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Endeavour leaves remodeled space station Reuters -18 hours ago By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – The shuttle Endeavour astronauts left the International Space Station on Friday after completing a marathon mission to remodel the research outpost into an orbital home for six. Shuttle starts return trip after avoiding space junkHouston Chronicle US Shuttle Endeavour leaves space station for homePeople’s Daily Online The Associated Press - United Press International - Florida Today - News4Jax.com all 5,963 news articles

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A “beta BIOS update” broke compatibility with ESX, so we had to postpone our virtualization testing on our quad CPU AMD 8384 System.  So we started an in depth comparison of the 45 nm Opterons, Xeons and Core i7 CPUs. One of our benchmarks, the famous LINPACK (you can read all about it here) painted a pretty interesting performance picture.We had…

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The Tech Herald

Hands on With the HTC Touch HD PC World -22 hours ago Taiwanese smartphone developer High Tech Computer (HTC) debuted its biggest threat to the iPhone 3G yet earlier this week, the HTC Touch HD, and I had a chance to use one for a few hours on Friday. What the Sales of the G1 and Blackberry Storm should tell youiPhone Matters New Verizon BlackBerry Storm Review of Reviews 2Wireless and Mobile News unwir3d.com - eFluxMedia - SlashGear - TechNewsWorld all 124 news articles

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CARMICHAELS, PA—Sources confirmed yesterday that the kid in the Carmichaels YMCA youth basketball league, the one who plays for the team in yellow jerseys sponsored by Grimaldi Dental Associates, played another game Tuesday wearing blue…

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wiedzmin writes “In response to the recent resurrection of the Srizbi botnet, an Estonian ISP has shut down the hosting company that was housing its new control servers. Starline Web Services, based in Estonia’s capital Tallinn, had become the new home for the Srizbi botnet control center after the McColo hosting company (which was taken down earlier this month) has briefly come back to life last week, allowing the botnet to hand-off control to the Estonian network. After Estonia’s biggest ISP Linxtelecom demanded that Starline Web Service be taken offline, the newly acquired Srizbi control servers went down with it. However, as the rootkit is armed with an algorithm that periodically generates new domain names where the malware then looks for new instructions, it is only a matter of time before a new set of control servers is created and used to manipulate one of the biggest spam botnets in the world.”

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Slatterz introduces us to the first major study on “cyberchondria” by Microsoft researchers (abstract, paper [PDF]). The news that it can be a bad idea to search the Internet to see if you have a terrible disease should come as no surprise. According to the NYTimes article, the syndrome has been known as “cyberchondria” since at least the year 2000 (we discussed it a few years back). It refers to increased anxiety brought on when people with little or no medical training go searching for answers to common medical complaints on the Web. The article compares cyberchondria with a phenomenon well known among second-year medical students, called “medical schoolitis.” The researchers note that Web searchers’ propensity to jump to awful conclusions is “basic human behavior that has been noted by research scientists for decades.”

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wiedzmin writes “In response to the recent resurrection of the Srizbi botnet, an Estonian ISP has shut down the hosting company that was housing its new control servers. Starline Web Services, based in Estonia’s capital Tallinn, had become the new home for the Srizbi botnet control center after the McColo hosting company (which was taken down earlier this month) has briefly come back to life last week, allowing the botnet to hand-off control to the Estonian network. After Estonia’s biggest ISP Linxtelecom demanded that Starline Web Service be taken offline, the newly acquired Srizbi control servers went down with it. However, as the rootkit is armed with an algorithm that periodically generates new domain names where the malware then looks for new instructions, it is only a matter of time before a new set of control servers is created and used to manipulate one of the biggest spam botnets in the world.”

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After entirely too long, Jasper has finally been discovered in the wild….

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Onion Radio News – with Doyle Redland

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Canada.com

Google's IPhone App Sets Trend Rebelling Against Apple's Rules DailyTech -Nov 27, 2008 Google's new voice-powered search lets you search for things on your iPhone without tiring your thumbs. It also breaks Apple's developer agreement. Google admits that its iPhone voice search breaks Apple's rulesBetaNews Google confirms its iPhone voice search violates Apple’s termsTopNews Reuters - Macworld - Register - Silicon Alley Insider all 111 news articles

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The European Union’s antitrust investigation of Intel is “discriminatory and partial,” the chip maker complained in an action that’s detailed in a recent edition of the EU’s official journal, saying it’s not being permitted to properly defend itself against the charges.

