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  1. Paul Newman Dies at 83
  2. W3C.org Briefly Censored In Finland
  3. Debunking the Google Earth Censorship Myth
  4. Steve Rayner: Take Climate Change Seriously
  5. 15th Anniversary: The Rantiest Reader Rants Ever
  6. Moore's 'Slacker Uprising' Makes a Splash Online
  7. The Return of Led Zeppelin
  8. Remembering 50 Years of (and Leading Up To) the Internet
  9. Australia Mulling a Nationwide Vehicle-Tracking System
  10. Venezuela Purchases a Million Intel Classmates
  11. Debunking the Google Earth Censorship Myth
  12. Thomson Reuters Sues Over Open-Source Endnote-Alike Zotero
  13. Designing a Patent-Incentive Program?
  14. Windows Mobile 7 Phone Release Delayed Again
  15. Chinese Astronauts Complete First Spacewalk
  16. Japan To Get 1Gbps Home Fiber Connections
  17. DARPA Developing Super Scope
  18. Wal-Mart Ends DRM Support
  19. Security Flaw In Yahoo Mail Exposes Plaintext Authentication Info
  20. Google Reveals Wireless Vision - Open Networks
  21. California Sec. of State Wants Open Source E-Voting Systems
  22. Princeton Researchers Say Feds Need Data Standard
  23. Designing The Ultimate Netbook
  24. Australian ISPs Claim Net Neutrality Is an 'American Problem'
  25. Safe Stem Cells Produced From Adult Cells
  26. China's First Spacewalk Team Returns Triumphant to Earth
  27. New Approach To Malware Modifies Linux Kernel
  28. UCLA Group Discovers Humongous Prime Number
  29. Wall Street's Collapse Is Computer Science's Gain
  30. FOSS Multicast Document Sharing?
  31. CERN Rivals Say Melting Magnets Are Par For Course
  32. Be Part of the 2008 Presidential Youth Debate
  33. 'Eagle Eye' Tops Box Office as Movie Goers Weigh In
  34. "Pull" Barcode Scanning Could Be Android's Killer App
  35. Game Distribution and the 'Idiocy' of DRM
  36. On Fourth Launch Attempt, SpaceX Falcon 1 Reaches Orbit
  37. SpaceX Did It -- Falcon 1 Made it to Space
  38. Carbon Trading Won't Save Aviation and Shipping
  39. Sweet Digital Mockups of Fantasy Ferrari Motorcycle
  40. A Temple For the Worship of Science
  41. Software Update Makes iTunes Accessible To Blind Users
  42. Sept. 29, 1920: Radio Goes Commercial
  43. Playlist: Bounty Hunter's Hikaru Iwanaga, Walken A to Z, Google Transit
  44. Parag Khanna: Embrace the Post-American Age
  45. Mark Smolinski: Detect Epidemics Before They Start
  46. World's Oldest Rocks Found
  47. Princeton Researchers Say Feds Need Data Standard
  48. O3B Details Plan for Satellite-Based Bandwidth For Africa
  49. OS X On the MSI Wind
  50. Microsoft and Nokia Adopt OSS JQuery Framework
  51. Becoming a Famous Programmer
  52. Achewood Creator on NPR
  53. New Gameboy DS to Include Camera, Music
  54. IBM Wants Patent On Finding Areas Lacking Patents
  55. Space Visionaries Prove Naysayers Wrong -- Again
  56. Council Sells Security Hole On Ebay
  57. Working Effectively with Legacy Code
  58. PC Historian Finds Puzzling Game Diskette Image
  59. Achewood Creator on NPR
  60. Hubble Failure May Delay NASA Repair Mission
  61. Apple Rots; Shares Hit New 52-Week Low
  62. Nero Unveils LiquidTV, TiVo For Your Computer
  63. Private Rockets Could Boost Military, Too
  64. New Solar Cell Sets World Efficiency Record
  65. Hubble Stops Sending Data, Mission On Hold
  66. House Shoots Down Wall Street Bailout Plan
  67. Feds Unwrap $15M For Corporate Energy Reduction
  68. Mars Lander Sees Falling Snow
  69. Microsoft Adjusts to 21st Century, Adopts Open JavaScript Framework
  70. Researchers Dupe GPS Receivers Through Spoof Attack
  71. Novell Engineer Blasts Ubuntu for Not Helping Linux
  72. The Stigma of a Tech Support Background
  73. Pedal Powered Blimp Doesn't Make It Across the Channel
  74. Copyright Czar's Fate in Bush's Hands; Veto Looms
  75. Tsunami Invisibility Cloak
  76. HumanCar Powered by Human Energy, Not Ethanol
  77. Headfirst Slide to Base Faster, Say Physicists
  78. SpaceX Aims Next for Space Station and the Moon
  79. Wired's Guide to Green Travel
  80. Another Way the LHC Could Self-Destruct
  81. AMD Graphics Chips Could Last 10X To 100X Longer
  82. House Members in Tight November Elections Scuttle Bailout
  83. Fans Reconstruct Trashed 'Doctor Who' Classics
  84. How to Add hCards to Your Site
  85. Tech Stocks Will Keep Tanking; Time to Buy (Except Apple)
