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McCain, Facing G.O.P. Foe in Primary, Tilts to the Right
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:43:55 GMT
Challenged by J. D. Hayworth from the airwaves, and soon in a primary, John McCain has moved starkly, and often awkwardly, to the right.
Toyota Details Recall of 2010 Prius for Brake Problemspublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:08:57 GMT
The worldwide recall will affect about 437,000 units of the 2010 Prius and other hybrid models, according to the company’s filing.
On Health Bill, G.O.P.’s Road Is a New Mappublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:55:29 GMT
Republicans this month will bring President Obama a set of ideas and a more modest health care plan.
News Analysis: For Kremlin, an Election in Ukraine Cuts Two Wayspublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:48:51 GMT
Russia’s preferred candidate is the apparent winner, but the starkly contested presidential race contrasts sharply with Russia’s recent history.
Iran Is Said to Begin Nuclear Enrichmentpublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:55:29 GMT
Brushing aside international threats of stricter sanctions, Iran reportedly began enriching its uranium on Tuesday.
In City Real Estate, Old Clans Are Shrewd Againpublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:50:14 GMT
Some families with deep roots in Manhattan kept their heads a few years ago when the market overheated.
U.N. Climate Panel and Chief Face Credibility Siegepublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:40:42 GMT
Rajendra K. Pachauri and the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change face accusations of scientific sloppiness and potential financial conflicts of interest.
S.E.C. Enforcers Focus on Avoiding Madoff Repeatpublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:31:35 GMT
Robert S. Khuzami, the head of enforcement, must restore confidence that the S.E.C. can police Wall Street.
Afghan Avalanches Kill at Least 28published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:30:26 GMT
At least 28 people are dead and another 1,500 are stranded following multiple avalanches in Afghanistan.
Survey Raises Questions on Data-Driven Policypublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:49:01 GMT
Results of a crime data survey have made critics and admirers of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg wonder about the reliability of data underpinning policy decisions on the budget, education and other issues.
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Toyota recalling Prius, other models, worldwide
published: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 10:37:02 GMT
Toyota announced that it is recalling about 400,000 of its signature Prius green cars and other hybrids worldwide for braking problems.
Early Priuses may have braking issues
published: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 23:59:24 GMT
How far back do potential braking problems with the Toyota Prius go? The answer may be much further than believed, and could involve vehicles dating back to the 2005 model-year.
2nd major storm heads for snowy Mid-Atlantic
published: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:23:25 GMT
A second major storm in less than a week was blowing toward the Mid-Atlantic region, where plows still hadn't touched some roads.
New Orleans to celebrate title with parade
published: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:15:12 GMT
Another jolt of Saints euphoria is on tap for New Orleans Tuesday when the Super Bowl champs board floats borrowed from Mardi Gras krewes for a victory parade through the grateful city.
Toyota’s powerful friends in Washington
published: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 15:29:19 GMT
Toyota has friends in high places in Washington, including some of the very people now investigating the Japanese automaker.
published: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 21:05:02 GMT
Recalls and a slow response to safety questions have put a dent in the market value of cars long seen as money in the bank for their owners.
published: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:20:45 GMT
Pau Gasol had 21 points and 19 rebounds to lead five players in double figures, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the San Antonio Spurs 101-89 Monday night without injured Kobe Bryant and Andrew Bynum.
NYT: McCain takes on GOP foe by tilting right
published: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 10:10:42 GMT
Challenged by J. D. Hayworth from the airwaves, and soon in a primary, John McCain has moved starkly, and often awkwardly, to the right.
published: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 19:50:27 GMT
A spokesman says Democratic Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a retired Marine Corps officer who became an outspoken critic of the Iraq war, has died. He was 77.
published: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 19:38:04 GMT
Republicans gave a chilly reception Monday to President Barack Obama's invitation to discuss health care in a bipartisan, televised setting later this month, part of the White House effort to revive the stalled legislation.
Hoarse Who Dat Nation savors Saints’ victory
published: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 00:40:25 GMT
People lined up by the hundreds to buy Monday’s Times-Picayune, which hollered “AMEN!” from its front page. The Saints’ Super Bowl victory was a prayer answered in this struggling city, and New Orleans itself seemed different for it.
Doritos’ ‘House Rules’ ad is tops with users
published: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 00:39:26 GMT
For a second straight year Doritos let the public create its Super Bowl ads. And evidently the public knows what the public wants.
published: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 03:04:58 GMT
The doctor who prosecutors say caused Michael Jackson’s death has been released from jail after posting $75,000 in bail, only a few hours after surrendering to authorities.
published: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 22:38:21 GMT
A critical safety net for babies — that heelprick of blood taken from every newborn in the U.S. — is facing an ethics attack.
published: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 22:54:40 GMT
Authorities looking for the cause of an explosion that killed five people at a power plant launch a criminal investigation, saying they could not rule out criminal negligence.
published: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 19:28:17 GMT
Howard Stern told his satellite radio listeners on Monday that he is considering leaving Sirius — and radio altogether — to become a judge on “American Idol.”
Afghan avalanches kill at least 28, strand 1,500
published: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 11:03:40 GMT
Avalanches on a mountain pass north of Kabul have killed at least 28 people, with another 1,500 stranded in their vehicles on snow-blocked roads, Afghan officials said Tuesday.
published: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 22:12:05 GMT
Thousands of Afghan soldiers and police will join U.S. and NATO troops in an offensive in southern Afghanistan, playing their biggest role in any joint operation of the Afghan war.
published: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 22:48:50 GMT
If you want a pillow and blanket in coach on American Airlines, it's going to cost you. The airline will charge $8 for a pillow and blanket, beginning May 1.
published: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:10:04 GMT
Marcus Morris scored 18 points to lead No. 1 Kansas to an 80-68 victory over No. 14 Texas on Monday night and the Jayhawks easily handled an opponent that a few weeks ago was supposed to challenge them for the Big 12 title.
Magnitude 5.7 quake rattles southern Mexico
published: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 02:20:01 GMT
A magnitude 5.7-earthquake shook southern Mexico near the Oaxaca coast Monday, setting off evacuation alarms and swaying buildings as far away as Mexico City.
published: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 22:20:53 GMT
In Haiti's devastated capital city, early spring rains threaten to cause landslides and bring about health problems in the makeshift camps where more than 500,000 people are living.
170 more tons of tainted milk found in China
published: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 19:59:32 GMT
The discovery has punched a 170-ton hole in China's promises to overhaul its food safety system. Officials say they've found yet another case where large amounts of tainted milk powder from the country's 2008 scandal that should have been destroyed were instead repackaged.
published: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 14:51:22 GMT
The drama on the sidelines of Haiti's earthquake, in which 10 American missionaries were arrested trying to take children out of the country, was a fiasco waiting to happen. By Kari Huus.
published: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 21:20:57 GMT
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he is skeptical that the federal government would cover the cost of trying Sept. 11 suspects in Manhattan and he wants a guarantee from the Obama administration.
published: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 02:22:02 GMT
Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Endeavour will scan their spacecraft overnight to search for any signs of heat shield damage from their early Monday launch.
Scoop: Ellen, Simon ‘have locked horns’ on ‘Idol’
published: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 02:21:23 GMT
Ellen DeGeneres and Simon Cowell reportedly got off on the wrong foot on their first day together behind the judges' table, and their relationship has not improved over time.
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Snowed-packed Washington to get hit again
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:49:31 EST
Up to 20 inches more snow is expected to fall in Washington, D.C., parts of Virginia and Maryland, where residents are still digging out after a weekend blizzard.
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:44:46 EST
Toyota's president apologized as he announced the global recall of more than 400,000 of the automaker's 2010 hybrid models, including the Prius.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:21:34 EST
Rep. John Murtha died as a result of recent gallbladder surgery complications that arose from doctors accidentally nicking Murtha's intestines, a source told CNN.
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:04:14 EST
U.S. missionaries in Haiti who face kidnapping charges for trying to take 33 children out of the country made an earlier attempt to take kids, says a Haitian police officer.
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:28:51 EST
As they head toward a rendezvous with the international space station, crew members of the space shuttle Endeavour are checking for any signs of damage after Monday's early morning launch.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:03:04 EST
An Iraq war veteran has been charged with assault on suspicion of abusing his daughter, whose head he allegedly held in water to get her to recite the ABCs, according to police in Yelm, Washington.
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:23:09 EST
Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud is dead, three Taliban sources said Tuesday.
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:35:58 EST
As promised, Iran began enriching uranium to 20 percent on Tuesday, state media said.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:44:03 EST
A woman convicted in the 2002 kidnapping of Utah teenager Elizabeth Smart pleaded guilty in the attempted kidnapping of Smart's cousin a month later, court officials said Monday.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:12:08 EST
Three people were shot amid celebrations surrounding the New Orleans Saints' Super Bowl win, police said Monday.
