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Streaming Media News (15 Headlines)

Ustream Launches Live Video Broadcast Product TANDBERG Enhances Video Communication Server and Management Suite 2009 NCAA March Madness On Demand Adds High-Def Video Player

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NYT > Multimedia/Photos (2 Headlines)

Back in Class, Theme Is: We’ll Succeed With Less The New York City schools are coping with budget cuts and crowding, but are finding resolve and hope. Pictures of the Day: On a Chinese Oil Rig and Elsewhere Oil workers were perched precariously but the oil company said no oil had been spilled.

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NYT > Science (36 Headlines)

Genentech Scientist to Lead Rockefeller University Marc Tessier-Lavigne will be the first to leave Genentech’s top scientific ranks since its acquisition by Roche in March 2009. In Feast of Data on BPA Plastic, No Final Answer Everyone is exposed to BPA, but after hundreds of studies, there is no consensus about its safety. Federal Agency Sues LED Bulb Maker The Federal Trade Commission says that in many instances, Lights of America's LED bulbs produce significantly less light and have far less longevity than the company says in its marketing.

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NYT > Technology (23 Headlines)

Finding a Smartphone to Fit Your Needs, Under $100 If you just want to send e-mail or get access to the Web from your phone, there are many entry-level devices to peruse. App Smart: Apps as Tour Guides Through New York Museums, Step by Step New museum apps for New York demonstrate the potential for technology to help people make the most of a museum visit. Genentech Scientist to Lead Rockefeller University Marc Tessier-Lavigne will be the first to leave Genentech’s top scientific ranks since its acquisition by Roche in March 2009.

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Slashdot (25 Headlines)

DARPA Wants Extreme Wireless Interference Buster coondoggie writes "This month the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will begin looking for technology that will let wireless communications work through the most extreme interference. From the article: 'The CommEx program will assess next generation and beyond jamming threats and then develop advanced interference suppression and avoidance technologies to successfully communicate in the presence of severe, traditional, and novel types of interference that are orders-of-magnitude more severe than what are currently addressed by the most advanced systems, DARPA stated.'" Read more of this story at Slashdot. Film Industry Hires Cyber Hitmen To Take Down Pirates thelostagency writes "Girish Kumar, managing director of Aiplex Software says his company is being hired by the film industry to attack online pirates. He says if a provider did not do anything to remove the link or content hosted on its site, his company would launch what is known as a denial-of-service (DoS) attack on the offending computer server. From the article: 'Kumar said that at the moment most of the payment for his company's services came from the film industry in India. "We are tied up with more than 30 companies in Bollywood. They are the major production houses." As for Hollywood films, he said they, too, used his services.'" Read more of this story at Slashdot. The Real "Stuff White People Like" Here's an interesting and funny look at 526,000 OkCupid users, divided into groups by race and gender and all the the things each groups says it likes or is interested in. While it is far from being definitive, the groupings give a glimpse of what makes each culture unique. According to the results white men like nothing better than Tom Clancy, Van Halen, and golfing. Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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BBC News - Science & Environment (37 Headlines)

New evidence for rare black hole Researchers say they may have found further evidence for the existence of an unusual type of black hole. BP spreads blame over oil spill A BP report says "a series of failures" by BP and its contractors were to blame for the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Fat orang-utan goes on a diet An overweight orang-utan, who was Britain's fattest primate, has been put on a strict new diet.

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Forbes.com: Enterprise Tech News (5 Headlines)

VMware's Grand Plans Chief Executive Paul Maritz brings cloud computing into focus. Microsoft's Courtside Competition With its new patent lawsuit against Salesforce.com, Microsoft is back to its old tactics. Google's Swarm Is Coming At its developer conference, Google's goodies are about where it sees the (less free) Web.

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Forbes.com: Infoimaging News (5 Headlines)

Yoostar's Hollywood Dreams A new service puts you in the movies, instantly. Kindle's Future Amazon's device is great for reading books and documents, but can it expand beyond this niche? In Pictures: 12 GPS Devices For Every Budget Don't leave home without one of these.

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Forbes.com: Network News (5 Headlines)

The Other Telecom Bidding War The battle for MCI is small potatoes compared to the brouhaha over Adelphia, which could alter the marketplace. The Hacker-Proof Network Quantum computing will become a huge threat to computer security. Is there a way to secure tomorrow's networks? Consortium Builds Next-Generation Net A group of universities, corporations and research labs has built a network that blows the doors off today's Internet.

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Forbes.com: Personal Tech News (5 Headlines)

Net Neutrality: It All Depends On What You Fear How proponents and opponents view the issues in the debate. U.S. Broadband Starts To Speed Ahead New technologies are helping the nation catch up to Asia and Europe. Why IT Must Embrace Facebook, Twitter, iPhone Consumer technologies are infiltrating the corporate world. Learn to leverage them.

