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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110930/ap_on_re_us/us_model_plane_terror"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110929/capt.f6f79fa2830648b9ae8fe91e863f1496-f6f79fa2830648b9ae8fe91e863f1496-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=bCp8FVt3tDc8mqsQDYITtg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="This undated photo released Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011 by the U.S. Department of Justice shows a large remote controlled aircraft similar to what the department said suspect Rezwan Ferdaus plotted to fill with C-4 plastic explosives to use in an attack of the Pentagon and U.S. Capital. Ferdaus of Ashland, Mass.,…
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Amazon's $199 tablet will be one of the first sub-$300 tablets with a decent specification. However, if you can't wait until November, don't necessarily want a book vendor's skin on your device, and haven't ponied up for an iPad yet, you can get a solid base-Android tablet for around $250 today -- or a lot less, if you already happen to have a Nook Color 7-inch e-reader. Source: TechWorldNews
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Motorola and Verizon Wireless on Wednesday got around to delivering what's been promised to owners of the Xoom tablet for several months: 4G LTE. When the Motorola Xoom first went on sale early in 2011, buyers were told that they'd eventually be able to send their 3G-wireless-equipped tablets to a workshop where they'd be upgraded with faster 4G wireless hardware free of charge. Source: TechWorldNews
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Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, co-chairmen of the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus, have sent a letter to Joe Leibowitz, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, addressing Facebook's use of cookies to gather information from members who surf the 905,000 sites that display its "like" button. Source: TechWorldNews
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110929/ap_on_re_eu/hijacker_fugitive_captured"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110928/capt.4f7505d17d204b04b81741bf825486b8-f68603997bfa4340b8923e3c70c764ce-0.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=UWSqzNIYOX_rzL551QVjXA--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="A woman who said she was Maria Do Rosario Valente, the wife of fugitive George Wright is seen outside the house where neighbors said Wright lived in Almocagema, near Lisbon Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011. Wright was arrested Sept. 26, 2011 by Portuguese authorities at the request of the U.S. government after …
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110929/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_europe_financial_crisis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110929/capt.045210d4a83144769361aaee7290b575-045210d4a83144769361aaee7290b575-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=aB9bfjR7xR2cjGY774341w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="German Chancellor Angela Merkel closes her eyes during the debate about the eurozone bailout fund at the German parliament Bundestag in Berlin, central Germany, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011.German lawmakers are expected to approve new powers Thursday for the eurozone bailout fund in a major step toward tackli…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110929/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_hispanics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110928/capt.24bbea41c6854485a90557dc728e9bc2-24bbea41c6854485a90557dc728e9bc2-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=ScDqWc29sSJgk4HrZFE6Sg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama, accompanied by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, left, delivers his back-to school speech at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0" /></a>AP - Facing weakening support among Hispanics, President Barack Obam…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110929/ap_on_he_me/us_supreme_court_health_care"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110928/capt.d99a50bcc9714fa785df601149a06253-d99a50bcc9714fa785df601149a06253-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=l4lft.h5BcGDaLNp34Vpxg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, 91, works in his office at the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011. His new book is titled 'Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir,' a personal reflection on the five chief justices he has known. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)" border="0" …
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110929/ap_on_en_mu/us_michael_jackson_doctor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110927/capt.824fc30a281d497c9d9f55755c40bbb4-824fc30a281d497c9d9f55755c40bbb4-0.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=NEAmKr6kGgri7yPh6Pf33A--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Choreographer Kenny Ortega testifies for the prosecution in the involuntary manslaughter trial of Conrad Murray at Superior Court in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. Murray has pleaded not guilty and faces four years in prison and the loss of his medical license if convicted of involuntary manslaughte…
