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  1. Intel Doubles Capacity of Likely Flash Successor
  2. The Life of a Software Engineer
  3. How Microsoft-Yahoo Will Affect Open Source
  4. The Dungeons and Dragons Fourth Edition Preview Books
  5. Vista SP1 Released to Manufacturing
  6. PostgreSQL 8.3 Released
  7. Experts Claim HIV Patients Made Non-Infectious
  8. 2008 Turing Award Winners Announced
  9. Yahoo Music Shutting Down, Users Going to Real
  10. NVIDIA To Buy AGEIA
  11. Microsoft Misleads On Canadian Copyright Reform
  12. RIAA Wants Songwriter Royalty Lowered
  13. Online Parent-Child Gap Widens
  14. Taiwan Group Responsible For 90% of MSFT Piracy
  15. FBI To Spend $1B Expanding Fingerprint Database
  16. IBM Slams Microsoft, Calls OOXML "Inferior"
  17. 10K Filing Suggests Grim Outlook for SCO
  18. Time-Warner Considers Per-Gigabyte Service Fee, After iTunes
  19. EFF Attacks Online Gaming Patent
  20. Three Parents Contribute to Experimental Human Embryo
  21. Ron Paul Campaign Answers Slashdot Reader Questions
  22. Microsoft Upgrades Vista Kernel in SP1
  23. Space Spotters Track Secret Satellites
  24. One Step Closer to IPv6
  25. Is the Game Boy the Toughest Product Ever Made?
  26. 2009 US Budget Holds Mixed News For Science
  27. Dell Suit Reveals Lucrative Domain Name Trade
  28. Apple Updates iPhone and iPod Touch
  29. Dutch Unveil Robot Gas Station Attendant
  30. Reform Could Kill EFF "Patent Busting Project"
  31. Low Voltage Is Key To Energy-Efficient Chip
  32. A $1 Billion Email Gaffe
  33. Tainted Pills Hit US Mainland
  34. Open Source Code In a Closed Source Company
  35. Toddlers May Learn Language By Data Mining
  36. Affordable Workstation Graphics Card Shoot-Out
  37. 111 Years Ago, Indiana Almost Legislated Pi
  38. DHS Official Suggests REAL ID Mission Creep
  39. TrueCrypt 5.0 Released, Now Encrypts Entire Drive
  40. Richard Stallman on OLPC
  41. Fifth Cable Cut, Iran Loses Net Connectivity
  42. FCC's Spectrum Auction Approaches $20B in Bids
  43. Master Diebold Key Copied From Web Site
  44. Reaction Engines plan Mach 5 Airliner
  45. Time-Warner Planning AOL Split
  46. Fifth Cable Cut To Middle East
  47. Drupal 5 Themes
  48. Users Worldwide Feel Internet Is 'Safer'
  49. Duke Nukem Forever 'Confirmed' For Late 2008
  50. White Paper Decries RIAA Attempts To Raise Infringement Payouts
  51. Danish ISP Tele2 Challenges Pirate Bay Blockade
  52. Robotic Telescope Installed on Antarctica Plateau
  53. Best Laptop for Going Around the World?
  54. Breakthrough in Holographic Displays
  55. Sci-Fi Tech We Could Have Right Now (For a Price)
  56. Mac Hack Contest Redux
  57. Microsoft Responds to 'Save XP' Petition
  58. See-Through Fish Help Cancer Research
  59. Does Anonymity In Virtual Worlds Breed Terrorism?
  60. Canadians Weary of 'Enhanced Drivers Licenses'
  61. One Computer to Rule Them All
  62. Li-Ion Batteries Hit Final R&D Phase for Plug-in Cars
  63. eBay to Drop Negative Feedback on Buyers
  64. U.S. Confiscating Data at the Border
  65. Canadians Wary of 'Enhanced Drivers Licenses'
  66. Are These People Reshaping the Gaming Industry?
  67. OpenID Foundation Embraced by Big Players
  68. Affordable Workstation Graphics Card Shoot-Out
  69. Toddlers May Learn Language By Data Mining
  70. Open Source Code In a Closed Source Company
  71. Tainted Pills Hit US Mainland
  72. A $1 Billion Email Gaffe
  73. Low Voltage Is Key To Energy-Efficient Chip
  74. Reform Could Kill EFF "Patent Busting Project"
  75. Dutch Unveil Robot Gas Station Attendant
  76. Apple Updates iPhone and iPod Touch
  77. Dell Suit Reveals Lucrative Domain Name Trade
  78. 2009 US Budget Holds Mixed News For Science
  79. Is the Game Boy the Toughest Product Ever Made?
  80. One Step Closer to IPv6
  81. Space Spotters Track Secret Satellites
  82. Microsoft Upgrades Vista Kernel in SP1
  83. Antivirus Inventor Says Security Pros Are Wasting Time
  84. Muslim Groups Attempt to Censor Wikipedia
  85. Facebook Sharing Too Much Personal Data With Application Developers
  86. Modu Unveils Modular, Transformer-style Phone
  87. Install Copyright Filters on PCs, Says RIAA Boss
  88. PC World Tests Final Version of Vista SP1
  89. Cell Hits 45nm, PS3 Price Drop Likely to Follow
  90. Do Not Call Registry Set to Become Permanent
  91. Bruce Schneier Weighs in on IT Lock-in Strategies
  92. The Future of XML
  93. FBI Sought Approval To Use Spyware Through FISC
  94. Comcast's New Terms of Service Disclose Traffic Management
  95. Birds Give a Lesson to Plane Designers
  96. First Amendment Ruling Protects Internet Trolls
  97. TSA Changes Screening Based on Blog Suggestion
  98. New Authentication Scheme Proposed
  99. Hotmail Doesn't Work With Linux Firefox 2.0
  100. Torvalds On Desktop Linux's Slow Uptake
  101. Deal Reportedly Reached In Writers' Strike
  102. RIAA's Attack On NewYorkCountryLawyer Fails
  103. Hostile ta Vista, Baby
  104. 10-Year Anniversary of Open Source
  105. Chinese Professor Sues Google, Yahoo Over Search Exclusion
  106. Is Linus Torvalds Speaking for Linux Anymore?
  107. Intel Skulltrail Benchmark and Analysis
  108. Yahoo Offers All-You-Can-Eat Storage and Bandwidth
  109. Intel Sued Over Core 2 Duo Patent Infringement
  110. College Funding Bill Passes House, P2P Provision Intact
  111. Microsoft Under Third EU Investigation for OOXML
  112. Zvents Releases Open Source Cluster Database Based on Google
  113. W3C Gets Excessive DTD Traffic
  114. Star Swallows Companion, Burps Out Planet-Forming Cloud
  115. Protecting Online Identity Through Cryptography
  116. 3G iPhone on the Way?
