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  • Amazon Wants Patent For Inserting Ads Into Books theodp writes "Three Amazon inventors set out to correct what they felt was a real problem: that 'out-of-print or rare books ... typically do not include advertisements ... the content is fixed and... 2009-07-04T00:02:00+00:00
  • Fake Tamiflu "Out-Spams Viagra On Web" cin62 writes "The number of Internet scammers offering fake versions of the anti-swine flu drug Tamiflu has surpassed those selling counterfeit Viagra, reports CNN. Since the H1N1 virus, also known as... 2009-07-03T23:11:00+00:00
  • Source Code of Several Atari 7800 Games Released jadoon88 writes to share a series of old Atari 7800 games that have been unofficially open sourced. "Remember Dig Dug or Centipede or Robotron? They used to be favorites when Atari's 7800 series was... 2009-07-03T22:22:00+00:00
  • How To Get Your Program Professionally Marketed? one-man orchestra writes "I'm the sole programmer of a small, multi-platform, commercial audio program (a spectrogram editor). After over 6 months on the market, I realized that the program would... 2009-07-03T21:30:00+00:00
  • Professor Gets 4 Years in Prison for Sharing Drone Plans With Students Hugh Pickens writes "Retired University of Tennessee Professor Dr. John Reece Roth has been sentenced to four years in prison after he allowed a Chinese graduate student to see sensitive information... 2009-07-03T20:38:00+00:00
  • Copyright Should Encourage Derivative Works Techdirt has an interesting look at copyright and the idea that an author is the originator of a new work. Instead, the piece suggests that all works are in some way based on the works of others (even... 2009-07-03T19:47:00+00:00
  • Open Source Facing a Difficult Battle For Cloud Relevance A recent eulogy for open source's relevance to cloud computing by Redmonk analyst Stephen O'Grady caught the attention of Matt Asay, who breaks down the difficulty of this David and Goliath problem... 2009-07-03T18:55:00+00:00
  • Phoenix Lander Discovers Nighttime Snowfall On Mars Many outlets are reporting on the recently released results of the various experiments and observations of NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander. Most notable is the discovery of nighttime snowfall on the... 2009-07-03T18:02:00+00:00
  • Seattle Data Center Outage Disrupts E-Commerce 1sockchuck writes "A major power outage at Seattle telecom hub Fisher Plaza has knocked payment processing provider Authorize.net offline for hours, leaving thousands of web sites unable to take... 2009-07-03T17:11:00+00:00
  • Is the Kindle DX Worth the Money? An anonymous reader writes "Now that some little time has passed, and the hype has died down a bit, I'm wondering if anyone has taken the $500 plunge and gotten a Kindle DX. From the... 2009-07-03T16:20:00+00:00
  • XHTML 2 Cancelled Jake Lazaroff writes "According to the W3 News Archive, the charter for the XHTML2 Working Group — set to expire on December 31st, 2009 — will not be renewed. What does this mean? XHTML2... 2009-07-03T15:32:00+00:00
  • Squeezing a Wikipedia Snapshot Onto an 8GB iPhone blackbearnh writes with this excerpt from O'Reilly Radar "Think about Wikipedia, what some consider the most complete general survey of human knowledge we have at the moment. Now imagine squeezing... 2009-07-03T14:41:00+00:00
  • Emulated PC Enables Linux Desktop In Your Browser Ianopolous writes "Classic DOOM and DSL Linux Desktop inside your Java-enabled browser! The latest JPC, the fast 100% Java x86 PC emulator, is now available with online demos and downloads. JPC is... 2009-07-03T13:50:00+00:00
  • London Stock Exchange To Abandon Windows BBCWatcher writes "Computerworld's Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols reports that the London Stock Exchange is abandoning its Microsoft Windows-based trading platform: 'Anyone who was ever fool enough to... 2009-07-03T13:24:00+00:00
  • iPhone Vulnerability Yields Root Access Via SMS snydeq writes "Pwn2Own winner Charlie Miller has revealed an SMS vulnerability that could provide hackers with root access to the iPhone. Malicious code sent by SMS to run on the phone could include... 2009-07-03T13:01:00+00:00
  • Palin resigns as governor, leaves plans secret Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin abruptly announced Friday she is resigning from office at the end of the month, a shocking move that rattled the Republican party but left open the possibility she would seek a run for the White House in 2012. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:57:43 GMT
  • Serial killer has South Carolina residents on edge Terrified residents canceled Fourth of July plans and holed up in their homes Friday as investigators hunted a serial killer believed to have shot four people to death. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:43:05 GMT
  • Iranian cleric: British Embassy staff to be tried EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:49:18 GMT