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Microsoft on Tuesday released the latest version of its smartphone operating system, a version that could make handsets using the OS more competitive with market leaders Android and iOS. The new release -- Windows Phone 7.5, aka "Mango" -- has more than 500 new features, according to Microsoft, most of which are aimed at improving the productivity of those who use phones running the operating system. Source: TechWorldNews
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Months after losing support from handset maker Nokia, the MeeGo mobile OS lost another major backer when Intel announced Wednesday it won't continue with the Linux-based operating system. Instead, Intel will partner with Samsung to develop Tizen, a new open source Linux build. Intel launched MeeGo in 2010 with partner Nokia, but soon afterward Nokia turned away from MeeGo in favor of a deal with Microsoft. Source: TechWorldNews
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Amazon unveiled its long-awaited answer to the Apple iPad on Wednesday: the Kindle Fire. However, Amazon CEO and Founder Jeff Bezos positioned the Kindle Fire as a new class of the company's Kindle e-reader rather than an iPad challenger per se. The Fire has a customized version of Android and runs Amazon's Silk browser, which leverages the Amazon cloud. Amazon also announced three other Kindle readers. Source: TechWorldNews
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110928/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_libya"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110928/capt.37fd64d1efa94c0bb4681f1b0aa815cc-37fd64d1efa94c0bb4681f1b0aa815cc-0.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=I290ZaQSEwZbwa6ADV9HoQ--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="With new Libyan flags in the background, Libyan minister of oil and finance, Ali al-Tarhouni, center talks to supporters after his arrival in the desert city of Sabha, Libya Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011. Libya's transitional government has delivered 20 million dinars ($16 million) to this remote southern city beset by fight…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110928/ap_on_re_eu/hijacker_fugitive_captured"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110928/capt.062d4c19b40148f6b9e7aa5fc66953cc-062d4c19b40148f6b9e7aa5fc66953cc-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ShQbpjGU.rMtqy2DXC0gTg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A woman who said she was Maria Do Rosario Valente, the wife of fugitive George Wright is seen outside the house where neighbors said Wright lived in Almocagema, near Lisbon Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011. Wright was arrested Sept. 26, 2011 by Portuguese authorities at the request of the U.S. government after …
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110928/ap_on_go_co/us_fed_up"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110926/capt.903ae45167e244a29d1452573ce1ead7-903ae45167e244a29d1452573ce1ead7-0.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=SDVHwb80V4p0jPIS4NrLiw--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky walks to the floor as the Senate prepares to vote on a short-term funding measure that includes dollars for disaster relief without an offsetting spending cut elsewhere, as demanded by the GOP-controlled House, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Sept. 26 2011. (AP Ph…
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Facebook's most recent API allows applications to post status updates to a user's wall without their intervention. This is part of Facebook Instant and is known as frictionless sharing. This means users no longer have to proactively decide to share an item, and there's a risk that something could be unintentionally shared with Facebook friends. Source: TechWorldNews
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The problem with hitching your wagon to a shooting star, as online music service Spotify is beginning to discover, is that sometimes you can get burned. Spotify is one of several online music services that have teamed up with Facebook recently and was singled out by the social networking giant at its f8 developers conference in San Francisco last week. Source: TechWorldNews
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The last few years have brought us arguably the most significant change in firewall technology in decades. Ever since "stateful inspection" was introduced by Check Point in the late 1990s, firewall administrators and information security officers have been defining security policies based primarily on a connection's source IP address, destination IP address and service. Source: TechWorldNews
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110927/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_premiums"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110927/capt.d9a685b98ecb43c4b7d0a46c0295f0b3-d9a685b98ecb43c4b7d0a46c0295f0b3-0.jpg?x=107&y=130&q=85&sig=Y8iN4KgFvEsqBOt2Ihj00Q--" align="left" height="130" width="107" alt="This undated photo provided by the Kaiser Family Foundation, shows the CEO Drew Altman. The cost of employer-sponsored health insurance surged this year, snapping a trend toward moderate growth, but experts say these increases may slow again in 2012. (AP Photo/Kaiser Family Foundation, Robin Holland))" bord…
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