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Internet worm exploits Windows vulnerability CNET News -Nov 26, 2008 A worm dubbed Win32/Conficker.A is making the rounds on Windows machines, exploiting a security hole that Microsoft released a patch for in October, Microsoft said on Wednesday. Microsoft Warns Of Attack Exploiting Windows VulnerabilityCRN Microsoft warns about “creative” exploitsTG Daily Register - eWeek - TopNews - NewsOXY all 32 news articles

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PC World – Apple’s attempt to quash an effort to help the latest iPods and iPhones work with non-Apple software such as the Linux operating system is out of line, the Electronic Frontier Foundation said Tuesday.

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AP – Clearwire Corp. has completed its merger with the unit of Sprint Nextel Corp. that is building a new wireless data network, the companies said Friday.

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CHICAGO—Subjects who drank five glasses or more showed an increased ability to recall each time their mothers had been unsupportive of boyfriends or husbands.

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A new report in the journal Nature Genetics points to genetic markers for baldness that could be screened for. What do you think?

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sumj sends in word out of a Taiwanese research institute of a folding display on a smartphone that allows its screen to double in size to 5 inches (slideshow here). It’s a prototype at this point. Don’t bother clicking for the article’s second page — it’s one sentence with an interstitial before.

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sumj sends in word out of a Taiwanese research institute of a folding display on a smartphone that allows its screen to double in size to 5 inches (slideshow here). It’s a prototype at this point. Don’t bother clicking for the article’s second page — it’s one sentence with an interstitial before.

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PC World – An Estonian ISP that temporarily hosted the command-and-control servers for the Srizbi botnet, responsible for a large portion of the world’s spam, has cut off those servers, according to computer security analysts.

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Home Sweet Home Cinema New York Times -Nov 27, 2008 By DAVE KEHR DVD sales might have slumped recently, but you’d never know it from the super-duper collectors’ editions and cunningly packaged boxed sets coming out this season, each seemingly more lavish than the last. On DVD: ‘Hancock’ is a different type of lifesaverBuffalo News Hitachi DZ-BD10HA Blu-ray camcorder: Three formats, lotsa waitingCNET News Daily Herald - TMCnet - IGN - WNDU-TV all 11 news articles

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Mr. Leinad writes “Do you add Easter Eggs to the software that is produced at the office? I mean, if you have complete control over the final product, do you spice it up with that little personal touch, which, as unlikely as it is that anyone will see, carries with it an ‘I was here’ signature? I’ve just finished the development of a large software product, and I have a couple of days left to try to add my own personal Easter Egg code, but given that the software is quite professional, I don’t know if I should. What do you think? Should we developers sign our creations?”

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European telecommunications ministers gave their backing on Thursday to a plan to cap retail prices for sending SMS (Short Message Service) text messages and browsing the Internet using mobile phones while abroad.

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bowman9991 writes “Two big budget Isaac Asimov novel adaptations are on the way. New Line founders Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne are developing Asimov’s 1951 novel Foundation, the first in Asimov’s classic space opera saga, which has the potential to be as epic as Lord of the Rings. At the same time, New Regency has recently announced they were adapting Asimov’s time travel novel The End of Eternity. Despite having edited or written more than 500 books, it’s surprising how little of Isaac Asimov’s work has made it to the big screen. ‘”Isaac Asimov had writer’s block once,” fellow science fiction writer Harlan Ellison said, referring to Asimov’s impressive output. “It was the worst ten minutes of his life.”‘ Previous adaptations include the misguided Will Smith feature I, Robot, the lame Bicentennial Man with Robin Williams, and two B-grade adaptations of Nightfall.” This reader also notes that a remake of The Day of the Triffids is coming.

