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'Elf Yourself' returns with Facebook and Twitter power		Mon, Nov 9 09:18 PM
The goofball marketing campaign has returned for the fourth year in a row, and promises to infiltrate your holiday season even more. Question: Does it do much for creator OfficeMax?		CNET News.com - Media
'Elf Yourself' returns with Facebook and Twitter power		Mon, Nov 9 09:18 PM
The goofball marketing campaign has returned for the fourth year in a row, and promises to infiltrate your holiday season even more. Question: Does it do much for creator OfficeMax?		CNET News.com
Justice Dept. asked for news site's visitor lists		Mon, Nov 9 09:10 PM
Gag order instructed independent news site not to disclose subpoena demanding copies of "all IP traffic."		CNET News.com
Yahoo says to grow operating margin at 15-20 percent pace (Reuters)		Mon, Nov 9 09:01 PM
Reuters - Internet giant Yahoo Inc is committed to grow its operating margin at a 15-20 percent pace over the next three years, CEO Carol Bartz said on Tuesday.		Yahoo! News: Technology News
New Verizon ad pushes Droid's manly side		Mon, Nov 9 08:30 PM
In its latest spot, Verizon's Droid is declared to be a robotphone, while the iPhone resembles something that can only be for girls.		CNET News.com - Media
New Verizon ad pushes Droid's manly side		Mon, Nov 9 08:30 PM
In its latest spot, Verizon's Droid is declared to be a robotphone, while the iPhone resembles something that can only be for girls.		CNET News.com
Ida soaks Gulf Coast, disrupts energy output (Reuters)		Mon, Nov 9 07:44 PM
Reuters - A weakened Tropical Storm Ida drenched the U.S. Gulf Coast and oil installations on Monday, shutting down nearly 30 percent of Gulf energy production.		Yahoo! News: Science News
Google to Purchase AdMob		Mon, Nov 9 07:41 PM
Google agreed to buy start-up AdMob, which provides display ads for cellphones, for $750 million in stock.		WSJ.com: What's News Technology
EU Objects to Sun-Oracle Deal		Mon, Nov 9 07:40 PM
The EU issued a statement of objections Monday on Oracle's proposed $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems, due to concerns the merger would hurt competition in the database market.		WSJ.com: What's News Technology
New solar-sail mission planned after 2005 failure (Reuters)		Mon, Nov 9 07:26 PM
Reuters - Backers of a failed mission to launch the world's first solar-sail spacecraft unveiled plans on Monday to try again five years later with a smaller, swifter satellite to test the limits of sunlight propulsion.		Yahoo! News: Science News
Artificial Penis Tissue Proves Promising in Lab Tests (LiveScience.com)		Mon, Nov 9 07:04 PM
LiveScience.com - One day artificial penis tissue could be grown to help men, new findings in rabbits now suggest.		Yahoo! News: Science News
EA to Cut 17% of Staff and Buy Playfish		Mon, Nov 9 06:59 PM
Videogame publisher Electronic Arts said it plans to cut 17% of its work force while acquiring a U.K. online-videogame concern to build up its digital business.		WSJ.com: What's News Technology
Sprint to Cut Up to 2,500 Jobs		Mon, Nov 9 06:52 PM
Sprint Nextel said it plans to cut 2,000 to 2,500 workers by year's end as the struggling cellphone-service provider looks to cut annual costs by at least $350 million.		WSJ.com: What's News Technology
Google, Verizon Deepen Ties		Mon, Nov 9 06:37 PM
Verizon Wireless and Google are counting on an unlikely but growing friendship between their CEOs as they look to challenge AT&T and Apple's iPhone.		WSJ.com: What's News Technology
EU objects to Oracle's takeover of Sun (AP)		Mon, Nov 9 06:18 PM
AP - European antitrust regulators have formally objected to Sun Microsystems Inc.'s planned $7.4 billion sale to Oracle Corp., escalating a battle over a deal that has already been cleared in the U.S.		Yahoo! News: Technology News
2010 Tesla Roadster Sport first drive		Mon, Nov 9 05:53 PM
CNET Car Tech spends time with the 2010 Tesla Roadster Sport.		CNET News.com
Examining science on the fringes: vital, but generally wrong		Mon, Nov 9 05:23 PM
