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Intel Does a 180, Jumps on OLPC Board

In a momentous move to end a long-standing rivalry, Intel and One Laptop per Child (OLPC) announced Friday that the chip giant has climbed on board the nonprofit group's effort to produce low-cost laptop computers for developing nations ...

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Report: Global Warming to Deal Hard Blow to Northeast

The northeastern United States will suffer severe consequences from global warming if efforts are not made to stop it soon, according to a new report that focuses on the impact of warming on the region ...

Web of Terror, Part 2: Chasing a Moving Target

There's no doubt that terrorist organizations are making full use of the Web today to recruit, train, mobilize, publicize and raise funds, but finding and ultimately prosecuting them is no simple matter ...

Open Legislation, Part 1: What If Everybody Got to Write Laws?

It's probably safe to say that most Americans, at one time or another, have felt they could do a better job of governing the nation than their elected officials. It may even be safe, in fact, to say that that has never been more true than it is today ...

Facebook to Offer Big Cash Prizes for Best Apps

In what could be a blow to rival social networking sites, venture capital firmBay Partners on Wednesday launched a program to fund developers who write applications specifically forFacebook ...

Tech Giants Join Forces to Secure Government Data

Cisco Systems, EMC and Microsoft have formed an alliance to facilitate the protection and sharing of sensitive government information ...

Google Earth Spills Secret Chinese Submarine Beans

Imagery on Google Earth revealed a new Chinese submarine to the public eye for the first time, according to a strategic security blogger with the Federation of American Scientists ...

On Tap for Patch Tuesday: Three Critical Updates

Microsoft will release six security updates next week as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday update, the company announced Thursday ...

Web of Terror, Part 1: Extremists Take to the Net

There's no denying that the Internet has changed the world for both good and bad, but few elements of its dark side inspire more fear than its use by terrorists ...

Exploding Motorola Cell Phone Kills Chinese Man

Officials from Motorola are working with authorities in China to determine what caused a cell phone explosion that killed a 22-year-old Chinese man ...

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With Biometrics, It’s All About You

If one were to conduct a survey of technology publications over the past decade or so, it's a good bet there would be at least one instance in each of those years in which someone declared that "this is the year of biometrics." ...

EC Grills Hollywood Film Studios on High-Def Format Choices

The European Commission has asked major Hollywood movie studios to provide information about their choices of high-definition DVD formats as part of an informal examination for the possibility of antitrust activity ...

FCC Frees Consumers From Set-Top Box Restrictions

From this day forward, consumers who purchase cable TV subscriptions will no longer be forced to lease integrated set-top boxes provided by their cable operators ...

Leaked Memo Reveals Microsoft, Google Culture Clash

The Microsoft vs. Google rivalry took a bizarre turn Thursday in the blogosphere as speculation and controversy ran rife about a memo purportedly leaked from Microsoft featuring the impressions of an ex-Google employee about Google's work culture ...

SCIENCE

Genome Switch Creates Bacterial Transformers

Genome researchers have successfully transformed one bacterial species into another by replacing all of its DNA, according to a report published Thursday ...

Report: One in Three Teens Bullied Online

One-third of all teens who use the Internet have been the victims of cyber-bullying, or harassment online, according to a study released Wednesday by the Pew Internet & American Life Project ...

MySpace Puts YouTube in Crosshairs With Video Relaunch

YouTube may be the dominant player in the video-sharing arena today, but MySpace is stepping up its own bid to compete in that realm as it relaunches and renames the video portion of its social networking site ...

Mappers: The Internet Looks Like a Jellyfish

A team of Israeli researchers have created a new map of the Internet that reveals the worldwide network in more detail than ever before ...

T-Mobile Targets In-Home Dead Zone

T-Mobile on Wednesday launched its converged cellular and WiFi service HotSpot @Home that lets cell phone users switch seamlessly between T-Mobile hotspots and their own wireless routers ...

MySpace Is Bart, Facebook Is Lisa

Social networking sites MySpace and Facebook may seem fairly similar from the outside, but the two sites are increasingly splitting along class lines, according to a new report ...

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