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Repurposing Quack Science

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:54:28 +0000

CERN's Large Hadron Collider ("LHC") restarted this morning without a hitch, after a year of kludgy delays and nutty rumors that time travelers had sabotaged it. It's time to ratchet up the quack science.

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Skip the Crowds: Online Shopping Tips for Black Friday

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:37:00 +0000

Top shoppers tell their secrets for scoring the best bargains online as the holiday shopping season begins.

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Triumph in Geneva! LHC beams up and running again

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:39:35 +0000

Dimensional portal invasion back on track There were emotional scenes last night at the headquarters of underground international atom-smasher science alliance CERN, as joyful boffins celebrated the successful restarting of the Large Hadron Collider. The colossal machine circulated its first beam around the entire 27-km supermagnet circuit at 22:01 Swiss time, and sent the opposing beam round the other way at midnight.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work

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TomTom Start satnav for newbies

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:02:02 +0000

And map lovers, apparently... Review TomTom's Start is essentially the satnav specialist's new low-end model. Rather than say so, though, it's not pitching the product on price but for its simplicity. It's a device designed to get you from A to B and nothing more.…

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Macworld polishes 2010 show without Apple

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000

The show must go on. That's the rallying cry for Macworld 2010, which is preparing to soldier on for the first time in 26 years without Apple as its anchor vendor. The show, a production of IDG World Expo, has been tweaked in a number of ways to compensate...

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Barnes & Noble's Nook sells out before holiday

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000

Consumers who haven't yet ordered Barnes & Noble's electronic book reader, Nook, won't see one before Christmas. The earliest that anyone who orders the $259 device on Friday - or later - will receive it is Jan. 4, the nation's largest bookseller said...

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CIO Profiles: Mark Dajani, Senior VP And CIO Of Kraft Foods

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

For everything Kraft's IS department does, there's a value measurement.

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So Much Data, So Little Encryption

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

We surveyed almost 500 business technology professionals and found little end-to-end encryption use. Instead, we're doing only what auditors demand.

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Practical Analysis: How Locked In To Vendors Are You?

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Stem-to-stern storage, networking, and management products are coming from several vendors. Is that a positive trend?

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Global warming research exposed after hack

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:27:00 +0000

An anonymous hacker has posted private e-mails, files and other documents belonging to a noted climate researcher, sparking an international debate between skeptics of global warming and those who see it as an urgent problem.

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Large Hadron Collider up and running again

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:03:18 +0000

The world's biggest particle accelerator is in full operation after a year of repairs.

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SQL Server 2008 - from semi-relational to sublime

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:57:15 +0000

Inside Microsoft's R2 preview Review SQL Server 2008 R2 is a step closer to reality.… The power of collaboration within unified communications

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Blogger outs back-end Google tech

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:26:18 +0000

'Super elastic, soft, smooth. Highly absorbent, for you always!' A Vietnamese blogger has alerted the world to another Google product.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

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FDA takes aim at illegal net pharmacies

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:30:45 +0000

Please don't feed the spammers The US Food and Drug Administration said it has completed a sweep of illegal online pharmacies that targeted 136 websites that appeared to be illegally selling drugs to American consumers.… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work

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Oman cuffs 212 for selling VoIP calls

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:28:25 +0000

Net phones verboten This year, police in the Arab nation of Oman have raided 121 internet cafes throughout the country and arrested 212 people for providing VoIP services, according to a local report.… The power of collaboration within unified communications

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Reporters' Roundtable Podcast: Tech business turkeys

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:20:00 +0000

In the history of tech, some decisions stand out...as truly awful. This week, Rafe Needleman speaks with executive editors Charlie Cooper (CBS News) and Jim Kerstetter (CNET News) to go over the worst tech business decisions ever.

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Elgan: Four things you need to know about Apple

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:15:00 +0000

Here are four things that Apple believes that explain the unexplainable.

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Web 2.0 Expo: Noveck Cites Open Gov Challenges

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:00:00 +0000

The deputy CTO for open government sees progress, but acknowledges push back and resource constraints on the path to transparency..

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Mobile wireless router from Zyxel competes with Mi-Fi

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:56:00 +0000

Wireless carriers and retailers have been promising a wide array of low-priced gadgets beyond smartphones that will hit the market soon, taking advantage of faster wireless networks.

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Windows 8 in 2012?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:27:22 +0000

It's not clear what Microsoft's desktop plans are, but the Windows Server team included slides at PDC suggesting a new major release coming around 2012.

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Electric carmaker Tesla preparing IPO

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:05:00 +0000

An IPO filing for the electric car start-up is expected any day, according to sources.

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Nook e-readers sold out for holidays

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:39:05 +0000

NEW YORK — Consumers who haven't yet ordered Barnes & Noble's electronic book reader, the Nook, won't see one before Christmas.

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Bedside vital signs monitor goes mobile

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:19:12 +0000

Drager's Infinity M540 displays a patient's real-time vital signs on the go. Designed to fit in the palm of a caregiver's hand, the display auto-rotates so that it is always upright.

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Teen gets prison term for attack on Scientology Web site

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:16:00 +0000

A New Jersey teenager was sentenced to a year in jail and was fined $37,500 after pleading guilty to charges in connection with a DDOS attack on the Church of Scientology Web site.

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Brin: Google's OSes likely to converge

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:00:08 +0000

Puzzled onlookers have wondered why Google is overseeing two separate operating system projects. Co-founder Sergey Brin thinks that at some point, the two will become one.

