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Behind the U.S. push
to open governmentq&a Deputy CTO Beth Noveck says online tech is helping the Obama administration affect a "sea change" in making federal agencies open and accountable.
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Visa, AmEx tangled
in Web scam probeSenate commerce committee wants the big credit card companies to explain how a Web marketing scam involving top retailers went on under their noses for years.
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Scam probe casts harsh light on Web retail
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Offline Gmail access now a full-fledged feature
A key part of Google's promise for the Gmail Web application--the ability to read and compose messages while offline--becomes a standard feature.
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Hubble peers deeper than ever into the universe
NASA announces that Hubble Space Telescope has gone where no other camera has gone before: 600 million years after the Big Bang.
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Mozilla lets Thunderbird 3 fly
Mozilla Messaging pushes the stable release of Thunderbird 3 out of the nest, and there's far more to like than dislike in the latest iteration of this Outlook alternative.
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MIT floats ideas in DARPA balloon challenge
q&a Head of the team that conquered the geolocation contest reveals the winning techniques and tells how the Internet can be harnessed to tackle real-world problems.
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Microsoft plugs zero-day IE hole
Cumulative Internet Explorer bulletin affects current Windows versions, including Windows 7.
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Dell earns $6.5 million, thanks to Twitter
Microblog might be a place to talk about the simple things in life, but it can also be an effective tool for promoting products. DellOutlet has almost 1.5 million followers.
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Google brings Chrome beta to Mac, Linux
Search giant issues the first beta versions of its browser for Mac OS X and Linux. Maturity could spread adoption, and the stable version is due in a month.
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Patent Office puts green tech on fast track
The U.S. agency will accelerate review of green technology patent requests in an effort to perk up economic development in the nascent industry.
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Hands-on with the JooJoo
Formerly known as the CrunchPad, this Web slate is a really cool device that everyone will want, though it's far too expensive.
(Posted in Rafe's Radar by Rafe Needleman)
CrunchPad reborn as JooJoo
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How to fit a pharmacist in your pocket
Evincii releases a new app that walks consumers through symptoms, allergies, and side effects to help choose the best medicine on the shelves of participating pharmacies.
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Seagate enters solid-state drive market
The storage giant is joining the likes of Intel and Micron Technology in the lucrative market for solid-state drives for servers.
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Google sues over alleged work-at-home scams
Civil suit alleges that Pacific WebWorks and others are ripping people off with fake work-at-home ads using Google's name and unauthorized credit card charges.
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Global warming isn't slowing, report says
The first decade of this century is very likely the warmest one in modern record, a global meteorological agency says.
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