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Last Updated: Thursday, July 3, 2008, 09:01 PM PST.

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Judge grants Viacom 12TB of YouTube user records
Nut launches death threats at Debian women
EU still greasing IBM antitrust probe despite PSI withdrawal
Strange cults, vocal surgery and the quiet man: Inside Microsoft
Microsoft flogs subscriptions to the unwary and confused
Microsoft touts trustworthy browsing with IE8
Wife-slaying Linux guru may have 'developmental disability'
UK and US agree biometric ~~heavily vetted~~trusted traveller deal
The Moderatrix will see you now
Boozers rejoice - it's the USB wine tap!
Transatlantic data sharing talks stumble over access to justice
Linspire CEO defends Xandros buy-out
Scareware runs amok on PlayStation site
What powers a solar-powered snail, kids?
ISO certifies Adobe's PDF
Firefox 3 makes up world record to set world record
Brit carrier deals inked at last
America wakes up to the surveillance society
Built-in browser expiry proposed to fight botnet menace
Tories pledge to flush away eco slums
Openmoko to release Linux handset tomorrow
Sony pulls PlayStation 3 software update
Moody's to fix sub-prime computer error
Virgin warns 800 punters for file-sharing
OMTP says mobile Web 2.0 is a beach
Nvidia throws itself under the bus with chip defect, delays and lost sales
Dell buys into Dell for $100m
Jobs and Apple board fingered in backdating civil lawsuit
Google a broken hell for five-year-olds
Midwestern data pimping alive and well
Parallels forms Windows containers on HP's Itanium servers
IBM rids world of mainframe up-start PSI, inherits Itanium server biz
Microsoft targets online Office bundle at US cheapskates
Acer punts £199... er... £220... er... Linux laptop
UK.gov launches data mash-up competition
HP VP charged for trying to pass on IBM trade secrets
Court slaps UK BitTorrenters with landmark damages award
Alan Sugar leaves Amstrad
Google's Street View spycar clocked in London
Top airline bosses launch assault on airport ID card plan
Chillblast Fusion Juggernaut gaming PC

LinuxToday
Sourceforge Community Choice Finalists: Some Curious Choices
KDE Developer Quits
A User's Freedom to Choose
Microsoft Rebuilds Open Source Sandcastle
In Note To Judge, Hans Reiser Asks For New Lawyer
Michael Robertson, Where's the Cash?
Identi.ca Launches, an Open Source Twitter
Guinness Bestows Download Record on Firefox
Barracuda Networks Countersues Trend Micro
Openmoko to Release Linux Handset Tomorrow
Private St. Louis School Goes Linux
Best Practices for Using Open-Source Software
How To Install Ubuntu Linux In 12 Easy Steps
Top of the Charts: Five Open Source File Sharing Apps
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 [Review]
Create Your Own Web Server With BIND And Apache On CentOS 5 (Simplified)
The Six Kinds of Anti-FOSS Trolls
Dtrace vs SystemTap, Redux
Struggling Towards a Great Linux Desktop
Linux's Dirty Little Secret
Don't Confuse Bad Linux Support for Bad Linux
The Critics are Wrong: KDE 4 Doesn't Need a Fork
One Live DVD, One Ton of Linux Games
Open Source Community Pushes Canberra on School Computer Fund
The Open-Source CEO: An Interview with Dave Lilly of GroundWork
Demands on Open Source Software Grow
JBoss App Server 5.0 Emerges From Hiding
Lawyers to Judge: Hans Reiser May Be 'Mentally Incompetent'
Open Enterprise Interview with Roy Russo, Loopfuse
Networking with Ubuntu 8.04 and Windows Part 2
Beating Sandvine on Linux with iptables
SMPlayer Review--One of the Most Powerful Video Players for Linux
Ndiswrapper in Slackware
Migrate Device Control Applications from Windows to Linux
A Symphony For Viola: Parsix 1.5r0 Review
Mandriva Linux--Wonderful and Maddening
Yes, We Need Users Too!
