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version="0.92"> <channel><title>Smooth Blog</title><link>http://www.smoothblog.co.uk</link> <description>Blogging while working...</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:10:00 +0000</lastBuildDate> <docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss092</docs> <language>en</language> <item><title>New 0-Day Exploit for Internet Explorer</title> <description><![CDATA[Microsoft has posted a new warning about an exploit that affects  its Internet Explorer browser.  The zero-day vulnerability, which is  already being exploited in the wild, allows for malicious users to  install malware on a vulnerable machine.
According to CRN.com,  the vulnerable “systems include Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 on  [...]]]></description><link>http://www.smoothblog.co.uk/2010/03/10/new-0-day-exploit-for-internet-explorer/</link> </item> <item><title>All of Life’s Ingredients Found in Orion Nebula</title> <description><![CDATA[The ingredients for life as we know it have been found in the Orion  Nebula.
By finely separating the spectrum of incoming light, astronomers are  able to detect the chemical fingerprints of molecules like water and  methanol. The spectrograph that their work produces can be seen in the  image above. The peaks [...]]]></description><link>http://www.smoothblog.co.uk/2010/03/10/all-of-life%e2%80%99s-ingredients-found-in-orion-nebula/</link> </item> <item><title>Woman Grows 6cm Horn on Forehead</title> <description><![CDATA[A 101-year-old woman in China has baffled doctors after growing a  huge goat-like horn on her forehead.
Zhang Ruifang claims the growth first appeared only last year and has  since expanded to be more than 6cm long. Now her family in Linlou,  Henan province, are concerned about a second mark on the other side [...]]]></description><link>http://www.smoothblog.co.uk/2010/03/10/woman-grows-6cm-horn-on-forehead/</link> </item> <item><title>New MSN Website</title> <description><![CDATA[
Today, Ars  Technica makes known that Microsoft has finally begun rolling it  out to users. The roll out will gradually make its way to 100 million US  customers over the next few weeks. Microsoft is calling it the &#8220;most  significant homepage redesign in over a decade.&#8221; The redesign  features a [...]]]></description><link>http://www.smoothblog.co.uk/2010/03/10/new-msn-website/</link> </item> <item><title>PS3 to Outsell Wii by 2013</title> <description><![CDATA[Sony&#8217;s PlayStation 3 games console will outsell the Nintendo Wii by  2013, at least according to industry analyst David Mercer of  StrategyAnalytics who  wrote a short preview of the upcoming &#8220;Global Video Game Market  Forecast&#8221; publication on his blog.
In his blog  post, the analyst wrote that there will be an [...]]]></description><link>http://www.smoothblog.co.uk/2010/03/10/ps3-to-outsell-wii-by-2013/</link> </item> <item><title>Portal 2 for the Mac OSX</title> <description><![CDATA[
Valve has been playing various games with the Internet community over  the last couple of weeks. The ending to their popular puzzle game  Portal was changed, hinting at a sequel, and the company began sending  out teasers based on famous Apple ads that have appeared over the years.  A couple of [...]]]></description><link>http://www.smoothblog.co.uk/2010/03/08/portal-2-for-the-mac-osx/</link> </item> <item><title>New Apple iPad TV Commercial</title> <description><![CDATA[
Apple added to the iPad hype on Sunday as it unveiled a new TV  commercial during the Oscars awards.
The commercial demonstrates most of what we have already seen and  know about the iPad. It finishes by signing the advert off with &#8220;April  3&#8243;, the date of the U.S. launch for the iPad.
The [...]]]></description><link>http://www.smoothblog.co.uk/2010/03/08/new-apple-ipad-tv-commercial/</link> </item> <item><title>Access Windows 7/Vista’s Master Control Panel</title> <description><![CDATA[
Create a simple shortcut to gain access to the “Master Control Panel” in  Windows Vista &#38; Windows 7, allowing you to tweak hundreds of different  settings.
Are you one of those people who likes to get their hands dirty and tweak  every single possible setting? If you’re running Windows Vista or the newer [...]]]></description><link>http://www.smoothblog.co.uk/2010/03/05/access-windows-7vista%e2%80%99s-master-control-panel/</link> </item> <item><title>‘New’ Secret Ingredient that Makes Everything Taste Better?</title> <description><![CDATA[
“You know about the four basic tastes: sweetness, sourness,  bitterness and saltiness. Even if that list doesn’t roll off of your  tongue, you can certainly imagine how each of these tastes flavors your  mouth.
Well, it turns out there is fifth taste, called Umami. Umami was  first isolated by Japanese chemists Kikunae [...]]]></description><link>http://www.smoothblog.co.uk/2010/03/04/%e2%80%98new%e2%80%99-secret-ingredient-that-makes-everything-taste-better/</link> </item> <item><title>Facebook Estimate Makes $1 Billion for 2010</title> <description><![CDATA[We  get a lot of questions about how Facebook makes its money, so here are  our best estimates.
We&#8217;ve heard from a couple reliable sources that when it was looking  for its latest funding, Facebook told investors 2009 revenues would  reach $550 million.
If that&#8217;s true, Facebook is growing quicker than even people [...]]]></description><link>http://www.smoothblog.co.uk/2010/03/04/facebook-estimate-makes-1-billion-for-2010/</link> </item> </channel> </rss>
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