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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111104/ap_on_re_us/us_occupy_marches"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111103/capt.e8d3b86ab6404ac4a3030651e3417449-e8d3b86ab6404ac4a3030651e3417449-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=YAQ9Jr6wab6frjAiOGSJRA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="An Occupy protester shows peace signs to Oakland Police officers in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)" border="0" /></a>AP - Occupy Wall Street protesters had just half a day to celebrate what they saw as their biggest victory so far: a daylong gathering in Oakland that drew tho…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111104/ap_on_bi_ge/us_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111103/capt.26b2c802192c41ecb688f634591ef368-26b2c802192c41ecb688f634591ef368-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=U71EjKTn7Vgd.fJTybe1Bw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Job seekers attend the Minneapolis Career Fair held Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011, in Bloomington, Minn. Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week, a positive sign that the job market is picking up a bit. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)" border="0" /></a>AP - Employers likely added only enough jobs in October to kee…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111104/ap_on_el_pr/us_cain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111102/capt.5aaa4ab7742247729eece521808cf68e-5aaa4ab7742247729eece521808cf68e-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=i6HZ8pKgjxFmaFjUUX0AXQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain gestures as he speaks at the Congressional Health Caucus Thought Leaders Series, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)" border="0" /></a>AP - Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain struggled to overcome the storm of contro…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111104/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_greece_financial_crisis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111103/capt.e2d83368017f4233a2735f6cda68a4cc-e2d83368017f4233a2735f6cda68a4cc-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=fdH2UblxYYm5FQEArUCj7w--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou speaks during a parliament session in Athens, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011. Papandreou abandoned his explosive plan to put a European rescue deal to popular vote Thursday, keeping his government alive — but passionate squabbling in Athens left the country's solvency in doub…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111103/ap_on_bi_ge/us_congress_jobs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111103/capt.6b7bbef8a610481789760be8d2297819-6b7bbef8a610481789760be8d2297819-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=hKQOKtYvu6SB.czdOZvQ7Q--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, center, with Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo, left, and Sen. John Thune, R-S.D. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011, to call for Senate action on the jobs bills, known as the 'Forgotten 15' passed by the Republican-led House of Representatives. (…
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Criminals in countries all over the world, including allies of the United States, are committing cybertheft and industrial espionage against America, the National Counterintelligence Agency has warned. In a report submitted to Congress in October, the agency states that foreign collectors of sensitive economic information can operate in cyberspace with relatively little risk of being detected. Source: TechWorldNews
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111103/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/us_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111103/capt.bd659f27b5a142d79bf17b5948dbccb5-bd659f27b5a142d79bf17b5948dbccb5-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=4IwLrmf7RZk4XoN75CcvWg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Job seekers visit the Minneapolis Career Fair held Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011, in Bloomington, Minn. Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week, a positive sign that the job market is picking up a bit. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)" border="0" /></a>AP - Companies are more productive, fewer people are seek…
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Apple confirmed Wednesday that the decreased battery life in the iPhone 4S that some users have been complaining about since the phone's debut last month is due to a bug in the iOS 5 operating system. The company plans to send out a software update shortly to correct the problem. Source: TechWorldNews
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111103/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_greece_financial_crisis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111102/capt.e85221c8b09e4625b03780442488ce52-e85221c8b09e4625b03780442488ce52-0.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=XSaMwleWJPfQLARAV8NJPg--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou speaks with the media as he leaves a G20 summit in Cannes, France on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011. Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou was flew to the chic French Riviera resort of Cannes on Wednesday to explain himself to European leaders furious over his surprise refe…
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Any science fiction fan or Trekkie knows what tractor beams are -- those beams that pull objects toward the device that generates them, sort of like an invisible fishing line and reel. NASA believes enough in the possibility of creating real tractor beams that it's provided a $100,000 grant to researchers at its Goddard Space Flight Center to look into the phenomenon. Source: TechWorldNews
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Comparing an atom to a coin is like comparing a human heart to a repeatedly clinching fist. The analogy is woefully simplistic in relation to what is actually going on. But someone with a layman's understanding of the human body is unlikely to grasp the nuances of the human heart. Similarly, someone whose understanding of physics is derived from high school science class is unlikely to grasp the quantum world. Source: TechWorldNews
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111103/ap_on_re_us/us_occupy_marches"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111102/capt.e9abc13f56be4b8faeb284d88856150d-e9abc13f56be4b8faeb284d88856150d-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=4DmJROPq2ZgRdd1RDSDiLQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Occupy Oakland protesters march Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011, in Oakland, Calif. Thousands of anti-Wall Street protesters are in the streets of Oakland, as part of a day-long series of events aimed at showing the movement's strength and unity. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)" border="0" /></a>AP - Thousands of Occupy W…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111103/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_europe_financial_crisis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111102/capt.1fa9f0c6a9774cf181879f7c3d381913-1fa9f0c6a9774cf181879f7c3d381913-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=sIWNO9LHNICP0zX9_W.oPA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, chats to German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a joint press conference at the G20 in Cannes, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)" border="0" /></a>AP - European leaders drew a line in the sand for Greece on Wednesday, saying its ref…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111103/ap_on_el_pr/us_cain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111102/capt.0af7f11eaff14618b25644fc2325a57e-0af7f11eaff14618b25644fc2325a57e-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=isZbb.emGDcD1iaX6gVEJg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain pauses while speaking at the Congressional Health Caucus Thought Leaders Series, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)" border="0" /></a>AP - A third woman considered filing a workplace complaint against Herman Cain over what s…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111102/ap_on_re_us/us_occupy_marches"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111102/capt.e9abc13f56be4b8faeb284d88856150d-e9abc13f56be4b8faeb284d88856150d-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=4DmJROPq2ZgRdd1RDSDiLQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Occupy Oakland protesters march Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011, in Oakland, Calif. Thousands of anti-Wall Street protesters are in the streets of Oakland, as part of a day-long series of events aimed at showing the movement's strength and unity. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)" border="0" /></a>AP - Thousands of Wall Str…
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The Duqu malware that became widely known last month is exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows kernel to infect systems, according to the Hungarian group CrySyS. An installer file for the Trojan was previously unknown, but now CrySyS and security firm Symantec are reporting that the main Duqu binaries are released onto a targeted system when a Word file containing the malware is opened. Source: TechWorldNews
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AP - New Hampshire has scheduled its first-in-the-nation presidential primary for the second Tuesday in January, finally giving candidates a concrete calendar after months of uncertainty. More...
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AP - The Federal Reserve sketched a brighter picture of the economy Wednesday. As a result, it's holding off on any new actions because stronger growth is giving it time to gauge the impact of steps it's already taken. More...
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Google is rolling out a revamped Gmail, as it indicated it would earlier this year. Users can opt to use the new look immediately by clicking on the switch icon on the bottom-right corner of the Gmail page. The core changes focus on better readability and as well as stepped -up search functionalities. Source: TechWorldNews
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While the image that the high-tech industry has adopted for the source of services delivered over a remote network -- the cloud -- conjures thoughts of airy skies where quasi-magical things happen, the actual cloud is firmly anchored to the ground in data centers bristling with computer servers. As the cloud continues to expand, so does the demand for servers. Source: TechWorldNews
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