  86. CSRF Flaws Found On Major Websites, Including a Bank
  87. Sept. 30, 1846: Ether He Was the First or He Wasn't
  88. Meet the Stars of LittleBigPlanet: Sackboy and Sackgirl
  89. Charles Ferguson: Beware of New, Easy-to-Make Nukes
  90. LittleBigPlanet Transforms Players Into DIY Gods
  91. 15th Anniversary: Big Dog and Robo Rat Join the Bots We Love
  92. Strong Methane Emissions On the Siberian Shelf
  93. Sending Excess Load To the Cloud?
  94. First Photos of the Reentry of the ATV "Jules Verne"
  95. New Jersey's Cablevision Hijacks 404 Error Pages
  96. The 23 Toughest Math Questions
  97. First Photos of the Reentry of the ATV "Jules Verne"
  98. Sending Excess Load To the Cloud?
  99. Strong Methane Emissions On the Siberian Shelf
  100. CSRF Flaws Found On Major Websites, Including a Bank
  101. WiMax Is Finally Coming — Here's How It Performs
  102. Internet Radio May Catch a Break From Congress
  103. MI6 Terror Photos, Data Accidentally Sold On Ebay
  104. Russian Police Know Who Wrote Gpcode Virus
  105. Stocks Rebound, but Market Uncertainty Remains
  106. Managing Personal Electronics and Software In the Workplace
  107. New Jersey's Cablevision Hijacks DNS Error Pages
  108. RealNetworks, Film Industry Headed To Court
  109. Reducing Boot Time On a General Linux Distro
  110. Ocean Dead Zones Far More Widespread Than Thought
  111. Activision CEO: Labels Should Owe Guitar Hero, Not Reverse
  112. NASA Sets Date for Phoenix's Return to the Ashes
  113. Roku To Go Open Source
  114. RealNetworks, Film Industry Headed To Court
  115. Managing Personal Electronics and Software In the Workplace
  116. Russian Police Know Who Wrote Gpcode Virus
  117. WiMax Is Finally Coming — Here's How It Performs
  118. The 23 Toughest Math Questions
  119. First Photos of the Reentry of the ATV "Jules Verne"
  120. Sending Excess Load To the Cloud?
  121. Strong Methane Emissions On the Siberian Shelf
  122. CSRF Flaws Found On Major Websites, Including a Bank
  123. Another Way the LHC Could Self-Destruct
  124. AMD Graphics Chips Could Last 10X To 100X Longer
  125. MPAA, RealNetworks Waging Court Battle Over DVD-Copying Software
  126. Microsoft Millionaire Buys His Way Back to the Space Station
  127. The Facts & Fiction of Bandwidth Caps
  128. Google Lively To Be an Online Gaming Platform
  129. Staples Replaces Easy Button With Hybrid Button
  130. Researchers Identify Wi-fi Dead Zones Cheaply
  131. Hubble Trouble Could Have Been Double
  132. Leaked Sketches Reveal Lamborghini's 'New World'
  133. Tech Stocks Bounce Back Sort of
  134. Scripting Attacks Plague Even the Web's Largest Sites
  135. Fujifilm Introduces 3-D Camera
  136. "Back Door" Cheating Scandal Rocks Online Poker
  137. Researchers Identify Wi-Fi Dead Zones Cheaply
  138. US House Limits Constituent Emails
  139. Space Tourist Simonyi Prepares For Second Flight
  140. Low-Fare Buses Doing Big Business
  141. Towards a Wiki For Formally Verified Mathematics
  142. Stallman Says Cloud Computing Is a Trap
  143. 'Orphan Works' Copyright Law Dies Quiet Death
  144. Honda's Building a Hybrid Motorcycle
  145. Smaller, Less Powerful Netbooks Likely to Become Notebooks of Choice
  146. How to Use OpenID
  147. Review: 'Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning' Lives Up to the Hype
  148. House Website Crumbles Under Weight of $700 Billion Bailout
  149. Alt Text: Stash Cash in These Uniquely Geeky Investments
  150. IOC Trademarks Part of Canadian National Anthem
  151. Two Bills of Interest Advancing In Congress
  152. Six New Directors Who Are Making Music Video Cool Again
  153. Oct. 1, 1957: Thalidomide Cures Morning Sickness, But ...
  154. Gallery: Retired Drugs -- Failed Blockbusters, Homicidal Tampering, Fatal Oversights
  155. David Laibson: Tweak Human Behavior to Fix the Economy
  156. US House Limits Constituent Emails
  157. New Type of Atomic Microscope On the Way
  158. Removing CO2 From the Air Efficiently
  159. Towards a Wiki For Formally Verified Mathematics
  160. Space Tourist Simonyi Prepares For Second Flight
  161. "Back Door" Cheating Scandal Rocks Online Poker
  162. The Facts & Fiction of Bandwidth Caps
  163. Google Lively To Be an Online Gaming Platform
  164. Pandora Console Ready For Pre-Orders
  165. Hack Apple TV With a Thumb Drive, Set It Free
