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Sony introduces seven new BRAVIA XBR LCDs
05.06.2008 23:34
krunker.com
Sony introduced seven new models to their BRAVIA XBR flat panel LCD product lineup consisting of models spanning the XBR8, XBR7, and XBR6 series sets. Some of the new sets feature Sony’s new TRILUMINOS three color LED backlight technology which expands the TV’s color range by aligning individual clusters of red, green, and blue LEDs. [...]Technorati Tags: Sony BRAVIA XBR, XBR8, XBR7, XBR6, KDL-55XBR8, KDL-46XBR8, KDL-70XBR7, KDL-40XBR7, KDL-52XBR6, KDL-46XBR6, KDL-40XBR6
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Technologies
Virgin Megastore Times Square To Close In Early 2009
05.06.2008 23:33
bravewords.com
According to Ed Christman Billboard.biz, the Virgin Megastore in New York’s Times Square will close down in the first quarter of 2009, according...
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Rock Music
Former SPEED\KILL/HATE Vocalist Launches New Thrash Outfit; Debuts New Song On MySpace
05.06.2008 23:33
bravewords.com
Since parting ways with SPEED\KILL/HATE in 2006, vocalist Mario Frasca has been keeping busy writing, producing and putting together a brand new band. In addition...
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Rock Music
London Guitar Show - Final Line-Up Confirmed
05.06.2008 23:32
bravewords.com
This year’s London Guitar Show is being held at London ExCeL from June 12th - 15th. The final line-up is as follows : London Guitar Show...
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Rock Music
Forbes: iPhone 'Could Kill Nintendo DS'
05.06.2008 23:32
shacknews.com
The touch screen interface and motion-sensitive features of Apple's iPhone could wrestle dominance of the handheld gaming market away from the Nintendo DS, Forbes writer Brian Caulfield suggested in a recent editorial. "Apple is the first to master a pair of tricks that have made Nintendo's l...
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Computer Games
10 Open Source E-Learning Projects to Watch
05.06.2008 23:23
linuxtoday.com
<b>Techworld:</b> "As corporate and government organizations embrace the Web for delivering more education and training programs, a wealth of free and open source e-learning applications will help lower the barrier to entry...."
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Open Source Software
Iran Makes the Sciences A Part of Its Revolution
05.06.2008 23:22
washingtonpost.com
TEHRAN -- As Burton Richter, an American Nobel laureate in physics, entered the main auditorium of Tehran's prestigious Sharif University, hundreds of students rose to give him a loud and lengthy ovation. But Richter, wearing a white suit and leaning on a cane, said he was the one who should be awed.
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Machine-Building Industry
Filings Detail Currie Items
05.06.2008 23:22
washingtonpost.com
Federal agents investigating Sen. Ulysses Currie (D-Prince George's) seized bank statements, tax records dating to 2002 and correspondence between the senator and a grocery chain from his home last week, according to documents filed in court yesterday.
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Machine-Building Industry
Fewer Tickets to Ride
05.06.2008 23:22
washingtonpost.com
The Spirit of Washington dinner boat packs powerful twin diesel engines that carry 600 people on sightseeing voyages along the Potomac. Two eight-cylinder generators keep the neon lights glowing at the onboard bar. The bow thruster helps it push away from the dock.
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Machine-Building Industry
'Promote Bad Security Practice' Grand Achievement Awards
05.06.2008 23:10
oracle.com
As usual, Jeff cuts to the heart of the matter on Coding Horror when calling out Yelp for the astonishingly evil and unconscionable act of asking users to hand over their email passwords.I am not sure who started this, but it has somehow scarily become accepted practice, especially among the social networking sites. Facebook, LinkedIn, Plaxo ... they all do it, and seem to think that waving some privacy mumbo-jumbo 'but you can trust US!' makes it OK. Some are particularly heinous, like Tagged, which obscure the fact that handing over your email password is optional.As many have pointed out (see the comments on Jeff's post), this is a lazy solution to a problem that is solvable in ways that do not need to compromise user security. Facebook, LinkedIn - these guys should know better. And I think have an obligation to do better, especially since it is becoming more and more common for a social networking site to be an individual's first experience on the net. While the old hands may have well-ingrained security awareness thanks to the evangelizing efforts of people like Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte on the Security Now! podcast, we have a whole new generation of users being taught exactly the wrong thing thanks to the misguided and irresponsible acts of the social networking sites that are requesting email passwords to be handed over.The proliferation of this perfidious practice must be reversed! A good first step is to heap professional scorn on anyone associated with developing such a feature. Shame!
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Oracle Corporation News
Obama, Clinton hold private meeting: media
05.06.2008 23:01
reuters.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Likely U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and former rival Hillary Clinton were meeting privately on Thursday night at her home in Washington, news media reported.
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State & Community
Clinton says not pushing for vice presidency
05.06.2008 23:01
reuters.com
BRISTOW, Virginia (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton distanced herself on Thursday from a push to convince former Democratic rival Barack Obama to choose her as his running mate and said the decision on a vice president was his alone to make.
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State & Community
Popular 'Design Star' has remodeled HGTV
05.06.2008 22:31
usatoday.com
HGTV Design Star doesn't just improve the appearance of homes. It has added sparkle to the network's schedule as well.
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Television
Discovery's 'When We Left Earth' aims high
05.06.2008 22:31
usatoday.com
Pictures of space travel are now as vivid as our memories of them. When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions marks a half-century ...
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Television
L.A. sues Time Warner Cable, claims shoddy service
05.06.2008 22:31
usatoday.com
Time Warner Cable Inc. was accused Thursday of lying to Los Angeles subscribers and providing shoddy customer service in a lawsuit ...
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Television
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