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Toyota in global recall of Prius
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:09:44 GMT
Toyota recalls thousands of Prius cars worldwide because of braking problems, in a new blow to the world's largest carmaker.
Charges over Philippines killingspublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:15:42 GMT
The Philippines charges 196 people with murder over a pre-election massacre which left 57 dead.
Wife fears for Sri Lanka generalpublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:49:39 GMT
The wife of arrested former presidential candidate, Gen Sarath Fonseka, says she has no idea where he is.
Tymoshenko bloc 'contests result'published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:24:00 GMT
Members of Yulia Tymoshenko's bloc say it will contest the conduct of Ukraine's presidential vote after her reported defeat.
Major Colombian anti-drugs raidpublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:06:01 GMT
More than 20 people are arrested in Colombia in what the authorities say is the biggest anti-drug operation in a decade.
Iran 'ups nuclear fuel enriching'published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:12:20 GMT
Iran has begun the process of enriching uranium to 20% at its plant at Natanz in defiance of the West, state media says.
Chinese quake activist sentencedpublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:26:10 GMT
An activist who questioned why so many died in a huge quake in China in 2008 is jailed for five years for subversion.
Ice 'probable cause' of BA crashpublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:08:50 GMT
The fault which caused a plane to crash land at Heathrow Airport in January 2008 was "unrecognised", a report says.
Jackson doctor appears in courtpublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:04:55 GMT
Michael Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, denies a charge of involuntary manslaughter over the singer's death.
Critics mock Palin's helping hand for Tea Party speechpublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:17:02 GMT
Sarah Palin is criticised for writing crib notes on her hands for Saturday's high-profile Tea Party speech.
Super Bowl becomes US TV's most watched programmepublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:47:32 GMT
The New Orleans Saints' victory over Indianapolis in the Super Bowl is the most-watched programme in US TV history, early figures show.
South Africa complete India routpublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:04:40 GMT
Dale Steyn secures match figures of 10-108 as South Africa beat India by an innings and six runs in the first Test in Nagpur.
Australia too strong for Windiespublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:13:48 GMT
Australia beat West Indies by eight wickets in the second one-day international in Adelaide.
Open planpublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:24:38 GMT
Why surprise plays little part in latest Afghan operation
Gold, myrrh and...published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:59:45 GMT
Could frankincense be used to treat cancer?
Poll quandarypublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:23:00 GMT
Will Ukraine PM Yulia Tymoshenko challenge outcome?
Biswas on Indiapublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:24:29 GMT
Why doesn't Bollywood take a stand?
Iran confusespublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:40:57 GMT
What's behind Tehran's plans for further enrichment?
Who's talkingpublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:16:10 GMT
How a talent show winner scored in Las Vegas
Senators urge Yar'Adua handoverpublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:06:01 GMT
Nigerian senators pass a motion that sick President Umaru Yar'Adua should hand power to his deputy.
ICC rejects Darfur rebel chargespublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:07:55 GMT
The first Darfur war crimes suspect to face international judges has the charges against him dropped.
Chavez declares energy emergencypublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:44:30 GMT
President Hugo Chavez says emergency measures are needed to help tackle Venezuela's power shortages.
Mexico holds reputed gang leaderspublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:08:30 GMT
Mexico police arrest two suspected drug gang leaders in the border city of Tijuana.
North Korean diplomacy heats uppublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:05:09 GMT
North Korea tells China it is committed to a non-nuclear peninsula, say reports, as a top UN envoy heads to Pyongyang.
Kazakhstan lifts media critic banpublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:17:23 GMT
A Kazakhstan court overturns a ruling banning the media from criticising President Nursultan Nazarbayev's son-in-law.
France's national identity planspublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:06:49 GMT
Newcomers to France will have to sign a declaration of values as part of a campaign to define national identity.
Italy 'to punish reckless skiers'published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:17:11 GMT
Italy's government is to consider new laws to jail skiers and snowboarders who trigger deadly avalanches.
Pro-Shalit protest outside jailpublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:09:59 GMT
Protesters calling for the release of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit block Palestinian visitors to an Israeli jail.
Iran opposition leader 'jailed'published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:00:53 GMT
An Iranian opposition leader is jailed for six years over unrest following June's disputed presidential election, reports say.
India suspends first GM food croppublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:38:25 GMT
India halts the cultivation of what would have been its first genetically modified vegetable crop because of safety concerns.
India refinery 'threatens locals'published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:06:24 GMT
An alumina refinery in east India run by a UK-based firm causes pollution threatening the health of locals, a rights group says.
Policing Mexico's deadliest beatpublished: Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:02:56 GMT
Katya Adler meets a Mexican widow joining the police on one of the world's most dangerous beats.
Long walk to restore Mandela's officepublished: Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:02:51 GMT
Andrew Harding visits the Johannesburg building that once housed Nelson Mandela's law firm and finds that long-stalled plans to turn it into a centre for black lawyers say a lot about the pace of change in modern South Africa.
How should the world react to Iran?published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:13:46 GMT
The West pushes for "strong sanctions" over Iran's uranium plans. What is your reaction?
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Moto Is Getting Its Mojo Back
author: letters@smartmoney.com (Andrew Bary)
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500
If Motorola spins off its cellphone unit, its stock could rally 40%.
author: letters@smartmoney.com (Daren Fonda,Reshma Kapadia,Russell Pearlman)
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500
It may have been the roughest five years in mutual fund history, but some managers delivered double-digit returns.
author: letters@smartmoney.com (Daren Fonda,Reshma Kapadia,Russell Pearlman)
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500
These three low-fee funds stand out for consistently beating the S&P 500.
author: letters@smartmoney.com (Aleksandra Todorova)
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500
Issuers want you to think you can choose your finance terms. That's clever.
author: letters@smartmoney.com (Daren Fonda,Reshma Kapadia,Russell Pearlman)
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500
The market crash wiped out almost a decade of gains for many foreign stock funds, but some rebounded well in 2009.
author: letters@smartmoney.com (Reshma Kapadia,Daren Fonda,Russell Pearlman)
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500
These funds differ from their foreign-fund cousins in that they can hold as much in U.S.-based investments as in foreign ones.
author: letters@smartmoney.com (Daren Fonda,Reshma Kapadia,Russell Pearlman)
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500
These funds combine stock and bond holdings to ride out all sorts of markets.
author: letters@smartmoney.com (Reshma Kapadia,Daren Fonda,Russell Pearlman)
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500
Real estate funds had to navigate a huge boom followed by an epic bust. Some handled the ride better than others.
author: letters@smartmoney.com (Jack Hough)
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500
Hough: These companies are growing stronger as they pay down their debt.
author: letters@smartmoney.com (Kelli B. Grant)
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500
Organic markets have been cutting prices. Should you buy?
author: letters@smartmoney.com (Elizabeth Trotta)
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500
With the Dow falling below 10K, we asked who could rebound soon.
author: letters@smartmoney.com (Daren Fonda)
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500
WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING: Trichet's early return to Europe prompts speculation of a deal.
author: letters@smartmoney.com (Stephanie Williams,Noah Rothbaum,AnnaMaria Andriotis)
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500
Pricey imitations, engineered stones and shaky warranties are just some.
author: letters@smartmoney.com (Daren Fonda)
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500
WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW: Analysts worry that the global recovery could be losing steam.
author: letters@smartmoney.com (Will Swarts)
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500
European shakiness reaches across Atlantic, boosts the buck and rattles Wall Street.
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Cisco predicts wireless data explosion
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 PST
Cisco Systems new mobile data forecast predicts a 39-fold increase in mobile data traffic over the next four years.
Microsoft, Google split over browser bug bountypublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:00:00 PST
Google follows Mozilla in launching program to pay researchers who find bugs, but critics say it won't necessarily pay off.
Images: Stewart Butterfield's new gaming start-uppublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PST
Since last March, the Flickr co-founder and three partners have quietly been developing an online social game they hope will appeal to a wide audience. CNET has been there to document the creation of their start-up.
Stewart Butterfield's Tiny Speck teampublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PST
To build Glitch, the Flickr co-founder put together an impressive team of some of his earliest collaborators on the popular photo-sharing site.
In depth with Tiny Speck's Glitchpublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PST
The new online social MMO from Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield's Tiny Speck puts players through a wide variety of paces. Quests, egg growing and clouds on a string are just a part of it.
Watching the birth of Flickr co-founder's gaming start-uppublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PST
Stewart Butterfield and his friends are back at it with a new company. CNET's Daniel Terdiman was given exclusive, behind-the-scenes access as they built it from scratch.
Google launches Nexus One phone supportpublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:55:00 PST
Customers suffering shipping and technical issues with the new Android phone now have more resources than online support forums.
