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Assisted creation of digital art from scratch or based on photographs. They have video tutorials for fast start, easy links and copy-and-paste HTML. They also have a huge library of clip art to download for personal use.

New Scientist article: Parts of mammalian DNA are so alien they have been dubbed space invaders by the researchers that found them. We normally get our genes vertically -- handed down from our parents and theirs before them. Bacteria get theirs in this way too, but also horizontally -- passed from one, unrelated individual to another. Now biologists have found the unexpected: horizontal gene transfer has occurred in mammals and amphibians too. The culprit is a kind of parasitic DNA found in all our cells, known as a transposon that jumped sideways millions of years ago into several species by piggybacking onto a virus.

Twenty-one parties registered to contest the party vote on the 8th of November. The Electoral Commission site explains how to register to vote and the rules about public comment

(Official Gmail Blog) Sometimes you send messages you shouldn't send. Gmail can't always prevent you from sending messages you might later regret, but they've launched a new Google Labs feature called Mail Goggles which may help. Mail Goggles, checks that you're really sure you want to send that late night email by making you solve a few simple maths problems after you click send to verify you're in the right state of mind

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Pre-packed salads are often not the healthier option, with some supermarket salads higher in calories and fat than a Big Mac and fries, a British report warns.