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Amazon Kindle; stacking it up with B&N, Borders, and Sony

ZD Net - 5 hours 7 min ago
Amazon just announced a couple new Kindle units starting at $139 and has again set the bar for dedicated ebook reading devices.
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New Droid X ad laughs at Apple's bumpers

CNet - 5 hours 10 min ago
A new ad by Motorola's Droid X suggests the main difference between it and the iPhone is that it doesn't need a jacket.
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AMD tops Nvidia in graphics chip shipments

CNet - 6 hours 9 min ago
AMD passed Nvidia in graphics chip shipments in the second quarter, according to a marketing research firm.
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Microsoft opens the curtains on Office for Mac 2011 with development team video

ZD Net - 6 hours 11 min ago
Microsoft's Mac Business Unit on Wednesday offered the community a behind-the-scenes cinematic look at forthcoming features in the Office for Mac 2011 suite. The documentary feature titled "Work...
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Pizza Lovers Suffer Data Breach From Hell

Slashdot - 6 hours 18 min ago
netbuzz writes "Some 230,000 New Zealanders have been informed that their personal information has apparently fallen into the hands of hackers who compromised the network of a locally famous food chain, Hell Pizza. The company says it suspects 'a rogue employee,' but one security expert says Hell's ordering portal is 'about 50 steps of fail.' Several New Zealand celebrities are among the victims and at least one is taking the matter in stride, musing: 'My Twitter has been hacked, my Facebook has been hacked and I'm pretty sure half of New Zealand has my phone number already. I have nothing bad to say about Hell.'"

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Building an iconic bridge (photos)

CNet - 6 hours 22 min ago
Workers erect the first section of the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge's Self-Anchored Suspension Span (SAS), one piece weighing 2.3 million pounds.
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Why Facebook is better than Quora... or is it?

ZD Net - 7 hours 9 min ago
Tonight, Facebook launched it's new product: Questions.It speaks for itself: you can now query your social graph for answers to things that interest you. You can answer questions, tag them...
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July 29, 1958: Ike Inks Space Law, NASA Born in Wake of Russ Moon

Wired.com - 7 hours 30 min ago
President Eisenhower signs the National Aeronautics and Space Act, creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.


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Amazon Kindle will be the sole survivor of the eReader Apocalypse

ZD Net - 7 hours 55 min ago
Like the reptile that inhabits the namesake river and has outlived its Cretaceous ancestors, Amazon and its Kindle will remain the sole survivor of the eReader Apocalypse.
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Expert: Critical system flaws a 'ticking time bomb'

CNet - 8 hours 43 min ago
Combining legacy SCADA systems that have their own weaknesses with Internet technologies is a dangerous mix for protecting systems that provide energy, water and other basic needs, Black Hat presenter says.
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AT&T Won't Block Black Hat Eavesdropping Demo

Slashdot - 8 hours 53 min ago
snydeq writes "AT&T says it won't interfere with a highly anticipated talk on intercepting cell phone calls at the Black Hat conference this week. Hacker Chris Paget last week said that he plans to demonstrate on Saturday how to set up what's essentially a fake cell tower that allows him listen in on nearby mobile calls. But Tuesday, he wrote on his blog that he had 'heard that AT&T may be considering suing me to stop my talk.' AT&T, however, has insisted it has no plans to interfere with the talk."

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Adobe seizes the day

ZD Net - 9 hours 8 min ago
Adobe's acquisition of Day Software signals that the company has gotten into the content management business, blogs Stephen Powers.
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Fly Eyes Used For Solar Cells

Slashdot - 10 hours 21 min ago
disco_tracy writes "Researchers took corneas from blow flies, fixed them on a glass substrate, added a polymer to protect the shape and then coated nine-eye arrays in nickel within a vacuum chamber. The result was a master template that retained those useful nanoscale features and can be used to make solar cells."

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Amazon unveils new Kindle; Assessing the e-reader fallout

ZD Net - 10 hours 39 min ago
Amazon launched its next-generation Kindle, which is faster, lighter and smaller. The move sets Amazon up for the holiday shopping season and puts pressure on rivals, notably Barnes & Noble as...
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Review: My 20 minutes with Amazon's latest Kindle

ZD Net - 10 hours 39 min ago
Is the next-gen Kindle evolutionary or revolutionary? It may not matter at Amazon's price points. The new Kindle is smaller, faster and cheaper. That's a good holiday combo.
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Black Hat shines light on security (roundup)

CNet - 10 hours 48 min ago
Las Vegas is the setting this week for two of the most popular annual security events. First comes Black Hat for the professional crowd, followed by the more antic Defcon gathering.
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Chevy Volt Not Green Enough For California

Slashdot - 11 hours 8 min ago
thecarchik writes "The first two plug-in cars from major manufacturers will go head-to-head on warranties and lease prices: $350 a month for the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, $349 for the 2011 Nissan Leaf. Now the choice shifts to other measures, including electric and overall range, as well as the plug-in perks that states like California offer to early adopters to encourage them to opt for electric cars. This is where it gets interesting. While California loves the Nissan Leaf, current regulations deny Chevy Volt buyers two significant perks: a $5,000 rebate, and permission to drive solo in HOV Lanes."

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Amazon Strikes Back at the iPad With New, $140 Kindle

Wired.com - 11 hours 10 min ago
Amazon will ship the third generation of its Kindle e-book reader on Aug. 27, offering a cheaper, Wi-Fi only version for just $140. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos also offers some optimistic predictions about the future growth of e-book sales.


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Hacker breaks into ATMs, dispenses cash remotely

ZD Net - 11 hours 11 min ago
Using home-brewed software tools and exploiting a gaping security hole in the authentication mechanism used to update the firmware on automated teller machines (ATMs), a security researcher hacked...
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Photoshop of Horrors: Readers Show BP How It's Done

Wired.com - 11 hours 15 min ago
We asked for your help to show BP how to improve upon their terribly Photoshopped oil-cleanup images, and you delivered some awesome images.


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