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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 Problems
published: 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 Map
published: 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 Ways
published: 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 Enrichment
published: 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 Again
published: 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 Siege
published: 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 Repeat
published: 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 28
published: 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 Policy
published: 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 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
Do Americans Know Where Obama Stands?
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:00:11 EST
President Tells Katie Couric "People Understand What Motivates Me"
Mid-Atlantic Digs in For Second Snow Storm
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:58:28 EST
Foot of Snow Expected for Washington; Philadelphia Braces for 18 Inches
Iran Claims Further Uranium Enrichment
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
Rep. John Murtha Dies
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
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
Afghanistan: Life on the Frontline
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
N.Y. Gov. Paterson Blasts "Sleazy" Assault
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
Mid-Atlantic Digs in For Second Snow Storm
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:58:28 EST
Foot of Snow Expected for Washington; Philadelphia Braces for 18 Inches
Balloon Boy's Dad Free on Work-Release
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:29:34 EST
Richard Heene to Spend Days Working, Nights in Monitored Dormitory to Finish Sentence for Hoax
Iran Claims Further Uranium Enrichment
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
Man Survives 3 Days in Snow-Covered SUV
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:22:14 EST
31-Year-Old Drank Mountain Dew to Stay Hydrated While Buried in Southwestern Colorado
Jackson's Doctor Charged With Manslaughter
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
Senator to Allow Most Obama Appointees
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
GOP Calls for Health Care Summit Do-Over
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
Feds Wrongly Tracked Abortion Groups
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:30:08 EST
Report: Homeland Security Assessed Wisconsin Pro- and Anti-Abortion Rights Activists Even Though No Threat
Life on the Frontline
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
Analysis: Sarah Palin Needs More Than a Hand
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
Super Bowl Most Watched TV Show Ever
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"
Best and Worst Super Bowl Ads
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
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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.
Toyota resale value, reputation take a fall
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.

Lakers beat Spurs without Bryant, Bynum
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.
Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., dies at 77
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.
GOP cool to Obama call for health talks
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.
Michael Jackson’s doctor freed on bail
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.
Newborn blood used in research angers parents
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.

Criminal probe is launched in Conn. plant blast
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.
Howard Stern confirms ‘American Idol’ talks
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.
NATO: Afghans to play big role in offensive
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.
American to charge $8 for blankets, pillows
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.
Top-ranked Kansas survives major test at Texas
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.
Spring rains threaten Haitian survivors
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.