Confirmed: Xandros Acquires Linspire
Three Reasons Why GNU/Linux is Better for Web Servers than OS X
Paperless Schools and Linux Notebooks for Every Kid

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U.S. Arms Dealer Tests Legal Bounds in Middle East Arms Bazaar
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Immune to Critics, Secret-Spilling Wikileaks Plans to Save Journalism ... and the World
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Gear Gallery: New Ultralights, Easy Wireless Speakers, Snappy DSLR
hollywood
Nerd Up: Hancock's Not-So-Super Formula
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Fireworks: Coming Soon to a Screen Near You
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How to Safely Stage a Fireworks Show
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Calorie Restriction Comes in a Pill
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CO2 Pollution Could Wipe Out Coral Reefs
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5 Great Interactive Museums to Visit this Summer
politics
Analysis: Pending a Telecom Immunity Vote, Spy Ruling Lacks Muscle
gaming reviews
Elf-Serving and Troll-Surfing in Too HumanCo-Op
gaming
Metal Gear Solid 4: The Spoiler-Filled Review
Cool Wheels
Laugh at High Gas Prices: This VW Gets 282 MPG
wireless
Latest Open Source Linux Phone on Sale July 4
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Will the Real Hans Reiser Lawyer Please Stand Up?
online rights
Judge Orders YouTube to Give All User Histories to Viacom
culture
Con Men Lose Their Cool in the E-Mail Era
Media Death March: Newspaper Analysts Dwindle
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Our Anti-Netflix Death Watch Watch
Epicenter
Exclusive: Ex-Congressman at Center of Arms Deals Between Russia, Libya, Iraqi Army
Danger Room
Free Map, Extras Coming to Halo 3
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Quantum of SolaceGame Full of GoldenEye'Homages'
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Patent Craziness: Complicated Machine Replaces One Bulb
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Cable News Bores Viewers, Ratings Fall
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Video: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear SkyDebut Trailer
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On-Location Shots From Battlestar Galactica's Finale?
The Underwire
Fireworks: Coming Soon to a Screen Near You
The Underwire
Video: Yahtzee Takes on Webcomics
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Caloric Restriction Comes in a Pill
Wired Science
Fincher Brings GoonComic to Big Screen
The Underwire
Midnight Club: Los AngelesGranted Release Date
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From a comic book to cyberspace
Beyond the Beyond
Pearl Jammers Go Solo for Summer
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New Klipsh Earbuds Deliver Fine Sound When Pushed Hard
Gadget Lab
DANGER! Fourth of July Science Friday, C-Span Washington Journal
Danger Room
Elf-Serving and Troll-Surfing in Too HumanCo-Op
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CO2 Pollution Could Erase Coral Reefs
Wired Science
People Still Watch TV, Says Study -- Who Knew?
Epicenter
Openmoko Neo FreeRunner on Sale July 4
Gadget Lab
Metal Gear Solid 4: The Spoiler-Filled Review
Game | Life
Indie Labels Declare July 4 'Independents Day'
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Never-Before-Seen Director's Cut of MetropolisUnearthed
The Underwire
WarcraftOperator Dominates Chinese Supercomputing List
Game | Life
Nerd Up: Hancock's Not-So-Super Formula
The Underwire
Lich KingBeta Registration Open to European Fans
Game | Life
Analysis: NSA Spying Judge Defends Rule of Law, Congress Set to Strip His Power
Threat Level
Review: Portman Peps Up Sluggish My Blueberry Nights
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Streamzy: Clean And Simple On-Demand Music
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Horses Win the Race in Japan Sales
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'Heroes' Producer Sees Upside to File Sharing
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Ubisoft Preps Simultaneous Mac/PC Game Releases
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iPhone Timeline Highlights the Handset Through The Ages
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Two New Talesfor Portables in Japan
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GeekDads' Favorite Podcasts
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Chad's Courteous Phone Thieves
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Download Anime, Manga to Your DS
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ATPNY Lands More Bands, Runs Out of Rooms
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Secrets of Stradivarius Explained
Wired Science
New Device Measures Astronaut Fatigue, Depression
Wired Science
Mullen Agrees with Obama on Iraq, Afghanistan?
