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September 4th @ 2:48 PM GMT (1.2 hr ago)
AP —
Inon Beracha envisions a world where your movements control the gadgets and devices around you. There's no remote control to lose, no buttons to push. The air conditioner senses your presence and changes the temperature to your liking... (Technology)
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September 4th @ 2:40 PM GMT (1.3 hr ago)
SlashDot —
RandyDownes sends word that Canonical has released the beta version of Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat). The release announcement boasts faster boot times, GNOME 2.31, and a speedier version of Evolution. In addition, ''The Ubuntu Software Center has an updated look and feel, including the new 'Featured' and 'What's New' views for showcasing applications, and an improved package description view. You can now easily access your package installation history too.'' The release notes an... (Technology)
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September 4th @ 1:38 PM GMT (2.3 hr ago)
SlashDot —
An anonymous reader writes ''Scammers and spammers have deluged the new Ping musical social network, created by Apple and built into the new version of iTunes. Sophos researchers have found that Ping is being overrun by scams and spam messages. 'Apple seems to have anticipated a certain degree of malfeasance, as profile pictures that you upload will not appear until approved by Apple. They are likely filtering for other offensive content as well, so they probably have means in place they... (Technology)
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September 4th @ 11:00 AM GMT (5 hr ago)
MSNBC —
Just as ''Guitar Hero'' and ''Rock Band'' have created legions of rock 'n roll gods, the forthcoming motion-controlled game ''Dance Central'' will soon create an army of dancing queens and kings. (Technology)
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September 4th @ 10:14 AM GMT (5.7 hr ago)
SlashDot —
onreserve writes with an excerpt from a site dedicated to laws affecting wine: ''Last week, Australia signed an agreement with the European Union to comply with the geographical indicator (GI) system of the EU. The new agreement replaces an agreement signed in 1994 between the two wine powers and protects eleven of the EU drink labels and 112 of the Australian GI's. Specifically, this means that many of the wine products produced in Australia that were previously labeled according to Eur... (Technology)
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September 4th @ 7:30 AM GMT
Yahoo! —
Friday said that the Texas Attorney General's Office is conducting an antitrust review of the search giant, following a similar investigation launched in Europe earlier t (Technology)
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September 4th @ 6:46 AM GMT
SlashDot —
Cyrus writes ''The online classified website Craigslist has removed its controversial Adult Services portion of its website. Technology blog TechCrunch was the first to report the section had been blacked out with the word 'Censored.''' (Technology)
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September 4th @ 4:31 AM GMT
MSNBC —
Game icon Duke Nukem will wield his over-the-top guns and attitude yet again. After more than a decade of delays, ''Duke Nukem Forever'' will debut on the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC game systems in 2011. (Technology)
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September 4th @ 3:47 AM GMT
SlashDot —
snydeq writes ''Google Wave will morph into an application bundle for real-time collaboration, according to a blog post by Google Wave engineer Alex North. 'We will expand upon the 200K lines of code we've already open sourced (detailed at waveprotocol.org) to flesh out the existing example Wave server and Web client into a more complete application or ''Wave in a Box,''' North said, adding that the future of the recently flat-lined Google service will be 'defined by your contribu... (Technology)
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September 4th @ 3:24 AM GMT
CBS News —
New Teases about Life on Mars to Stunning Images of Distant Nebula (Technology)
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