TECH NEW
* Remember the site for watching movies, MegaUpload? Well, looks like it will be back as Me.ga, skirting U.S. Copyright Law by being overseas. Thanks to Greg Sandoval over at news.cnet.com. Check out the article here: Megaupload to Become Me.ga
TECH INNOVATION
*Microsoft has patented a technology, which allows the camera device in the Kinect to record who is watching. Invasion of privacy for sure. But don't worry, it has not been put into production...yet. Courtesy of Dan Chiappini at Gamespot. Check it out here: Microsoft Patents Camera that Watches Viewer
DISCOVERY
* Japanese scientists have figured out a way to decode dreams in the form of shapes and objects. This is no joke. Thanks to Mo Costandi at Nature for the in depth info, which can be found here: Scientists Read Dreams
HEALTH
* Humans can smell fear, contrary to popular and longheld beliefs within the scientific community. Courtesy of Tia Ghose over at LiveScience
for the info, which is found here: Humans Smell Fear
HISTORY
* 75,000 years ago, a volcano dubbed Toba, found on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, exploded with the force of 5,000 times the energy of Mount St. Helens, engulfing the world in darkness. Thanks to the LiveScience staff for the article, found here: Toba, Super Volcano
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