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Sometime back an innovative invention hit the market for human transportation. It was call the Segway HT and it was a two wheel scooter type device that has a gyroscope that helped keep it balanced. It was considered at the time the ultimate “geek” toy. Well they have now come out with a concept vehicle that takes the same technology but they have added another pair of wheels. It is pretty cool and just like the IT the Centaur is driven by just leaning in the direction you want to go. Check it it out it looks pretty cool. They also have some video of it is action.

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The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a bill that would make spyware illegal—and provide stiff sanctions for anyone found breaking that law.

The new law would make a number of spyware spreaders’ actions illegal. Those actions include accessing a computer without authorization or intentionally exceeding authorized access.

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“Eat your spinach,” Mom used to say. “It will make your muscles grow, power your laptop and recharge your cell phone … ”

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say they have used spinach to harness a plant’s ability to convert sunlight into energy for the first time, creating a device that may one day power laptops, mobile phones and more.

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Bush, Cheney Left Off Mo. County Ballots

Thu Oct 7,10:01 PM ET

VAN BUREN, Mo. - Officials in one Missouri county are reprinting absentee ballots for the Nov. 2 general election after discovering that President Bush (news - web sites) and Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) were left off.

The ballots were mailed beginning Sept. 21, and Carter County Clerk Becky Gibbs said several voters noticed the oversight.

“We are rectifying it,” she said. “There was no intent to leave them off.”

Fewer than 500 of the erroneous ballots were sent out, and some have already been returned.

Replacement ballots will be sent to everyone who requested an absentee ballot along with a letter explaining the error.

Terri Durdaller, spokeswoman for the Secretary of State, said that if absentee voters who previously returned a ballot send a new one, it will replace the previous one. If they don’t return a new ballot, their first one will be counted.

“The key is just to make sure everybody does get the changed ballot,” Durdaller said.

Ballots that other voters will use Nov. 2 have not been printed yet.

Gibbs said the cost to print replacement absentee ballots should be minimal.

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Ever have a blind date where all your hopes and dreams for the perfect match came crashing down at your feet?

Cingular Wireless has taken its Voice Connect service where no other wireless carrier has dared to tread with “Escape-a-Date,” one of several new options that are part of the company’s Voice Connect line of information services.

“Escape-A-Date” is the perfect service to use when you are afraid that your blind date may not be just right for you. This new service allows you to schedule a “rescue” phone call at a pre-set time. That way, you’ll be called at the time you specify. The service tells you exactly what to say to set the tone for a speedy escape. There are eight randomly generated humorous scripts.

Read more at http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040803/cltu060_1.html