Did this Metro PCS ad make the tech world cringe?published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:35:24 PST
Cell phone provider Metro PCS' new campaign, featuring two supposed Indian tech experts, is proving a little controversial. The company admits it has received complaints.
iPad pricing: How low can you go, Apple?published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:22:00 PST
It seems odd that Apple execs would even hint at the possibility of an early price cut lest they give folks already on the fence about buying the first iteration of the device more reason to stay there.
Twins learn of teen brother's death on Facebookpublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:32:00 PST
Twins logging on to Facebook to read birthday wishes instead discover that people have left RIP posts about their 17-year-old brother. Police hadn't notified the family.
Silicon: It's good for you, especially in beerpublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:58:58 PST
Researchers at UC Davis say that silicon, the most common metalloid and a known booster of bone-mineral density, is highly "bioavailable" when consumed in beer.
University worker accused of extorting student file sharerspublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:47:00 PST
Security analyst at University of Georgia tasked with catching copyright violators allegedly uses his position to shakedown students.
TweetDeck gets a few tweakspublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:50:00 PST
The latest version of TweetDeck is out, and although it's a minor update it also introduces some useful changes worth noting.
Boeing's next-gen 747 takes first flightpublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:49:00 PST
The 747-8 Freighter, whose passenger version is slated to come a year later, is getting tested alongside the 787 Dreamliner in Washington state.
Former Intel exec pleads guilty in Galleon casepublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:49:00 PST
A former Intel executive pleads guilty to conspiracy and securities fraud by providing confidential information in the Galleon Group insider-trading case.
Next-generation 747 takes first air (photos)published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:33:26 PST
On Monday, Boeing's 747-8 Freighter took off from Paine Field in Everett, Wash., its first flight, and the first for the new 747 program.
Stay home, let Texas Robot attend that meetingpublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:45:00 PST
A start-up employee in Indiana telecommutes to work in California by using a robot body stationed at his office. Meet the Texas Robot from Willow Garage.
Microsoft denies Windows 7 battery problempublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:30:00 PST
The software maker says that an error message warning users that their batteries may need replacing appears to be working as intended, despite some complaints.
CNET News Daily Podcast: Blackberry hacked, 4chan blocked, iPad unwantedpublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:34:00 PST
On the podcast: Blackberry vulnerabilities, Verizon blocks 4chan sites, the space station gets a new bay window, and more.
Google to make Gmail a little more socialpublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:50:00 PST
Sources familiar with the company's plans tell CNET that Google is ready to integrate status updates into Gmail in Twitter-like style, with a stream of text and multimedia updates.
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Toyota recalls 437,000 Priuses, hybrids globally (AP)
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:28:44 GMT
AP - Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems — the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world's largest automaker.
Afghan avalanches kill at least 28, strand 1,500 (AP)
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:20:35 GMT
AP - Avalanches roared down a mountain pass north of Afghanistan's capital killing at least 28 people and stranding another 1,500 in their vehicles on snow-blocked roads, officials said Tuesday.
Defiant Iran accelerates nuclear program (AP)published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:25:41 GMT
AP - Iran began enriching uranium to a higher level Tuesday over the vociferous objections of the U.S. and its allies who fear the process could eventually be used to give the Islamic republic nuclear weapons.
Another major storm headed to snowy Mid-Atlantic (AP)
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:42:55 GMT
AP - A second major snow storm in less than a week was blowing Tuesday toward the Mid-Atlantic region, where plows still hadn't touched some roads, utility workers were struggling to restore power and shovels were in short supply.
GOP wary of pitfalls in Obama's health care summit (AP)
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:08:34 GMT
AP - Even as Republicans publicly welcome President Barack Obama's call for a bipartisan confab on health care, some privately worry that he might be laying a trap to portray their ideas as flimsy.
Astronauts inspect shuttle on way to space station (AP)
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:24:11 GMT
AP - Endeavour's astronauts inspected their ship early Tuesday for any launch damage as they raced toward a 200-mile-high rendezvous with the International Space Station.
Vote on NLRB nominee first test of GOP's new power (AP)
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:35:05 GMT
AP - The Republicans' first test of their new Senate clout could come in a vote to block President Barack Obama's choice of a union attorney for a seat on the National Labor Relations Board.
Stock futures climb ahead of opening (AP)published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:59:11 GMT
AP - Stock futures are pointing to a higher open Tuesday as hopes grow the European Union will provide Greece with some support for its mounting debt burden.
Rapper Lil Wayne to be sentenced in NYC gun case (AP)
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:18:43 GMT
AP - Little more than a week ago, Lil Wayne was reinforcing his place in rap's pantheon with a commanding performance at the Grammy Awards ceremony. His latest album, "Rebirth," was officially released Feb. 2.
Parade to give another jolt of Saints euphoria (AP)
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:39:13 GMT
AP - Another jolt of Saints euphoria is on tap for New Orleans Tuesday when the Super Bowl champs board floats borrowed from Mardi Gras krewes for a victory parade through the grateful city.
Toyota adds new Prius to global recall list (Reuters)
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:15:19 GMT
Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp said it would recall nearly half a million new Prius and other hybrid cars for braking problems as it battled criticism of its response to the spiraling safety crisis.
Iran says starts work on making 20 percent nuclear fuel (Reuters)
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:49:27 GMT
Reuters - Iran began work on Tuesday to make higher-grade nuclear fuel, a senior official said, and the Pentagon said the United States wanted a U.N. Security Council resolution on Iran "within weeks" over its nuclear program.
Obama's healthcare summit sets stage for end-game (Reuters)
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:02:14 GMT
Reuters - President Barack Obama's call for a healthcare summit including both his fellow Democrats and Republicans sets the stage for a final push to get stalled legislation through Congress, but skeptical Republicans said on Monday the only solution is to start over.
Weather closes government offices a second day (Reuters)
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:22:30 GMT
Reuters - Federal government agencies in the capital region will remain closed for a second day on Tuesday as residents brace for another blizzard while trying to clean up from a weekend storm that paralyzed the area with two feet of snow.
U.S. missionary in Haiti says trusts God to free her (Reuters)
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:31:20 GMT
Reuters - A Haitian judge made no decision at a hearing on Monday whether to free or prosecute 10 U.S. missionaries accused of kidnapping children, and their leader said she trusted in God they would be cleared and released.
Taiwan drops request for U.S. military subs: source (Reuters)published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:51:56 GMT
Reuters - Taiwan has effectively dropped a request for U.S. submarines to help shore up the balance of power with political rival China, a military source said on Tuesday, dissolving what could be a new rift in tense Sino-U.S. ties.
John Murtha, defense appropriations chair, dies (Reuters)published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:53:02 GMT
Reuters - Democratic Representative John Murtha, chairman of the House of Representatives defense appropriations subcommittee who exercised enormous influence on defense issues, died on Monday.
NATO to Afghan assault villagers: keep heads down (Reuters)
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:07:25 GMT
Reuters - Afghan villagers should stay inside and "keep their heads down" when thousands of U.S. Marines launch a massive assault on a densely-populated district in coming days, NATO's civilian representative to Afghanistan said Tuesday.
Toyota announces mass hybrid vehicle recall (AFP/File)
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:04:35 GMT
AFP/File - Toyota said Tuesday it would recall more than 400,000 hybrid vehicles around the world, including its latest Prius model, plunging deeper into crisis as lawsuits in the United States piled up.
Nigerian senate votes to suspend ailing president (AFP)
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AFP - Nigeria's senate on Tuesday voted to suspend ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua from office and hand power to his deputy until he is well enough to resume.
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Toyota adds new Prius to global recall list
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:15:19 -0500
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp said it would recall nearly half a million new Prius and other hybrid cars for braking problems as it battled criticism of its response to the spiraling safety crisis.
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:43:16 -0500
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran began work on Tuesday to make higher-grade nuclear fuel, a senior official said, and the Pentagon said the United States wanted a U.N. Security Council resolution on Iran "within weeks" over its nuclear program.
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:39:12 -0500
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's call for a healthcare summit including both his fellow Democrats and Republicans sets the stage for a final push to get stalled legislation through Congress, but skeptical Republicans said on Monday the only solution is to start over.
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:31:31 -0500
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal government agencies in the capital region will remain closed for a second day on Tuesday as residents brace for another blizzard while trying to clean up from a weekend storm that paralyzed the area with two feet of snow.
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:43:33 -0500
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - A Haitian judge made no decision at a hearing on Monday whether to free or prosecute 10 U.S. missionaries accused of kidnapping children, and their leader said she trusted in God they would be cleared and released.
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:51:56 -0500
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan has effectively dropped a request for U.S. submarines to help shore up the balance of power with political rival China, a military source said on Tuesday, dissolving what could be a new rift in tense Sino-U.S. ties.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:53:02 -0500
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Representative John Murtha, chairman of the House of Representatives defense appropriations subcommittee who exercised enormous influence on defense issues, died on Monday.
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:23:41 -0500
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan villagers should stay inside and "keep their heads down" when thousands of U.S. Marines launch a massive assault on a densely-populated district in coming days, NATO's civilian representative to Afghanistan said Tuesday.
