Software lets parents monitor kids' calls | CNET News.com

Seeded on Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:21 AM EDT (CNET)

Software lets parents monitor kids' calls

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Ballmer hints at Microsoft's future in the 'cloud' | CNET News.com

Seeded on Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:19 AM EDT (CNET)

Microsoft has its head in the Internet cloud.

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Researchers try Google approach to understanding photos | CNET News.com

Seeded on Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:18 AM EDT (CNET)

Carnegie Mellon University researchers are finding that a computer with enough information at its fingertips can act smart even if it doesn't really understand what it's doing.

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Microsoft's 'Cloud OS' takes shape | CNET News.com

Seeded on Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:16 AM EDT (CNET)

Microsoft is in the early stages of a plan that will see virtually its entire lineup of underlying Internet services opened up to developers, the software maker made clear this week.

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IBM grants broad patent rights; maybe Microsoft should follow suit? | Tech news blog - CNET News.com

Seeded on Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:16 AM EDT (CNET)

IBM is granting universal and perpetual access to intellectual property that might be necessary to implement standards designed to make software interoperable.

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Apple updates QuickTime 7.2 with eight security fixes | Tech news blog - CNET News.com

Seeded on Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:15 AM EDT (CNET)

n addition to providing full-screen viewing and various iPhone options, the latest version of QuickTime 7.2 includes eight important security fixes.

technology

IBM launches open beta for virtualization-enhanced AIX | Tech news blog - CNET News.com

Seeded on Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:14 AM EDT (CNET)

IBM on Thursday released the beta of AIX 6, the operating system for its Unix servers, which will be commercially available in the fourth quarter this year.

Yahoo goes into mind-reading mode | Tech news blog - CNET News.com

Seeded on Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:13 AM EDT (CNET)

Yahoo has kicked off its Search Suggest feature, designed to save users time by offering suggestions they can click on, according to Yahoo Search Blog

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Google wins another copyright case | Tech news blog - CNET News.com

Seeded on Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:12 AM EDT (CNET)

An appeals court in Pennsylvania has affirmed a lower court's dismissal of a lawsuit against Google.

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Public radio: No Webcast changes for us for now | Tech news blog - CNET News.com

Seeded on Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:11 AM EDT (CNET)

The latest on the Internet radio saga bears some positive news for people who like to stream music from public radio's online presence.

technology

Left-Wing Extremists Want to 'Reconquista' Southwest -- 07/03/2007

Seeded on Thu Jul 5, 2007 2:05 AM EDT (CNSNews.com)

A webpage featuring pictures of Uncle Sam in a 15th century suit of armor with the words "I want you to come back to Europe!" is one of the worst nightmares of the anti-immigrant movement.

us-news

After Decade as Prime Minister, Blair Yields Role to Gordon Brown

Seeded on Wed Jun 27, 2007 9:33 PM EDT (The New York Times)

LONDON, June 27 — On a day of poignant farewells and sober new promises, Gordon Brown took over Wednesday from Tony Blair as prime minister, offering Britain a pledge to "try my utmost" and declaring, "Now, let the work of change begin."

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Credit card leader Capital One to cut 2,000 jobs

Seeded on Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:44 PM EDT (USA Today)

Capital One (COF) said Wednesday it expects to eliminate about 2,000 jobs, or a little more than 6% of its workforce, throughout the company as part of a cost-cutting program designed to save $700 million by 2009.

business

Apple's iPhone isn't perfect, but it's worthy of the hype

Seeded on Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:42 PM EDT (USA Today)

The mania over Apple's iPhone launch has created stratospheric expectations that are near impossible to live up to. Yet with a few exceptions, this expensive, glitzy wunderkind is indeed worth lusting after.

technology

Google Desktop goes Linux

Seeded on Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:39 PM EDT (CNET)

Google was set to launch late on Wednesday a beta version of Google Desktop search for Linux in a sign of encouragement by the search giant for Linux on the desktop.

technology

Half the World Soon to Be in Cities

Seeded on Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:37 PM EDT (The New York Times)

By next year, more than half the world's population, 3.3 billion people, will for the first time live in towns and cities, a number expected to swell to almost 5 billion by 2030, according to a United Nations Population Fund report released today.

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In Food Safety Crackdown, China Closes 180 Plants

Seeded on Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:34 PM EDT (The New York Times)

SHANGHAI, June 27 — After weeks of insisting that food here is largely safe, regulators in China said Tuesday that they had recently closed 180 food plants and that inspectors had uncovered more than 23,000 food safety violations.

health

Our view on unwanted animals: Better ways to save pets

Seeded on Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:32 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

California has a serious problem, one that plagues much of the nation: nearly a million unwanted pets each year that are costing state taxpayers $300 million, forcing euthanasia for about a half million and taking an incalculable toll on workers like Gross, who want to help anima …

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Fashion designer Liz Claiborne dies

Seeded on Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:30 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

NEW YORK - Fashion designer Liz Claiborne revolutionized the way working women put together their wardrobes because she was one of them.

fashion

Bombing near Shiite shrine kills 14

Seeded on Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:28 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

BAGHDAD - America's No. 2 diplomat in Iraq predicted progress by fall on bringing together Iraq's feuding factions as violence claimed more lives Wednesday, including 14 people killed in a late night car bombing near a Shiite shrine in the capital.

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Tech + Me = Together Forever

Wed Jun 27, 2007 5:51 PM EDT

Technology is everywhere, and nearly impossible to ignore. As a person in my early twenties I consider myself as a target by technology companies as a primary demographic for advertising the latest and coolest technology. Like any other person I have a strong tie to technology.

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