The history of science is replete with examples, from plate tectonics to prions, of heretical ideas that received a poor reception from the scientific establishment when they were first proposed. The apparent resistance to new ideas has earned scientists a fair bit of criticism. But some recent publications have indicated both that it is possible for fringe ideas to get a hearing from mainstream science, and that their proponents may end up wishing they didn't. Fringe ideas that go against mainstream scientific thought are effectively a constant in most areas of science, and there are a number of examples where the ideas have moved from the fringes to the mainstream. The classic example here is Alfred Wegener, who is celebrated for his development of the ideas we now know as plate tectonics, a phenomenally successful scientific theory. At the time, however, his ideas were ridiculed. "Reaction to Wegener's theory was almost uniformly hostile, and often exceptionally harsh and scathing," as the Berkeley site notes.		Ars Technica
In Apple parody, Florida says 'there's no app for this'		Mon, Nov 9 05:18 PM
It seems that everyone is getting at Apple these days. A new ad campaign from the Florida Keys and Key West suggests there's no app for the wonderful experience of being there.		CNET News.com
Sneak peek: Xobni e-mail app for BlackBerry		Mon, Nov 9 05:08 PM
Xobni demoed its upcoming e-mail app at BlackBerry Developer Conference.		CNET News.com
Liberty Media Says QVC, Starz Show Improvement		Mon, Nov 9 04:39 PM
Liberty Media said its QVC home-shopping business returned to growth and business improved at its Starz division in the third quarter.		WSJ.com: What's News Technology
Microsoft releases SDK for Facebook		Mon, Nov 9 04:37 PM
The software giant releases a software development kit for Facebook, allowing developers to make applications for the social-networking site with Silverlight and WPF.		CNET News.com
UK starts study on using human DNA in animals (AP)		Mon, Nov 9 04:33 PM
AP - British scientists begin a new study on Tuesday to consider how human DNA is used in animal experiments and to determine what the boundaries of such controversial science might be.		Yahoo! News: Science News
Planetary Society plans new 'solar sail' (AP)		Mon, Nov 9 04:12 PM
AP - Four years after its first solar sail ended up in the ocean instead of orbit, The Planetary Society announced Monday that by the end of 2010 it will try again to launch a spacecraft that will be propelled by the subtle pressure of sunlight.		Yahoo! News: Science News
Climate change makes English winemakers see red (Reuters)		Mon, Nov 9 04:10 PM
Reuters - The pickers working their way along the hillside, clipping bunches of small, dark purple grapes from the rows of vines and dropping them into plastic buckets are harbingers of a warmer planet.		Yahoo! News: Science News
Google snaps up mobile ad startup for $750 million (AP)		Mon, Nov 9 04:03 PM
AP - Google Inc. is buying mobile advertising network AdMob for $750 million, underscoring the Internet search leader's determination to ensure its marketing machine reaches the growing number of people surfing the Web on phones.		Yahoo! News: Technology News
EA posts 2Q loss, cutting 17 pct. of work force (AP)		Mon, Nov 9 03:56 PM
AP - Electronic Arts plans to cut its work force by 17 percent as it tries to align its business with a transforming video game industry.		Yahoo! News: Technology News
Initial Motorola Droid sales look good		Mon, Nov 9 03:51 PM
Analysts believe that sales of the new Motorola Droid on Verizon Wireless' network have been strong and steady through the first weekend the device was on sale.		CNET News.com - Wireless
Judge bans Twitter from court		Mon, Nov 9 03:06 PM
Federal judge in Georgia says criminal procedure rule should be interpreted to ban Twitter updates during a trial.		CNET News.com - Media
Blu-ray discs get Managed Copy; hardware support nonexistent		Mon, Nov 9 03:02 PM
"Managed copy" has been slouching its way toward our living rooms for years now, but the technology that can make backup copies of films will finally come to all Blu-ray discs on December 4, 2009. Unfortunately, no Blu-ray player yet has the ability to make one of these copies, rendering the whole scheme pretty pointless until consumers purchase the new players (available at some point in 2010) that are capable of contacting an authorization server over the Internet, verifying that this particular disc is allowed to make a copy, making the copy, then slathering the whole thing in a heavy marinade of DRM. Oh, and no one said that these managed copies have to be free, either.		Ars Technica
