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Restrictions on Search and Seizure of Laptops Proposed
The "Travelers' Privacy Protection Act" bill has been introduced in both the U.S. House and Senate. The law seeks to curtail the ability of the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents to demand passwords, search and seize notebook computers and other small digital devices without probable cause
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For $1.75, you can be a homeownerSAGINAW, Mich., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A Chicago resident says she now owns a home in Saginaw, Mich., after buying the abandoned property on eBay for only $1.75.Joanne Smith said by entering the eighth and highest bid in an online auction for a Saginaw home last week, she became the legal owner of a home in a Michigan city that she has no plans to move to, The Saginaw ...
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How the Internet Might Grow a 'Heart'
A more intelligent and proactive Web is close at hand.
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Hewlett-Packard to Acquire Storage Software Company (Update3)
Oct. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. , the world's largest personal-computer maker, agreed to buy LeftHand Networks Inc. for $360 million in cash to expand its storage offerings.
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IBM Drops After Analyst Cites Risks From Bad Debt (Update3)
Oct. 1 (Bloomberg) -- International Business Machines Corp. fell the most in more than three years in New York trading after a Sanford C. Bernstein analyst said the increased risk of customers failing to pay their bills could hurt profit.
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Computers Help Docs Spot Breast Cancer On X-rays
A computer is as good as a second pair of eyes for helping a radiologist spot breast cancer on a mammogram, one of the largest and most rigorous tests of computer-aided detection found.
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For $1.75, you can be a homeowner ... Frisbee champ dog out after eating spatula ... Victims log in remotely to stolen laptops ... Woman, 70, competes to be top fencer ... UPI Quirks in the News.
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Hollywood hates fair use, sues over RealDVD
Filed under: Home Entertainment We knew Hollywood wouldn't let RealNetworks sell its RealDVD DVD-ripping-and-archiving software without a fight, and right on schedule, six major studios have filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent it from being sold. Of course, RealNetworks has been planning on hiding behind that Kaleidescape ruling all along, but straight CSS circumvention isn't really ...
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Apple: No evidence yet for Mac Pro toxins
There is no evidence so far that Mac Pros are emitting dangerous chemicals, an Apple spokesman claims. Reports recently emerged from France of scientific testing, which suggested that Mac Pros were regularly emitting several toxic yet not immediately threatening kinds of fumes, including benzene, propanal and acetic acid. The major concern is said to be long-term exposure, as benzene, for ...
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A-B contractor admits stealing computer equipment
A former Anheuser-Busch IT contractor on Wednesday admitted stealing and selling more than $400,000 worth of the beer maker's computer equipment on eBay.
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Stallman berates cloud computing “hype”
Iain Thomson in San Francisco, Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation, has warned that cloud computing is mainly hype and companies risk losing control of their data if they buy into such systems....
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Allstate testing whether games can improve driving
Could playing computer games enhance mental agility enough to turn people over 50 into better drivers? Allstate Corp. wants to find out, and if the answer is yes, it might offer insurance discounts to people who play the games.
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Computer simulations reveal three 'green Sahara' episodes over 120,000 years
BERLIN: New North African climate reconstructions have revealed three 'green Sahara' episodes during which the present-day Sahara Desert was almost completely covered with extensive grasslands, lakes and ponds over the course of the last 120,000 years.
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HP to Buy LeftHand Networks for $360 Million
Hewlett-Packard will buy LeftHand Networks for US$360 million [m] to fill in its storage virtualization and iSCSI lines for...
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Virtual Publishing Releases FlatOut 2 Game
Virtual Publishing has released a Macintosh version of FlatOut 2, the high-octane racing and destruction game developed by...
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Computer can replace 2nd mammogram reader
Computer software designed to look for breast tumors can read mammograms nearly as well as an extra pair of human eyes, according to a study published on Wednesday that could change the way the X-rays are read.
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Computer-Aided Mammogram Reading Effective
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 1 (HealthDay News) -- When it comes to reading mammogram results, two heads aren't always better than one.
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WD Improves Power Efficiency, Performance in 'green' Drives
Western Digital (WD) on Wednesday announced that it's shipping its second generation of Caviar Green desktop hard disk drives...
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Artificial intelligence experts are seeking help from Reading folk to help test human-like machines. The Loebner Prize for Artificial Intelligence – an international contest to find a machine able to pass itself off as human – comes to The University of Reading on Sunday, October 12.
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Stallman berates cloud computing hype
Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation, has warned that cloud computing is mainly hype and companies risk losing control of their data if they buy into such systems.
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Hacker gets customer information from Foothills rec district
The Foothills Park & Recreation District is working with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office to investigate the theft of information from the district's computer network by a hacker that could be used for identity theft.
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xkoto Virtualizes SQL Server
Xkoto, the database virtualizer, fielded a Gridscale for Microsoft SQL Server virtualization product today that it says improves application performance, scalability and reliability in SQL Server environments. The active-active widgetry virtualizes the database infrastructure and distributes application loads horizontally across multiple instances of SQL Server. Xkoto says that means better ...
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Android debuts
— Sep. 23, 2008 — [Updated 2:15PM] -- T-Mobile, Google, and HTC announced the first phone based on the Google-sponsored Android Java/Linux stack.
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