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CARMICHAELS, PA—Sources confirmed yesterday that the kid in the Carmichaels YMCA youth basketball league, the one who plays for the team in yellow jerseys sponsored by Grimaldi Dental Associates, played another game Tuesday wearing blue…

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It’s always educational to see who is making money when everybody else is not. In the retail business for example, dollar stores and discounters are raking it in. Bill collectors are going great guns in the down economy, and purveyors of get-rich-quick schemes are probably doing a little more business than usual these days.

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Nokia is developing a new way to control home automation systems using mobile phones.

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Baidu vows overhaul after search scandal Reuters -20 hours ago BEIJING (Reuters) – China's Internet search leader Baidu said on Friday it will overhaul operations after state media said it allowed unlicensed medical services to buy high search rankings to win more customers. Listing scandal hits Chinese internet giantguardian.co.uk Baidu caught in search ad scandal, vows to overhaul systemArs Technica Search Engine Land - eFluxMedia - Variety - Barron’s Blogs all 46 news articles

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Matt Asay writes “On October 13, 2008, Hewlett-Packard sent a complaint to an open-source competitor, GroundWork, asking GroundWork to stop revealing HP’s ‘confidential’ pricing. CNET has posted the letter, which indicates that HP doesn’t want its pricing revealed, but which doesn’t question the veracity of the pricing (which, not surprisingly, is 82 percent higher than the open-source vendor’s). Does HP think its pricing is really a secret? It’s publicly available at GSA Advantage. Guess what? HP software costs a lot of money, but presumably feels that it can justify the high prices. Why try to hide the pricing information?”

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A new report in the journal Nature Genetics points to genetic markers for baldness that could be screened for. What do you think?

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Two high-profile Mac fans have hit out at the recently released RIM BlackBerry Storm. Comic, author, presenter and actor Stephen Fry calls the BlackBerry Storm “shockingly bad” and “embarrassingly awful”. New York Times technology guru David Pogue renames it “the BlackBerry Dud”.

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The Money Times

UPDATE 1-Europe to spend $13 bln on Mars rover, space plans Reuters -Nov 26, 2008 By Tim Hepher THE HAGUE, Nov 26 (Reuters) – Europe juggled expanding ambitions in space with fears of recession on Wednesday by approving a research and development budget that caps costs for a mission to Mars. Space robot research station to land in OxfordshireRegister What to do with that spare €10bnVNUNet.com The Associated Press - DailyNewsOnline - CBC.ca - BBCSerbian.com all 303 news articles

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HTC, maker of the original Google phone, is boasting that demand is so high that sales will reach a million by the end of the year.

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In Mumbai terrorist attack, bloggers and Twitter users are helping relay information to worried relatives

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BBC News

Mother Wants Maximum Penalty in Cyberbullying Case New York Times -8 hours ago By AP ST. LOUIS (AP) – The mother of a girl who committed suicide at age 13 after being subjected to an Internet hoax said Friday that she would ask that the maximum penalty be assigned to the woman convicted in the cyberbullying case. 'MySpace Suicide' Case Expands Web LawWashington Post Lori Drew case raises profile of "terms of service" agreementsSt. Louis Post-Dispatch The Associated Press - ZDNet - ABC News - Yahoo! Tech all 2,717 news articles

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Home broadband customers planning to watch the BBC’s new online streaming service have been warned they may exceed their ISPs’ download limits.

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killmofasta notes an LA Times story on a severe and widespread attack on US military computers that may have originated in Russia. Turns out the military’s recent ban on flash drives was a precursor to this attack, which was significant enough that the President and the Defense Secretary were briefed on it. “The ‘malware’ strike, thought to be from inside Russia, hit combat zone computers and the US Central Command overseeing Iraq and Afghanistan. The attack underscores concerns about computer warfare. ‘This one was significant; this one got our attention,’ said one defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity when discussing internal assessments. Although officials are withholding many details, the attack underscores the increasing danger and potential significance of computer warfare, which defense experts say could one day be used by combatants to undermine even a militarily superior adversary. … [A defense official said] ‘We have taken a number of corrective measures, but I would be overstating it if I said we were through this.’”

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CNET – Microsoft Dynamics CRM has become a key product for the company, according to CRM division general manager Brad Wilson–and it’s an area the software maker plans to invest in further.

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