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[/url]AP - Treading carefully, President Barack Obama praised New York state lawmakers who were debating landmark legislation Thursday to legalize gay marriage, saying that's what democracy's all about. But as expected, the president stopped short of embracing same-sex marriage himself, instead asking gay and lesbian donors for patience. More...
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[/url]AP - As the FBI chased leads on two continents, Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger spent nearly all of his 16 years on the lam in this quiet seaside city, passing himself off as just another elderly retiree, albeit one who kept a .357 Magnum and more than 100 rounds of ammunition in his modest apartment. More...
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Neelie Kroes, EC vice president for the digital agenda, has expressed concern that most social networking sites don't make younger users' profiles private by default. "I am disappointed that most social networking sites are failing to ensure that minors' profiles are accessible only to their approved contacts by default. I will be urging them to make a clear commitment to remedy this ...," she said. Source: TechWorldNews
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Nokia CEO Stephen Elop Thursday showed off the company's first Windows Phone 7 device in what he described as a "secret" briefing to a room full of journalists. The announcement comes hard on the heels of the company's Wednesday reveal of the N9, a new Nokia smartphone running the MeeGo mobile OS. Source: TechWorldNews
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AP - An Afghanistan intelligence analysis concludes that U.S. special operations raids and special operations-led outreach to Afghan villages are producing tangible results, but that larger counterinsurgency projects — like the billions of dollars spent to install a credible Afghan government — are lagging, The Associated Press has learned. More...
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[/url]AP - Congressional Democrats are leading the criticism of President Barack Obama's troop withdrawal plan from Afghanistan, arguing that his timeline for bringing 33,000 U.S. troops home by next summer isn't fast enough. More...
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[/url]AP - Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger was captured near Los Angeles 16 years after his run from the law sparked an international manhunt and served as a major embarrassment to the FBI as their onetime informant eluded authorities. More...
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Startup company Lytro has announced what it calls the first light field camera for everyone. This will let users take photographs, then select the focal point later. The camera uses light field sensors to capture the color, intensity and vector direction of all the light rays in a scene, then uses algorithms to process them and let users change the focus as desired after taking the shot. Source: TechWorldNews
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Sony Ericsson announced two new Android smartphones Wednesday: the Xperia Ray and the Xperia Active. Both run Android 2.3, aka "Gingerbread," and use the Mobile Bravia Engine. They will both be available in select markets worldwide in the third quarter, Sony Ericsson said. The Ray appears to be focused on entertainment, while the ruggedized Active will focus on consumers with an active lifestyle. Source: TechWorldNews
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Many leading industrial and governmental network infrastructures employ SCADA systems to automate, monitor and control crucial physical processes, including manufacturing and testing, electrical transmission, water and fuel transport, and traffic signal operation. Because of their crucial importance and prominence in the field, SCADA systems have increasingly been the target of criminal and terrorist activities. Source: TechWorldNews
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[/url]AP - U.S. nuclear power plant operators haven't figured out how to quickly detect leaks of radioactive water from aging pipes that snake underneath the sites — and the leaks, often undetected for years, are not going to stop, according to a new report by congressional investigators. More...
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AP - We may be into the second year of the economic recovery, but Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues are still facing plenty of challenges as they try to keep a fragile expansion on track. More...
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[/url]AP - President Barack Obama will set the course for drawing down the U.S. war in Afghanistan on Wednesday, when he is expected to announce plans to bring roughly 10,000 American troops home in less than a year. More...
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[/url]AP - Rotting teeth and gums. Diseased lungs. A sewn-up corpse of a smoker. Cigarette smoke coming out of the tracheotomy hole in a man's neck. Cigarette packs in the U.S. will have to carry these macabre images in nine new warning labels that are part of a campaign by the Food and Drug Administration to use fear and disgust to discourage Americans from lighting up. More...
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[/url]AP - President Barack Obama's health care law would let several million middle-class people get nearly free insurance meant for the poor, a twist government number crunchers say they discovered only after the complex bill was signed. More...
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LightSquared is moving forward with its plans to create a faster 4G wireless network by switching airwaves after tests showed its previous system interfered with GPS systems, the company announced Monday. The network innovator will use spectrum controlled by satellite company Inmarsat. "Inmarsat is operating within approximately 2 megahertz. Source: TechWorldNews
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Video editing pros, get out your wallets. Apple released a new version of Final Cut Pro on Tuesday. Final Cut Pro X reinvents video editing, according to Apple. Magnetic Timeline allows users to edit on a flexible trackless canvas. Content Auto-Analysis categorizes content during import based on shot type, media and people. The background rendering feature allows the user to work without interruption. Source: TechWorldNews
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Nokia has unveiled the first smartphone to run the MeeGo operating system: the Nokia N9. This new handset is all screen -- it has no home button. Its 3.9-inch Amoled screen is made from scratch-resistant curved glass, and the body was precision-machined from a single piece of polycarbonate. However, the N9's use of the MeeGo OS raises questions about its viability. Source: TechWorldNews
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