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T-Mobile to Trial Landline Service    more similar news »
NEW YORK -- Cell-phone carrier T-Mobile USA is going to try its hand at being a landline phone company.
Thu Feb 21, 2008
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Online Photos Not as Private As District Mother Assumed    more similar news »
Be careful what photographs you post online. About four months ago Meredith Massey uploaded three pictures of her children skinny-dipping, along with more than 50 other photos, to the online photo site Flickr. She marked those untitled and unclothed pictures "private" for her parents' eyes only. But...
Thu Feb 21, 2008
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Satellite Fuel's Risks Are Disputed    more similar news »
The Bush administration sounded new warnings yesterday about the risk of exposure to toxic fuel from the out-of-control spy satellite that it plans to shoot down, even as some scientists said their calculations showed the chances of actual harm are close to zero.
Thu Feb 21, 2008
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Waiting for a Blockbuster    more similar news »
The quest for an affordable and convenient movie-download service has been one of the longest-running plotlines in Hollywood.
Thu Feb 21, 2008
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Riding Brain Waves At a Game Expo    more similar news »
The next video game controller you use might be between your ears. A start-up company called Emotiv Systems has developed a helmet-like headset that, it says, lets users control game characters with their thoughts.
Thu Feb 21, 2008
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HD DVD Goes The Way of Betamax    more similar news »
Jon Francke, a buyer at the video-rental chain Potomac Video, just placed his company's first order for Blu-ray discs.
Wed Feb 20, 2008
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At Toy Fair, Kids' Play Gets Wired    more similar news »
NEW YORK -- Fact: Kids create more than 100,000 avatars each day in virtual communities such as Habbo and Club Penguin.
Wed Feb 20, 2008
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Proxy Fight for Yahoo Is Predicted    more similar news »
Yahoo said yesterday that it would offer severance packages to employees affected by any change in control of the company as analysts predicted that Microsoft would wage a proxy battle rather than increase the value of its takeover bid.
Wed Feb 20, 2008
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Their Deepest, Darkest Discovery    more similar news »
Black is getting blacker. Researchers in New York reported this month that they have created a paper-thin material that absorbs 99.955 percent of the light that hits it, making it by far the darkest substance ever made -- about 30 times as dark as the government's current standard for blackest bl...
Wed Feb 20, 2008
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Effort to Shoot Down Satellite Could Inform Military Strategy    more similar news »
The Bush administration's attempt to shoot down an out-of-control spy satellite as early as this evening will help the military advance its anti-missile and anti-satellite planning and technology, according to space weapons experts and analysts. Both fields are of high interest to the military an...
Wed Feb 20, 2008
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Opportunities in China Lure Scientists Home    more similar news »
SHANGHAI -- Sheng Huizhen's life story is typical of immigrants who succeeded in America. After getting her PhD in biochemistry, she landed a job as a postdoctoral researcher at the National Institutes of Health. She got a green card, bought a house in Maryland and worked her way up to visiting...
Wed Feb 20, 2008
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Lights at Night Are Linked to Breast Cancer    more similar news »
Women who live in neighborhoods with large amounts of nighttime illumination are more likely to get breast cancer than those who live in areas where nocturnal darkness prevails, according to an unusual study that overlaid satellite images of Earth onto cancer registries.
Wed Feb 20, 2008
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Toshiba Quits HD DVD Business    more similar news »
TOKYO -- Toshiba's decision to no longer develop, make or market high-definition HD DVD players and recorders will mean consumers can start feeling more confident about buying the victorious rival technology _ a Blu-ray disc player.
Tue Feb 19, 2008
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Ferreting Out Meter Feeders    more similar news »
Beware, all you parking meter feeders and restricted zone overtimers.
Tue Feb 19, 2008
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BlackBerry maker and Motorola duel in lawsuits    more similar news »
MONTREAL (Reuters) - BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion and rival Motorola have sued each other over what they say are patent infringements for technology used in their mobile phones.
Tue Feb 19, 2008
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RIM, Motorola Battle Over Patents    more similar news »
TORONTO -- Research In Motion Ltd. is suing Motorola Inc. over several patents used for wireless devices such as RIM's BlackBerry e-mail devices and Motorola's Razr smart phones.
