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Siri, the voice recognition technology on Apple's new iPhone 4S, has attracted buyers by the millions with its ability to handle complex search queries. Siri's personified as a somewhat sassy female personal assistant, but at least one person finds her downright disturbing: Google Chairman Eric Schmidt. Source: TechWorldNews
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111108/ap_on_bi_ge/world_markets"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111107/capt.b4a75b2b5a424f04b447c05f573c9a81-b4a75b2b5a424f04b447c05f573c9a81-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=hWVl_fXzxo_QZYlVvZvtww--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="An investor gestures in front of the stock price board at a private securities company in Shanghai, China, Monday, Nov. 7, 2011. World stocks stalled Monday as investors remain unsure whether Greece will be able to work itself out of a debt crisis despite a weekend deal by the country's leaders aimed at implementing a …
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111108/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_greece_financial_crisis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111107/capt.721cc2f7758d4214a1daf606d0ea6fd0-721cc2f7758d4214a1daf606d0ea6fd0-0.jpg?x=130&y=74&q=85&sig=raTOZ5Pg8WIeMH.z.JQYaw--" align="left" height="74" width="130" alt="Germany's Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, left, speaks with Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos during a meeting of eurozone finance ministers at the EU Council building in Brussels on Monday, Nov. 7, 2011. Greece's two biggest parties resumed talks Monday to agree on who should be the country'…
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My first impression of the iPhone 4S was that it does not perform well in water, and the screen shatters easily, just like the iPhone 4. This is unfortunate because I knew this to be true but decided to find out the hard way on the morning of the phone's release. The original idea was to break it in some sort of "launch" into the air. Source: TechWorldNews
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Users of eight HTC smartphones will be among the first to receive an upgrade to Google's new Android Ice Cream Sandwich. The company described the set of devices named as "the first wave" of HTC phones that will receive upgrades, adding that "we're continuing to assess our product portfolio, so stay tuned for more updates on device upgrades, timing and other details about HTC and Ice Cream Sandwich." Source: TechWorldNews
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Despite the hundreds of millions of dollars the U.S. federal government spends on cybersecurity, it seems that shoestring-budget attackers are still often able to get a foot in the door. At a security colloquium in North Virginia on Monday, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency told reporters it's losing ground in the battle to secure cyberspace. Source: TechWorldNews
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111108/ap_on_sp_co_ne/fbc_penn_state_abuse"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111107/capt.6ad204f47ca64fa9a7aa671a046f65a7-6ad204f47ca64fa9a7aa671a046f65a7-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=PYQUhQEwGqfGZ5pGB5P2lg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Frank Noonan and Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly discuss the details surrounding the case of Penn State former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky and allegations against him of sex abuse crimes involving young men, Monday, Nov. 7, 2011, at the State Capitol i…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111108/ap_on_el_ge/us_cain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111107/capt.6d9f4709eda24c85a622bb0a0d77a430-6d9f4709eda24c85a622bb0a0d77a430-0.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=tQuYBU58bEk_hxasdsctsA--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="Sharon Bialek, a Chicago-area woman, addresses a news conference at the Friars Club, Monday, Nov. 7, 2011, in New York. Bialek accused Republican presidential contender Herman Cain of making an unwanted sexual advance against her more than a decade ago, saying she wanted to provide 'a face and a voice' to support other acc…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111108/ap_on_re_us/us_michael_jackson_doctor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111107/capt.292f179dd63d48d8a8a564863d160ae0-292f179dd63d48d8a8a564863d160ae0-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=82djRT6REc.ut1qKjYCbqg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Dr. Conrad Murray listens as the jury returns with a guilty verdict in his involuntary manslaughter trial Monday, Nov. 7, 2011 in a Los Angeles courtroom . Murray was convicted Monday of involuntary manslaughter after a trial that painted him as a reckless caregiver who administered a lethal dose of a power…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111107/ap_on_en_ot/us_michael_jackson_doctor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111107/capt.292f179dd63d48d8a8a564863d160ae0-292f179dd63d48d8a8a564863d160ae0-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=82djRT6REc.ut1qKjYCbqg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Dr. Conrad Murray listens as the jury returns with a guilty verdict in his involuntary manslaughter trial Monday, Nov. 7, 2011 in a Los Angeles courtroom . Murray was convicted Monday of involuntary manslaughter after a trial that painted him as a reckless caregiver who administered a lethal dose of a power…