  117. WV Assessor Sues to Keep Tax Maps Off the Internet
  118. Energy from raindrops
  119. Making Use of Terabytes of Unused Storage
  120. Yet Another Perpetual Motion Device
  121. Namco Blames Wii for Arcade Closures
  122. Adobe PDF Exploits In the Wild
  123. Science Debate 2008
  124. Energy From Raindrops
  125. Yahoo To Reject Microsoft Bid
  126. A Smart Pillbox To Improve Medication Compliance
  127. Has Ron Paul Quit?
  128. Serious Vulnerability In Firefox 2.0.0.12
  129. Biofuels Make Greenhouse Gases Worse
  130. Should IBM's SOM/DSOM Be Open Sourced?
  131. Amazon Erases Orders To Cover Up Pricing Mistake
  132. Name the New Gamma-Ray Space Telescope
  133. OpenBSD Will Not Fix PRNG Weakness
  134. Examining the Search and Seizure of Electronics at Airports
  135. Web Graphic Design for Small Businesses
  136. Knee Brace Generates Electricity from Walking
  137. Antarctic Expedition to Track Down Extreme Living Creatures
  138. Antarctic Expedition To Track Down Extreme Living Creatures
  139. Knee Brace Generates Electricity From Walking
  140. Is Microsoft Office Adware?
  141. WGA Under Vista SP1 Is Kinder and Nags More
  142. Linux Kernel 2.6 Local Root Exploit
  143. Tor Is Giving Away E-Books
  144. Best Open Source License For Hardware?
  145. Semantic Web Getting Real
  146. Security Research and Blackmail
  147. Tor Books Is Giving Away E-Books
  148. Nanowires of Unlimited Length
  149. Ethics In IT
  150. SP1 Unsuccessful in Preventing Vista Hacks
  151. The Grammy In Mathematics
  152. Live Blogs From the Hans Reiser Trial
  153. Domain Key Identified Mail vs Phishing
  154. Benchmarking the Benchmarks
  155. Next Year's Laws, Now Out In Beta!
  156. Encryption Could Make You More Vulnerable
  157. ISP Block on Pirate Bay Not Having Desired Effect
  158. Internet "Creates Pedophiles" According to "Expert"
  159. Microsoft Trolling for New Acquisitions
  160. DARPA Advances AI Program for Air Traffic Control
  161. EU Plans to Require Biometrics for Visitors
  162. "Anonymous" Takes Scientology Protest to the Streets
  163. DARPA Advances AI Program For Air Traffic Control
  164. Trend Micro Draws Boycott Over AV Patent Case
  165. Space Shuttle Secrets Stolen For China
  166. Samsung Sued Over "Defective" Blu-ray Player
  167. TechNet Users Revolt Over Vista SP1 Unavailability
  168. Mac OS X 10.5.2 Update Brings Welcome Fixes
  169. Starbucks Drops T-Mobile For AT&T
  170. Windows XP Update Library On a CD
  171. Submersible Glider Powered By Thermal Changes
  172. Tolkien Trust Sues New Line, May Kill "Hobbit"
  173. UK Government To Terminate File Sharers' Net Access
  174. Facebook A Black Hole For Personal Info
  175. First Organic Molecules Found on Alien World
  176. Haiku OS Resurrects BeOS as Open Source
  177. EU Regulator Raids Intel Offices
  178. An Older Demographic May Soon Dominate Gaming
  179. Microsoft Had Doubts About the 'Vista Capable' Label
  180. Web Browsers Under Siege From Organized Crime
  181. US Military Seeks Hypersonic Weaponry
  182. Will Wright's Spore To Release Sept. 7th
  183. US Senate Votes Immunity For Telecoms
  184. 6% of Web Users Generate 50% of Ad Clicks
