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BBC News
Review delays Yahoo, Google pact
Variety - 3 hours ago
By DIANE GARRETT Google and Yahoo have agreed to briefly delay their search ad partnership while the Justice Dept. completes its antitrust review.
Study: Microsoft Cashback attracting visitors CNET News
Microsoft Offers Rewards For Using Live Search eFluxMedia
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PC World
T-Mobile And HTC Hope To Sell 500000 G1s in Q4
eFluxMedia - 3 hours ago
By Anne Shaw T-Mobile hopes to sell somewhere between 400000 and 500000 units of Google’s Android-powered G1 in the last quarter of this year.
T-Mobile's G1 vs. The iPhone: Game On! PC World
Motorola To Hire 300 Android Developers Slashdot
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Washington Post
Detractors say deportation system broken
United Press International - 6 hours ago
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Advocates for illegal immigrants say the US detention and deportation system is broken and causes needless additional jail time at taxpayer expense.
The Profit of Detention Washington Post
Detainee’s Death Inspires a Video Game New York Times
Dailyrecord.com - Washington Post
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Canada.com
Witnesses Share Green Light Facts On Deadly Train Collision
eFluxMedia - 11 hours ago
By Dee Chisamera Three witnesses at the Chatsworth Metrolink station said they saw the commuter train had a green light just before the collision with the freight train.
Witnesses say light was green just before Metrolink train crashed Los Angeles Times
Crash shines rare light on 'railfans' Chicago Tribune
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BBC News
The iPhone Apps Sweepstakes
TechNewsWorld - 12 hours ago
By Olga Kharif Though a few iPhone developers have struck it rich in the App Store gold rush, a lot more have seen sales skyrocket early then trail off fast as new offerings climb the iTunes ranks.
This week in Apple: Apple stock, royalties, Verizon rumors Ars Technica
Apple Drops NDA For Released Apps, Keeps It For Rejection Letters eFluxMedia
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ABC News
Many opportunities beckon from space
San Francisco Chronicle - 16 hours ago
In our own halting, herky-jerky fashion, human beings are becoming inhabitants not just of a planet but of a solar system. We have scouts out there, robotic spacecraft, including a couple winging their way into the interstellar void.
NASA's proud 50 years Tampabay.com
US to rely on Russia for manned spaceflight International Herald Tribune
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Wall Street Journal
Google and Yahoo Ad Deal Delayed
Washington Post - Oct 3, 2008
By Peter Whoriskey Google and Yahoo will delay implementation of their joint advertising deal to give antitrust lawyers at the Justice Department more time to review the agreement, the companies said yesterday.
Google and Yahoo Delay Ad Deal for Antitrust Review New York Times
Was the Yahoo-Google Deal a Ploy To Weaken Yahoo? Slashdot
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Slippery Brick
Amazon's Kindle 2 leaked
CNET News - Oct 3, 2008
After rumors surfaced on the web a few months back that a new Kindle might be on the way, Amazon did it's best to shoot them down, saying a new Kindle was not coming this year.
The Sony PRS-700 Provides A Lightweight eBook Option CRN
Hands On with Sony's New e-Reader, the PRS-700 PC Magazine
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Telegraph.co.uk
Hanky-panky distorts Obama iPhone app results
CNET News - Oct 3, 2008
It looks like either somebody drinks a lot of coffee and talks really fast, or somebody diddled with the results of the phone recruitment feature in the Barack Obama campaign's iPhone application.
Obama Seeks Support for His Campaign from iPhone Users eFluxMedia
Obama uses iPhone to win support BBC News
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PhoneMag.com
HP preps secret iPhone rival
Register - Oct 3, 2008
By Austin Modine • Get more from this author Hewlett-Packard plans on keeping up with the Joneses by releasing a smartphone marketed to consumers within the next two months.
HP Joins Smartphone Party eWeek
HP set to announce a new smartphone PhoneMag.com
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MediaPost Publications
Facebook Co-Founder Moskovitz Leaving Company
Wall Street Journal - Oct 3, 2008
By BOBBY WHITE Dustin Moskovitz, co-founder of social-networking startup Facebook Inc., said Friday on his Facebook page that he will be leaving the company in about a month.