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Bookseller Barnes & Noble expanded on its Nook line of handheld devices and unveiled the Nook Tablet on Monday. The company also announced upgrades to its Nook Color, a device that was previously offered as its entry into the tablet market, and its Nook Simple Touch e-reader. The Nook Tablet, which is available for pre-order online and at the bookseller's stores, is priced at $249. Source: TechWorldNews
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111107/ap_on_el_ge/us_cain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111106/capt.433605cef74b4609b5e93c3a522f61ea-433605cef74b4609b5e93c3a522f61ea-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=q9oznBUvZTtw8TNbbImsgg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="In this photo taken Oct. 31, 2011, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain answers questions at the National Press Club in Washington about sexual harassment allegations. Before his current troubles, Cain did not shy away from using race as a talking point, much to the consternation of liberal and independent blacks. I…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111107/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_italy_financial_crisis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111104/capt.35ed7988cfa94c249b63cb184cf55e96-35ed7988cfa94c249b63cb184cf55e96-0.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=cSsBOqQ85hWjOIG69p4Wcw--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi pauses before speaking during a media conference at a G20 summit in Cannes, France on Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. Leaders from within troubled Europe and far beyond are working Friday on ways the International Monetary Fund could do more to calm Europe's debt crisis. (AP P…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111107/ap_on_sp_co_ne/fbc_penn_state_abuse"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111105/capt.b1dca08525f5413ea1f2b0efb69b6678-3af375c258cc46c0a522d103a9b209c9-0.jpg?x=118&y=130&q=85&sig=zaP0fax1_g.uf6dgzEYy4g--" align="left" height="130" width="118" alt="This undated photo provided by the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General shows Gary Schultz. Schultz, Penn State vice president for finance and business, is expected to turn himself in on Monday, Nov. 7, 2011, in Harrisburg, Pa., as he has been charged with perjury and failure to report under Pennsylvania…
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The problem with an iPhone is that it begs to be shared. You've got photos on it, movies, videos, email, great apps and super games you want to share -- so you hand over your iPhone, and as your boss is flipping through the photos of your weekend bicycling adventure, up comes the slightly risque photo of your girlfriend frolicking on the trail. Uh oh. Source: TechWorldNews
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The industry joke on the early MacBook Airs was that even though they had decent Intel processors, they stepped down in performance in order to keep from burning up. What was kind of funny was that Lenovo, which had a similar product in market with a slower processor but running at full speed (so it was actually faster), got dinged -- and Apple didn't. Source: TechWorldNews
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Microsoft on Friday released a temporary fix for a Microsoft Word vulnerability that allows the Duqu worm to attack PCs. The flaw, in TrueType font parsing, could let an attacker run arbitrary code in kernel mode, installing programs; view, change or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights, Microsoft said. Source: TechWorldNews
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111107/ap_on_re_us/us_occupy_atlanta"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111105/capt.1d22f060339e45c4aba2b38559cc72f3-1d22f060339e45c4aba2b38559cc72f3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Ph4m6wWrpvGjS.2kiNTPnA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A protestor tries to get away as he's arrested by police after Occupy Atlanta protestors and an officer clashed as he was driving through the crowd on a motorcycle Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011 in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)" border="0" /></a>AP - The lone protester in an Atlanta park was arrested after ref…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111107/ap_on_sp_co_ne/fbc_penn_state_ex_coach_allegations"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111105/capt.aba351742c1a41c4978286e58164c221-9835a7c684c04699bd4feb786a60a69c-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=1Thmm.mkftsb8vU9hrfKJg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="In this photo provided by the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, former Penn State football defensive coordinator Gerald 'Jerry' Sandusky, center, is placed in a police car iin Bellefonte, Pa. to be taken to the office of a Centre County Magisterial District judge on Saturday, Nov. 5, 201…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111106/ap_on_re_af/af_nigeria_violence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111106/capt.45ea821c5df34b19a06eaac04174357b-45ea821c5df34b19a06eaac04174357b-0.jpg?x=130&y=73&q=85&sig=UJiGTwaItPwaIjmqzmnl4A--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="In this image made from television released by the state-run Nigerian Television Authority Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011, corpses are seen laid out in Damatura, Nigeria, following a series of coordinated attacks Friday that killed at least 69 people and left a new police headquarters in ruins, government offices burned an…
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