New software can help predict a person's risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke over 10 years. Called HeartScore, the program was developed by the European Society of Cardiology. It takes data like blood pressure, cholesterol levels, smoking frequency, gender and age, then predicts when a heart attack or stroke will occur.
NEC has created a battery that can be recharged in 30 seconds, allowing 80 hours of use at the same level of power as nickel-hydrogen cells. NEC's organic radical battery technology will be built into future NEC mobile products, but the company won't say when. The concept will be discussed at the 12th International Meeting on Lithium Batteries in Nara, Japan on June 27.
Thief Nabbed After Stealing Prototype Cell Phone with GPS Tracking
Someone stole a Siemens SX1 prototype cell phone from the Siemens booth at CeBIT in Hanover, Germany, two weeks ago. Unfortunately for the thief, the phone's most interesting feature is built-in GPS tracking. Siemens engineers secretly queried the phone to determine its location, and told the Hanover police where to nab the thief.
Saudi Girls Gone Wild: Expelled Over Unveiled Internet Camera Photo
A university student in Saudi Arabia has been expelled because she took pictures with her camera phone of friends whose heads were not covered and posted those pictures on the internet. What's the world coming to? The next thing you know, they'll want drivers licenses.
Robots were reportedly used as camel jockes in Qatar Sunday for the first time. The human jockeys being replaced are often kidnapped or "purchased" children from poor families in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka or Pakistan often starved to make them smaller and lighter. The move toward robots is an effort to reduce this form of child abuse.
Korean Archers Train For Olympics with Virtual Reality
The South Korean archery team has been secretly planning rigorous training using 3D virtual reality programming custom built for the team, according to a report on donga.com.
Cell Phones Transformed Into Home-Appliance Remote-Controls
NTT DoCoMo said today that it has invented a gadget that transforms its 3G FOMA handsets into remote-control units for home appliances. From anywhere in the world, NTT customers should be able to program the VCR to record shows -- AND WATCH THE SHOWS OVER THE PHONE -- turn on and off air conditioners, heaters and lights and view live video from the controller's built-in camera. That's it! I'm moving to Tokyo!
A South Korean government official told the Maeil Business Newspaper in Korea that IT companies from the country landed about $200 million worth of contracts at CeBIT, the huge German computer show that ended last week. That's more than North Korean companies have made on IT. Anywhere. Ever.
Service Restored Just Two Weeks After Iraqi VoIP Gateway Destroyed By Bomb
Service was restored less than two weeks after a bomb attack on the gateway that carries carrying voice and data traffic in and out of Iraq. The bomb was placed inside a cooking oil container and planted March 3 by temporary workers. The gateway carries voice, fax and data services between Baghdad and Globecomm in New York. "Disaster recovery" takes place on a vastly difference scale in Iraq than it does elsewhere, apparently.
NEC has created a battery that can be recharged in 30 seconds, allowing 80 hours of use at the same level of power as nickel-hydrogen cells. NEC's 
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