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UFO-obsessed Briton loses bid to block US extradition
Nov 26, 2009 |
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A Briton accused of hacking into US military and NASA computers faces extradition to the United States after the British government Thursday rejected last-ditch requests to block the move.
Key scientist says politics behind stolen e-mails
Nov 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A leading climate change scientist said hackers breaking into a university's computer server and then posting documents online show the nasty politics of global warming.
US fixed drones hacked by Iraqi insurgents: Pentagon
Dec 17, 2009 |
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The US military has fixed a problem that allowed Iraqi militants to use cheap software to intercept the video feeds of US-operated drones, a defense official said on Thursday.
Post Office card error leaves Italians in the red: report
Nov 26, 2009 |
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A computer glitch left Italian Post Office customers in the red by processing card transactions at 100 times their value, Italian press reported Thursday.
MIT wins Pentagon prize in social networking contest
Dec 07, 2009 |
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A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has won a 40,000-dollar prize for using social networking tools to identify the locations of 10 large weather balloons in a contest sponsored by ...
Text-a-Tip programs allow tipsters to help police
Nov 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A mother in Boston tells police her 8-year-old boy was shot to death in their apartment by gunmen in hooded sweat shirts during a home invasion.
Gift Guide: Tech books that enlighten, entertain
Dec 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Your holiday shopping list probably includes gadgets, games and gizmos that illustrate how technology is changing the way we work, play and communicate. So why not throw in a few books about the people and services ...
Poll finds sexting common among young people
Dec 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Think your kid is not "sexting"? Think again. Sexting - sharing sexually explicit photos, videos and chat by cell phone or online - is fairly commonplace among young people, despite sometimes grim ...
Signal fading on radio traffic reports
Nov 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- For more than 20 years, Mike Nolan was known to radio listeners as the "eye in the sky." He flew over Southern California freeways in his single-engine plane, reporting on the nation's worst traffic.
Court to review employer access to worker messages
Dec 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Supreme Court said Monday it will decide how much privacy workers have when they send text messages from on their employers' accounts.
Next-Generation Air Transportation System to Ultimately Succeed, Computer Scientist Predicts
Dec 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Next Generation Air Transportation System, known as NextGen, is due for national implementation in stages between now and 2018. "I am predicting ultimate success and a system that will provide a much ...
Stocking stuffer: Card good for eye, dental visit
Dec 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Health care providers are rolling out a different sort of stocking stuffer: Gift cards that can be used to pay bills and insurance premiums or for specific services at eye doctors and dentist offices.
Exploring energy efficiency in multi-scale computing systems
Dec 16, 2009 |
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The University of California, San Diego and nine other universities are members of a new research center charged with finding ways to improve the design of computing systems ranging from large data centers ...
Student-Made 'Sustain-a-Bear' Puts Green Spin on Timeless Toy
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Most teddy bears, regretfully, face a lonesome retirement once their owners grow up or move on.
Maine to consider cell phone cancer warning
Dec 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A Maine legislator wants to make the state the first to require cell phones to carry warnings that they can cause brain cancer, although there is no consensus among scientists that they do and industry leaders dispute ...
