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KISSmetrics Web Analytics - Event Tracking, A/B Testing and Conversion Funnel Software : "KISSmetrics is a person-based analytics platform for your whole team. Get product, sales, marketing, customer support working together to improve the metrics that matter" .. .ero .

Researchers Expose Cunning Online Tracking Service That Can’t Be Dodged | Epicenter | Wired.com : "Researchers Expose Cunning Online Tracking Service That Can’t Be Dodged" .. .ero .

A Cybercrime Prosecutors Top 5 Concerns - Norton Community : "Once a cybercriminal is caught, then how is the criminal brought to justice in the court system? "The answer to this question depends a lot on the country in which a case is brought and the type of crime. "There are, however, a few challenges that every cybercrime prosecutor faces in nearly every case. " .. .ero .

Cross-check: Winning Argument: As a "New" Critique of Reason, Argumentative Theory Is Trite but Useful : "History demonstrates that certainty on the political left or right, among scientists as well as religious fundamentalists, can lead to trouble." .. .ero .

Giant body of water found in space, black hole claims it was just hydrating -- Engadget : "Giant body of water found in space, black hole claims it was just hydrating"

NASA's Hubble Discovers Another Moon Around Pluto - weather.com : "Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope discovered a fourth moon orbiting the icy dwarf planet Pluto. "The tiny, new satellite - temporarily designated P4 - was uncovered in a Hubble survey searching for rings around the dwarf planet." .. .ero .

Official Google Blog : "More wood behind fewer arrows 7/20/2011 12:03:00 PM Last week we explained that we’re prioritizing our product efforts. As part of that process, we’ve decided to wind down Google Labs. While we’ve learned a huge amount by launching very early prototypes in Labs, we believe that greater focus is crucial if we’re to make the most of the extraordinary opportunities ahead." .. .ero .

Cell signalling caught in the act : Nature News : "The structure of this complex could finally reveal how one of biology's most important signalling mechanisms, G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), do their job. This structure, published online in Nature1 by a team led by Kobilka at Stanford University in California and Roger Sunahara at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, now reveals the complete three-dimensional atomic structure of an activated GPCR — the β2 adrenergic receptor (β2AR) — in a complex with its G protein." .. .ero .

The Bloop

What does a star sound like? : "What does a star sound like?" .. .ero .

What does a star sound like? : "What does a star sound like?" .. .ero .

Epicenter - Mind Our Tech Business | Wired.com : "Vrignaud, it seems, committed the foul of using more than 250 GB of data on Comcast two months in a row, triggering the company’s overage policy that results in a year-long ban from using its services." .. .ero .

Gadget Lab - Hardware That Rocks Your World | Wired.com : "Twitter updated its app for Android smartphones on Wednesday, bringing two key features to Google’s mobile platform. The microblogging service now offers both push notifications and multiple account sign-in for Android phones. A push notification sends you an automatic update whether you’re actively using the Twitter app or not, while the latter feature allows you to switch between your multiple Twitter accounts without signing out and signing back in (an annoying enough task on a smartphone)" .. .ero .

Open Channel : "Big telecom firms make millions from cramming fees, senator says"

Image via Wikipedia WorldCitizen.net | Planet Earth : "In 1971, Genesis (the band) released an album that contained the song Return of the Giant Hogweed: Turn and run! Nothing can stop them, Around every river and canal their power is growing. Stamp them out! We must destroy them, They infiltrate each city with their thick dark warning odour. In 2011, the Giant Hogweed is invading the United States of America" Related articles Giant Hogweed (neatorama.com) Dangerous 10-Foot Megaweed Invades New York (livescience.com) Don't Touch This Plant: Giant Hogweed Is Pretty And Dangerous (blisstree.com) Giant Hogweed spreads through New York and causes blindness and third-degree burns - NYPOST.com (holisticrats.wordpress.com) New Yorkers battle giant blindness-causing plants (go.theregister.com) Giant Weed Can Cause Blisters, Even Blindness (nlm.nih.gov) This Type Of Weed Could Kill You. What Is It? (kroq.radio.com) Hogweed: Giant Member of a Toxic

Image via Wikipedia FBI — The Case of the Stolen Moon Rocks :  "That’s precisely where three NASA interns found them in the spring of 2002. And took them. And eventually put them up for sale on the web site of the Mineralogy Club of Antwerp, Belgium . Genuine moon rocks —going for anywhere from $1,000 to $5,000 a gram!" Related articles Fish captain fighting to keep long-missing moon rock (seattletimes.nwsource.com) The great Moon-rock heist - extract (guardian.co.uk) Moon Dust Missing for 40 Years Is Found at Auction House (time.com) Shreds of Moon History on the Block (nytimes.com) Slideshow: When Artifacts Become Astronauts (history.com)

The Baghdad Batteries

Image via CrunchBase MPAA, RIAA Team Up With ISPs to ‘Alert’ Pirates | TorrentFreak :  "A breakthrough coalition of the MPAA, RIAA and other copyright holders have signed an agreement with AT&T , Cablevision , Comcast , Time Warner Cable and Verizon to curb piracy.  Under the agreement the ISPs agree to send “copyright alerts” to subscribers whose Internet connections are used for copyright infringement. Repeated offenders will not be disconnected from the Internet, but could be slowed down instead." Related articles ISPs to Disrupt Internet Access of Copyright Scofflaws (wired.com) Top ISPs agree to become copyright cops (news.cnet.com) Media Decoder: Internet Providers to Help Thwart Online Piracy (mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com) ISPs join the copyright fight, put broadband on the line (gigaom.com) Major ISPs agree to "six strikes" copyright enforcement plan (arstechnica.com) Top ISPs poised to adopt graduated response to pira