Sprint to cut 2,000 to 2,500 jobs		Mon, Nov 9 02:51 PM
Sprint Nextel says it will cut more than 2,000 positions by December 31 in an effort to save $350 million.		CNET News.com - Wireless
Deadline in Google book deal extended to Friday (AP)		Mon, Nov 9 02:46 PM
AP - A judge has given Google Inc. more time to revise a legal settlement that has drawn government scrutiny because it would give the Internet search leader the digital rights to millions of out-of-print books.		Yahoo! News: Technology News
RadioShack, Revlon, Dish Network are big movers (AP)		Mon, Nov 9 02:12 PM
AP - The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange:		Yahoo! News: Digital Video/TV Technology
On the Call: Dish Network CEO Charles Ergen (AP)		Mon, Nov 9 01:46 PM
AP - Dish Network Corp. delighted investors Monday by declaring a special dividend of $2 per share, even as its third-quarter results failed to impress Wall Street.		Yahoo! News: Digital Video/TV Technology
More time needed for revised Google Books deal		Mon, Nov 9 01:42 PM
After a meeting late last week with the Justice Department, the parties realize they need more time. Monday was to be the deadline for a revised settlement.		CNET News.com - Media
Smartphones beat recession, Nokia still on top		Mon, Nov 9 01:20 PM
There are a few consumer markets that are surprisingly robust, despite rising unemployment and a fragile economy. One of of these markets is apparently shoes, and the other is smartphones. For a gadget that not only costs a chunk of change up front, but also ties you into a costly service contract with a mobile provider that you may even despise at the time of purchase, it's hard to see how the smartphone could've made anybody's list of "Most Likely to Beat the Recession." But if IDC's latest shipment numbers are to be believed, the smartphone posted robust 4.2 percent year-over-year shipment growth in the third quarter of 2009. Nokia came in at the top of the heap in terms of market share (37.9 percent) and shipping volume (16.4 million units), and second in terms of year-over-year growth (6.6 percent). The phone maker's numbers were no doubt buoyed by the launch of the N97.		Ars Technica
With AdMob, Google seeks mobile-ad advantage		Mon, Nov 9 01:20 PM
The most dominant online advertising company has long had its sights set on the mobile market, and its $750 million purchase of AdMob would give it a strong position.		CNET News.com - Media
Glenn Beck loses domain dispute, still ends up with domain		Mon, Nov 9 11:48 AM
Talk show host and one-man media empire Glenn Beck has lost his bid to shut down the glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com domain name. We've covered the strange circumstances of the case before: a Gilbert Gottfried comedy routine (NSFW) about Bob Saget raping and murdering a teenaged girl made its way to the Fark forums, where commenters quickly adapted it for use with Glenn Beck. The idea is to force someone to explain away completely baseless charges made by insinuation alone; since Beck already has a reputation for doing this, the joke was supposed to give Beck a taste of his own medicine.		Ars Technica
Premier subscribers: live chat with the EFF's Fred von Lohmann Wednesday night		Mon, Nov 9 11:18 AM
Ars Premier 2.0 is our new and improved subscriber program that offers some fantastic benefits for subscribers. So far we've had chats with Mac OS X reviewer John Siracusa and Ars cofounder Jon Stokes. We're excited to announce our next live chat, with Electronic Frontier Foundation senior staff attorney Fred von Lohmann. The chat will start at 8pm EDT/5pm PDT on Wednesday, November 11. Fred will be answering premier subscribers' questions about copyright, Big Content, and the crowded, messy intersection of IP law and the Internet. All you need is a Web browser for this and all of our other Moderated Live Discussions.		Ars Technica
Dish beats on subscribers, sets special dividend (Reuters)		Mon, Nov 9 11:11 AM
