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- › Did this Metro PCS ad make the tech world cringe?
- 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?
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
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- › Iran moves closer to nuke warhead capacity
- Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:58:27 GMT - VIENNA (AP) -- Iran pressed ahead Monday with plans that will increase its ability to make nuclear weapons as it formally informed the U.N. nuclear agency of its intention to enrich uranium to higher levels....
- › Obama's health care summit: Just for show?
- Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:05:55 GMT - WASHINGTON (AP) -- Could this turn into something more than political theater? President Barack Obama's televised dialogue with Republican lawmakers on health care, promised for later this month, has the makings of an entertaining exchange. But the differences between the basic Democratic and GOP ideas are stark - and the two sides have increasingly hardened their positions in this election year....
- › AP Interview: NY's Paterson lashes back at rumors
- Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:14:07 GMT - ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York Gov. David Paterson on Monday lashed back at what he called a "callous and sleazy" assault on his character in statehouse rumors and media reports that include accusations about womanizing and drug use, allegations he flatly denied....
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- › How to make new stuff from your piles of obsolete tech
- Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:00:03 +0000 - If you're like us, you have an attic, closet, or garage stuffed with unused, outdated tech junk. Oh, you think you'll recycle it -- but you don't, do you? Wouldn't you like to do something useful with them?
- › Alan Turing and the Ace computer
- Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:40:04 +0000 - The Automatic Computing Engine or Ace was designed by Alan Turing and brought together a team who would go on to design the technology that underpins the internet.
- › Facebook "Cash Scam" Continues to Grow Bigger
- Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:20:02 +0000 - Users personal information is revealed through photos, status updates and conversations that are being well documented online. Last week, the Serious Fraud Office of London (SFO) warned that Facebook and Twitter are being used to harvest users’ personal financial details by fraudsters in order to operate "boiler rooms" offshore.
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- › Jackson medic denies manslaughter
- Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:04:55 GMT - Michael Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, denies a charge of involuntary manslaughter over the singer's death.
- › MPs to decide on vote referendum
- Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:03:23 GMT - MPs are to vote on Gordon Brown's plan for a referendum on changing Britain's "first past the post" voting system.
- › Ice 'probable cause' of BA crash
- Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:23:39 GMT - The fault which caused a plane to crash land at Heathrow airport in January 2008 was "unrecognised", a report says.
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AP Top Technology News At 9:25 p.m. EST
- › Electronic Arts shares dive on weak outlook
- Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:05:32 GMT - NEW YORK (AP) -- A disappointing outlook from Electronic Arts Inc. sent shares of the video game publisher sharply lower Monday, a sign that significant cost-cuts and layoffs have not ended the company's slump....
- › Security chip that does encryption in PCs hacked
- Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:31:47 GMT - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Deep inside millions of computers is a digital Fort Knox, a special chip with the locks to highly guarded secrets, including classified government reports and confidential business plans. Now a former U.S. Army computer-security specialist has devised a way to break those locks....
- › MySpace Music experiments with audio ads
- Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:46:56 GMT - LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Hoping to boost revenue, MySpace Music has begun experimenting with audio advertisements that users must hear if they want to listen to music for free online....
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