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New-Age Mutant Ninja Wagons

Vikas — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:44:46 +0000

MUTATIONS drive evolution. Say youâ€™re born with six toes on each foot around the time that an epidemic of the Five Toed Virus sweeps the planet and wreaks havoc on the normal-footed populace. From then on, you and the other six-toed people will...

My How-To: Enable a Disabled Task Manager

Taylor Flatt — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:41:38 +0000

If you have ever had a bug that disables your Task Manager so you can’t close out of anything, this is something you ought to try out. I have actually run into a problem with a virus locking me out of my task manager so I got to my other...

Chinese officials: child virus outbreak eases

AP — Fri, 23 May 2008 19:37:55 +0000

The spread of a virus that has sickened more than 24,000 people and killed dozens across China is slowing in the province where the outbreak was first reported, a state-run news agency said...

Common virus blamed for 5 infant deaths, CDC says

AP — Thu, 22 May 2008 17:12:17 +0000

A common virus traditionally viewed as mild killed at least five U.S. infants last year, government health officials said Thursday.

Japan cracks down on virus with copyright law

AP — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:05:20 +0000

A student who allegedly spread a computer virus was convicted Friday of copyright infringement in a case that has highlighted the lack of laws in Japan to police...

China child virus death toll up to 43

AP — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:11:57 +0000

The death toll rose to 43 from the hand, foot and mouth disease virus that has sickened tens of thousands of children across China, a report said Friday.

Beijing reports first child virus death

AP — Wed, 14 May 2008 06:57:44 +0000

China’s capital reported Wednesday its first death from the hand, foot and mouth disease virus that has sickened tens of thousands of children across the country and killed at least 42...

5 more children die of virus in China

AP — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:33:28 +0000

Five more children have died of hand, foot and mouth disease in China, bringing the death toll to 39 since late March, the official Xinhua News Agency said Monday.

Bird flu resurfaces in West BengalIndiaThe Times of India

Bijoy — Sat, 10 May 2008 20:52:09 +0000

The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has resurfaced in West Bengal, with the latest area to be infected being a small town, Sukna, in the tea-growing hill district of Darjeeling. Two samples sent from dead backyard poultry found in a village near the...

70 people sickened during San Francisco conference

AP — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:12:50 +0000

It’s a new kind of virus for Sun Microsystems Inc.