Haiti awash in Christian aid, evangelism
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.
NYC mayor: U.S. needs to pay for 9/11 trial
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.
Astronauts giving shuttle a post-launch scan
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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Toyota Recalls 437,000 Prius, Hybrids Globally
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published: Tue, 09 February 2010 06:24:01 EST
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.
Iran Begins Making Highly Enriched Nuke Fuel
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published: Tue, 09 February 2010 07:17:04 EST
Iran began enriching uranium to 20 percent purity level Tuesday in defiance of world powers but under the supervision of inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog, state media reported.
GOP Wary of Health Trap
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published: Tue, 09 February 2010 07:12:56 EST
Some Republicans privately worry the president may be laying a trap to portray their health reform ideas as flimsy Administration, GOP List Demands Ahead of Talks • YOU DECIDE: Will Dems Give GOP Ideas a Shot?
Murtha Died After 'Damage' in Surgery
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published: Tue, 09 February 2010 07:12:56 EST
Congressman says Rep. Murtha's intestine was damaged during gallbladder surgery, leading to hospitalization Remembering Rep. Murtha | Gov. to Set Election Date Eulogy | You Can Die From Gallbladder Surgery?
Man Pulled From Rubble 27 Days After Haiti Quake
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published: Tue, 09 February 2010 06:17:49 EST
A 28-year-old man was pulled from the rubble of a market in Port-au-Prince on Monday and has been admitted to the University of Miami's field hospital in the capital, adjacent to the airport, according to hospital officials.
Afghan Avalanches Kill at Least 28, Strand 1,500
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published: Tue, 09 February 2010 05:49:31 EST
At least 28 people are dead and another 1,500 are stranded following multiple avalanches in Afghanistan.
N. Korea's Kim Jong Il Sends Nuclear Envoy to China
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published: Tue, 09 February 2010 03:36:45 EST
North Korea's Kim Jong Il reportedly dispatched his top nuclear envoy to Beijing on Tuesday to discuss restarting nuclear disarmament talks, a day after pledging Pyongyang's commitment to a nuclear-free Korean peninsula.
Planned Parenthood Pushes Intensive Sex Ed for Kids
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published: Mon, 08 February 2010 13:01:56 EST
A new report by the International Planned Parenthood Federation is advocating that children as young as 10 be given extensive sex education, including an awareness of sex's pleasures.
Offensive Near, Afghans Warned to Keep 'Heads Down'
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published: Tue, 09 February 2010 04:35:55 EST
NATO and Afghan officials on Tuesday urged Taliban militants holding a southern town to lay down their arms and warned civilians there to "keep your heads down" as U.S. and Afghan troops prepare their first major offensive of the U.S. troop surge.
Teacher: Muslim Pupils Called Sept. 11 Hijackers 'Heroes'
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published: Mon, 08 February 2010 11:33:59 EST
A British teacher was fired from his job after complaining that some of his Muslim students were celebrating the Sept. 11 hijackers as 'heroes,' the Daily Mail reported.
Advocates Push Abortion-Rights License Plate in Va.
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published: Mon, 08 February 2010 15:28:37 EST
The state would become only the fourth to offer a pro-choice plate and the first to require legislative approval for it.
Criminal Probe Launched in Deadly Conn. Plant Blast
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published: Mon, 08 February 2010 17:47:24 EST
The powerful explosion blew apart large swaths of the nearly completed 620-megawatt Kleen Energy plant as workers for the construction company O&G Industries Inc. were purging a gas line Sunday morning.
Illinois Woman Told She Is No Longer an American
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published: Mon, 08 February 2010 18:07:47 EST
When Angela Boneva went to renew her passport in 2003, the State Department told her she wasn't an American citizen.
Soldier Charged With Assaulting Daughter, 4, Over ABCs
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published: Mon, 08 February 2010 11:54:10 EST
A U.S. soldier has been accused of holding his 4-year-old daughter's head underwater because she would not recite her ABCs.
Officer to Retrieve John Edwards Sex Tape
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published: Tue, 09 February 2010 06:19:46 EST
Gov't-Run Climate Care?
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Evacuations Ordered in L.A. Area Ahead of Storm
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Feds Say They Wrongly Tracked Wis. Abortion Groups
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Aides to N.Y. Governor Deny He's About to Resign
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Mid-Atlantic Braces for Second Massive Snowstorm- Coverage in NEW FoxNews.com Weather Center
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Stars' Oddest Jobs
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BEFORE FAME: Who sold ballpoint pens? Who drove a school bus? Who was a Hooters girl? Find out what Aniston, Clooney, Depp and more did back in the day
M.J's Doc in Court
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published: Tue, 09 February 2010 07:10:59 EST
Michael Jackson's doctor pleads not guilty to manslaughter | VIDEO | LIVESHOTS: Housley on Jacko Case | SLIDESHOW
Caprica's Cylon Cutie
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published: Tue, 09 February 2010 07:10:59 EST
MAXIM EXCLUSIVE: Meet Alessandra Torresani, the SyFy actress who is breaking nerds' hearts across the world
Oh No They Didn't
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published: Tue, 09 February 2010 07:10:59 EST
SLIDESHOW: Levi Johnston's Playgirl cover has been released, and it ain't pretty. But he's not the only one to take off one article of clothing too many...
Top Dancing Hotties
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published: Tue, 09 February 2010 07:10:59 EST
HOT LIST: With Pam Anderson rumored to be signing on to the new season of 'Dancing With the Stars,' we count down the top hottest contestants of all time
'Reality Bites' Look Back
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published: Tue, 09 February 2010 07:10:59 EST
THEN/NOW: The 1990s classic starred a bunch of Hollywood's up-and-coming stars. Some kept getting bigger and better, some kind of went the other way...
Beyonce Busts a Move
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published: Tue, 09 February 2010 07:10:59 EST
SCENE/HERD: Beyonce takes her show to Brazil, Pam Anderson lets it all hang out in Miami, Orlando Bloom is all wet, and more...
Too Much Too Soon?
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Disney star's kids clothing line is slammed for short styles and animal prints, dubbed 'kids lingerie' by some | SLIDESHOW: Cute or Creepy?
Photographing Flakes
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SLIDESHOW: The pioneering, historic work of one man makes it easy to remember that each flake is unique. | Read more
White House Party
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SLIDESHOW: Invitation lost in the mail? Then check out YOUR ideas on what Obama's Super Bowl party was like
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Toyota recalls 437,000 Priuses, hybrids globally
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:36:00 GMT
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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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 bounty
published: 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-up
published: 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 team
published: 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 Glitch
published: 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-up
published: 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 support
published: 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 Facebook
published: 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 beer
published: 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 sharers
published: 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 tweaks
published: 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 flight
published: 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 case
published: 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 meeting
published: 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 problem
published: 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 unwanted
published: 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 social
published: 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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Biting the hand that feeds IT
language: en-GB
webmaster: webmaster@theregister.co.uk
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:27:30 GMT
Copyright 2010, Situation Publishing