Danger Room
Yakuza 3Returns Series to Modern Tokyo
Game | Life
Dead Media Beat: degenerative by Eugenio Tisselli, 2005
Beyond the Beyond
Sony Pulls Down 2.40 PS3 Firmware
Game | Life
France takes over EU, dragging its Internet policy with it
Beyond the Beyond
Sirius, XM Merger Could Cost Howard Stern
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Spime Watch: Pachube
Beyond the Beyond
Dead Media Beat: Missing Chunks of METROPOLIS unearthed
Beyond the Beyond
Nine Inch Nails Tracks Downloads of 'The Slip' via Google Earth
Listening Post
Your Galaxy, Any Way You Like It
Geekdad
Video: Unmanned Quad-Rotorcraft
Danger Room
A Tardis in Every Backyard
Geekdad
Laugh at High Gas Prices With a 282-MPG VW
Autopia
Rush Limbaugh: The $400 Million Man
Epicenter
GeekDad Exclusive: See a New Eventide Magic Card Here First
Geekdad
California Requires 'Pollution Labels' For Cars
Autopia
Spies Want a Second Lifeof Their Own
Danger Room
The Perfect D&D Dice Bag?
Geekdad
The New-wave of Personal Informatics
Beyond the Beyond
Army Funds Wild New Rotorcraft Concepts
Danger Room
FringeViral Print/Radio Ads Search for 'Pattern'
The Underwire
Judge: President's 'State Secrets' Privilege Can't Shield Wiretapping
Threat Level
Media Death March: LATimes to Cut 150 Editorial Jobs
Epicenter
DoJ Policy Would Sanction Racial Profiling, Let FBI Target Americans Without Cause
Threat Level
In Note to Judge, Hans Reiser Asks for New Lawyer
Threat Level
65-Minute WhoFinale on TV Menu for 10 Million Brits
The Underwire
DXG's New HD Mini-camcorder Aims For Tiny Pockets
Gadget Lab
Big Bird's Builder Remembered as Genius
The Underwire
Hellboy Gets Animated, Probed on His 'Inner Demons'
The Underwire
Frontiers of Interaction IV, Torino
Beyond the Beyond
Movie Gallery's 'Mysterious' Asset Sale Called Into Question
Epicenter
Judge Orders YouTube to Give All User Histories to Viacom
Threat Level
14 Science Questions the Next President Should Answer
Wired Science
AfterVille The Movie
Beyond the Beyond
Ferrell, Cohen Re-Team in Sherlock Holmes Movie
The Underwire
Four New Halo WarsScreens Roll Out
Game | Life
Copyright Office Gives Webcasters the Shaft
Epicenter
Gaming Overtakes DVD Sales
Game | Life
Guitar HeroChamp Perfects GH3'sMost Difficult Song
Game | Life
Atari Afloat Thanks to Loans, Dragonball Z
Game | Life
Blizzard: Microsoft Doesn't Care About PC Gaming
Game | Life
The Tech That's Fighting the Big Sur Fire
Danger Room
Penguins Are the New Canaries
Wired Science
Podington Bear's Identity Revealed
Listening Post
Me Too Gadget: The Stix Brings Motion Controls To the PC
Gadget Lab
HaloBoard Game Revealed
Game | Life
U.S. Satellites Snooping on Iraqi Army
Danger Room
Stop the Presses: Kids Like Cool Animals
Wired Science
Cronenberg's FlyGoes to the Opera
Listening Post
Global Energy Network Depends on a Few Vulnerable Nodes
Wired Science
Hacking the Hack of Stem Cell Reprogramming
Wired Science
Dr. HorribleWebcomic Hints at Creepy Undertones
The Underwire
Preview: A Hilariously Gross Take on GrimmFairy Tales
Game | Life
South ParkReveals 'Major Boobage' Magic
The Underwire
First Details of CastlevaniaBrawler
Game | Life
Video: LAL Smashes the Beauty Industry's Pinata
Listening Post
5 Great Interactive Museums to Visit this Summer