  185. A Look Back At 10 Years of OSI
  186. First Sight of Google Android
  187. Microsoft Standing Firm On OOXML ISO Vote
  188. 3D Crystal Grown On a DNA Lattice
  189. Canon Files For DSLR Iris Registration Patent
  190. Labels Agree On Free Music Downloads To Cell Phones
  191. Firefox 3 Beta 3 Officially Released
  192. Air Force Seeking Geeks For 'Cyber Command'
  193. Multi-Threaded SSH/SCP
  194. US Group Calls Canada a Top Copyright Violator
  195. The Shadow Space Race
  196. Speedcabling - Untangling for fun and profit.
  197. Outer Space has a Smell
  198. Comcast Defends Role As Internet Traffic Cop
  199. Spore Hands-On Preview
  200. Harvard Faculty Adopts Open-Access Requirement
  201. Writers Strike Officially Over
  202. Disney Takes Another Stab at the House of the Future
  203. X Power Tools
  204. DOE Shines $21M on Advanced Lighting Research
  205. Hardware Based OpenID Service Available
  206. Multifunction Printers — The Forgotten Security Risk?
  207. The $54 Million Laptop
  208. New 'Net Neutrality' Bill Introduced
  209. Speedcabling ‐ Untangling For Fun and Profit
  210. Microsoft Pushes Copyright Education Curriculum
  211. US Set to Use Spy Satellites on US Citizens
  212. Titan's Organics Surpass Oil Reserves on Earth
  213. Students Downloading Jihadist Material Acquitted
  214. Australia's Geekiest Man
  215. University Bows to RIAAs Demands for Student Names
  216. The ThinkPad Takes On The MacBook Air
  217. How Spam Was Done 70 Years Ago
  218. Whatever Happened To The Joystick?
  219. New Legislation Could Eventually Lead to ISP Throttling Ban
  220. Animated Film Set To Kick Off Star Wars TV Show
  221. Laser Light Re-creates 'Black Holes' in the Lab
  222. EU Commissioner Proposes 95 year Copyright
  223. Nanowires Allow For Electricity-Generating Clothing
  224. UK ISPs Want Copyright Holders to Pay if Users Sue
  225. US To Shoot Down Dying Satellite
  226. The Starbucks/AT&T Deal To Change Perception of Public Wi-Fi?
  227. 'Friendly' Worms Could Spread Software Fixes
  228. SCO Goes Private With $100 Million Backing
  229. Hydrogen-Powered cars with Zero-Carbon-Emission?
  230. Scientists Find Solar System Like Ours
  231. Microsoft Battles Vista Perception With Prizes
  232. Computer Models Find Patterns in Asymmetric Threats
  233. Computer Models Find Patterns In Asymmetric Threats
  234. White House Must Answer For Missing Emails
  235. Comcast's FCC Filing Called Unfair, Not Good Enough
  236. Rush Limbaugh Begs Steve Jobs For Bug Fixes
  237. UK Commissioner Seeks To Ban Ultrasonic Anti-Teen Device
  238. Yahoo Seeking Partnership With News Corp.
  239. House Declines To Vote On Telecom Immunity
  240. SGI Acquires Linux Networx Assets, LNXI Dead?
  241. OLPC and CC Free Content Drive
  242. Lessig For Congress?
  243. Vista SP1 Update Locks Out Some Users
  244. Secret Printer ID Codes May Be Illegal In the EU
  245. The Knol Hypothesis
  246. Toshiba Making Funeral Plans for HD DVD
  247. Newspaper Ad Network Shuns Google, Yahoo, MS
  248. Cell Phone Use Study Sees Increased Cancer Risk
  249. 'Porn King' Says Google Should Block Porn Access
  250. UK ISPs Resistant to Monitoring Users