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.… The power of collaboration within unified communications
Touchscreens take lead in smartphone biz
published: 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.… The power of collaboration within unified communications
Samsung Omnia Pro
published: 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 disinterest
published: 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.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud
Server virtualisation beyond the x86 environment
published: 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.… What is your recession sales strategy?
Safer Internet Day fights online foolhardiness
published: 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.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
SAP serenely promises to be less bad
published: 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.… What is your recession sales strategy?
Mozilla becomes latest to dump Mac OS X 10.4 support
published: 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.… The power of collaboration within unified communications
Tories will force BT to open up ducts to rivals
published: 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.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
Google forced to use humans to support Nexus One
published: 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.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
Heathrow 777 crash: Ice to blame
published: 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.… The power of collaboration within unified communications
IPS's double IT has risks, says commissioner
published: 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.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
China jails porn-monger
published: 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… The power of collaboration within unified communications
New cig peril: Third-hand smoke coats puffers in poison
published: 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.… What is your recession sales strategy?
Intel's 'Tukwila' Itaniums - hot n' pricey
published: 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.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud
Shopping sites boost customer savvy
published: 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).… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
OpenOffice is the new David Hasselhoff
published: 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.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
Delayed Visual Studio 2010 RC due this week
published: 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.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud
AMD talks energy with 'Llano' cores
published: 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.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
Sun's cloud and gaming execs leave Oracle
published: 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.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
Ex-Intel exec pleads guilty to insider trading
published: 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.… What is your recession sales strategy?
Adobe apologizes for festering Flash crash bug
published: 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.… What is your recession sales strategy?
Conficker outbreak infects Leeds hospital servers
published: 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.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
Intel 'Tukwila'born after long and painful labor
published: 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.… The power of collaboration within unified communications
SourceForge reverses ban on US foes
published: 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.… What is your recession sales strategy?
Oracle issues emergency security patch for WebLogic
published: 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.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
Microsoft tests show no Win 7 battery flaw
published: 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.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud
Microsoft kills FAST's Linux and Unix search biz
published: 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.… The power of collaboration within unified communications
Linus Torvalds doesn't hate the Googlephone
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:57:48 GMT
I like your fork!
Linus Torvalds hates cell phones. But that doesn't include the Googlephone.… The power of collaboration within unified communications
Sweden to prosecute alleged Cisco, NASA hacker
published: 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.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
Google (Voice) solves universal translation soonish
published: 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.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
Dell snaps up crashed Exanet
published: 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 posted
published: 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.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
Cheeky French hackers hijack Tata website
published: 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.… What is your recession sales strategy?
Phoenix recovers barbecued data in Europe
published: 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… The power of collaboration within unified communications
LG eyes golden age of telly with retro CRT set
published: 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.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
El Reg reader assembles own iPad
published: 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.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
Half a million PCs can access Schengen's 'secure' database
published: 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.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
Vodafone tosses out idiot tweeter
published: 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.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
Eidos confirms Championship Manager Online shutdown
published: 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.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work
Online Kiwis maybe feeling Oz censor trickledown
published: 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.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
Archos posts 'full' Linux distro for Android tablet
published: 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.… What is your recession sales strategy?
Bishop Hill: Gonzo science and the Hockey Stick
published: 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 applications
published: 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 data
published: 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 kit
published: 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 1005PE
published: 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 drive
published: 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 watchdog
published: 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 through
published: 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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The iPad Questions Apple Won't Answer
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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Improving Education Through Social Gaming
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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Google Reduces Its Nexus One Termination Fee
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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Game Development In a Post-Agile World
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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IBM Releases Power7 Processor
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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Oracle Drops Sun's Commitment To Accessibility
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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Virtualizing a Supercomputer
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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Study Says OOXML Unsuitable For Norwegian Government
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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Virus-Detecting "Lab On a Chip" Developed At BYU
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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Google Shooting For Smartphone Universal Translator
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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New Material Transforms Car Bodies Into Batteries
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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Verizon Blocking 4chan
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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A Reflection On Sun Executive Payouts For Failure
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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Turns Out You Actually Can Be Bored To Death
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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published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT
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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.


