Winners & Nominees of Int'l Photo Journalism Awards

Great gallery of pics -- mix of the genuinely beautiful, heart wrenching, scary-disturbing. 2nd annual Int'l color photog awards.

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Venus Revealed: Probe Discovers Extraordinary Weather System

Named after the Roman goddess of love & beauty, Venus is often called Earth's twin as the two planets are close in size, but that's where the similarity ends. The massive clouds that cover Venus create a greenhouse effect that keeps the planet at a sizzling 864°F. The bizarre weather patterns on Venus have given scientists new mysteries to solve.

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Drastically Speed up your Linux System with Preload

Preload is an "adaptive readahead daemon" that runs in the background of your system and observes what programs you use most often, caching them in order to speed up application load time. By using Preload, you can put unused RAM to good work, and improve the overall performance of your desktop system. Best of all, it's easy to install and use!

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