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  1. 20% of U.S. Population Has Never Used Email
  2. Surgical Robot Removes Calgary Woman's Brain Tumor
  3. Dag Wieers Scoffs at Coordinated Linux Release Proposal
  4. Survivor Buddy, a Friendly Robot Rescuer
  5. Canadian ISP Ordered to Prove Traffic-Shaping is Needed
  6. Most Business-Launched Virtual Worlds Fail
  7. McCain Campaign Pioneers a First: Courting Lefty Bloggers
  8. Spain Apprehends 5 Suspected Hackers
  9. Happy Birthday, Erik Satie!
  10. AOL Launches Specialty Sites to Boost Growth
  11. Fat People Cause Global Warming, Higher Food Prices
  12. Why Did Touch Take 4 Decades to Catch On?
  13. 2008 Google Summer of Code Highlights
  14. Robotic Camera Extension Takes Gigapixel Photos
  15. Wikimedia Censors Wikinews
  16. A Baseball Hat That Reads Your Mind
  17. $100 Laptop Platform Moves On
  18. Mars Harder and Colder Than Previously Thought
  19. Firefox 3 RC1 Out Now
  20. Unmanned Aircraft Pose US Airspace Problems
  21. World's Newest, Most Powerful Laser Comes Online
  22. Lockheed Martin Awarded GPS III
  23. Senators OK $1 Billion for Online Child Porn Fight
  24. Removing the Big Kernel Lock
  25. Understanding How CAPTCHA Is Broken
  26. Mars Harder and Colder Than Previously Thought
  27. Firefox 3 RC1 Out Now
  28. The World's Spookiest Weapons
  29. Dutch Voting Machines De-Certified
  30. Mars Harder and Colder Than Previously Thought
  31. Firefox 3 RC1 Out Now
  32. Unmanned Aircraft Pose US Airspace Problems
  33. World's Newest, Most Powerful Laser Comes Online
  34. Whiskey Geeks Keep Moonshine Tradition Alive
  35. Vintage Japanese Robots Storm Sci-Fi Museum
  36. The World's Spookiest Weapons
  37. NSF Research Reveals Chain Letter Travel Patterns
  38. US Senate Asks for National Security Letter Explanation
  39. A Baseball Hat That Reads Your Mind
  40. 800-Horsepower Hybrid to Race 24 Hours of Nurburgring
  41. Amputee Sprinter Wins Olympic Appeal to Compete
  42. 'X-Files' Scribe Switches to Superhero Mode for 'Hancock'
