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Polar Bear Melodrama - Wall Street Journal

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Polar Bear Melodrama
Wall Street Journal - 1 hour ago
Polar bears are not the fragile, vulnerable creatures of liberal iconography. They have thrived in the Arctic for thousands of years, both through periods when their sea-ice habitat was sm...


MS: 360 first to reach 10 million in US - GameSpot

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MS: 360 first to reach 10 million in US
GameSpot - 6 hours ago
By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpot Today Microsoft added another public proclamation to the stack, saying that the Xbox 360's US installed user base has reached beyond the 10 million ...


Verizon Wireless joins LiMo Foundation - Reuters

Verizon Wireless joins LiMo Foundation
Reuters - 4 hours ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless said on Wednesday it joined a consortium working on a Linux-based mobile operating system expected to rival a mobile system being developed by a group...


Supernova Remnant Is Young and Quick - New York Times

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Supernova Remnant Is Young and Quick
New York Times - 2 hours ago
NASA/CXC/NCSU/S.Reynolds et al./NSF/NRAO/VLA/Cambridge/D.Green et al. A composite image of G1.9+0.3 with data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory taken in 2007, orange, and the...


Spam king, phishing buddy hit for $200m - ZDNet

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Spam king, phishing buddy hit for $200m
ZDNet - 3 hours ago
Spam king Sanford Wallace and phishing buddy Walter Rines hijacked some 300000 MySpace accounts and sent hundreds of thousands of spam messages and comments across the service.
MyS...


Google Absent from MySpace Data Portability Initiative - eWeek

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Google Absent from MySpace Data Portability Initiative
eWeek - 7 hours ago
By Clint Boulton MySpace's technology chief says Google, or any company, can join its Data Availability program at any time. MySpace's Data Availability initiative m...


Comcast to Buy Plaxo for Social Networking - PC World

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Comcast to Buy Plaxo for Social Networking
PC World - 4 hours ago
Comcast will acquire social-networking company Plaxo to power upcoming community features on its TV, broadband data and phone services.
Confirmed: Comcast Bought Pla...


Study: Human-Induced Warming Is Major Cause of Climate Changes - Wall Street ...

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Study: Human-Induced Warming Is Major Cause of Climate Changes
Wall Street Journal - 11 hours ago
By GAUTAM NAIK A new study has found that human-induced climate warming is the main cause of significant changes seen in the world'...


Philly Won't Fight to Save Wi-Fi Network - PC World

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Philly Won't Fight to Save Wi-Fi Network
PC World - 5 hours ago
The city of Philadelphia is moving on after its brief municipal Wi-Fi relationship with EarthLink, no longer trying to find a way to keep the network up and running.
City walks...


Microsoft telescope puts universe on your desktop - CNET News.com

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Microsoft telescope puts universe on your desktop
CNET News.com - 5 hours ago
Microsoft has released a free public beta of its WorldWide Telescope, which is software that lets both amateur and professional stargazers explore the...


WWDC Sold Out with Over 5000 Attendees - Apple Insider

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WWDC Sold Out with Over 5000 Attendees
Apple Insider - 7 hours ago
By Prince McLean Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference, scheduled for June 9-11, has sold out for the first time ever. Attendance at the event has rapidly grown as interest...


FCC decides to go back to square one on Block D spectrum - Ars Technica

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FCC decides to go back to square one on Block D spectrum
Ars Technica - 1 hour ago
By Matthew Lasar | Published: May 14, 2008 - 10:50PM CT The Federal Communications Commission has launched a new proceeding on how to rescue the part of...


Microsoft will bring back macros to Mac Office in 2011 - Computerworld

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Microsoft will bring back macros to Mac Office in 2011
Computerworld - 47 minutes ago
By Gregg Keizer May 14, 2008 (Computerworld) Microsoft will add its Visual Basic for Applications scripting language back into Office for the Mac, althou...


O2 fuels 3G iPhone frenzy as Bharti says deal signed for India - Apple Insider

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O2 fuels 3G iPhone frenzy as Bharti says deal signed for India
Apple Insider - 11 hours ago
By Sam Oliver Telefonica's O2 subsidiary, the exclusive provider of Apple's iPhone to the UK and Ireland, has stoked anticipation of a 3G model wit...


Apple's HBO deal signals shift in iTunes pricing - San Jose Mercury News

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Apple's HBO deal signals shift in iTunes pricing
San Jose Mercury News - 21 hours ago
By John Boudreau Tough-guy Tony Soprano and the frisky femmes from "Sex and the City" are now available for viewing for non-HBO subscribers through d...