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:49:10 -0500
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine politicians launched their campaigns on Tuesday in a wide-open race for the presidency, with poverty, corruption and unemployment the top issues for the impoverished Southeast Asian archipelago.
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KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko launched action on Tuesday to call rival Viktor Yanukovich's election as president into question.
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 Reuters | Yanukovich leads as final ballots are counted in Ukraine CNN International Supporters of Presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovich rally in front of the Central Election Commission in Kiev. (CNN) -- Supporters of Viktor Yanukovich rallied outside the Central Election Commission in Kiev Tuesday as the final votes of Ukraine's ... Ukrainians Wait to Hear Whether Tymoshenko Will Concede Defeat Tymoshenko 'to challenge Ukraine election result' Tymoshenko 'to argue Ukraine vote' |
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 Reuters | Nato warns Afghans before offensive Aljazeera.net Afghan civilians have been warned to "keep their heads down" when US-led Nato forces launch a planned military offensive in southern Helmand province. Mark Sedwill, Nato's senior civilian representative in Afghanistanm, admitted on Tuesday that ... UK's Afghan casualties pass Falklands toll NATO to Afghan assault villagers: keep heads down Taliban claim to debut new bomb 'Omar' |
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 ABC News | Michelle Obama: 'Let's Move' Initiative Battles Childhood Obesity ABC News Michelle Obama is just hours from formally announcing what she called a "very ambitious" program to end the American plague of childhood obesity in a single generation. First lady Michelle Obama sat down with "GMA's" Robin Roberts to ... First lady begins fight against childhood obesity Michelle Obama launching campaign against childhood obesity Obama's day: Childhood obesity and congressional relations |
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 Kansas City Star | On Health Bill, GOP's Road Is a New Map New York Times WASHINGTON — When Republicans take President Obama up on his invitation to hash out their differences over health care this month, they will carry with them a fairly well-developed set of ideas intended to make ... Republicans may opt out of Obama's health-care summit GOP Wary of Pitfalls in Obama's Health Care Summit GOP: Back to drawing board on health care |
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 The Guardian | John Murtha, RIP: Statesman or Political Thug? The Lincoln Tribune News of the death of 77-year old Congressman John Murtha, of Pennsylvania, on Monday garnered the usual coverage afforded a high-profile political leader by the news media and the Beltway elites. Even Republicans fawned over his long ... Fierce Iraq war opponent Rep. John Murtha dies Rep. Murtha, a force on Hill, dies | Philadelphia Inquirer | 02/09/2010 Defense Stalwart Murtha Dies at 77 |
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 KATU | Granholm: Carp battle is urgent Detroit Free Press The federal government says it's doing everything it can to fight carp, but Michigan's governor does not agree. Everything short of shutting Chicago-area locks falls short, Gov. Jennifer Granholm said after an hour-long ... Feds may close locks to stop carp Asian Carp in the Great Lakes? This Means War! US Unveils Plan to Keep Asian Carp Out of Great Lakes |
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 BBC News | Toyota To Recall 437000 Hybrids As Prius Concerns Add To Woes Wall Street Journal TOKYO (Dow Jones)--Toyota Motor Corp. (7203.TO) said Tuesday it is recalling about 437000 high-tech hybrid vehicles in major markets, including Japan, to fix problems with anti-lock braking systems, adding further pressure in a growing recall saga that ... Car maker will also recall 2010 model-year Camrys Toyota announces global recall of more than 400000 Prius, other hybrid cars Toyota Extends Recalls to Hybrids to Repair Brakes |
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 The Guardian | Michelle Obama Responds to Palin Pokes ABC News Michelle Obama defended her husband against some of his most vocal critics, saying President Obama did a "phenomenal" job this year and that change is a long-term process. First lady Michelle Obama, ... Critics mock Palin's 'helping hand' at Tea Party speech To Ace This Interview, Palin Keeps Notes Close Palin likens global warming studies to 'snake oil' |
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 Times Online | Arrested Sri Lankan opposition leader being treated 'like an animal' Times Online The wife of General Sarath Fonseka, the former Sri Lankan army chief who was arrested last night on suspicion of plotting a coup, accused the Government today of abducting her husband and treating him "like an animal". She also accused President ... Sri Lanka's Fonseka treated like 'an animal': wife Sri Lanka opposition protest arrest of ex-army chief (Roundup) Fonseca's family fears for his safety |
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Imagination in Place
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published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:32:23 GMT
Federal authorities are proposing to control, but not close, Illinois shipping locks in an effort to prevent the Asian carp from infiltrating the Great Lakes. Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm did not agree with the plan.
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:13:48 GMT
Rep. John Murtha (D) of Pennsylvania, who died Monday, was the first Vietnam veteran to be elected to Congress. He also brought home billions in defense-related earmarks for his struggling district.
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:51:36 GMT
A Super Bowl parade is planned for Tuesday, complete with marching bands, Mardi Gras floats, and thousands of elated fans.
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:27:56 GMT
Boeing's 747-8 is flying into stormy economic skies as airlines try to rebound from their worst year in the postwar era.
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:07:25 GMT
Concerns about the ability of Greece, Spain, and Portugal to pay their debts caused the Dow Jones Industrial average to drop more than 100 points, closing below 10000 for the first time since early November.
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:52 GMT
Michael Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, pleaded not guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter Monday. Legal experts – and doctors – will be watching to see if new standards are set for future cases of alleged medical negligence.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:49:13 GMT
The cause of the explosion at the Kleen Energy natural-gas plant has yet to be determined. But a federal safety board had recently urged stronger safety codes for the process of gas-pipe purging, which was under way at the plant in Middletown, Conn.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:45:22 GMT
All D.C.-area federal agencies were closed Monday after the snowstorm last weekend. Shutting down the federal government costs $100 million a day in lost productivity.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:18:37 GMT
Toyota USA president Jim Lentz appeared on Digg Dialogg to explain how Toyota is addressing its recall problems.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:00:20 GMT
The US Chemical Safety Board, citing seven instances where workers died purging gas lines, released urgent new recommendations just three days before the Middletown explosion in Connecticut Sunday that killed at least five people.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:34:02 GMT
Essayist Susan Hand Shetterly talks about life in the woods of rural Maine.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:28:56 GMT
In Muskoka, Ontario, landowners try to close off the snowmobile trails that run on their land, threatening a multimillion-dollar business.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:18:40 GMT
The lessons I learned from my Russian cross-country ski coach – a 1956 Soviet gold medalist – taught me about the gold in the heart of many Olympic athletes.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:17:25 GMT
Whistler, one of the sites of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, is a two-hour drive from Vancouver along the switchback-filled Sea-to-Sky Highway. The distance between the venues makes this year's Winter Olympics two virtually separate events.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:48:57 GMT
A Credit Suisse analyst says Apple's brass remains open to reducing the tablet's already-cheap price.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:45:47 GMT
Google could unveil a social media feature for Gmail as soon as this week, the Wall Street Journal is reporting.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:31:32 GMT
Vancouver opens a quadrennial rite that, with its daring triple axels, suborbital ski jumps, and inspiring teamwork, can uplift a world weary of conflict and recession.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:24:51 GMT
Less than 18 months after Beijing capped its spectacular hosting of the summer Olympics, the XXI Winter Games will open in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Feb. 12.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:22:42 GMT
Lindsey Vonn could capture as many as five medals , while the resurgent Swiss men look to challenge Austria's dominance.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:21:19 GMT
Norway's 'King of Biathlon' is back for his fifth consecutive Olympics, while the US men are well positioned to win America's first medal in the sport.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:19:33 GMT
The record-fast Whistler track may favor the talented German team, but look for strong performances from the Americans and the Canadian women, who have two sleds ranked among the top five internationally.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:15:39 GMT
Petter Northug Jr., the Usain Bolt of cross-country skiing, is ready to redeem Norway's 2006 embarrassing relay performance, while a resurgent US team could win its first medal since 1976 at the Vancouver Olympics.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:14:11 GMT
It's one of the most peculiar but fascinating sports at the Olympics – using brushes and stones and demanding more strategy than physical prowess. Watch the Canadian men's team, which is the reigning Olympic champion.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:12:50 GMT
Though figure skating will have some hot competition from Canadian favorites hockey and curling at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games, the perennial crowd-pleaser is sure to wow fans – especially South Koreans, who could win their first medal.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:11:03 GMT
Complete preview of the Olympic freestyle skiing events, including YouTube videos, in-depth event graphics, what athletes to watch, and a history of the event.