  166. New Denial-of-Service Attack Is a Killer
  167. Apple Allows Lotus On iPhone (After Banning Competitor)
  168. Microsoft Adds More Perks to Live Search
  169. Tech Pre-Open: Google Indicated Up, Others Down
  170. US Stocks Head for Lower Open After Rebound
  171. C# In-Depth
  172. How To Make Your Webmail More Secure
  173. Apple Threatens iTunes Shutdown in Royalty Dispute
  174. Do We Live In a Giant Cosmic Bubble?
  175. Virginia High Court Wrong About IP Addresses
  176. Blizzard Awarded $6M Damages From MMOGlider
  177. Advanced Excel for Scientific Data Analysis
  178. Palin Had a Third Private E-Mail Account
  179. Virginia High Court Wrong About IP Addresses
  180. GIMP 2.6 Released
  181. Africa Leads In IPv6 Adoption
  182. Microsoft To Release Cloud-Oriented Windows OS
  183. Apple Allows Lotus On iPhone (After Banning Competitor)
  184. VW Twin Drive Is German for Volt
  185. Apple Abandons iPhone Developer NDA
  186. Facebook's New iPhone App Gets It Right
  187. YouTuber Bo Burnham Sets Sights on Judd Apatow Movie
  188. Ford Releases Flash of Genius 2: Damage Control
  189. Otherland MMO Announced
  190. AIDS Virus Now Estimated To Be 100 Years Old
  191. Hiker Finds Fossett's Pilot ID in California Hinterland
  192. McCain Drives a Chick Car; at Least Palin's Ride Is Cool
  193. Why You Should Worry About 'Clickjacking' Web Attacks
  194. Google, Circa 2001
  195. How to Stop a Fixed-Gear Bicycle
  196. Vint Cerf Says It's Every Machine For Itself
  197. How Big Should My Swap Partition Be?
  198. Senate Leaders Move Ahead, Despite Voter Calls and Outrage Online
  199. First Impressions: 'LittleBigPlanet' Is Ever-Expanding World of Wonder
  200. Video Gallery: Top 10 User-Created 'LittleBigPlanet' Adventures
  201. Senate's Bailout Measure Insures Bank Deposits of the Wealthy
  202. Toshiba Battery Charges In 10 Minutes
  203. Multitouch Is Unlikely to Be a Big Hit on Notebooks
  204. Lamborghini's 'New World' May Be a Hybrid
  205. Spammers Targeting Microsoft's Revised CAPTCHA
  206. Show Us Your Favorite Telescope Photos
  207. Senate Passes $700B 'Sweetened' Rescue Package
  208. The Extremely Large Future of the Telescope
  209. Hikers May Have Found Fossett Items
  210. The Telescope: 400 Years and Counting
  211. Security Matters: The Seven Habits of Highly Ineffective Terrorists
  212. Gallery: Giants of Earth and Space
  213. A Stellar History: The Telescope Turns 400
  214. A Simple Plan to ID Every Creature on Earth
  215. Man Uses Remote Logon To Help Find Laptop Thief
  216. Advanced Excel for Scientific Data Analysis
  217. Credit Card Security Standard Issued
  218. Hackers Clone Elvis' Passport
  219. Sysadmin Steals Almost 20,000 Pieces Of Computer Equipment
  220. House Girds For Second Try on Financial Rescue
  221. Toxic Fumes From MacBooks?
  222. Hikers May Have Found Fossett Items
  223. Outsourcing Aids Many Data thefts, Verizon Says
  224. Schneier on Scareware Vendor Lawsuits
  225. Plane Wreckage of Adventurer Fossett in Sierra Nevada Mountains
  226. Cheaper Car Insurance For Gamers
  227. Schneier On Scareware Vendor Lawsuits
  228. New Nintendo DSi Announced
  229. Nintendo Beefs Up DS Lite's Digital Reach
  230. Stocks Decline on Unemployment, Factory Reports
  231. Now Google's CAPTCHA Is Broken
  232. Skype Messages Monitored In China
  233. Researchers Re-Examine Second Law of Thermodynamics
  234. Ambulances, Cop Cars Ready to Rumble
  235. McCain's Long, Brutal History of Opposing Sensible Broadband Rules
  236. Bill Proposes Privacy for Americans' Laptops at Border
  237. The Pirate Bay &ndash "Just a Very Large Hobby"
  238. Ultrasound Machine Ages Wine
  239. Darpa Kills Shape-Shifting, Supersonic Bomber
  240. A New Insight Brings Hybrids to the Masses
  241. How Kernel Hackers Boosted the Speed of Desktop Linux
  242. Eight Geeky Questions For Biden and Palin
  243. Free GIMP 2.6 Image Editor Looks, Behaves More Like Photoshop
  244. How Geeks Use Google Earth to Track Fossett
  245. Chinese Skype Software Secretly Logs Political Chat Messages
  246. How the Telescope Changed Our Minds
  247. How to Photograph the Stars
  248. High-Tech Analysis May Obscure VP Debate
  249. Mobile Dirty-Bomb Detectors Patrolling in New Jersey
  250. Plug-in Hybrids May Not Go Mainstream, Toyota Says