Geekdad
Rumor: Geometry Wars 2Achievements List
Game | Life
Gallery: Tainted Tie-Ins — Worst Movie Games Ever
Secrets of Stradivarius Explained
Judge Orders YouTube to Give All User Histories to Viacom
Laugh at High Gas Prices With a 282-MPG VW
Gear Gallery: New Ultralights, Easy Wireless Speakers and a Snappy DSLR
July 3, 1999: Gobbling Up a Pac-ManRecord
Immune to Critics, Secret-Spilling Wikileaks Plans to Save Journalism ... and the World
Race for Reservations Turns New York Eatery Into Net Obsession
South ParkReveals 'Major Boobage' Magic
14 Science Questions the Next President Should Answer
'Regenerating' Doctor WhoHas Million Reasons to Stay
Apple, AT&T Release iPhone 3G Videos and Pricing Details
Con Men Lose Their Cool in the E-Mail Era
Bosses Delete Outspoken Army Blog
Most Awesomely Bad Military Acronyms
Review: Will Smith Saves the Day as Hancock's Superhero Jerk
Global Energy Network Depends on a Few Vulnerable Nodes
Lawyers to Judge: Hans Reiser May Be 'Mentally Incompetent' -- UPDATE
July 2, 1937: Earhart Vanishes Over the Pacific
U.S. Satellites Snooping on Iraqi Army
Stakeouts, Lucky Breaks Snare 10 in Citibank ATM Heist
California Compliant: We Compare 4 Bluetooth Headsets
The Petabyte Age: Because More Isn't Just More — More Is Different
Match the Botanical with Its Origin and Head to Bangkok for a Drink
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vnunet
Cyber-crooks celebrate independence
Low key Patch Tuesday planned
Video game market beats recession
Judge orders YouTube to open its records
Japanese firm offers weddings in space
Victory predicted for Microsoft's Hyper-V
US tax payback spent on porn
Clive Sinclair dreams of flying cars
US broadband take-up slows
AT&T rolls out new iPhone plan
Google open sources RatProxy security tool
DoJ sued over mobile phone tracking
Microsoft touts Office subscription plan
Skype appoints new chief operating officer
European SMEs spend big on security
Barracuda countersues Trend Micro
Boffins charm rubber snake for wave power
vnunet.com comment: Monitoring data centre efficiency
UK launches 'green grid computing' competition
Korea to earn $115bn from IT exports
Social networking revenues disappoint
DoJ investigates Yahoo Google deal
European firms plug in IP phones
Trojans stop play for web gamers
Sony pulls PlayStation 3 update
Location-based services on the move
UK's fittest cities 'buy most Wii Fit games'
Pandora still pining for Europe
Microsoft unveils IE8 security upgrades
Guinness confirms Firefox 3 world record
Sony pulls PlayStation 3 update
Man selling life on eBay makes a loss
Ryanair admits to serious website flaw
Thieves steal millions from Citibank customers
Sony DualShock 3 controller due on 2 July
Clive Sinclair dreams of flying cars
Social networking revenues disappoint
Trojans stop play for web gamers
Pandora still pining for Europe

InternetNews.com
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Open Source Nokia a Threat to Microsoft, Google?
Ballmer: And Then There Was One
Intel's Next Processor Details Leaked?
Beware the Coming of the Mac
Microsoft Jumps Into Virtualization Fray
Google Launches Affiliate Network
Rhapsody Bets DRM-Free Downloads Can Foil iTunes
NebuAd: The Third Rail for ISPs?