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In Canada, where hockey isn’t so much a sport as a way of life, the hockey tournament is being billed by some as the Olympic event to watch. Look for a strong Canadian men's team and a resurgent US women's team.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:07:26 GMT
The weak, transitional Somalia government may finally bring President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed some badly needed legitimacy if newly trained forces can push back the militant Islamist group, Al Shabab.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:07:01 GMT
The Whistler track, where the 2010 Olympic races will be held, is considered the fastest in the world – adding extra adrenaline to the 'fastest sport on ice' this year.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:04:40 GMT
Flying unaided by machines or makeshift wings in one of the most magical Olympics sports, Nordic combined skier Felix Gottwald and a trio of US athletes could make history at the 2010 Games.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:57:57 GMT
Watch for the Korean and Chinese powerhouses to turn in more stellar performances, and for the return of American favorite Apolo Anton Ohno. After the 2006 Torino Olympics, Anton Ohno will be looking to defend his Olympic gold medal in the 500m and upgrade his bronze in the 1,000m.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:47:02 GMT
Flying face-first on the fastest track in the world, skeleton racers could exceed 90 m.p.h. in Whistler. Canada will be looking for Alberta standout Mellisa Hollingsworth to excel, while the US also has some strong contenders.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:39:10 GMT
Iran announced its intentions Monday to begin processing its uranium stockpile to a higher level of enrichment. Nuclear energy experts say the country is taking yet another step toward producing a nuclear weapon, though a bomb is still years away.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:38:48 GMT
Want the ease of a point-and-shot camera with the power of a digital SLR? The Canon EOS Rebel T2i may be just right.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:30:43 GMT
Soaring above the rugged British Columbia landscape, young Austrian sensation Gregor Schlierenzauer will aim for gold. But absent will be women jumpers, who lost a legal battle to end Olympic ski jumping's 86-year history as a men's-only sport.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:23:01 GMT
Top economists from Moody's and the International Monetary Fund say Asia and Latin America will lead the world's economic recovery in 2010, and the United States will mount comeback, too.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:19:48 GMT
With a stacked team, US snowboarders could well repeat their 2006 feat of capturing more medals than any other US team – making them key to the overall medal count.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:11:01 GMT
The likely presidential winner, ViktorYanukovich, was once the villain of the 'Orange Revolution.' He needs to bridge deep divisions at home and abroad -- and revive a badly beaten economy.
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Jedi chapter seeks leader after master resigns
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:27:30 GMT
Surrey feels a great disturbance in the force
Surrey's nascent Jedi community is looking for a new leader after the incumbent, Master Ajac, was forced to step down for health reasons.…
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Touchscreens take lead in smartphone bizpublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:22:47 GMT
Bumper year for finger-friendly phones
The world's smartphone makers shipped more touchscreen models in Q4 2009 than at any time in the past - and more touchphones than devices with buttons.…
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Samsung Omnia Propublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:16:22 GMT
For business and pleasure?
Review Samsung clearly has high hopes for its latest round of Windows Mobile-powered Omnia smartphones. The Omnia II was a significant improvement over last year's original, due in no small part to Windows Mobile 6.5, which offers a big leap in usability over previous editions of WinMo. The Omnia Pro maintains a high level of functionality, with an eye on business customers.…
iPad launch raises awareness, boosts disinterestpublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:14:14 GMT
Not a must-have, but still a shift-loads
A follow-up survey from Retrevo has found that while a lot more people have heard of the iPad since the launch, fewer of those people are planning to buy one.…
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Server virtualisation beyond the x86 environmentpublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:11:26 GMT
Is the virtual life outside of x86?
Lab Register readers have told us (pdf) that the virtualisation of significant portions of your x86 server estates are major project areas in which you plan to invest both money and, much more importantly, your time.…
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Safer Internet Day fights online foolhardinesspublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:50:17 GMT
Kids get CEOP IE - rest of you can look after yourselves
Young surfers are being encouraged to practise safe computing and use common sense online on Safer Internet Day today.…
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SAP serenely promises to be less badpublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:44:49 GMT
You know all that stuff we did? We won't do that again
German software giant SAP has promised to be less bad under its new leadership after losing its chief executive on Sunday.…
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Mozilla becomes latest to dump Mac OS X 10.4 supportpublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:29:21 GMT
Tiger, tiger, losing fight
Mozilla will ditch support for Apple’s aged Mac OSX 10.4 - AKA Tiger - when it releases the next version of its Gecko rendering engine.…
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Tories will force BT to open up ducts to rivalspublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:20:43 GMT
BT already prepping for broadband colonoscopy
The Tories continued their 21st Century bread and circuses election campaign yesterday, pledging once again to jack-up broadband speeds in the UK.…
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Google forced to use humans to support Nexus Onepublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:53:26 GMT
Cuts get out fee for T-Mobile contract too
Google has opened up a US support number that will be answered by a human being, as well as tweaking the small print to make its mobile phone more attractive.…
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Heathrow 777 crash: Ice to blamepublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:42:39 GMT
Final AAIB report confirms earlier fuel feed conclusion
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has released its final report into the 17 January 2008 crash-landing of a Boeing 777 at London's Heathrow, confirming its earlier interim conclusion that ice in the fuel feed system caused the incident.…
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IPS's double IT has risks, says commissionerpublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:09:40 GMT
Doing a good job nevertheless, he controversially adds
Identity commissioner Sir Joseph Pilling has expressed concerns about the Identity and Passport Service's two-stage approach to its core technology.…
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China jails porn-mongerpublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:17:55 GMT
Crackdown continues
China's aggressive crackdown on internet smut and dissent continues - yesterday a man was sentenced to 13 years prison for renting a US server for distributing pornographic material…
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New cig peril: Third-hand smoke coats puffers in poisonpublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:42:21 GMT
Deadly 'electronic gaspers' fingered, too
US federal boffins in Berkeley, California say they have discovered yet another deadly hazard associated with smoking. They also raise warnings regarding the perils associated with electronic cigarettes.…
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Intel's 'Tukwila' Itaniums - hot n' priceypublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:02:01 GMT
How much for an upgrade?
Analysis As El Reg duly reported earlier today, Intel took the wraps off its long awaited and many times tweaked "Tukwila" quad-core Itanium 9300 processors for midrange and high-end servers. But let's take a look at the feeds and speeds of the chip itself and how the lineup compared to the prior Itanium 9100 series.…
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Shopping sites boost customer savvypublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:02:01 GMT
And improve legal compliance, says OFT
Internet shoppers are more aware of their rights and more online retailers are complying with consumer protection laws than previously, according to studies by consumer protection regulator the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).…
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OpenOffice is the new David Hasselhoffpublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:02:01 GMT
Big in Germany. Not so big in Blighty
A new study from German web analytics firm Webmasterpro.de shows that adoption rates of open source productivity software suites swings wildly between different countries.…
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Delayed Visual Studio 2010 RC due this weekpublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:02:01 GMT
Trimmer fit
The delayed next edition of Microsoft's Visual Studio is due as a release candidate by the end of this week.…
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AMD talks energy with 'Llano' corespublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:02:02 GMT
Ceepie-geepie cold Fusion
While Intel is talking up its "Westmere" CPUs and their graphics co-processing, which puts a 45 nanometer graphics chip and memory controller inside the same chip package as a two-core Core processor implemented using 32 nanometer processes, rival AMD wants to change the subject to a truly integrated, single-chip CPU/GPU combination - and at the same time make you think about the future, not the present.…
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Sun's cloud and gaming execs leave Oraclepublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:45:00 GMT
Kenai reprieved
Oracle's chief Larry Ellison recently promised he'll be hiring more staff than he'll be letting go from Sun Microsystems.…
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Ex-Intel exec pleads guilty to insider tradingpublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:35:00 GMT
Admits outing Intel earnings, WiMAX plans
Former Intel executive Rajiv Goel has pleaded guilty to two charges of conspiracy and securities fraud in connection with the Galleon insider trading case. Goel is the tenth person to plead guilty in the case, which the FBI and the US attorney's office in Manhattan call the largest hedge fund inside trading case in US history.…
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Adobe apologizes for festering Flash crash bugpublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:33:22 GMT
16 months...and counting
An Adobe product manager has apologized for allowing a potentially serious bug in Flash Player to remain unfixed for more than 16 months.…
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Conficker outbreak infects Leeds hospital serverspublished: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:25:40 GMT
Sicko
Updated Servers on the network of Leeds NHS Trust were struck down by the Conficker worm late last week.…
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Intel 'Tukwila'born after long and painful laborpublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:05:22 GMT
Blame it on marketing
Intel officially unveiled its long-delayed Tukwila "mission-critical" server processor today - now dubbed the Itanium 9300 series - providing a few more details about the 2-billion transistor part and giving some color on why it was over three years late.…
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SourceForge reverses ban on US foespublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:42:26 GMT
U-turn on 'blanket blocking'
Open Source code repository SourceForge.net has pulled a U-turn on a widely unpopular decision to ban users from accessing its website from countries under US trade restrictions.…
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Oracle issues emergency security patch for WebLogicpublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:38:26 GMT
'Full disclosure' yields results
Oracle issued an emergency patch for its WebLogic Server almost two weeks after a white-hat hacker disclosed a vulnerability that allows criminals to remotely execute commands on the webserver with no authentication necessary.…
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Microsoft tests show no Win 7 battery flawpublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:00:37 GMT
Replace battery warnings correct, says Redmond
Microsoft says that extensive testing and conversations with OEMs indicate that Windows 7 is handling notebook batteries exactly as intended - despite user claims that upgrades to the new OS have caused significant degradation to battery life.…
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Microsoft kills FAST's Linux and Unix search bizpublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:22:02 GMT
Values your business on Windows
Customers of FAST's Enterprise Search Platform (ESP) on Linux or Unix better develop a taste for Windows or look elsewhere for their enterprise search.…
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Linus Torvalds doesn't hate the Googlephonepublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:57:48 GMT
I like your fork!