  • Powerful sedative found in Michael Jackson's home The powerful sedative Diprivan was found in Michael Jackson's home, a law enforcement official said Friday as the city planned for a massive crowd at the singer's memorial service. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:35:52 GMT
  • Obama's Housing Rescue Expands: 6 Things to Know (U.S. News & World Report) U.S. News & World Report - In a move that suggests its initial rescue plan was insufficient, the Obama administration yesterday announced plans to widen the eligibility parameters of a key housing initiative. The change would allow borrowers with mortgages valued at 125 percent of their home's worth to refinance into more affordable loans. Previously, only borrowers with so-called loan-to-value ratios of 105 percent or less could do so. The mortgage refinancing program is part of the president's two-pronged plan to pull the nation out of its worst housing slump since the Great Depression. ... Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:47:20 GMT
  • Abortion doc murder suspect advocates via mail A man charged with shooting a prominent Kansas doctor who performed late-term abortions has been advocating through mailings from his jail cell that such killings are justifiable and communicating with individuals on the fringes of the anti-abortion movement, weeks after suggesting others might be planning similar attacks. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:45:16 GMT
  • Health Tip: Understanding Pre-Diabetes (HealthDay News) -- Before some people develop full-blown diabetes, their blood sugar is above normal, but not high enough to qualify for a diagnosis of diabetes. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:03:13 GMT
  • Oscar Winner Karl Malden Dies (E! Online) E! Online - Karl Malden, the acting great who worked the Waterfront with Marlon Brando and patrolled The Streets of San Francisco with Michael Douglas, died today at 97. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:23:54 GMT
  • Protesters block Paris airport over Yemen crash Protesters linked arms across an entrance at Paris' main airport on Friday to keep passengers off a Yemeni flight to Comoros — a route that saw a deadly crash this week, after years of complaints about dangerous conditions on the flight path to the Indian Ocean island nation. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:21:31 GMT
  • Madonna to pay tribute to Jackson in concert Madonna is paying tribute to Michael Jackson in the same arena where he was to stage his great comeback. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:42:05 GMT
  • Police foil radio control zeppelin jailbreak Spanish police said on Friday they had foiled an Italian drug trafficker's plan to break out of jail in the Canary Islands using climbing equipment and a four-meter-long zeppelin. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:56:28 GMT
  • Mom in MySpace case says it was properly dismissed A Missouri mother said she never should have been prosecuted for her role in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old girl who ended up committing suicide. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:06:15 GMT
  • MOUNTAIN OF DEBT: Rising debt may be next crisis The Founding Fathers left one legacy not celebrated on Independence Day but which affects us all. It's the national debt. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:02:06 GMT
  • Honduras rejects OAS appeal to restore president Honduras' Supreme Court rebuffed a personal appeal from the Americas' top international diplomat Friday, refusing to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya before a Saturday deadline. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:12:27 GMT
  • Would you pledge your soul as loan collateral? Ready to give your soul for a loan in these difficult economic times? In Latvia, where the crisis has raged more than in the rest of the European Union, you can. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:53:34 GMT
  • US Marines push deeper into southern Afghan towns NAWA, Afghanistan — U.S. Marines pushed deeper into Taliban areas of southern Afghanistan on Friday, seeking to cut insurgent supply lines and win over local elders on the second day of the biggest U.S. military operation here since the American-led invasion of 2001. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:08:37 GMT
  • Who makes bank at the White House (The Yahoo! Newsroom) The Yahoo! Newsroom - In the spirit of transparency, the Obama Administration posted on its White House blog a detailed list of who makes what at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:50:20 GMT
  • Woman's See-Through Style Leaves Little To Imagination (Dear Abby) Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: I have been involved with "Barbie" for about six months. She's everything I ever wanted in a mate. We have a similar sense of humor, and our goals and ambitions are almost identical. Our values match, too -- except for one: My sense of propriety seems to be a stumbling block. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:16:12 GMT