Report: Facebook exec Dustin Moskowitz quits CNET News
Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz leaves for start-up Los Angeles Times
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Canada.com
CERN Unveils Global Grid For Particle Physics Research
InformationWeek - Oct 3, 2008
By Antone Gonsalves CERN, the world's largest particle physics lab and creator of the World Wide Web, on Friday launched a global computer network that links the IT power of data centers in 33 countries to provide the data-crunching muscle needed in ...
CERN unveils computer grid linking 7000 scientists Reuters
CERN Launches Huge LHC Computing Grid Slashdot
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Grand jury indicts two Europeans over denial-of-service attacks in ...
Computerworld - Oct 3, 2008
By Jeremy Kirk October 3, 2008 (IDG News Service) A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has indicted two European men for allegedly orchestrating distributed denial-of-service attacks against a pair of US-based Web sites in 2003.
Two Europeans Charged in US Over DDOS Attacks PC World
Brit, German indicted for stateside satellite TV attacks Register
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New York Times
See a Pattern on Wall Street?
New York Times - Oct 3, 2008
By John Tierney Take a look at the two blurry images below. Can you see an object hidden in each one? Before I give the answers, here’s another question: Do you feel a certain lack of control over events right now?
Loss of control may leave us looking for four-leaf clovers Ars Technica
Lack of Control May Set Off Irrational Behavior RedOrbit
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Game Guru
Matt Hazard eating lead on PS3, 360
GameSpot - Oct 3, 2008
By Tom Magrino, GameSpot D3Publisher and Dead Head Fred dev Vicious Cycle lampoon gaming history with third-person actioner, due next year.
D3 Reveals Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard Wired News
Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard Announced Shacknews
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Palluxo! - Mac Dose of All Things Apple
Apple Releases iTunes, Apple TV Updates
InformationWeek - Oct 3, 2008
The software updates address security issues, better syncing with iPods, and includes improved Genius playlists. By Marin Perez Apple this week released software updates for Apple TV and iTunes that the company said will address security and improve ...
Apple updates iTunes, Apple TV, MobileMe TG Daily
Apple TV 2.2 update delivers HDTV shows, Genius support Apple Insider
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Skype didn't know about security issues
CNET News - Oct 3, 2008
In a blog published Thursday, Josh Silverman, Skype's president, explained he did not realize that TOM-Skype, Skype's partner in China, was logging and storing users' instant messages that were deemed offensive by the Chinese government.
Skype Acknowledges Chinese Spying PC Magazine
When it comes to China, is Skype the new Yahoo? ZDNet
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BBC News
2008 Ig Nobels honor best, weirdest scientific research
Ars Technica - Oct 3, 2008
By Matt Ford | Published: October 03, 2008 - 09:35AM CT Last night kicked the scientific award season into full swing; the 18th First Annual Ig Nobel Awards were handed out in Harvard's Sanders Theater.
Smart Slime, Ovulating Strippers Among 2008 Ig Nobels National Geographic
Ig Nobel 2008 awards announced VNUNet.com
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Telegraph.co.uk
Music Downloads: Is the Price Right?
BusinessWeek - Oct 3, 2008
A federal panel will decide if Apple, Amazon and the like should pay higher royalties to music publishers. But 99¢ songs likely aren't going anywhere Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been a big proponent of keeping song downloads at 99¢.
Copyright board leaves rates unchanged, iTunes lives for another day BetaNews
Rate Hike for Digital Music Averted: iTunes Stays Open PC World
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GamePro.com
Nintendo's DSi 'probably' Hitting US in 2009 Says Iwata
PC World - Oct 3, 2008
With less than a month to go until Nintendo's new DSi hits the shelves of Japanese retailers, gamers in the rest of the world are wondering when they might see the revised DS.
Nintendo's Iwata, Fils-Aime muse on DSi's new features Neoseeker
Nintendo Promises to Ship More of Wii for Holidays New York Times
GamePro.com - 1UP.com - Game Informer - eFluxMedia
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