Linus Torvalds hates cell phones. But that doesn't include the Googlephone.…
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Sweden to prosecute alleged Cisco, NASA hackerpublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:50:20 GMT
Stakkato's abrupt transfer
The prosecution of a Swedish man charged with breaching the computer networks of NASA and Cisco Systems and making off with sensitive source code will be transferred to Swedish authorities, US federal prosecutors said Monday.…
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Google (Voice) solves universal translation soonishpublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:56:08 GMT
Babel fishing for compliments
Google has managed to get some decent press by announcing that, in a few years, it might be able to translate speech - something iPhone owners can already do.…
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Dell snaps up crashed Exanetpublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:24:21 GMT
How to turn $70m into $12m
Update Dell is buying failed clustered filer supplier Exanet for $12m.…
iPhone OS 3.1.3 unlock app postedpublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:23:12 GMT
Dev Team tool tweaked
Owners of unlocked iPhones who want to upgrade to the recently released OS 3.1.3 and want to retain the ability to use whatever Sim meets their needs can now do so. The iPhone Dev Team have released a suitable version of its PwnageTool utility.…
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Cheeky French hackers hijack Tata websitepublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:03:33 GMT
Now you see it, maintenant... non
Top flight outsourcing firm Tata Consulting Services appeared to have lost control of its website to hackers today, with the domain apparently being touted for sale.…
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Phoenix recovers barbecued data in Europepublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:58:42 GMT
Firey databird has new nest, but is it er, cheep?
European data centres can recover data from data centres blown to smithereens by using Axxana's near-bomb proof Phoenix data recovery system…
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LG eyes golden age of telly with retro CRT setpublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:45:45 GMT
Valve Doonican
It's the telly Mad Men and Avengers fans will surely be craving: a 14in telly kitted out in true 1960s style.…
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El Reg reader assembles own iPadpublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:25:49 GMT
Click here for an iFul of low-cost DIY project
The fanbois out there whose lives have become a meaningless succession of days to be crossed off the calendar until the release of Apple's paradigm-busting iPad will be delighted to learn that they can fill the void by assembling their very own future of computing.…
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Half a million PCs can access Schengen's 'secure' databasepublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:46:40 GMT
Big network, big danger
The number of computers with access to the Schengen Information System has doubled to 500,000 thanks to the extension of the EU.…
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Vodafone tosses out idiot tweeterpublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:33:02 GMT
No more beavering for you
Vodafone's Twitter-based stupidity on Friday was down to an unguarded terminal, it transpires, and the employee concerned is now kicking his heels at home.…
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Eidos confirms Championship Manager Online shutdownpublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:11:48 GMT
Season's end
Publisher Eidos has confirmed that it has ordered the closure of Championship Manager Online, the web-based version of the long-running popular fantasy football franchise.…
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Online Kiwis maybe feeling Oz censor trickledownpublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:55:07 GMT
People of Walmart now counts as filth, apparently
Australia’s drive to protect its own population from the horrors of the internet may be starting to have knock-on effects on the surfing habits of its neighbour, New Zealand - some websites are no longer accessible in NZ via Aussie ISPs.…
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Archos posts 'full' Linux distro for Android tabletpublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:43:56 GMT
Developers only, please
Media player maker Archos has posted a full Linux distro that will run on its Archos 5 machine.…
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Bishop Hill: Gonzo science and the Hockey Stickpublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:25:31 GMT
Torturing the climate numbers until they confess
Interview In 2001 the IPCC published its Third Assessment report prominently featuring a graph that became "the logo of global warming". Previous historical reconstructions didn't show our modern warm climate as particularly anomalous. This was very different, and was hailed as a "call to action". Yet Michael Mann's studies were deeply flawed. Omit one or two proxies, for example, and the scary warming 'spike' disappears. Mann's model could produce hockey stick shapes using random data, such as baseball scores, or red noise. Critics alleged that Mann's choices of data and statistical tools all cooled the Medieval Warm Period, and emphasised late 20th Century warming.…
The power of collaboration within unified communications
BAE broke bribery pledge, faked US arms-export applicationspublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:07:43 GMT
'We will become as righteous as we are good value'(!)
Further details have emerged regarding the US Department of Justice case against UK-headquartered arms globocorp BAE Systems. The feds - without argument from BAE - say that the company engaged in a "conspiracy" to violate several US laws in recent years.…
The power of collaboration within unified communications
FBI calls for two year retention for ISP datapublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:37:13 GMT
Origin and destination if you please sir
FBI director Robert Mueller is still keen to get US internet service providers to keep their customers' web logs for up to two years.…
Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
US gives Chinese man 2.5 years over fake Cisco kitpublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:24:18 GMT
Cisco no-no
A Chinese man has been sentenced to a two and half year stretch in California for flogging counterfeit Cisco parts in the US.…
Asus Eee PC 1005PEpublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:02:01 GMT
Intel's freshest Atom comes to netbooks
Review Intel launched its latest generation of netbook-centric Atom processors right at the end of 2009. While the following weeks saw plenty of announcements heralding new machines based on the chips, those PCs have only now started to arrive on shop shelves.…
Samsung preps Wacko Jacko movie hard drivepublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:00:44 GMT
Film pre-loaded on HDD
Wacko Jacko fans, Samsung has the external hard drive for you.…
Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
Mandybill is mostly harmless, says MP watchdogpublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:50:51 GMT
But wants more detail
A committee of MPs has surprisingly said that copyright infringement penalties for internet users proposed in the Digital Economy are justifiable. However, it wants the Government to explain them better, and publish more detail - particularly on the threshold for suspending the accounts of serial infringers.…
Offloading malware protection to the cloud
Leaky anti-virus defences letting malware throughpublished: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:44:58 GMT
Spanky new scanners no longer cutting it
Even users running up-to-date anti-virus software still get infected with malware, according to stats from an online malware scanning service.…
Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
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Man Fined $1.5 Million For Leaked Mario Game
An anonymous reader writes "A Queensland man will have to pay Nintendo $1.5 million in damages after illegally copying and uploading one of its recent games to the internet ahead of its release, the gaming giant says. Nintendo said the loss was caused when James Burt made New Super Mario Bros Wii available for illegal download a week ahead of its official Australian release in November of last year. Nintendo applied for and was granted a search order by the Federal Court, forcing Burt to disclose the whereabouts of all his computers, disks and electronic storage devices in November. He was also ordered to allow access, including passwords, to his social networking sites, email accounts and websites."
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snydeq writes "Apple's reticence to reveal details prior to a product's launch is legendary. But when Apple extends this silence beyond a product's unveiling, historically this has meant that the product cannot deliver the functionality that analysts and journalists are asking about. InfoWorld's Galen Gruman lists eight key questions for the iPad, about all of which Apple has kept silent. Can you save and transfer documents to the iPad? Does the iPad support Microsoft Exchange email? Does the iPad support VPN? Configuration management? 'I have no doubt the iPad will be compelling to some users. But I now have major concerns that it will fulfill the potential beyond being an iTunes delivery screen that I and other industry observers saw,' Gruman writes."
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A piece up at Mashable explores how some schools and universities are finding success at integrating social gaming into their education curriculum. Various game-related programs are getting assistance these days from sources like the government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. "For the less well-to-do educator, the Federation of American Scientists has developed a first-person shooter-inspired cellular biology curriculum. Gamers explore the fully-interactive 3D world of an ill patient and assist the immune system in fighting back a bacterial infection. Dr. Melanie Ann Stegman has been evaluating the educational impacts of the game and is optimistic about her preliminary findings. 'The amount of detail about proteins, chemical signals and gene regulation that these 15-year-olds were devouring was amazing. Their questions were insightful. I felt like I was having a discussion with scientist colleagues,' said Stegman. Perhaps more importantly, the video game excites students about science. Motivating more youngsters to adopt a science-related career track has became a major education initiative of the Obama administration. So desperate to find a solution that motivates students to become scientists, the government has even enlisted Darpa, the Department of Defense’s 'mad scientist' research organization, to figure out a solution."