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Spain mandates affordable broadband for all

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:39:22 +0000

pain is following the lead of Finland and making affordable broadband a legal right.

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Toggle sidebar visibility in all open Finder windows

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:24:00 +0000

When I publish hints here on Macworld, I usually try to walk through and explain how they work, so as to help you understand what's going on behind the scenes. Sometimes, though, I'll just present a solution without much of an explanation, such as with today's hint.

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Friday Poll: How will you spend Black Friday?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:16:00 +0000

Some people live for the Superbowl of gadget buying, others can't imagine facing the maddening crowds. How do you plan to spend the day after Thanksgiving? Vote in our poll.

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U.S. Cellular Offers Mobile Plan Notifications

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:15:00 +0000

Wireless plan customers nearing their limits on minutes or text messages can opt to receive notification from the carrier via SMS.

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Storage As A Virtual Machine Details - Part Two

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:09:28 +0000

Completing our storage as a virtual machine re-interviews were conversations we had with EMC and Nexenta . While our last entry focused on systems that leveraged virtual machines to deliver block I/O storage services these two companies are delivering something a little different, NAS services and backup services.

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Microsoft's embrace of MySQL could kill it

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:01:23 +0000

Microsoft is now offering support for MySQL, which should give pause to every open-source company that expects to make money through support subscriptions.

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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:48:49 +0000

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Microsoft AppFabric Adds Azure Cloud Plumbing

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:47:00 +0000

Microsoft is implementing a background technology for Azure, AppFabric, that will help it serve as a platform for composite applications working with software in the enterprise.

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Even Goldman's Largest Shareholders Are Getting Mad About Bonuses

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:45:53 +0000

On the heels of Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankenfein's apology for his firm's role in the financial crisis, some of Goldman's largest shareholders are unhappy more of Goldman's prosperity isn't being passed along to them, The WSJ reports. ...

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Sinofsky's Windows plan: More data, less testosterone

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:19:16 +0000

In an interview, the president of Microsoft's Windows unit tells CNET why he does things the way he does.

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Network Provides Healthcare Pricing Data

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:00:00 +0000

Transparent Health Network negotiates healthcare pricing with medical providers, and shares price data with its members online.

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Tim Geithner Is Mad as Hell and Isn't Going to Take It Anymore

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:37:42 +0000

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner took some heavy fire on Capitol Hill Thursday. Days after Oregon Democrat Peter DeFazio called for Geithner's resignation, Texas Republican told the Secretary: "The public has lost all confidence in your ability to do

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Wrecking CRU: hackers cause massive climate data breach

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:51:39 +0000

Secretive scientists' source code goes walkabout The University of East Anglia has confirmed that a data breach has put a large quantity of emails and other documents from staff at its Climate Research Unit online. CRU is one of the three leading climate research centres in the UK, and a globally acknowledged authority on temperature reconstructions.… The power of collaboration within unified communications

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Are We On The Verge Of Total Global Economic Collapse?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:29:17 +0000

Are we on the verge of total economic collapse?Don't laugh. The french firm Societe Generale thinks so.The brokerage firm has put the fear of God in clients recently by predicting that developed economies and markets are going to collapse under a mo

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Report: How risky is cloud computing?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:12:21 +0000

The European Network and Information Security Agency outlines the benefits and pitfalls for companies thinking of entrusting a third party with their data and even their entire business infrastructure.

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Report: How risky is cloud computing?

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:12:21 +0000

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QinetiQ mail virus patent attracts barbs

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:57:51 +0000

Looks a bit familiar An anti-virus expert has poured cold water on a patent from British technology firm QinetiQ that supposedly offers a new technique for tackling malicious email attachments.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud

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Techies gather for a lunch to save the world

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:54:00 +0000

The 43rd floor of the Spear Tower in downtown San Francisco is empty. Possibly because of the slumping economy, there's just a big, open office space with unfinished white walls overlooking a million-dollar view. It was an appropriate setting for Lunch for Good, an event on Wednesday that brought together nearly 100 people deep in the Bay Area's social-networking industry to talk about a futuristic question: how online social networks can help humans find common ground.

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Palm Pixi smartphones now just $25

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:43:00 +0000

You can now buy the brand-spanking-new Palm Pixi smartphone for just $25.

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What drives China? Soon, cleaner fuel

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:33:10 +0000

Still, the world's second largest oil consumer is taking a cautious approach to introducing tougher diesel and gasoline specifications.

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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:32:00 +0000

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Richest dead celebrity: Bob Marley

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:29:54 +0000

Is reggae superstar Bob Marley bigger than Jesus? That's debatable, but the music legend who died 28 years ago is about to challenge Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson for the title of richest dead celebrity.

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Pen 2.0: Your scribblings go digital

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:27:10 +0000

As founder and creative director of Art Street Design, a graphic-design studio, I'm pretty familiar with pens and computers. (We make all sorts of marketing materials for companies, from invitations to Web sites.) But in my 13 years of running the company, I hadn't seen anything like a smartpen until recently.

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"A Govt. Not Run by the Financial Sector": James Galbraith's Rx for Wall Street Reform

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:21:50 +0000

The post-op on the great crash of 2008 continued in Washington Thursday as the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) held a hearing on financial reform."Unfortunately, the regulatory regime that failed so terribly leading up to the financial crisis is preci

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