Reuters - Dish Network Corp, the No. 2 U.S. satellite TV provider, beat Wall Street forecasts by posting a gain of 241,000 subscribers in the third quarter and surprised investors with a plan to pay shareholders a special dividend of $2 a share.		Yahoo! News: Digital Video/TV Technology
Report: Clearwire gets more cash from investors		Mon, Nov 9 10:56 AM
All of Clearwire's major investors, with the exception of Google, are pumping in more cash to the company to help it build its nationwide WiMax network.		CNET News.com - Wireless
EA picks up Playfish for social gaming push		Mon, Nov 9 10:24 AM
Electronic Arts makes some serious waves in the social gaming by acquiring Playfish for $275 million in cash and $25 million in equity.		CNET News.com - Media
Closing chapter of Google Books saga near		Mon, Nov 9 10:00 AM
Monday's deadline to submit a revised settlement could mark the beginning of the end for the Google Books legal process, after a year of rancorous debate.		CNET News.com - Media
Charter Posts Loss on Write-Down		Mon, Nov 9 09:01 AM
Charter Communications posted a wider quarterly loss as the cable-television provider took a $2.85 billion write-down on its franchises, masking stronger sales of bundled services and the benefits of cost controls		WSJ.com: What's News Technology
Dish Network 3rd-quarter profit falls (AP)		Mon, Nov 9 08:50 AM
AP - Dish Network Corp., the nation's second largest satellite TV operator, said Monday that net income fell 12 percent in the third quarter on the back of higher costs, including a reserve related to a lawsuit by TiVo Inc.		Yahoo! News: Digital Video/TV Technology
Russia fires police YouTube whistleblower (Reuters)		Mon, Nov 9 06:20 AM
Reuters - A junior Russian policeman was fired on Sunday after making a YouTube appeal to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accusing senior officers of corruption, a claim dismissed by authorities as false, news agencies reported.		Yahoo! News: Digital Video/TV Technology
Nokia recalls 14 million chargers		Mon, Nov 9 06:08 AM
Mobile giant is replacing phone chargers with potentially loose covers that could expose internal components and pose an electrical shock hazard.		CNET News.com - Wireless
Cisco ruffles feathers with new collaboration tools		Sun, Nov 8 10:05 PM
The networking giant turns up the heat on partner Microsoft as it expands and enhances its suite of collaboration tools.		CNET News.com - Wireless
AP IMPACT: Framed for child porn — by a PC virus (AP)		Sun, Nov 8 09:10 PM
AP - Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.		Yahoo! News: Technology News
New Verizon ad calls iPhone 'misfit toy'		Sun, Nov 8 02:50 PM
If you believed that the first "Droid Does" teaser was the last time Verizon was going to attack the iPhone, you would be mistaken. Here we go again.		CNET News.com - Wireless
W. Africa's last giraffes make surprising comeback (AP)		Sat, Nov 7 11:11 PM
AP - A crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the back of a pickup truck bounding across a sparse landscape of rocky orange soil.		Yahoo! News: Science News
Apple said to be working on 'world mode' iPhone		Sat, Nov 7 12:42 PM
The AppleInsider blog says it's gotten wind of a "hybrid iPhone," due in the third quarter of 2010, that would work on both GSM and CDMA (hear that, Verizon?).		CNET News.com - Wireless
Software cos. eye key patent case in Supreme Court (AP)		Sat, Nov 7 09:27 AM
AP - With the technology industry looking on, the Supreme Court on Monday will explore what types of inventions should be eligible for a patent in a pivotal case that could undermine such legal protections for software.		Yahoo! News: Technology News
Justin Bieber's "World" centers on young love (Reuters)		Fri, Nov 6 06:29 PM
Reuters - A year ago, Justin Bieber was a kid from Toronto who had a gift for singing sweet-natured covers of Usher hits, a penchant for playing the drums and a resourceful mother who posted clips of him on YouTube.		Yahoo! News: Digital Video/TV Technology
Google lets users see stored account data (AFP)		Thu, Nov 5 03:28 PM
AFP - Google on Thursday opened a window for users to see what records the Internet giant keeps regarding their activities at YouTube, Gmail, Reader and other accounts.		Yahoo! News: Digital Video/TV Technology
