system) and 76 percent the width of Jupiter. Kepler-34 b orbits two sunlike stars once every 289 days at about the same distance as Earth is from the sun. The planet is located about 4,900 light-years from Earth.

The second planet, called Kepler-35 b, orbits two stars that are 5,400 light-years from Earth. It has about 13 percent the mass of Jupiter and is 73 percent as wide. It and orbits its parent stars, which are slightly smaller than the sun, once every 131 days from a distance about 60 percent that between Earth and our sun.

These orbits place these planets very near the habitable zones of these stars ? that is to say, it is neither too hot nor too cold for liquid water to form on a planet's surface in these regions, meaning that life as we know it could in principle gain a foothold there.

"With only three circumbinary planets known, we are already very close to that special 'Goldilocks' zone," study lead author William Welsh, an astronomer at San Diego State University, told SPACE.com "It is my opinion that circumbinary planets in the habitable zone will turn out to be fairly common, and that is exciting."

The scientists presented their research today (Jan. 11) at the 219th American Astronomical Society meeting in Austin, Texas and detailed their findings in this week's online edition of the journal Nature. In a separate study, also appearing in Nature and at the AAS meeting today, astronomers unveiled a new analysis that suggests our Milky Way galaxy is home to at least 160 billion alien planets.

Real-life "Tatooine" planets

Most sunlike stars in our galaxy are found in pairs known as binary systems. Scientists discovered the first planet orbiting a binary star system last year using theKepler space observatory. That circumbinary planet, Kepler-16 b, is located about 200 light-years away.

All the circumbinary planets seen to date are very close to the critical distance when their orbits would be unstable. "If they were only 20 to 25 percent closer to their stars, the gravitational tugs of the two stars would build up over time and eventually make the planet's orbit so wild that the planet would be ejected into deep space," Welsh said.

Given the rate of circumbinary planets seen to date, the scientists estimate about 1 percent of closely linked binary stars have giant planets circling around them. This suggests our galaxy is home to at least several million circumbinary planets.

"There are lots of these circumbinary planets ? they are not the rare beasts that they might have been," Welsh said. "That tells us that nature likes to form planets, even in chaotic environments close to two stars."

"I am going to stay focused on the hunt for more circumbinary planets," Welsh added. "It's by no means easy, but I expect we will find more of these gems in the Kepler data."

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Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee's speech on the occasion of NDTV Profit Business Leadership awards 2011

Following is the text of Finance Minister's Speech at NDTV Profit Business Leadership awards 2011

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"I am very happy to be here today among this distinguished gathering of industrialists and business persons on the occasion of the annual NDTV Profit Business Leadership Awards for 2011. Leadership and excellence are the two pillars which determine how the future shapes up for all of us and at the same time, they provide the inspiration to realize that future. The recipients of the awards are individuals who epitomize courage, ingenuity, knowledge and foresight. They have led their businesses with vision and inspiration. Through events like this we acknowledge their contribution to the society and their achievements set new benchmarks for others to emulate. ?

??????????? The world economy is facing renewed challenges in the aftermath of the global financial turmoil of 2008. The Euro zone sovereign debt crisis has taken its toll and all major economies of the world are fighting to get out of a recessionary phase and persistently high levels of unemployment. After the initial phase of harmonising the use of macro-economic policy and keeping markets open, countries in the developed and the developing world adopted revival strategies, in keeping with the needs of their respective contexts, though with varying degree of success. In a globalised world, it has been one of the most challenging periods for policy makers.

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??????????? The current state of heightened global uncertainty has implications for emerging market economies including India. It has impacted the Indian economy through the financial market channel, the equity and foreign exchange markets, due to the risk averse nature of global capital flows. Thus, we have seen the Rupee depreciating vis-?-vis US dollar in the current fiscal year, most of it has been since August 2011. This has come in the way of the economy benefiting from softening in international commodity prices, including that of fuel oils and hence better management of domestic inflation. Rupee depreciation is largely driven by global factors and the pressure would continue until there is a durable solution to the sovereign debt problem in Europe.