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CWmike writes "The only smartphone Linus Torvalds doesn't hate is that much less unlikable now that Google has quietly chopped $200 off its early termination fee on the Nexus One. Customers who cancel the service had been on the hook for $550, including a $350 Google cancellation charge. Google has reduced their fee to $150 — but users are still liable for a $200 ETF from T-Mobile. Users have a 14-day grace period during which they do not have to pay either charge, although they may be hit with a restocking fee. The $350 total fee matches one of the highest in the industry, charged by Verizon. Google did not announce the change but simply altered its online terms-of-service document." The price cut could add momentum to a phone that, by one reckoning, costs only $49 unlocked.
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An anonymous reader writes "Many games developers have been pursuing agile development, and we are now beginning to witness the debris and chaos it has caused. While there have been some successes, there have also been many casualties. As the industry at large is moving away from the phantasmagoria of Agile, Gwaredd Mountain, Technical Director at Climax Studios, looks at Post-Agile and what this might mean for the games industry."
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Dan Jones writes "As discussed here last year, IBM has made good on its promise to release the Power7 processor (and servers) in the first half of 2010. The Power7 processor adds more cores and improved multithreading capabilities to boost the performance of servers requiring high up-time, according to Big Blue. Power7 chips will run between 3.0GHz and 4.14GHz and will come with four, six, or eight cores. The chips are being made using the 45-nm process technology. New Power7 servers (up to 64 cores for now) are said to deliver twice the performance of older Power6 systems, but are four times more energy efficient. Power7 servers will run AIX and Linux." And reader shmG notes Intel's release of a new Itanium server processor after two years of delays. The Power7 specs would seem to put the new Intel chip in the shade.
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An anonymous reader writes "What I feared has come true: after buying Sun, Oracle had a look at its accessibility group and made big cuts in it by firing the most important contributors to the Linux accessibility tools. This is a very sad day for disabled people, as it means we do not really have full-time developers any more." The coverage in OSTATIC has a few more details, including the caution: "This just shows that all too few companies are sponsoring a11y work. If one company laying off a couple of developers spells trouble for the project, then there were problems before that happened" (thanks to reader dave c-b for pointing this out).
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bridges writes "The V3VEE project has announced the release of version 1.2 of the Palacios virtual machine monitor following the successful testing of Palacios on 4096 nodes of the Sandia Red Storm supercomputer, the 17th-fastest in the world. The added overhead of virtualization is often a show-stopper, but the researchers observed less than 5% overhead for two real, communication-intensive applications running in a virtual machine on Red Storm. Palacios 1.2 supports virtualization of both desktop x86 hardware and Cray XT supercomputers using either AMD SVM or Intel VT hardware virtualization extensions, and is an active open source OS research platform supporting projects at multiple institutions. Palacios is being jointly developed by researchers at Northwestern University, the University of New Mexico, and Sandia National Labs." The ACM's writeup has more details of the work at Sandia.
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angry tapir writes "Microsoft's XML-based office document format, OOXML, does not meet the requirements for governmental use, according to a new report published by the Norwegian Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (DIFI). The agency wants to start a debate over the report as part of its work on standards in the Norwegian government. (As we discussed a week ago, Denmark has already decided to choose ODF over OOXML.)"
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natharward writes "A new development in nano-level diagnostic tests has been applied as a lab on a chip that successfully screened viruses entirely by their size. The chip's traps are size-specific, which means even tiny concentrations of viruses or other particles won't escape detection. For medicine, this development is promising for future lab diagnostics that could detect viruses before symptoms kick in and damage begins, well ahead of when traditional lab tests are able to catch them. Aaron Hawkins, the BYU professor leading the work, says his team is now gearing up to make chips with multiple, progressively smaller slots, so that a single sample can be used to screen for particles of varying sizes. One could fairly simply determine which proteins or viruses are present based on which walls have particles stacked against them. After this is developed, Hawkins says, 'If we decided to make these things in high volume, I think within a year it could be ready.'"
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nikki4 writes to tell us that in giving some major improvement tweaks to its existing voice recognition tool for the Smartphone, Google is aiming for new translator software that will provide instant translation of foreign languages. "The company has already created an automatic system for translating text on computers, which is being honed by scanning millions of multi-lingual websites and documents. So far it covers 52 languages, adding Haitian Creole last week. Google also has a voice recognition system that enables phone users to conduct web searches by speaking commands into their phones rather than typing them in. Now it is working on combining the two technologies to produce software capable of understanding a caller’s voice and translating it into a synthetic equivalent in a foreign language."
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MikeChino writes "As battery manufacturers race to produce more efficient lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, some scientists are looking to make the cars themselves a power source. Researchers are currently developing a new auto body material that can store and release electrical energy like a battery. Once perfected, scientists hope the substance will replace standard car bodies, making vehicles up to 15 percent lighter and significantly extending the range of electric vehicles."
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An anonymous reader writes "According to 4chan's owner and administrator 'moot,' Verizon has explicitly blocked all traffic on their network from boards.4chan.org, where all of 4chan's boards are located. Moot explains that only traffic to and from port 80 is being dropped and they were able to confirm that it was intentional. 4chan's downtime for Verizon users has been in effect for at least 72 hours since Saturday, February 7."
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With the Oracle/Sun merger finally completing at the end of January, one former Sun worker has taken the time to reflect a bit on the extravagant compensation and golden parachutes that the former executives at Sun are receiving for failing at their jobs. "I think it's fair to say that, for all the miscues that eventually led to its demise, the company created many products and technologies of value along the way, enough so that Oracle thought it was worth it to acquire them and try to keep them going. However, I think that it's equally fair to conclude that, after years of running losses, including about $2 billion in fiscal 2009, so that a buyout was necessary to avoid looming bankruptcy, Sun's executives did nothing to deserve lavish rewards, by any conceivable meaning of the word 'deserve.' But what actually happened is by now a familiar story. [...] And here's a prediction that I feel quite certain of: if, against expectations and my hopes, Ellison drops the ball and things start going south for Oracle, it's the employees who will suffer for it, and he'll be doing just fine."
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A study conducted by researchers at University College London shows that boredom can kill you. The researchers found that people who reported feeling a great deal of boredom were 37 per cent more likely to have died by the end of the study. Martin Shipley, who co-wrote the report said, "The findings on heart disease show there was sufficient evidence to say there is a link with boredom."
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Feb. 9, 1870: Feds Get on Top of the Weather
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT
President Grant signs the law creating what will become the Weather Bureau and eventually the National Weather Service.
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:30:00 GMT
The Macworld trade show goes on without Steve Jobs. But will it live another year?
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:00:00 GMT
Ultrahigh-speed video reveals six lightning strokes in startling slo-mo.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:48:00 GMT
Saving up for a rainy day? Consider using some of that cash on an umbrella from Blunt. This reinforced dome will hold up to gusts short of hurricane force.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:40:00 GMT
Advances in product design and prototyping signal the start of a new industrial revolution, Wired's top editor argues in his latest cover story. Anderson and Wired Executive Editor Thomas Goetz discuss the implications of these radical changes in this week's Storyboard podcast.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:30:00 GMT
The world's first jumbo jet, Boeing's 747, shows that it's ready for service.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:30:00 GMT
A backyard radio astronomer and artist in New Mexico has captured sound recordings of the newly noisy sun showering the Earth with particles.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:09:00 GMT
Apple's iPad could sound the death knell for JooJoo, a tablet from an an unknown Singapore-based startup that was once the talk of gadget blogs.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:30:00 GMT
The federal judiciary is being told to instruct jurors not to tweet, Facebook or perform online research for cases they are involved in. The developments follow a rash of twittering, facebooking and internet researching by federal jurors — some of which have led to mistrials.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:30:00 GMT
Google is set to turn Gmail into a communications dashboard with rolling status updates. It's a bid to keep up with Facebook and make Gmail the place users turn to when they want to send messages, no matter what the medium.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:36:00 GMT
The Boeing 747-8 made it's inaugural flight, more than a year behind schedule.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:57:00 GMT
Shai Agassi brokers a deal to electrify one-third of the country's fleet within 5 years.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:05:00 GMT
William Tenn, one of science fiction's most imaginative writers, has passed. Tenn created vivid scenarios of mind-blowing alien worlds in novels and stories that illuminated emotional, political and ethic issues of good old humanity. And as a teacher, he inspired other aspiring writers. Including this one.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:46:00 GMT
British artist Nick Gentry is using floppy disk drives to created mixed-media portraits.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:32:00 GMT
GM's date with destiny is set, but there's still no word on what the electric car will cost.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:41:00 GMT
February 8 marks the centennial of Boy Scouts in America. At a time when shows like 'Man Vs Wild' and 'Survivorman' are experiencing immense popularity, wouldn’t it make sense that they'd see a surge in enrollment? But Boy Scouts, in many ways, are a struggling organization with membership plummeting annually.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:40:00 GMT
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — With the disaster-relief phase ending, the streets of Port-au-Prince are now crowded with the white SUVs of international aid and development agencies shuttling purposefully around town. But while the focus may have shifted to rebuilding Haiti, rising unrest over aid and food distribution could sideline efforts to begin reconstruction in earnest.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:36:00 GMT
If you’re a geeky guy looking to romance a geeky girl, it doesn’t matter if you’ve been with her forever or if she’s a new interest; realize that conventional romantic overtures won’t always work. Think outside the box. Here's some help.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:27:00 GMT
Google debuted a Super Bowl ad Sunday. The ad tells the story of a romance helped along by a series of Google searches conducted by (one is left to imagine) a young man whose simple plan to study abroad in Paris ends with his need to know how to assemble a crib.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT
By building on the original's creepy setting and tweaking the troubling relationship between Big Daddies and Little Sisters, this sequel becomes a worthy successor to a groundbreaking game.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT
A renovated missile silo in the middle of the Arizona desert is a reminder of more chaotic times. Ex-crew members share their stories as we take a tour.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT
Scott Brown considers the pros and cons of MindSign Neuromarketing's plans to create the "neurocinema," the real-time monitoring of the brain's reaction to movies.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT
An Austrian monk is anything but pea-shy when he explains the principles of heredity.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT
Do you wonder where those ads for work at home, teeth whitening and so on are coming from, and why they appear on otherwise respectable websites? The answer is complicated, but becoming less so.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT
Former Air Force sergeant Brian Regan buried stolen government secrets and encrypted the coordinates, hoping to sell the stash to the highest bidder. Then he had to crack his own code.