  43. How to Set Up a Pirate Radio Station
  44. $100 Laptop Platform Moves On
  45. Lockheed Martin Awarded GPSIII
  46. Can Charter Broadband Customers Really Opt-Out of Spying? Maybe Not
  47. Is Marc Andreessen Through with the Press?
  48. Facebook, Google Square Off Over Which One Owns Your Data
  49. Senators OK $1 Billion for Online Child Porn Fight
  50. Airwolf for Sale on eBay!
  51. Shape-Shifting Malware Hits the Web
  52. Dutch Voting Machines De-Certified
  53. File Sharing Comes to the iPhone
  54. Silicon Valley Book Party Turns Up the Heat
  55. Congressmen Ask Charter to Freeze Web Profiling Plan
  56. Soaring Over the Alps on Homemade Jet Wings
  57. Review: Casio EX-F1 Is a Speed-Demon Snapper
  58. How Clear Channel Will Change Deal-Making
  59. Air Force Bails Out on Social Network Ban
  60. DARPA Celebrates 50 Years of Pushing the Envelope
  61. Keeping Customer From Accessing My Database?
  62. Honeywell & Airbus To Turn Algae Into Jet Fuel
  63. Worried About Carbon? Don't Forget Nitrogen
  64. Mechanical-Limbed Runner OK'd for Olympics. Game On.
  65. OLPC Will Ship With Windows XP
  66. Code Quality In Open and Closed Source Kernels
  67. Fermilab Calls For Code Crackers
  68. What To Do With Old Laptops?
  69. Worst.Cellphone.Ever.
  70. It's Bike To Work Day: Here's How to Make It Happen
  71. IE 7.0/8.0b Code Execution 0-Day Released
  72. Bletchley Park Facing Financial Ruin
  73. Woman Indicted In MySpace Suicide Case
  74. OLPC Now Teamed With Microsoft
  75. Verizon Joins Linux Mobile Foundation
  76. Decent Book Clubs for Sci-Fi Fans?
  77. Carl Icahn Takes on Yahoo's Board
  78. May 16, 1960: Researcher Shines a Laser Light
  79. Happy Birthday, Lasers: Wired.com's Best Laser Stories
  80. Black Holes Don't Trap Information Forever
  81. Experts Say MySpace Suicide Indictment Sets 'Scary' Legal Precedent
  82. Streamlining and Testing RFID Technology
  83. Apple's New Boston Store, "A Diamond in a Rock Pile"
  84. Krusty the 'Simpsons' Clown Gets His Own Roller Coasters
  85. Microsoft and OLPC Agree To Put XP On the XO Laptop
  86. Details for Guitar Hero 4 Released
  87. CloudTrade Brings Free Music Sharing to Smartphones
  88. Chevrolet Volt Hits the Road With Li-Ion Batteries, 40-Mile Range
  89. Judge Says First-Ever RIAA Piracy Trial May Need a Do-Over
  90. What to Expect From Apple at WWDC 2008
  91. Moving Toward a Single Linux UI?
  92. Changing a School's Tech Disposal Policy?
  93. 3 Rugged Notebooks Take a Beating
  94. Big Payday for Web 2.0
  95. Comcast, Cox Slow BitTorrent Traffic All Day
  96. David Pogue Gushes Over the Chumby
  97. Changing a School'sTech Disposal Policy?
  98. Prius Sales Top 1 Million. Want One? Better Move Fast
  99. Recover Your Password-Protected MS Office Docs
  100. Lori Drew Charged With Conspiracy for Deadly MySpace Hoax
  101. Online Quiz As a Gateway to P2P
  102. CNET Employees Happy to be CBS Employees
  103. Report: Government's Cyber-Security Plan Is Riddled With New Spying Programs
  104. David Pogue Gushes Over the Chumby
  105. First Peek at Whedon's Killer Dolls
  106. Scientists Pinpoint the Next Big Pollution Problem
  107. Our Data, Ourselves
  108. Changing a School'sTech Disposal Policy?
  109. Darpa Aims to Snuff Flames With Electricity, Sound
  110. Guitar Tutorials Rocket Up iTunes Podcast Charts
  111. Judge in Capitol v. Thomas Considers New Trial
  112. IBM Touts Supercomputers for Enterprise
  113. Indictment Expected in Megan Meier Cyberbullying Case
  114. Air Force Aims for Control of 'Any and All' Computers
  115. Early Review Calls New Indiana Jones Film Dreadful
  116. Study: Cox, Comcast Internet Subscribers Blocked
  117. Reversing Trend, Cable Modems Win Over DSL in Q1
  118. CNET: CBS' YouTube, or Its Waterloo?
  119. Securing Your Notebook Against US Customs
  120. Shuttleworth Calls For Coordinated Release Cycles
  121. Devastating China Quake Struck in 2 Stages
  122. 3 Rugged Notebooks Take a Beating
  123. CBS Acquires CNET Networks for $1.8 Billion
  124. It's Official: Icahn Takes on Yahoo
  125. Colossus Cipher Challenge Winner On Ada
  126. UMG Calls Infringement Damages "Excessive"
  127. Flash Player 10: Dazzling Effects, Better Performance, Runs on Linux
  128. Review: Jawbones Latest Headset is Smaller Skinnier Sexier
  129. Swarming Ants Destroy Electronics in Texas
  130. NBC Activates Broadcast Flag
  131. Einstein Letter Goes on Sale
  132. CBS to buy CNet for $1.75 billion
  133. NBC Activates Broadcast Flag
  134. Einstein Letter Goes on Sale
  135. Estonian Cyber Defence Hub Set Up
  136. May 15, 1930: The Skies Get a Little Bit Friendlier
  137. IBM Touts Supercomputers for the Enterprise
  138. Elude Your ISP's BitTorrent Blockade
  139. Why So Sweaty on 'Demetrius'? Science of 'Battlestar Galactica'
  140. Cable Guy's New Address Book: Comcast Buys Plaxo
  141. Sen. Arlen Specter Demanding Probe of 'Spygate'
  142. Radical Cyclists Take to L.A. Freeways to Say Bikes Are Better
  143. Someone's Out to Get Wikimedia's Deputy Director
  144. San Francisco Wants to Make Electric Cars as Common as Cable Cars
  145. China Buying US Directed Sound 'Weapon'
  146. Review: Asus Eee PC 900 Is Even Better Second Time Around
  147. Get Started With Amateur Radio: A Guide for 'New Hams'
  148. Christian Warrior is Behind the Obama Smear Video
  149. Swiss Man Flies With Jet Powered Wing