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The impact on the real economy has been mainly through slowdown in global demand for Indian exports. ?Weak global cues have contributed to depressed domestic business sentiments. This is holding back growth in private investments. Our monetary and fiscal policy response has been geared towards taming domestic inflationary pressures, which has impacted consumption and investment growth. As a result, in the first half of the fiscal year, growth in private consumption and gross fixed capital formation has been moderate, resulting in some deceleration in the aggregate demand. Despite all this, we have been able to keep the adverse impact of global slowdown and uncertainty on our economy to the minimum.

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??????????? I would say that India?s growth fundamentals are strong and they look more attractive in a world challenged by problems of confidence and lack of growth. Indeed, these global developments are markers of shifting balance in the global economy, presenting new opportunities for us. India?s robust performance in difficult times shows that we could actually come out stronger from this crisis. We have to be alert to shape real-time policy responses, reform systems, improve the regulatory framework of our institutions to make the most of the opportunities coming our way.

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??????????? As stakeholders in the development of our economy, we have to work together in strengthening the drivers and the demographic dynamics of our economy. We need to delink our business sentiments from global cues. We need to lift ourselves from despondence and cynicism and focus on the positives.

??????????? It is true that sometimes the process of reforms gets overtaken by political events. This is in the very nature of our democracy and its polity. Despite differences, the principal political parties have been able to work together on most issues.? For this process to be speeded-up, the Indian enterprise has to help build the consensus across our diverse social and political space, to benefit from the opportunities before us. It has to demonstrate its willingness to marry its economic interests with some larger social responsibilities.

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??????????? ?We have difficult three months ahead of us in this fiscal year. Our growth for 2011-12 may be around 7.5 per cent or less. There are also concerns on the Central Government finances for the current fiscal. Performance during the first half on the fiscal front poses some risks in both receipts as well as expenditure estimates. Adhering to the fiscal deficit target of 4.6 per cent of GDP in 2011-12 is a major challenge. However, there are some clear signs of inflation moderating in the coming months. I expect it to be in the range of 6 to 7 per cent in end March 2012. Going forward, I am sure that RBI will take into account the important concern of balancing the targets of controlling inflation and keeping up growth and employment generation.

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??????????? Let me now address an important concern which of late is being frequently expressed and that is one of policy inaction. It is this sentiment and apprehension that things are not being addressed, which even as it is unfounded, perhaps has a more telling effect on business sentiments than the economic numbers that I have just mentioned. It is true that progress of economic reforms on some fronts especially FDI in multi brand retail and some legislative amendments have not seen a smooth passage, but we cannot be accused of not trying.

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??????????? There have been a host of policy measures including incremental changes in easing capital controls, making available a framework for pooling of debt finances for infrastructure and various other measures which lend credence to our commitment to economic reforms. The Government has now put in place the New Manufacturing Policy to give a big push to the manufacturing sector.

??????????? We have a vibrant democracy, a diverse range of opinions and a respect for all. In such a milieu, the way forward is determined by the approach which accommodates all and which essentially draws on a consensus. Does this mean that reforms take a back seat? Not at all. All efforts will continue and the fully supported and warranted reform measures will be realized when sound economic logic breaks down ideological barriers and this, ladies and gentlemen, will happen.

??????????? In the medium to long term we are committed to prudent management of our fiscal situation, bridging our infrastructure deficit, hastening the reform process and ushering in a more inclusive growth regime. The government is making the best effort to push forward on all these fronts and these, I am sure, will bear fruit.

??????????? Let me conclude by saying that despite the challenges before us, I am confident that we will improve our short-term growth prospects in the coming months. I have faith in the Indian entrepreneurial spirits and the other stakeholders, and we have the political will to do the needful to meet the aspirations of our people. With these words, let me congratulate once again the award winners. I wish you all a very fulfilling and exciting times ahead. "

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