Tue Feb 19, 2008
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Postal Service Sees Simplicity in 31 Digits    more similar news »
The U.S. Postal Service is launching a 31-digit bar code that will permit business customers -- advertisers, catalogue and credit card companies -- to track their mail, from the drop-off at a post office to delivery at a home or office.
Mon Feb 18, 2008
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The AOL Exodus Effect    more similar news »
Barry Schuler moved to Washington from Silicon Valley to join AOL during its golden days, one of the many top technology professionals the Internet giant recruited to the region. But when the former chief executive left in 2003, he returned to California to become an investor and start a technolo...
Mon Feb 18, 2008
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Taking the Online Route: A Lighter Way to Get Guidebook Advice    more similar news »
In 2001, Tom Hall, a software project manager laid off during the dot-com implosion, embarked on a round-the-world trip across three continents. He couldn't carry all the travel guidebooks he needed and ended up scouring Kathmandu for a guide to his next destination, Tanzania.
Sun Feb 17, 2008
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An Undersea Trip That Leaves Gaming Home    more similar news »
Some video game fans are puzzled over a new title for the Nintendo Wii system -- mainly because it's not really a game.
Sun Feb 17, 2008
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Winners, Losers in Digital TV Transition    more similar news »
NEW YORK -- TV's big switch from analog to digital broadcasts will be complete in just one year, on Feb. 17, 2009, and many consumers are puzzling over how the shift will affect them: Do they need a new converter box, a new TV, a better antenna?
Sat Feb 16, 2008
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U.S. Makes Case About Satellite To Foreign Envoys    more similar news »
The State Department sent cables to all embassies yesterday instructing diplomats to explain to foreign governments how the upcoming attempt to shoot down an out-of-control spy satellite is different from China's destruction of one of its orbiting satellites early last year.
Sat Feb 16, 2008
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Over-Budget Contract Could Stall 2010 Census    more similar news »
A $600 million program to buy handheld devices and create an automated network to collect data for the 2010 Census faces major cost overruns and could cause delays in preparing for the nationwide head count.
Sat Feb 16, 2008
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Surveillance Law Set to Expire Today    more similar news »
A federal law granting President Bush extensive powers to monitor the communications of foreign terrorism suspects without a court warrant expires today, the culmination of an unusual political game of chicken in which neither side gave way before leaving Washington.
Sat Feb 16, 2008
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Amazon's Cloud Storage Hiccups    more similar news »
SEATTLE -- Several companies lost access to their own files when Amazon.com Inc.'s pay-as-you-go data storage system went down Friday morning.
Sat Feb 16, 2008
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Digital TV Shift May Aid Cable Companies    more similar news »
NEW YORK -- TV's big switch from analog to digital broadcasts will be complete in just one year, on Feb. 17, 2009, and many consumers are puzzling over how the shift will affect them: Do they need a new converter box, a new TV, a better antenna? But it's pretty clear which business interests stand...
Sat Feb 16, 2008
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Microsoft Plays The Underdog    more similar news »
In the fall of 1997, I was interviewing Bill Gates at a conference in Scottsdale, Ariz. Suddenly the door to the room we were using sprung open, and William H. Neukom, then Microsoft's general counsel, rushed up to Gates and pulled him from the room. I later learned what the urgency was about: A...
Fri Feb 15, 2008
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Navy Will Attempt to Down Spy Satellite    more similar news »
A Navy cruiser in the Pacific Ocean will try an unprecedented shoot-down of an out-of-control, school-bus-size U.S. spy satellite loaded with a toxic fuel as it begins its plunge to Earth, national security officials said yesterday.
Fri Feb 15, 2008
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Even Spies Embrace China's Free Market    more similar news »
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Engineers Lan Lee and Yuefei Ge had drafted a business plan that they promised would roil the U.S. microchip industry. Using blueprints they allegedly stole from their Silicon Valley employer, the men proposed to reproduce a super-fast chip in China at a much lower cost.
Fri Feb 15, 2008
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U.S. Plans to Shoot Down Broken Spy Satellite    more similar news »
President Bush, acting on the advice of his national security advisers, has decided to attempt to shoot down a malfunctioning spy satellite that is expected to crash to the Earth by early next month.
Thu Feb 14, 2008
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