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Apple's MacBook Pro laptop was upgraded with new Intel processors a little over six months ago, but another refresh may be in the works that will bring revamped models to the shelves within the next two weeks. The move is believed to be necessary to keep Apple's laptop up to date with Intel's latest "Sandy Bridge" quad-core processors. Source: TechWorldNews
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Maybe it's time for yet another open source license. Consider this: The Respect The Programmer License (RPL) Version 0.3. The RPL addresses one problem prevalent in most licenses, including the BSD, MIT, and GPL -- it's easier to just edit the file in front of you to fix a bug or add a feature than it is to contact the author and make sure everyone benefits. Source: TechWorldNews
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Federal regulations designed to protect children's privacy cover the burgeoning mobile apps business as well as other online vehicles accessible through laptops or desktops. In fact, providers of mobile apps need to pay attention to the privacy impact not only of services offered specifically to children, but also those targeting the broader community that are nevertheless accessible to children. Source: TechWorldNews
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110916/ap_on_el_pr/us_texas_execution"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110914/capt.c7fbf9f197a440f09c8048beae30a0cd-c7fbf9f197a440f09c8048beae30a0cd-0.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=Bqi8hXMn2ov65.ipFWRvGw--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="This undated handout photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Duane Buck. Defense attorneys are calling on Texas Gov. Rick Perry to halt the execution of Buck who is scheduled to be put to death Thursday because jurors heard testimony during sentencing in his 1997 trial that blacks are more…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110916/ap_on_re_as/world_markets"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20110915/i/r3413588664.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=V9pAUSxVaOauAw_h.BBUhw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="A Goldman Sachs sign is seen above their booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, January 19, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid" border="0" /></a>AP - A decision by European central banks to support the region's financial system helped calm Asian markets, setting off a rally across the region in Friday trading.</p><br clear="all"/> More...
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110916/ap_on_go_co/us_solar_manufacturer_investigation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110915/capt.47be44f3613049ff93f766d33f2c4d96-47be44f3613049ff93f766d33f2c4d96-0.jpg?x=81&y=130&q=85&sig=ewwZewsMO3v6GOMNpvwuMg--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2011, file photo, Solyndra workers leave Solyndra in Fremont, Calif. Newly released emails show that the Obama administration was worried about the financial health of a troubled solar energy company even as officials publicly declared the company in good shape. An email f…
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Facebook has been rolling out a slew of changes and new options, one of the latest being its so-called smart friend lists. This feature creates lists of a user's friends, automatically based on such criteria as work, school, family and city. Users do have some control -- they can opt out entirely. Or they can use the automatically generated lists to add friends -- without, Facebook promises, a lot of effort. Source: TechWorldNews
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Over half a million copies of the developer preview of Windows 8 have been downloaded, according to Microsoft, giving app makers around the world a sample of the software maker's upcoming operating system. Those developers, though, may have to go through a learning curve if they want to build Windows 8 tablet apps. Source: TechWorldNews
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Adobe is putting on a brave face in the wake of Microsoft's announcement Tuesday that the Metro version of Internet Explorer in Windows 8 -- the one intended for tablets -- will eschew plug-ins like Flash and instead use HTML 5. The problem with Flash, as Apple has discovered, is that it makes too many demands on both processor power and battery power to work well on mobile devices, said Yankee Group's Carl Howe. Source: TechWorldNews
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110915/ap_on_re_us/us_unemployment_benefits"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110915/capt.ecc25fbdb00a4904be6fe907517227f4-ecc25fbdb00a4904be6fe907517227f4-0.jpg?x=130&y=121&q=85&sig=WuQfpqYBlYQICwUeBfvHZQ--" align="left" height="121" width="130" alt="Job-seeker Michael Kautzman, left, talks to Tara Tran, right, a district manager for American Family Insurance, about employment possibilities as Linh Phung, center, puts a completed form in a collection box, during a National Career Fairs job fair, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011, in Bellevue, Wash. The number …
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110915/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_switzerland_ubs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110915/capt.03ba985401e74b6e894e1f40b5136197-03ba985401e74b6e894e1f40b5136197-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=81BjNoCJ60jY8569cyegDw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="FILE - The Oct. 7, 2010 file photo shows workers repairing a lamp at the UBS bank in Zurich, Switzerland. Swiss bank UBS AG said Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011 it has discovered that unauthorized trading by one of its staff has caused an estimated loss of US$2 billion (1,453 billion euro) and warned it could result in a…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110915/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_libya"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110915/capt.2015784b94d54e158f3632acf1742b22-2015784b94d54e158f3632acf1742b22-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=Xml42ISNRFkNEZlFi7zV8g--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="French President Nicolas Sarkozy, center, and Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, hidden behind Sarkozy, visit injured people in the Tripoli Medical center, Tripoli Thursday Sept. 15, 2011. British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Tripoli on Thursday, the first heads of gov…
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As a diehard Apple fan, it will take an absolutely astounding device to dislodge me from my Mac, iPad, and iPhone. And yet, the Windows 8 operating system for both tablets and PCs that Microsoft has been showing off this week has caught my attention. Windows 8 on a tablet has some features I would like to see available on my iPad -- seriously. Source: TechWorldNews
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Well September is shaping up to be a banner month here in the world of free and open source software. Not only did we recently learn the winners of this year's "Bossie" (Best of Open Source Software) awards, but we have Software Freedom Day coming up this Saturday! Nothing like awards and parties to make a person forget all about hack attacks and other unsavory aspects of the daily grind. Source: TechWorldNews
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One antidote to escalating household budgets is to cut utility services. However, dropping trash pickup and dumping your garbage in neighbors' receptacles in the middle of the night probably wouldn't go down too well in the community. Likewise, terminating your electricity supply won't play too well with the family after the novelty wears off -- possibly less than an hour if there's something good on TV, or it's cold. Source: TechWorldNews
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AP - Barbara Von Aspern loves her daughter, "thinks the world" of the person her daughter intends to marry and believes the pair should have the same legal rights as anyone else. It pains her, but Von Aspern is going to skip their wedding. Her daughter, Von Aspern explains, is marrying another woman. More...
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110914/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110914/capt.645bef2ad9ca46118df653b5d477ce9b-645bef2ad9ca46118df653b5d477ce9b-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=ynfOXU876V9f6FbjV.zrkg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A military helicopter belonging to coalition forces flies around a building during a gun battle with Taliban militants in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday Sept. 14,2011. The 20-hour insurgent attack in the heart of Kabul ended Wednesday morning after a final volley of helicopter gunfire as Afghan police ferreted out an…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110914/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20110914/i/ra545448990.jpg?x=130&y=68&q=85&sig=UImCIzbfBqAA1ct6PU7mqQ--" align="left" height="68" width="130" alt="An oil sheen is seen off the water at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, May 27 2010. REUTERS/Dan Anderson/Files" border="0" /></a>AP - A key federal report blames poor management, key missteps and a faulty cement job by BP and others for the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history and the deaths of 11 …
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Microsoft inched further toward the tablet world Tuesday by revealing a slew of new details about its upcoming Windows 8 operating system at its Build developers conference, being held in Anaheim, Calif., through Friday. Windows Division President Steven Sinofsky headlined the presentation, which demoed various aspects of the new operating system. Source: TechWorldNews
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