A transplant patient at the University of Chicago Medical Center filed suit today against the hospital and one of its surgeons, claiming she received a kidney from a donor infected with HIV and hepatitis C.

The patient, identified only as Jane Doe, alleges the hospital knew that the donor, who was homosexual, was in a high-risk group and withheld the information from her. Had she known of the "true nature of the donor's lifestyle and the risks associated with receiving his kidney" she would not have consented to the surgery, the lawsuit said.

The woman was one of four ...

Filed under: Laptops

ARM's Cortex processor was apparently good enough for the folks behind the Pandora project and it looks like we could soon be seeing some netbooks based on the CPU as well. That word comes straight from ARM's UK director of mobile solutions Rob Coombs, who said that both the Cortex-A8 (used in the Pandora) and the forthcoming Cortex-A9 would find their way into netbooks in addition to the expected smartphones, and that we should "expect announcements in the next few months." Of course, he didn't go so far as to name any specific companies ...

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets

Huge shocker here: removing your shoes at airport security causes massive headaches and makes the wait longer for everyone. Now that we're all good with Captain Obvious' latest headline, let us point you to one prototype that's looking to solve said dilemma. SecuriScan, which has been developed by Professor Wuqiang Yang at the University of Manchester, would theoretically be able to "detect and pinpoint suspicious objects instantly," all without requiring passengers to remove their kicks. Better still, the system uses electric and magnetic sensing instead of a radiation source, which could also address safety ...

Filed under: Portable Audio

Sorry slotMusic, you've already lost this month's low-price crown. Hacha just busted out a $15 DAP, the PF02. Specced with futuristic accouterments like... buttons, the 2GB player can handle MP3, WMA and OGG files with ease, and plugs in over the exciting new USB 2.0 standard. The future looks bright, folks.

[Via PMP Today]

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Forrester Research today published a new report on the state of RSS. In short, while there are bright spots, it does not paint the picture of a technology that's going mainstream anytime soon. On a positive note, the report, entitled...

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds

Pharos' line of GPS-equipped Windows Mobile handsets has sort of lost its place in our hearts now that seemingly every phone under the sun -- smartphone or otherwise -- comes equipped with wicked advanced AGPS out of the box, but the company's latest pair actually looks competitive for reasons that have nothing to do with GPS whatsoever. Sure, GPS is nice, but the Traveller 117 and 127 really rock on account of tri-band 7.2Mbps downstream HSPA, and in the case of the 117, a VGA display. They've also got 2-megapixel primary and VGA front-facing cames ...

With oil prices in free-fall and the world's economies in the toilet, short-sighted governments and C02-denying GM execs will undoubtedly defer priority given to clean energies in the next round of fiscal budgets. Too bad, because Korea's S&P Energy Research Institute has just issued a press release about a new discovery it claims puts the era of clean energy within reach. Dr. Sen Kim claims to have achieved the separation of Hydrogen with the same 90% (or greater) efficiency using just 0.1kwh of energy compared to the traditional 4 - 4.5kwh required using the ol' electrolytic ...

Among all different types of photography showcased on the Smashing Magazine, underwater photography is probably one of the most difficult ones. It requires a very specialized equipment and the knowledge of some advanced techniques to get a perfect picture. Underwater photos offer suffer from loss of color and contrast when taken on some significant depth. These photos are always adjusted with color balance to help offset the blueish tint of the water.

Since underwater photography is a specialized art, relatively few photographers attempt it. But it offers many exciting and rare photographic opportunities for fresh and truly different vivid images ...

I was looking through my supplies in preparation of launching my pirate ship, and I came across a whole bunch of excuses that I wasn’t using any longer. I’m not sure where I got some of them, because they sure don’t look familiar to me. Being one to share, I wanted to make sure [...]

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