  150. YouTube's Unspoken Linking Policy For Copyright Infringers
  151. Marauding Ants Foul Houston-Area Computers
  152. Vatican Says Alien Life Plausible
  153. Games With A Purpose Help With Tasks That Tax Computers
  154. Entertainment Industry Leaned on L.A. Politicos to Declare Piracy a 'Public Nuisance'
  155. Fewer Flying This Summer, But Air Travel Will Remain Hellish
  156. California Hands-Free Cellphone Law Could Save 300 Lives a Year
  157. Techies Keen to Keep Jobs In the Family
  158. Youngest Galactic Supernova Found, But No Aliens
  159. Hitler Remixes Are Big -- on YouTube
  160. First Look: Mozilla Thunderbird Mail Adds Tabs, Better Mac Support
  161. NASA Discovers Galaxy's Most Recent Supernova
  162. MySpace Gets $230 Million Judgment Against 'Spam King'. Good Luck Collecting.
  163. Building Websites with Joomla! 1.5
  164. Syrian Blogger Sentenced to Three Years in Jail
  165. NASA Phoenix Mission Ready For Mars Landing
  166. Youngsters Skip DVR Ads Less Than Seniors
  167. Developers: Adobe Delaying Online Music Apps
  168. New Antivirus Tests Show Rootkits Hard to Kill
  169. Linux Desktop to Appear On Every Asus Motherboard
  170. British "X-files" Released to Public
  171. 85% of Chinese Citizens Like Internet Censorship
  172. MySpace Wins $230 Million Judgment Against Sanford Wallace
  173. British ' X-files' Released to Public
  174. Britain Opens Archives on UFO Sightings
  175. 85% of Chinese Likes Censorship
  176. Landline Use Falls Off as Mobile Usage Grows
  177. MySpace Wins $230 Million vs Sanford Wallace
  178. MySpace Gets $230 Million Judgement Against 'Spam King'. Good Luck Collecting.
  179. Running Mac OS X on standard PCs
  180. Syrian Blogger Sentenced to Three Years in Jail
  181. Mormon Church Goes After WikiLeaks
  182. VBA Will Return To Mac Office
  183. NASA Phoenix Mission Ready For Mars Landing
  184. Youngsters Skip DVR Ads Less Than Seniors
  185. May 14, 1796: Jenner Tests Vaccination on Human Subject
  186. Alt Text: Workin' at the Internet Cafe -- Laptop Dilemma
  187. Videos and Report From Embedded Linux Conference
  188. A View From Inside the OLPC Project
  189. Charter to Share Broadband Customers' Web Histories With Ad Networks
  190. Comparing 3G Networks
  191. Sun's McNealy: 'I Don't Want to Be On the Network'
  192. Internet TV Will Let You be a Couch Potato in Traffic
  193. Quantum Cryptography Broken, and Fixed
  194. 5 IRS Employees Charged With Snooping on Tax Returns
  195. Get Used to It — Sky-High Oil Prices Are Here to Stay
  196. Is Icahn Maneuvering to Oust Yahoo Board?
  197. Fisker's Still Testing Its $80K Hybrid, But Already Considering a Sequel
  198. Exercise May Protect Girls From Breast Cancer
  199. 10 Million iPhones by Year's End? NP.
  200. UK Agency Files OOXML Complaint, EU Demurs
  201. Craigslist vs. eBay: Spying, Lying and Hyperlink Abuse
  202. Imeem Unseats Yahoo as Top Music-Streaming Site
  203. Air Force Aims for 'Full Control' of 'Any and All' Computers
  204. Terrafugia CEO Responds To "Flying Car" Criticism
  205. Hope and Horror: Your Take on First GM Human Embryo
  206. Ron Paul Supporters, What Are Your Plans?
  207. Google Begins Blurring Faces In Street View
  208. Hawking Searching For Africa's Einsteins
  209. Some Final Thoughts on Our Friend Michael Arrington
  210. Pop Artist Robert Rauschenberg, 82, Dies
  211. Microsoft Launches WorldWide Telescope
  212. New Mars Lander Looks for Water, Could Find Life
  213. Charter Is Latest ISP To Plan Wiretapping Via DPI
  214. Microsoft Reaches Out To Blender
  215. Libertarian Bob Barr Hopes to Scoop Up Ron Paul's Internet-Driven Support
  216. How the RIAA Targets Campus Copyright Violators
  217. Fedora 9 (Sulphur) Released
  218. How to Geotag Your Digital Photos
  219. Fedora 9 (Sulphur) Released
  220. Microsoft's Bid for Family-Friendly Xbox Games
  221. HP Buying EDS With Its Head in the Clouds
  222. Debian Bug Leaves Private SSL/SSH Keys Guessable
  223. 4D Analogue of Megaminx Puzzle
  224. Don't Peel & Stick Me, Bro!
  225. Modified Human Embryo Stirs Fears of 'Designer Babies'
  226. Wind-Powered Energy More Than Just Hot Air
  227. 4D analogue of Megaminx Puzzle
  228. China to Regulate Internet Map Publishing
  229. HP Seals the Deal, Buys EDS For $14B
  230. China to Regulate Internet Map Publishing
  231. Just How Effective is System Hardening?
  232. Homemade VoIP Network Over Wi-Fi Routers
  233. Lectures On the Frontiers of Physics Online
  234. A Walk Through the Hard Drive Recovery Process
  235. Free (As In Speech) Beer, V2.0
  236. Seeking Signs of Ancient Martian Life
  237. Earthquake In China
  238. "Understanding" Search Engine Enters Public Beta
  239. New Spider Species Named After Neil Young
  240. McCain Breaks From Bush on Climate Change, Calls for Mandatory Caps
  241. May 13, 1637: Cardinal Richelieu Makes His Point
  242. David Byrne Converts Building Into Giant Instrument
  243. Using Microwaves To Cook Ballast Stowaways
  244. A Walk Through the Hard Drive Recovery Process
  245. How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse
  246. NASA Does a U-Turn, Opens To Private Industry
  247. Brad Neuberg, Google Gears, and the Future of the Web
  248. International Hackers Indicted for Sniffing Credit Cards from Dave & Buster's
  249. Wind Could Power 20 Percent of U.S. Grid by 2030
  250. PC World Editor to Step Down, Start Own Venture