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Forbes.com: Wireless News (6 Headlines)

Clearwire Looking To Partnerships To Complete 4G Network? The wireless broadband provider may ally with smaller WiMAX operators to share the costs and speed Skype: How Big Can Its Mobile And Enterprise Business Get The biggest beneficiaries of Skype?s upcoming initial public offering (IPO) will be the inves BlackBerry Torch Could Counter Verizon's iPhone Flashy new BlackBerry may help AT&T and RIM retain customers if the iPhone moves to another U.S. carrier.

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Wash Post Technology (35 Headlines)

Anne Arundel County and Howard County crime report These were among incidents reported by the Anne Arundel County Police Department. For information, call 410-222-8050. Maryland - Anne Arundel - United States - Counties - Anne Arundel County Maryland Alexandria and Arlington crime report These were among incidents reported by the Alexandria Police Department. For more information, call 703-838-4636 or visit http://www.alexandriava.gov/police . Arlington - United States - Counties - Virginia - Crime Simplifying your photo management Business - Management - Consulting - Business and Economy - Twitter

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Wash Post Washtech (97 Headlines)

Simplifying your photo management Summer is nearly over, and it's time to download all those vacation photos. What happens to yours? Do they disappear into a world of alphabet-long file names and ever-changing Facebook walls? Business - Management - Consulting - Business and Economy - Facebook Virginia court: Suspect's rights weren't violated by warrantless GPS tracking The rights of a convicted sex offender, who was being tracked as a suspect in a string of sexual assaults, were not violated when Fairfax County police secretly placed a global positioning system device on his vehicle without a warrant, the Virginia Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday . Global Positioning System - Business - Telecommunications - Location and Tracking - United States Cyber-bullying defies traditional school bully stereotype The advent of social networking sites and text messaging has allowed young girls the opportunity to take on a role traditionally reserved for boys, experts say. Bully - Youth - Violence and Abuse - Workplace Discrimination - Work

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Wash Post Tech Policy (108 Headlines)

Crash of Va. computer network has implications for tech world, state politics RICHMOND -- The data storage unit that failed in a warehouse outside of Richmond last week, wreaking havoc in the computer networks of a number of Virginia agencies for more than a week, is a ubiquitous bit of technology used by virtually every major company and government in the country. Politics - Transportation - Aviation - United States - Accidents Fairfax County crime report The following incidents were recently reported by the Fairfax County Police Department. For more information, call 703-246-2253. Virginia - United States - Fairfax - Counties - Fairfax County Virginia No timetable set for return of Va. DMV licensing service A computer outage that has wreaked havoc on Virginia state agencies entered its seventh day Wednesday, and officials acknowledged that the failure was more complicated than they originally thought. United States - Business - Alabama - Trent Richardson - San Jose State University

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washingtonpost.com - Gov't IT (20 Headlines)

EDS to Manage Online Travel System for NASA EDS Corp. has been picked by NASA to manage the space agency's travel arrangements under a $20 million contract. At FOSE, English as a Second Language Cool technology is always on display at the annual FOSE trade show, but some attendees need an interpreter to appreciate it. -Robert MacMillan As Government Cap on Work Visas Rises, So Does Confusion The two engineers have been ready for months. One waits in Colombia, the other in Argentina.

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washingtonpost.com - (69 Headlines)

Bristol-Myers agrees to buy ZymoGenetics for $885M NEW YORK -- Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. said Tuesday it will acquire biotechnology partner ZymoGenetics Inc. for $885 million in another move by a major drugmaker to boost its pipeline by snapping up a smaller developer. Obama to loosen rules on technology exports Sanofi-Aventis offers $18.5 billion for Genzyme NEW YORK -- French drug giant Sanofi-Aventis SA on Sunday publicly launched its $18.5 billion cash bid for American biotech firm Genzyme Corp. - a move that follows months of rumored interest and failed attempts to bring Genzyme's management to the table.

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washingtonpost.com - Filter (20 Headlines)

iPod: The Gift That Keeps on Going Apple couldn't ask for a better dilemma -- with nine days left until Christmas, retailers are reporting a run on the popular iPod digital music player. -washingtonpost.com Nice Day for a Wireless Wedding Even though we knew it was coming, journalists seem to have plenty to write about now that underdogs Sprint and Nextel have announced their $35 billion nuptial plans, including a rumor that one of the industry's big dogs would try to spoil the party. -washingtonpost.com Santa's Bag of Tech Mergers 'Tis the season for mergers, as technology firms go on a buying binge this holiday season that is starting to rival the great M&A spree of the 1990s. -washingtonpost.com

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washingtonpost.com - Help File -- The Washington Post's Rob Pegoraro Answers Personal Computing Questions (washingtonpost.com) (100 Headlines)

Help File: Laptop batteries going unused, upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 Q: I use my HP laptop only in my living room, so it's plugged into a wall outlet all the time. So I've removed the battery and put it back into the bubble wrap it shipped in. Is that really the best thing to do? Help File: Another escape from Flash crashes in Safari on a Mac; safely ejecting USB flash drives Q: I thought the Safari browser on my Mac would stop the Flash plug-in from crashing it, but Safari still locks up on me. Help File: Facebook 'Places' privacy settings Q: What are the right privacy settings for Facebook's "Places" feature?

