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By Todd R. Weiss , PC World , 09/17/2009 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/091709-an-amazing-laptop-recovery. html This is a true story about sex, computers, the Internet, spying, theft, intrigue, and the police--and it all began this past February when David Krop made the mistake of leaving

[Medianews] Twitter Traffic Triples During Video Music Awards

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1621715/20090916/west_kanye.jhtml Because the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards were the first of the Twitter era, MTV had to take a unique approach to the micro-blogging service during the broadcast. Video blogger Justine Ezarik - known to the Internet world as iJustin

[Medianews] The Skype Saga Continues: So Much for Option B

By Joe Nocera http://executivesuite.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/the-skype-saga-contin ues-so-much-for-option-b/ When last we left the founders of Skype, Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, they were trying to buy back their baby from eBay, to whom they had sold it in 2005 - and not having much succ

[Medianews] Microsoft, Google expand search-engine tools

Microsoft, Google expand search-engine tools http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/09/16/visual.web.bing.google/index.html (CNN) -- Say you're buying a dog. You know the breed you want; you can picture it in your head. But what was the name? A bull terrier? A pit bull? A bull mastiff? Or what if you're in

[Medianews] Actor Henry Gibson (AKA "Illinois Nazi") passes away

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Actor Henry Gibson, who played roles ranging from loopy poets to vengeful Illinois Nazis and cranky judges during a 40-year film and television career, has died at age 73, his representatives said Wednesday. Gibson was a regular on "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In," w

[Medianews] Some 750,000 pedophiles prowling Internet: UN

Some 750,000 pedophiles prowling Internet: UN http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.566c6d9cae728c5a9d3fc6f1e2b0 e0c8.3f1&show_article=1 Some 750,000 sexual predators are constantly prowling the Internet in a bid to gain contact with children, a United Nations report warned on Wednesday. "T

[Medianews] China says will push space programme to catch up West

China says will push space programme to catch up West http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.d250ad11b26dc10b20fcd37105b9 e552.71&show_article=1 China said Thursday its rapidly growing space programme was the crowning achievement of the nation's high-tech transformation and pledged to continu

[Medianews] California lawmaker plans hearings on soda-obesity link

California lawmaker plans hearings on soda-obesity link http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090917/ts_nm/us_obesity_soda_california [Finally, hope for Blair and his Mtn Dew addiction -Greg] LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The California lawmaker who spearheaded a high-profile anti-obesity effort across the coun

[Medianews] White House collects Web users' data without notice

W.H. collects Web users' data without notice http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/16/obama-wh-collects-web-us ers-data/ The White House is collecting and storing comments and videos placed on its social-networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube without notifying or asking the

[Medianews] Implanted tooth helps blind US woman recover sight

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.fe9cc4f7248d56894ff71306bfda 52a4.471&show_article=1 A 60-year-old US grandmother, blind for nearly a decade, has recovered her sight after surgeons implanted a tooth in her eye as a base to hold a tiny plastic lens, her doctors said Wednesday. Sharron

[Medianews] Google Buys CAPTCHA Technology

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2352941,00.asp 09.16.09 Post a Comment by Chloe Albanesius Google announced Wednesday that it has acquired reCaptcha for an undisclosed sum - an endeavor, it said, that will help it improve the quality of its book-scanning project. CAPTCHA tests are the squi

[Medianews] Facebook nearly as large as U.S. population

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/09/16/facebook.profit/index.html (CNN) -- Facebook's user base is nearly as large as the U.S. population and, for the first time, the site has turned a profit. Facebook now has 300 million users -- almost as many as the population of the United States. Facebook now ha

[Medianews] Google Chrome 3 Goes Live

http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Google_Chrome_3_Goes_Live_with_Stable _Version/551-106381-643.html Over a year ago, Google surprised us all by announcing its very own browser - the rather oddly named Chrome. Back then, the product was in Beta and has since then received two stable update versio

[Medianews] Electric Motorcycle Sets Speed Record

http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/16/electric-motorcycle-sets-sp eed-record/ Mission Motors, an electric motorcycle startup based in San Francisco, said Tuesday that its prototype vehicle had set a world speed record for battery-powered bikes of 150.059 miles per hour at the Bonneville Spe

[Medianews] The $150 Space Camera: MIT Students Beat NASA On Beer-Money Budget

The $150 Space Camera: MIT Students Beat NASA On Beer-Money Budget http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/09/the-150-space-camera-mit-students -beat-nasa-on-beer-money-budget?npu=1&mbid=yhp [I don't get how this became big news, it's been done before in this config by some Canadian college kids, and

[Medianews] WWE's Vince McMahon wants to launch cable network

August 24, 2009 | 6:46 am http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/08/wwes-vince -mcmahon-wants-to-launch-cable-network.html Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., wants to start its own cable network. In an interview with Company Town, McMahon said he wants to lau

[Medianews] WWE's Linda McMahon resigns to run for Senate against Dodd

September 16, 2009 | 5:29 am http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/09/wwes-linda -mcmahon-resigns-to-run-for-senate-against-dodd.html Maybe The Rock and Triple H will serve as campaign managers. Linda McMahon, the chief executive officer of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.

[Medianews] 'The Jay Leno Show' draws 18.4 million viewers

The total is surprisingly high for the controversial 10 p.m. comedy program. Viewers seem to like the show more than reviewers like it. By Scott Collins http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-leno-ratings16-2009sep16 ,0,2535376.story September 16, 2009 Critics may have hated it, but Mond

[Medianews] Found: Firm place to stand outside solar system

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gHZc0OhqGBPUJDjyhoSLlc dx8YwwD9AODN3G0 By SETH BORENSTEIN (AP) - 1 hour ago WASHINGTON - Astronomers have finally found a place outside our solar system where there's a firm place to stand - if only it weren't so broiling hot. As scientists searc

[Medianews] House panel questions new direction for space

http://news.cnet.com/8301-19514_3-10354230-239.html NASA's embattled Constellation moon program, thought by many to be on life support in the face of ongoing budget cuts, is technically feasible, "soundly" managed, and capable of putting American astronauts back on the moon as planned in the 2020s

[Medianews] Blockbuster to Close Up to 960 Stores to Cut Costs

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125303731573912777.html By KERRY GRACE BENN Blockbuster Inc. will close up to 960 stores by the end of next year as the company looks to focus on its core stores and eliminate costs. Liquidity has been a key issue for Blockbuster, which earlier this year faced som

[Medianews] Microsoft testing 'Visual Search'

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jaEjjC_jWpxNd-X6R-iBP kTB3gog (AFP) - 18 hours ago WASHINGTON - US software giant Microsoft unveiled a twist on the Internet search experience on Monday with a new feature which allows Web surfers to search using image galleries instead of text l

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