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CHICAGO, March 11 (UPI) — Rush University Medical Center scientists in Chicago say they’ve found high cobalt and chromium levels in offspring of moms with metal-on-metal hip implants.

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Metal ions may leak from some hip implants

With Microsoft becoming increasingly marginalized in areas like mobile media, DirectX is becoming less of a must-use toolset and more of a gaming-specific one. The other side of the coin is, of course, the increasing relevance of standards like OpenGL, OpenAL, and OpenCL: powerful cross-platform systems for graphics, audio, and parallel processing . You may remember OpenCL from its debut on the Mac in Snow Leopard, and OpenGL ES of course powers the UI on the iPad .

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OpenGL 4.0 Comes Out To Play

As mobile gaming takes off, developers will need in-depth analysis to determine consumer behavior with their games and adjust their games accordingly. Motally , which provides user-action tracking services for the mobile web and apps, is expanding its product base today offering a targeted analytics service aimed towards mobile games on the iPhone, Android and Blackberry platforms. The service is currently in private beta, but developers will be able to sign up to use the service.

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Motally Brings Mobile Analytics To Smartphone Games

Filed under: iPad During CES 2010, HP gave the public a slight tease of its upcoming slate device. The touchscreen device, which runs Windows 7 , sports a form factor similar to Apple’s iPad , as well as similar uses; it supports eBooks, music, videos, and of course, the Internet. But wait, there’s more. According to a post on HP’s Voodoo blog , the device will give you a “full Web browsing experience,” not a “watered-down Internet” with “sacrifices.” In other words, the HP slate device supports Flash and, well, the iPad doesn’t.

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HP attacks Apple iPad over Flash

Since it launched last July at our Realtime Stream CrunchUp, Brizzly has been one of the best web-based Twitter apps. It offers support for viewing pictures inline, shortened link expansion, multiple Twitter accounts, and even some Facebook support . But they’ve been quiet in recent months. Now we know why.

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Brizzly’s Been Busy — Buying Apps, Creating Guides, And Going On Picnics.

SALT LAKE CITY, March 10 (UPI) — U.S. scientists say they’ve sequenced the genome of an entire family and found parents give their children fewer genetic mutations than had been thought.

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Family of four’s genome sequenced

Today during a panel on disruptive game platforms, a panel of gaming execs took the stage to talk about the current situation in gaming. The standout speaker so far has been hi5 President and CTO Alex St. John , who has not pulled any punches in his criticisms of Facebook and other companies. Moments ago, he just attacked Zynga, calling its games mediocre and saying that its success stemmed from spamming users.

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hi5 CTO: Zynga Is Mediocre. It Isn’t Social, It Just Discovered An Opening For Spam