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT
Can aging gamers compete with twitchy teens on today's increasingly complicated virtual battlefields? War is extra hellish when you're too old, or too busy, to fight off the adolescent hordes in games like MAG and Modern Warfare 2.
published: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:58:00 GMT
Evidence suggests that Apple's decision to use a smaller-than-usual micro SIM card in the iPad was motivated by business reasons, not a lack of space. The company is likely trying to prevent iPhone customers from using the same SIM cards in their iPads.
published: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:13:00 GMT
Scientists create an atomic clock that uses quantum logic to be precise within one second in 3.7 billion years.
published: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:39:00 GMT
The Authors Guild says it supports the proposed Google Books settlement to avoid the same mistakes the Recording Industry of America made in its litigation campaign against music pirates. Namely: if you can't beat piracy, you might as well as join it.
published: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:16:00 GMT
Star Wars fans unload on the creator of their beloved franchise in the crowdsourced film, which makes its world premiere in March at the South by Southwest film festival. Writer and director Alexandre O. Philippe talks about weeding through thousands of submissions from passionate fans to concoct his "participatory documentary."
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Why Wasn't Michael Jackson's Doctor Charged With Murder?
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:24:24 GMT
Why wasn't Michael Jackson's doctor charged with murder? What does involuntary manslaughter even mean? He deserves everything he gets!
—Wanda, New York, via the Answer B!tch...
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:35:00 GMT
There's nothing like Brooklyn in the summertime.
Sports Illustrated has decorated the cover of its famed swimsuit issue with Brooklyn Decker, touted as "a perfect 10, sizzling...
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:06:00 GMT
Kiefer Sutherland once said that the 24 crew would wait to do a feature film until after the small-screen version had run its course.
Well, amid talk that the in-progress season could be...
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:15:00 GMT
Anyone who saw a picture of Michael Jackson from the last 15 years knew there were unnatural things going on with his skin and bone structure.
While it kick-started a new era of...
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:33:00 GMT
If Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller are going to reconcile, they're going to need some privacy.
Saying his client got "everything she wanted today," Mueller's attorney,...
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:31:00 GMT
While there's a more detailed explanation as to how Jay Leno ended up spending 30 whole minutes with David Letterman last week, Jay is peddling this romanticized version.
"As you...
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:21:00 GMT
Michael Jackson's family watched as Dr. Conrad Murray faced a manslaughter charge today. And they've already rendered their verdict.
"He's lying. He's guilty. Nobody...
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:45:00 GMT
The show is going on, people.
That's the word from Kendra Wilkinson aftershe wasaccused ofhalting production on her E! reality show Kendra. Supposedly she stopped...
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT
Tomorrow's all-new Lost episode is Kate-centric (Evangeline Lilly) and, well, it's all about the relationships—romantic and otherwise. Will the foxy fugitive remind sexy con man...
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:14:00 GMT
We know it's hard to believe, butit's already timeforThe Bachelor's Jake Pavelka to hit the road with the final four and go on a few hometown dates. (Hey,time...
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:44:00 GMT
UPDATE (4:34 p.m.): Murray has been released on $75,000 bail.
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Conrad Murray already entered his plea in the court of public opinion. Today, he reiterated his claim...
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The sheen may be off the marriage, but Sheen's not yet off the hook.
Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller appeared this afternoon in an Aspen court, where the actor was formally charged...
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:22:00 GMT
Facing screams of "murderer" from fans of Michael Jackson, Dr. Conrad Murray arrived just moments ago to the courthouse to face a manslaughter count in the King of Pop's...
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Britney watchers can breathe easy.
Despite reports that Spears was "rushed" to the hospital today, her rep tells E! News she was simply there for a routine...
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:44:00 GMT
The doctor is in...a big heaping wad of trouble.
After spending the past eight months since Michael Jackson's death building a case—and the past week playing will-they,...
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:35:00 GMT
Lindsay Lohan is on the cover of another magazine, this time it's French fashion magazine Purple.
Since it's supposed to be more of an edgy magazine or something, Terry...
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:17:00 GMT
Instead of celebrating his 42nd year in style, Gary Coleman got to spend a chunk of his birthday today in a Utah court to answer for his arrest (and that wicked mug shot) last month.
The...
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:00:00 GMT
In a recent interview, Ricky Gervais opened up about his feelings regarding bad parents. He believes that there are too many "useless people" having children, and that's why there are...
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:48:00 GMT
Kellan Lutz hit Audi's Super Bowl party with all his clothes on, but took a minute to talk about his hot new nearly naked Calvin Klein ads.
"It's amazing to be part of such a...
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:45:00 GMT
Oh, last night's Super Bowl—and Super Bowl commercial-fest—was kinda, sorta popular, all right.
The New Orleans Saints' feel-good upending of the favored Indianapolis...
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Toyota Prius Recall Extended Worldwide
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:26:02 EST
Japanese Auto-Giant Extends Recall Over Brake Problem to All Countries; Total of About 400,000 Vehicles
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:00:11 EST
President Tells Katie Couric "People Understand What Motivates Me"
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:58:28 EST
Foot of Snow Expected for Washington; Philadelphia Braces for 18 Inches
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:16:07 EST
State TV Report says U.N. Nuclear Agency Monitoring Enrichment, Which Flies in Face of Western Demands
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:41:00 EST
Powerful Democrat Representative from Pennsylvania Served 36 Years in the House, Dies at Age of 77
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:26:02 EST
Japanese Auto-Giant Extends Recall Over Brake Problem to All Countries; Total of About 400,000 Vehicles
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:12:00 EST
CBS News Correspondent Mandy Clark Samples Marine Corp Life; Cold, Wet, Miserable and Waiting to Attack
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:51:24 EST
Democrat Flatly Rejects Rumors of Pending Report Exposing Womanizing, Drug Use, Insists He'll Run in Election
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:58:28 EST
Foot of Snow Expected for Washington; Philadelphia Braces for 18 Inches
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:29:34 EST
Richard Heene to Spend Days Working, Nights in Monitored Dormitory to Finish Sentence for Hoax
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:16:07 EST
State TV Report says U.N. Nuclear Agency Monitoring Enrichment, Which Flies in Face of Western Demands
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:22:14 EST
31-Year-Old Drank Mountain Dew to Stay Hydrated While Buried in Southwestern Colorado
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:30:09 EST
Conrad Murray Pleads Not Guilty as Lawyer Vows to "Fight Like Hell"; But Family Seeks Justice 8 Months after Pop Icon's Death
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:00:09 EST
Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby Says He Will Release Several "Holds" Used to Get Money for Home-State Projects
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:28:00 EST
Republicans Leave Little Room for Compromise on Health Care Reform in Response to Obama's Proposal for a Health Care Summit
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:30:08 EST
Report: Homeland Security Assessed Wisconsin Pro- and Anti-Abortion Rights Activists Even Though No Threat
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:12:00 EST
CBS News' Mandy Clark Samples Marine Corp Life in Afghanistan; Cold, Wet, Miserable and Waiting to Attack
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:29:00 EST
Republican Gets Comeuppance after Obama Teleprompter Remark, but Real Problem is Her Lack of a Presidential Mien
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:00:06 EST
More than 106 Million People Watched Saints Beat Colts, Surpassing the 1983 Finale of "M-A-S-H"
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:00:07 EST
USA Today Presents Results of "Ad Meter" Ratings; Snickers Betty White Ad, Doritos, Bud Light Score with Quirky Commercials