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Sprint Nextel to Cut Up to 2,500 Jobs		Mon, Nov 9 06:43 PM
Sprint Nextel plans to shed 2,500 jobs from its workforce by the end of 2009. Sprint Nextel is the latest technology company to have layoffs in a series of job cut in the past week that included Microsoft, Real networks, and Nokia Siemens. - Sprint Nextel plans to layoff between 2,000 to 2,500 jobs in the fourth quarter of 2009. The Overland, Kansas-based wireless technology carrier wants to slash about $350 million in internal and external labor force annualized, but will spend between $60 and $80 million in severance packages for ...		eWeek - RSS Feeds
EC Hands Down Formal Objection to Oracle-Sun Deal		Mon, Nov 9 06:07 PM
UPDATED: The EC, antitrust arm of the 27-nation European Union, informed both Oracle and Sun about the decision because the deal includes the freely available and popular MySQL Web database. The regulators see a major conflict of interest in the world's largest commercial database company owning its largest open source competitor. - It wasn't much of a surprise to people following the progress of the Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems that a formal objection to the $7.4 billion deal was handed down Nov. 9 from the European Commission. The EC, the antitrust arm of the 27-nation European Union, informed both Oracle and S...		eWeek - RSS Feeds
Supreme Court Hears Bilski Case		Mon, Nov 9 02:46 PM
High court takes on the question of just what is patentable with business method patents coming under scrutiny. The court's ultimate opinion -- due in June -- could invalidate thousands of software patents. - The Supreme Court heard arguments Nov. 9 in a case the technology industry is closely watching to clarify the patentablity of business methods. The case -- Bilksi and Warsaw v. Kappos -- specifically involves a method of hedging the risk associated with commodities but it has implications that...		eWeek - RSS Feeds
Microsoft Defends Windows 7 Security After Sophos Test		Mon, Nov 9 02:37 PM
A Microsoft executive accuses security company Sophos of sensationalizing claims that Windows 7's User Account Control is ineffective at fighting malware. Sophos counters that its goal was merely to show that UAC may not provide the level of protection some might expect. - Sophos Senior Security Adviser Chester Wisniewski caused a stir Nov. 3 when he repeated claims that Microsoft had rendered the Windows 7 User Account Control feature ineffective. To back this up, Wisniewski cited a test he had run in which numerous pieces of malware ran on Windows 7 without gene...		eWeek - RSS Feeds
Symbian, DeviceAnywhere Launch Virtual Developer Lab		Mon, Nov 9 02:37 PM
DeviceAnywhere, a provider of mobile application testing technology, and the Symbian Foundation recently launched the Symbian Virtual Developer Lab (VDL). - DeviceAnywhere, a provider of mobile application testing technology, and the Symbian Foundation recently launched the Symbian Virtual Developer Lab (VDL). The VDL leverages DeviceAnywheres technology to enable the deliver tools for the open source community to build and bring innovative mobile a...		eWeek - RSS Feeds
LABS GALLERY: BlackBerry 5.0-Based Devices Unlock BES 5.0 for Exchange Features		Mon, Nov 9 02:35 PM
With BlackBerry 5.0-based devices like the Bold 9700 and Storm2 finally here, Research in Motion customers that have already upgraded their Blackberry Enterprise Server infrastructure to Version 5.0 can start fully testing the new features. Here, eWEEK Labs demonstrates a few of these new capabilities. - ...		eWeek - RSS Feeds
Microsoft Delivers New SDK for Facebook		Mon, Nov 9 02:33 PM
The Microsoft SDK for Facebook Platform software development kit is designed to provide developers with a way to quickly and easily leverage the various features of the Facebook Platform through the Facebook Stream API with a range of samples, controls and templates. - Microsoft has released a new software development kit, Microsoft SDK for Facebook Platform, to provide developers with a way to quickly and easily make use of the various features of the Facebook Platform through the Facebook Stream API with a wide range of samples, controls and templates. In a ...		eWeek - RSS Feeds
