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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110902/ap_on_sp_ot/us_clemens_steroids"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110901/capt.1ce9b00ac034434d95a0a1b11ee3e450-688a963e8637424a95992922625057aa-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=i9_oDe8VRNl6aJLAPndzIQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="FILE - In this July 14, 2011 file photo, former Major League baseball pitcher Roger Clemens leaves federal court in Washington. Clemens is heading back to court to find out whether he'll face a second trial on charges he lied about using performance-enhancing drugs. A hearing is being held Friday, Sept. 2, 2011 i…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110902/ap_on_bi_ge/us_wall_street"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110902/capt.877e5cb29ede415d965a7b7e5df7a224-877e5cb29ede415d965a7b7e5df7a224-0.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=noZfDlqyflY0yvKskzOSig--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, Sept. 2, 2011 in New York. The jobs report was the weakest in almost a year. It renewed fears that the U.S. might slip back into recession. (AP Photo/Jin Lee)" border="0" /></a>AP - Stocks plunged Friday after a dismal report on the job mar…
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I recently carried out an experiment to help determine which company manufactures the strongest glass digitizer screens. My test: I shot the screens with a cheap BB Gun. The first round was with the screen taped to a wall. The next was in a box with no backing. At the end, I just repeatedly tried to smash the screen on the corner of a desk. Like I said, this was really scientific. Source: TechWorldNews
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The HP TouchPad's demise and semi-resurrection seems to have lent new strength to rumors that Amazon is working on its own tablet. Some rumors hold that Amazon will offer one tablet; others contend it will offer two. The speculation is that Amazon will sell the hardware at a loss and make up for that through selling content, which it has in abundance. Source: TechWorldNews
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HTC has shown off its first two smartphones running Mango, Microsoft's upcoming update for its Windows Phone mobile operating system. The new devices, the Titan and the Radar, are being shown to some consumers in London, Paris, Madrid and Berlin. The Titan has a 4.7-inch display -- much larger than a typical smartphone's display and more than 30 percent larger than the iPhone 4's 3.5-inch screen. Source: TechWorldNews
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AP - Businesses likely shrugged off recession fears and kept hiring in August, although not nearly enough to lower the unemployment rate. More...
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110902/ap_on_go_ot/us_nuclear_plants_earthquakes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110901/capt.a9f616ecc232491bba0d0e143f4f0645-a9f616ecc232491bba0d0e143f4f0645-0.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=ETNJ.bm7km1TfkK6t5_zuw--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="FILE - In this May 18, 2011 file photo, a worker is seen in the area surrounding a tree farm in North Perry, Ohio, near the two cooling towers of the Perry Nuclear Power Plant looming in the background. The risk of an earthquake causing a severe accident at a nuclear power plant is up to 24 times great…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110901/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/us_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110901/capt.ad2eb25d8fe744a0a69f2f1894e55d99-ad2eb25d8fe744a0a69f2f1894e55d99-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=tO8cwbxUvPWc.bZcDfWh0A--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="In this Aug. 30, 2011 photo, Larry Chappell uses a ? More...
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110902/ap_on_re_us/us_irene"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110901/capt.aaf10ea80f054af7a4a26265cf635806-aaf10ea80f054af7a4a26265cf635806-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=pJCtt0.X0nPRw24o4SBIGQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Washington Electric Cooperative linemen Kyle Harper, right, and Rich Hallstrom ride ATVs to check on power lines on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011 in Roxbury, Vt. With hundreds of roads impassable, utilities are using all means to restore power to victims of Tropical Storm Irene, but the scope of the devastation means it will be s…
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Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy Note, which sports a 5.3-inch screen -- a size that places it between a typical smartphone and a tablet. It features an HD Super AMOLED display with a 180-degree viewing angle. The device comes with a slide-out stylus called the "S Pen" and sports an 8-MP rear camera and a 2-MP front camera for video chat. Source: TechWorldNews
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110901/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_infrastructure_bank"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110831/capt.0377e5f6b7234b87a8007aa48773251d-0377e5f6b7234b87a8007aa48773251d-0.jpg?x=130&y=102&q=85&sig=EPvb1vizHYYSlTDBm1e0eQ--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011, to urge Congress to pass a federal highway bill. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)" border="0" /></a>AP - A national infrastructure bank that would entice private investors into road and rail p…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110901/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_libya"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110901/capt.d336b9226738437aad2550d72962a3aa-d336b9226738437aad2550d72962a3aa-0.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=XVSbA6lf12vkCIqwDsmn5A--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="FILE - In this Wednesday, July 20, 2011 file photo, Libyan Foreign Minister Abdul-Ati al-Obeidi gets into a car outside the Russian Foreign Ministry, after meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow. Libyan rebels have captured Moammar Gadhafi's foreign minister, a rebel official said Thursday. Ahmed Sa…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110901/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_libya_rebel_lockups"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110829/capt.b32b6a7364744e1f9d8b7064caa0537b-b32b6a7364744e1f9d8b7064caa0537b-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=jY3Zi4tRN.a7mEx8qf.RYw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Pro-Gadhafi soldiers rest in a school converted into a prison in Tripoli, Libya, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rebel forces and armed civilians are rounding up thousands of black Libyans and migrants from sub-Sahara Africa, acccusing them of fighting f…
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Samsung Telecommunications America has announced it will launch its latest Android smartphone, the Galaxy S II, on AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile in the U.S. this fall. The device apparently has won consumers' hearts and minds, with 5 million units having been snapped up in 85 days in Europe and Korea, Samsung claims. Source: TechWorldNews
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Well the wild ride that was August appears to have tapered off a bit as the month drew to a close, so Linux bloggers have finally had a few days to stop and catch their breath.Bartenders throughout the blogosphere have had a chance to restock their supplies, and conversations have, for the most part, returned to normal volumes. There's one exception, however. Source: TechWorldNews
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Travel tools for the road include some of the killer apps that have driven the smartphone market, like mapping. However, the ball and chain is the cost of getting that data outside of your home market. For example, U.S. carrier Sprint currently charges a whopping $19.45 per megabyte to use its GSM data roaming agreements in Europe. Source: TechWorldNews
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110831/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_sept11_security"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110831/capt.46b1a37c00fa4c6097c4d81ebf58ae5b-46b1a37c00fa4c6097c4d81ebf58ae5b-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=uMtQN0B.9N7wsrDmRfAvZA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="One World Trade Center rises above the lower Manhattan skyline in this aerial photo, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011 in New York. Behind the tower are the Hudson River and New Jersey. Sept. 11, 2011 will mark the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks in the United States. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" border="0" /…
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110831/ap_on_go_co/us_wartime_spending"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110830/capt.a9508dcfd0a14be98d3c42a4d3eb2671-a9508dcfd0a14be98d3c42a4d3eb2671-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=tvh0obQh1Br5fkSCQi0OTg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Members of U.S. Marine Scout-Sniper team look for a Taliban position in a nearby tree-line, during an exchange of fire with Taliban militants, in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)" border="0" /></a>AP - As much as $60 billion in U.S. tax dollars h…
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Linux users are blessed with a collection of file encryption tools. But chances are, whatever application you use for that task lacks the efficiency, speed and functionality of TrueCrypt. TrueCrypt does what any file encryption application is supposed to: It locks down access to your data so no one without a password or keyfile can grab it. Source: TechWorldNews
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No matter how many virtual meeting applications spring up and how popular they may be, travel is still a bit part of corporate life. Fortunately, mobile apps have made the task more tolerable, more efficient and considerably more pleasant. That is, of course, if you're using the best apps for the trip you're planning. Source: TechWorldNews
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