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Telescope Tech Will Speed Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Posted: October 12th, 2008, 9:00pm EDT by Betsy Mason
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Some of the largest land-based telescopes in the world are getting new technology that will enable them to better detect Earth-like planets outside our solar system that could harbor extraterrestrial life.
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'Children in Need' Could Unite All Surviving Doctor Whos
Posted: October 12th, 2008, 4:32pm EDT by John Scott Lewinski
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Reports claim the seven surviving actors who played The Doctor will reunite for this year's BBC 'Children in Need' telethon. That means David Tennant and Peter Davision would join Tom Baker, Colin Baker, Sylvestor McCoy, Paul Mcgann and Christopher Eccleston for a reunion fans thought was impossible.
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Q&A: 'World of Warcraft' Lead Producer J. Allen Brack
Posted: October 12th, 2008, 2:00pm EDT by Earnest Cavalli
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During Blizzcon Wired chats with with J. Allen Brack, Wow's lead producer, to discuss the upcoming Wrath of the Lich King expansion, where the game goes from here, and the title's Deathknight class, an addition many fans see as the latest example in Blizzard's new-found desire to homogenize their once unimpeachable games.
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U.S. Game Designer Hurtles into Space With DNA Cargo
Posted: October 12th, 2008, 11:37am EDT by Associated Press
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An American computer game designer -- along with two crewmates and the digitized DNA sequences of some of the world's most famous minds -- reached space Sunday.
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Spies Launch 'Cyber-Behavior' Investigation
Posted: October 12th, 2008, 11:27am EDT by Noah Shachtman
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In effort to get a handle on wannabe spies' cyber behaviors, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence hands out $800,000 to researchers to figure out whether hopping on World of Warcraft or Facebook "suggests an unwillingness to abide by rules."
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