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Post Tech: ABC goes dark for New York Cablevision subscribers
Washington Post
Just after the stroke of midnight, 3 million Cablevision viewers in the New York area lost their ABC channels because of an impasse by the cable operator and broadcaster to resolve their feud over transmission fees. The companies...
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Driver: My Prius took me for a ride
CNN
The driver of a Toyota Prius says he was taken on a wild ride Monday after the car's accelerator became stuck, reaching speeds in excess of 90 mph on a winding, hilly portion of a southern California interstate.It...
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Science 'is a key election issue'
BBC
By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News The science spokesmen of the three main political parties have crossed swords on the issue of UK research funding. In a debate staged by the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Science...
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Kidney Donors Don’t Shorten Their Lives by Giving Up Organ
Bloomberg
March 9 (Bloomberg) -- People who donate a kidney in the U.S. don’t die any faster than nondonors long term, according to a large study that looked at donors over 15 years. Within the first 90 days after...
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Pioneering U.S. Robot Lost at Sea
FOX News
FALMOUTH, Massachusetts -- A pioneering deep-sea robot made by Massachusetts researchers has been lost off the coast of Chile.Researchers abruptly lost contact with the $1.1 million robot Friday after it reached the Pacific Ocean floor, nearly 2 miles...
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The dark side of digital ‘love’
MSNBC
It's part of the Hades of high tech: the heart that's wounded, the mind unbent, the mouse that's easily clicked to damage and destroy others, or errant voice mail messages laced with menace or desperation. It is the...
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Cyberthieves stealing from large percentage of small businesses
USA Today
Cybercriminals are cracking into the online bank accounts of small- and medium-sized businesses at an unprecedented rate. Banks are failing to take proactive steps to protect their SMB customers, and, as a result, many SMBs are changing banks....
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Chinese group file complaint over faulty HP laptops
Reuters
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - More than 100 Chinese consumers have filed an official complaint against Hewlett-Packard Co over faulty laptop computers, leaving the door open for a lawsuit against the U.S. technology company, a lawyer for the group said...
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Back to the future at MySpace?
1 RelatedCNET
Earlier this week, BoomTown visited MySpace headquarters in Beverly Hills, Calif., to interview its new co-presidents, Michael Jones and Jason Hirschhorn, and get a look-see at its evolving revival plans to stop the social-networking ship from sinking further....
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Microsoft SideWinder X4 Review: Step Up, SonThe PriceThe Verdict
GIZMODO
First law of gadget recessionomics: Take something you make, which is great, make it ever so less great, and sell it for ever so less money. That's how you end up with products like Microsoft's SideWinder X4 keyboard....