Yahoo Mail Hit by Scripting Vulnerability
Red Hat CEO: Oracle/BEA Deal Is Helping Us
Making Good on a Promise
The 7 Features the 'iPhone Killers' Missed
Why Are IT Security Pros So Bad?
Here Comes the Asus 'Freee PC'
What's Wrong With IT?
Linux File Systems: Ready for the Future?
Virtually Speaking: A Cut Above
Not Quite the End of Gates' Era, but Close
Is There a Cure for the 'Distraction Virus'?
Low-Income Americans Slipping on Broadband
Cheap Storage Can Still Add Up
Enterprise Portal Software Gets Competitive
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Free VMware Server 2.0 Now Release Candidate
Beware the Coming of the Mac
Cheap Storage Can Still Add Up
AMD Up, HP Down in the Numbers Game
LinkedIn Hits the B-Mark
Intel's Gelsinger Mulls Past Missteps, Future Plans
XP's 'Last Day' Less Final Than Gates'
MobiComp Bid Helps Microsoft's Mobile Agenda
Online Dating's New Face
Yahoo Details Internal Reorg
Clock Ticking on Yahoo-Google Ad Pact
Eclipse Ganymede Makes It Easier for Devs
Microsoft Still Courting Yahoo's Search Business?
Robust Times Ahead for Storage Management
IDC: Global Ad Spending to Hit $106B in 2011
Blue Coat: We Grow One Packet at a Time
Merchants Cope With PCI Compliance

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SecurityFocus
Web surfers, it's time to patch
Breach-notification laws not working?
Ransomware resisting crypto cracking efforts
Boycott spotlights antivirus testing issues
Hired gun blamed for business outage
TJX employee fired for exposing shoddy security
Legal experts wary of MySpace hacking charges
Admins warned of brute-force SSH attacks
Thoughts of a Teenage Bot Master
Groups warn travelers to limit laptop data
Firing Up Browser Security
Racing Against Reversers
Anti-Social Networking
Thinking Beyond the Ivory Towers
Click Crime
Just Who's Being Exploited?
On the Border
Catch Them If You Can
Let's Go Crazy
The Laws of Full Disclosure

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NewScientist
Mercury: The incredible shrinking planet
Pulsar's wobble provides new Einstein test
Brain chemical may have role in cot death
Greenland ice sheet slams the brakes on
Wine chemical improves health but not longevity
Microwave ray gun controls crowds with noise
Lack of cracks may explain Peru meteorite mystery
Interview: It's a dog's life... again
Mercury: The incredible shrinking planet
Pulsar's wobble provides new Einstein test
Brain chemical may have role in cot death
Greenland ice sheet slams the brakes on
Wine chemical improves health but not longevity
Microwave ray gun controls crowds with noise
Lack of cracks may explain Peru meteorite mystery
Interview: It's a dog's life... again
Why satnavs are a detective's best friend
Global treaty promises hard times for file sharers
Tiny scanner may monitor astronauts' mental health
Diet-sized snack packs turn off willpower
Did newborn Earth harbour life?
Why continents split up and get back together
No place to hide for herpes virus
Which countries would you pick for your climate team?
Steam car to go for land speed record
Air travel in the tropics is worse for climate
Decline in bee diversity could sting crop producers
Hubble snaps ghostly ribbon of light
Will huge health plan make guinea pigs of UK citizens?
Can the US get Beyond Einstein?
Springy sediments may amplify tsunamis
'Gordon Gekko' trading bot profits from mood swings
Californian wildfires claim life of rare condor chick
Quick-thinking ants trim foliage to fit
Counting monkeys tick off yet another 'human' ability
Roundest objects in the world created
Violent sex means chameleons die young
Charades reveals a universal sentence structure
'Tractor beam' plays molecular tug of war
Can a cow hormone help save the environment?
HIV 'locked out' of sabotaged cells
Transplant drug may ease disorder linked to autism
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