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washingtonpost.com - Leslie Walker's .com (washingtonpost.com) (50 Headlines)

Searching for Order in the Blogosphere I was all ears when a man named Tony Conrad sat down next to me at a recent dinner party and introduced himself as the founder of a new blog search engine called Sphere. Salary, Benefits and the View Out the Office Window There's something about Jobster that intrigues Internet investors. A Clearer Picture of You Digital photos have been frozen in a picture-book metaphor on the Web for so long that it's refreshing to see a new crop of sites developing the picture further.

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washingtonpost.com - Technology- Fast Forward: Electronics and Gadgets Advice and Reviews From The Washington Post's Rob Pegoraro (99 Headlines)

Don't look for Adobe Flash on Apple's iPads, iPhones soon I was traveling last week to cover Apple's iPod and Apple TV event Wednesday (and writing an extra column based on that). So this week, I offer questions taken from Friday's Web chat. Apple's move pushes TV toward Internet delivery SAN FRANCISCO -- The slow-moving struggle to unplug TV viewing from its traditional business model just got more interesting -- and messier. Google continues its assault on the price of a phone call What's a phone call worth these days? A Verizon phone booth in a Metro station suggests one answer: 50 cents. Another comes from Verizon's cheapest landline service option, which charges 10.2 cents a call. If you use a cellphone or subscribe to a voice-over-Internet-Protocol calling plan, the num...

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washingtonpost.com - The Download (20 Headlines)

Executives Plan Online Memorial To 9/11 Victims For almost three years, a group of Washington area executives has been gathering regularly for lunch at a restaurant in Ballston, brought together by a shared project: an interactive Web portal dedicated to those who lost their lives in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Tech Council's New President Gets Connected Julie Coons, who took over as president of the Technology Council of Maryland in November, is on a schmoozing tour of the local technology elite, lunching with executives and chatting with venture capitalists. Tending The Local Money Tree Start-ups still gain prestige from having the name of a Silicon Valley venture capital firm on their list of funders, but local technology companies are increasingly finding investors with a presence in their own back yard. -Shannon Henry

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washingtonpost.com - Web Watch -- Frank Ahrens's Guide to What's New and Interesting Online (washingtonpost.com) (100 Headlines)

Fun to Be Boring And Bumming Hard-core Web users are constantly fighting unfair stereotypes: A Wikipedia Of Secrets Imagine if, in August 2001, the U.S. intelligence agencies had dumped all of their information into one secure, online resource where it was searchable and accessible to anyone who had the proper clearance. Don't Give Up the Flagship Amid all the bad news about the future of newspapers -- and there is plenty -- a good news story quietly has been building: Online newspaper revenue is growing.

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washingtonpost.com - @Work (20 Headlines)

For Many, a Test of Fortunes and Fortitude Forgive the local tech contingent if they feel like dubbing 2001 an "unemployment odyssey." Anger in Downturn Turns Against Foreign-Born Workers As layoffs continue to batter U.S. technology workers, some are striking out at those who journeyed to America as skilled laborers under a government visa program. Long Lines, Worry Are in Full Supply At Tech-Job Fairs "Good luck everybody," called a staffer.

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Wash Post Personal Tech (109 Headlines)

Faster Forward: DirecTV opens NFL Sunday Ticket to non-subscribers You no longer have to subscribe to DirecTV to watch one of the satellite broadcaster's most-touted exclusives--its NFL Sunday Ticket package. NFL Sunday Ticket - Sport - NFL - Football - American Faster Forward: DirecTV opens NFL Sunday Ticket to non-subscribers You no longer have to subscribe to DirecTV to watch one of the satellite broadcaster's most-touted exclusives--its NFL Sunday Ticket package. NFL Sunday Ticket - Sport - NFL - Football - American Nokia to showcase N8 in bid to close gap With Apple, Android Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Nokia Oyj, the world's biggest maker of mobile phones, has a lot riding on its annual showcase event next week as it tries to claw back ground lost to Apple Inc.'s iPhone and devices based on Google Inc.'s Android software. Apple - Nokia - Google - Research In Motion - IPhone

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msnbc.com: Technology & Science (26 Headlines)

DNA points to royal roots in Africa Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: An African-American uses DNA testing to trace his heritage back to Cameroon ... and is welcomed as a long-lost relative by the country's royalty. Millions of migrating birds heading to oil Nearly five million Migratory birds from Canada are now winging their way south across North America, and many of them could be in for a nasty shock when they reach the oily marshes and beaches along the Gulf Coast. Asteroid near-misses common, scientists say Two asteroids swooping past Earth Wednesday may have caught the attention of the public, but events like these are not actually rare, NASA scientists say.

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