Macworld Expo 2010 Caters to Apple Fans — Without Apple
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:30:00 GMT
The Macworld trade show goes on without Steve Jobs. But will it live another year?


Video Gallery: Lightning Reveals Its Power in Slow Motion
published: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:00:00 GMT
Ultrahigh-speed video reveals six lightning strokes in startling slo-mo.


Stormy Weather Cannot Defeat Re-Engineered Umbrella
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.


Storyboard: Chris Anderson on Long Tail of Stuff
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.


Feb. 9, 1969:Boeing 747 Makes First Flight
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.


Audio: DIY Recordings of Awakening Sun
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.


JooJoo Tablet Faces Uphill Battle Against iPad
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.


Jurors Told to Stop Tweeting
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.


Google Making Gmail Into a Communications Hub
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.


Boeing's Biggest Bird Leaves the Nest
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:36:00 GMT
The Boeing 747-8 made it's inaugural flight, more than a year behind schedule.


Electric Cars, and Chargers, Poised to Flood Israel
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.


Farewell to Sci-Fi Writer William Tenn
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.


Artist Creates Paintings From Floppy Disks
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:46:00 GMT
British artist Nick Gentry is using floppy disk drives to created mixed-media portraits.


First Chevrolet Volt Rolls Off the Line Nov. 1
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.


After 100 Years, Are The Boy Scouts Still Relevant?
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.


Rewiring Haiti: Patience Wears Thin in Port-au-Prince
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.


10 Ways to a Geeky Girl's Heart
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.


Google's Super Bowl Ad: A Romance in Search
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.


Review: Daddy-Daughter Killing Sprees Power 'BioShock 2'
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.


Missile Silo Confessions: Living on the Edge of Armageddon
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.


How Movies Activate Your Neural G-Spot
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.


Feb. 8, 1865: Mendel Reads Genetics' Founding Paper
published: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT
An Austrian monk is anything but pea-shy when he explains the principles of heredity.


Ad-Network Vets Try to Clean Up Their Act
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.


A Would-Be Spy's Buried Treasure and Uncrackable Code
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.


21st-Century Shooters Are No Country for Old Men
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.


Apple iPad's Tiny SIM Is Just There to Mess With You
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.


Ultra-Precise Quantum-Logic Clock Puts Old Atomic Clock to Shame
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.


Authors Guild: 'To RIAA or Not to RIAA'
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.


'The People vs. George Lucas' Is Really a Twisted Love Letter
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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