10 Things the iPhone Worm Teaches Us About Mobile Security		Mon, Nov 9 02:17 PM
News Analysis: The iPhone is under attack by a relatively inconsequential worm that has found its way onto jailbroken iPhones in Australia. It might not affect too many users, but it does underscore the fact that the iPhone isn't as secure as people like to think. - A new worm has affected some Australian iPhones. The worm gains root access to a user's jailbroken phone and installs an image of Rick Astley (of Rickrolling fame) as the default wallpaper. Security company Sophos said removing the Ikee worm is extremely difficult, but it doesn't appear to do muc...		eWeek - RSS Feeds
Google Book Search Hearing Delayed Again		Mon, Nov 9 01:48 PM
Google and the authors and publishers with which it is trying to settle a five-year copyright feud ask the judge hearing the case for another delay so that they can make the deal more palatable for the Department of Justice. Legal eagle Michael Boni of Boni and Zack adds that the parties in the settlement have met with the DOJ as recently as Nov. 6. What this latest delay means for the planned December or January hearing date is unclear. - Google and the authors and publishers with which it is trying to settle a five-year copyright feud on Nov. 9 asked the judge hearing the case for another delay so that they can make the deal more palatable for the Department of Justice. Google, the Authors Guild and the Association of American P...		eWeek - RSS Feeds
HP Offers Hardware, Software Solutions for SMBs		Mon, Nov 9 01:39 PM
HP is rolling out a host of hardware and software solutions, and a line of financing options, designed to give SMBs access to easy-to-manage and energy-efficient products that will help them as they take advantage of the economic recovery. Key among these are new SMB-targeted PCs, servers and storage devices, as well as collaboration tools. - Hewlett-Packard is looking to drive enterprise-class capabilities to the SMB space. HP on Nov. 9 unveiled a host of hardware and software products and financing options designed to help smaller businesses get technology that takes advantage of such trends as energy efficiency and collaboration. Th...		eWeek - RSS Feeds
REVIEW: BlackBerry Bold 9700 Is a Typically Excellent E-Mail, Contact and Calendaring Device		Mon, Nov 9 12:30 PM
RIM's BlackBerry Bold 9700 combines the solid horsepower and good quality that characterized the original Bold 9000 with a form factor similar to other recent BlackBerry releases. The Bold 9700--versions of which are available from T-Mobile and AT T--works in concert with the latest enterprise back-end software to add more features for enterprise users, although some of those features are a little kludgy. - Research In Motions new BlackBerry Bold 9700 seems more than familiar, marrying the solid horsepower and good quality that characterized the original Bold 9000 with a form factor increasingly similar to other recent BlackBerry releases. A typically excellent RIM e-mail, contact and calendaring devic...		eWeek - RSS Feeds
Verizon Campaign Highlights Coverage over Devices		Mon, Nov 9 11:49 AM
Relegating the iPhone to the Island of Misfit Toys in a new ad, Verizon Wireless attempts to return consumer attention to the issue call coverage. In the United Kingdom, more than a quarter of ADC survey respondents say their work has suffered due to poor reception. - While mobile network operators have aggressively competed for customers by exclusively offering in-demand devices such as the iPhone on the AT amp;T network and the Motorola Droid on the Verizon Wireless network as well as by building catalogs of downloadable applications and offering the newest ...		eWeek - RSS Feeds
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Rolls Out Worldwide		Mon, Nov 9 11:48 AM
