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Archive for November, 2007

Review by NASA Clears Shuttle for Launching - New York Times

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Xinhua

Review by NASA Clears Shuttle for LaunchingNew York Times - 1 hour agoBy WARREN E. LEARY WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 - The space shuttle Atlantis is to launch on schedule Thursday for a mission to the International Space Station after being cleared by a review of all elements of the flight, NASA managers said Friday.European space lab, […]

Looking to kindle interest in Amazon's new gadget - Charlotte Observer

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Looking to kindle interest in Amazon's new gadgetCharlotte Observer - Nov 30, 2007AP Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com, introduces the Kindle at a news conference on Monday, Nov. 19, 2007 in New York. The $399 electronic book device will allow downloads of more than 90000 book titles, blogs, magazines and newspapers.Where there's smoke, there's […]

A Rising Number of Birds at Risk - New York Times

Friday, November 30th, 2007

dBTechno

A Rising Number of Birds at RiskNew York Times - 40 minutes agoBy ANTHONY depalma Relentless sprawl, invasive species and global warming are threatening an increasing number of bird species in the United States, pushing a quarter of them - including dozens in New York and New Jersey - toward extinction, …Flight risk: more of […]

EU-Iranian talks break up; no compromise (AP via Yahoo! News)

Friday, November 30th, 2007

An 18-month attempt to persuade Iran to halt uranium enrichment collapsed Friday after a senior EU envoy failed to dent Iran’s resolve to expand the technology, despite the threat of new U.N. sanctions.
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NASA Set to Launch Shuttle Atlantis on Thurs. - International Business Times

Friday, November 30th, 2007

AlaskaReport

NASA Set to Launch Shuttle Atlantis on Thurs.International Business Times - 1 hour agoSAN FRANCISCO - NASA has cleared the way for the Atlantis shuttle launch next week on a mission to equip the space station with a new science lab.Space Station lab will boost Europe's status in space ReutersSpace shuttle Atlantis to blast off […]

FBI Hunts For Missing Employee After $7 Million Theft - AHN

Friday, November 30th, 2007

WKYC-TV

FBI Hunts For Missing Employee After $7 Million TheftAHN - 1 hour agoLiberty, OH (AHN) - Federal agents have begun a nationwide manhunt for an employee of an armored carrier company they suspect was involved in the theft of $7 million in cash and checks.FBI Searching for Armored Car Employee The Associated PressFBI issues arrest warrants […]

Microsoft buys webfives, former exec returns with it - Seattle Post Intelligencer

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Microsoft buys webfives, former exec returns with itSeattle Post Intelligencer - Nov 30, 2007Michael Toutonghi is headed back to Microsoft after selling his Seattle Internet startup webfives to the software giant in a deal of undisclosed size.Microsoft buys Toutonghi's Seattle startup Seattle TimesMicrosoft Buys Assets of Media Sharing Service webfives paidContent.orgTechCrunch - ZDNet Blogs - LiveSide - TechShout!all 10 […]

Teenager accused of leading £12.5m cyber crime team

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Guardian Unlimited - A New Zealand teenager is facing a 10-year jail term after being accused of leading an international group of computer hackers called the A-Team that infiltrated more than a million computers worldwide and swindled their owners out of £12.5m . The …
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Down in Des Moines Obama revives the ghost of JFK

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Guardian Unlimited - Amid a clutter of computers, campaign slogans - “The Road to Change Starts Here” - discarded coffee cups and empty Big Tomato Pizza cartons, the team is accumulating the most detailed data ever on any electorate. Although the population of Iowa is …
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Mozilla Swats Firefox Bug With a Patch - eWeek

Friday, November 30th, 2007

InternetNews.com

Mozilla Swats Firefox Bug With a PatcheWeek - 5 hours agoBy Brian Prince Mozilla has issued a fix for a bug found in an update issued earlier this week. Officials at Mozilla said they have released an update to fix a flaw in the recently released 2.0.0.10 version of their Firefox browser.Firefox Breaks Web Canvas InternetNews.comMozilla […]

Kith and Kindle - O’Reilly Radar

Friday, November 30th, 2007

CNET Blogs

Kith and KindleO’Reilly Radar - 22 hours agoWhat does Web 2.0 mean for your company? Get the latest on the why, what, who, and how of Web 2.0 in this report. Read more Is Facebook the next platform for profits?Looking to kindle interest in Amazon's new gadget Charlotte ObserverIs the Amazon Kindle Really the ipod […]

Teenager suspected of bank ’spybot’ scam

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Daily Telegraph - … computer equipment from the home of an 18-year-old in the search for “AKILL”, the head of an elite international “spybot” ring, following a year-long investigation which had involved the FBI. The scam is said to have infected millions of computers …
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[Updated] The Day’s Big Story — Was gamespot’s Top Reviewer Fired … - MTV.com

Friday, November 30th, 2007

bit-tech.net

[Updated] The Day’s Big Story — Was gamespot’s Top Reviewer Fired …MTV.com - 1 hour agoPenny Arcade made a comic about the - rumor - last night that gamespot was having trouble reconciling the site’s major ad deal with game publisher Eidos with the 6.0 review the site’s head reviewer gave Eidos’ advertised game, “Kane & […]

US sues ship and pilot for San Francisco spill - Reuters

Friday, November 30th, 2007

CTV.ca

US sues ship and pilot for San Francisco spillReuters - Nov 30, 2007SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The US government sued a pilot on Friday whose ship spilled 58000 gallons of fuel into San Francisco Bay earlier this month — the bay's worst environmental incident in more than 15 years.Oil spill aftermath getting messier San Jose Mercury […]

Facebook's Beacon More Intrusive Than Previously Thought - PC World

Friday, November 30th, 2007

PhysOrg.com

Facebook's Beacon More Intrusive Than Previously ThoughtPC World - Nov 30, 2007A Computer Associates security researcher says that Facebook's controversial Beacon online ad system goes much further than expected in tracking people's Web activities.Facebook drops controversial 'opt-out' advertising service IndependentFacebook tweaks web-watching feature after privacy protests Guardian UnlimitedFinancial Times - eFluxMedia - MTV.com - CNET News.comall 527 news articles

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