Microsoft announces during the TechEd Europe conference in Berlin that Exchange Server 2010 is now in general release. The latest version of Microsoft's messaging and collaboration platform for business includes multiple features designed to reduce costs, including low-cost storage, integrated archives and speech-to-text previews for voice mail. During the conference, Microsoft executives continue to focus on efficiency as an enterprise IT model. - Microsoft announced the worldwide launch of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, the next version of its messaging and collaboration platform for businesses, on Nov. 9 at the opening day of the TechEd Europe conference in Berlin. Attempting to address businesses' concerns over slashed IT budgets, Mic...		eWeek - RSS Feeds
Cisco-EMC-VMware Alliance Already Moving into New Sectors		Mon, Nov 9 11:43 AM
NEWS ANALYSIS: Only days after creating the VCE and its legal business entity, the shared-equity Acadia startup, to scope out solution packages and market the new vBlock cloud systems, the market-leading companies appear to be moving into other trendy and fertile IT farmlands: namely, virtual desktops, hosted applications and new storage options. - The IT giants that formed the Virtual Computing Environment joint venture Nov. 3 to create and market modular cloud computing systems appear to be building a coalition with the combined market share and product lineup to go way beyond a single data center product rollout. In fact, it's not too...		eWeek - RSS Feeds
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Nov. 10, 1983: Computer 'Virus' Is Born		Mon, Nov 9 09:00 PM
A grad student demonstrates just how dangerous malicious code can be. For the first time, the malware gets likened to a biological virus.		Wired Top Stories
The Spider Awards: Wired.com's Arachnid Hall of Fame		Mon, Nov 9 05:11 PM
Wired.com rounds up the biggest, baddest, weirdest, fiercest, cutest and cuddliest spiders in the world. With excellent photos.		Wired Top Stories
Taser Wars: The Real Dangers of Loose Triggers		Mon, Nov 9 05:00 PM
The controversy surrounding the use of Tasers by law enforcement grows with each death or seemingly abusive use. And while doctors are concerned about potentially lethal effect Tasers can have on the heart and brain, the company argues that Tasers are relatively safe, and less lethal than alternative weapons such as guns and batons.		Wired Top Stories
Brazilian Blackout Traced to Sooty Insulators, Not Hackers		Mon, Nov 9 03:15 PM
The CBS newsmagazine 60 Minutes breaks the remarkable news that a massive 2007 electrical blackout in Brazil was caused by computer hackers. But the electric utility involved denies a hack attack. It should know -- it was fined over $3 million for failing to maintain the high-voltage insulators that actually caused the blackout.		Wired Top Stories
Google Gets Till Friday for Digital Library Settlement		Mon, Nov 9 03:11 PM
Google wins a few more days to create a settlement over book scanning that will make the DOJ and the nation's authors and publishers happy. The library of the future is at stake.		Wired Top Stories
Why America Is Finally Ready for Doctor Who		Mon, Nov 9 03:00 PM
Call the BBC series chintzy, cheesy, an acquired taste — columnist Scott Brown doesn't care. In fact, he's proud to turn to the fussy and neurotic doctor for his sci-fi fix.		Wired Top Stories
Research In Motion Woos BlackBerry Developers		Mon, Nov 9 02:16 PM
BlackBerry wooed developers at its second developer conference with promised enhancements to its platform and new ways to make money off applications.		Wired Top Stories
Stop Fiddling With Your Instrument and Learn to Read Music		Mon, Nov 9 01:25 PM
Fiddle around with your instrument all you want, but until you can read music, you're just fooling around. If you want to navigate your way around sheet music, best start with this key.		Wired Top Stories
NASA's Scrubbed Escape Pod Glides to New Home		Mon, Nov 9 12:34 PM
NASA's cute, wingless escape pod for the International Space Station, which was in development until 2002, finally has a home. Sadly, it's not in space, but in Ashland, Nebraska at the Strategic Air and Space Museum.		Wired Top Stories
App Listens and Records All, Waiting for Twitterable Moment		Mon, Nov 9 12:22 PM
A new app for the iPhone constantly records the last 60 seconds of audio, so you can hit the button to save that funny thing your congressman or toddler just said. Potentially creepy or cool, depending on who's in charge.		Wired Top Stories
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