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MySpace Cuts 30% Of Workforce

6/16/2009
The social networking site's parent company, News Corp., saw a 47% dip in its operating income in the third quarter of its current fiscal year.
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NASA Eyes Wednesday Shuttle Launch

6/15/2009
The space agency canceled Saturday liftoff after discovering a gas leak.
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Space Shuttle Set For Saturday Launch

6/12/2009
Endeavour is poised for a mission to the ISS to deliver components to Japan's space lab.
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Proposed NASA Cuts Draw Fire

6/8/2009
Florida legislators say a plan to reduce the space agency's operating budget could hurt the economy and innovation.
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Think Tank Pushes Broadband Enterprise Zones

6/8/2009
Institute For Policy Innovation says private-sector forces are best to ensure nationwide coverage.
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Mixed Bag For IT Jobs

6/8/2009
Report sees growth in some tech-related professions, losses in others.
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White House Seeks Input On Transparency

6/4/2009
The Obama administration wants to know what you think about government transparency. Deputy CTO for Open Government Beth Noveck issued a call for input Wednesday about the government's efforts to make more information available to the public.
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Hi5 Strikes Deal with Televisa Interactive

6/4/2009
Spanish-language media company and social networking site team up for exclusive video agreement.
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Gen Y Not Into Twitter

6/4/2009
Millennials are more likely to use social networking sites to communicate.
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Fiorina Donates $500,000 To Islamic Women's Groups

6/4/2009
Former HP CEO seeks to empower women in countries with large Muslim populations.
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Biden Touts Recovery Act In New York

6/3/2009
Veep says stimulus plan is creating and saving jobs in the Empire State and beyond.
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China Knocked For Censoring Tiananmen Square Info

6/3/2009
The People's Republic is blocking Web searches related to the historic protest, group charges.
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Time Spent On Facebook Increases 700%

6/3/2009
Social networking site is outpacing rivals in battle for traffic.
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FDA Strives For Transparency

6/3/2009
Food and Drug Administration is asking for public input in effort to open up.
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Utility Leaders Want Larger States Role In Broadband Stimulus Funds

6/2/2009
NARUC suggests states could help speed up the process to review the thousands of applications that are expected to pour in.
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NASA Aims To Improve Orbital Re-Entry

6/2/2009
The space agency launches a series of experiments as part of its quest for safer, more efficient space flight.
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White House Further Restricts Stimulus Lobbying

6/1/2009
U.S. President Barack Obama's administration is cracking down -- even more than it revealed in March -- on lobbying for funds under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act.
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Minorities, Women Underrepresented In IT

6/1/2009
Lack of diversity hurts Silicon Valley's competitiveness, study says.
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Boston-Power Pursues Stimulus Funds For Battery Plant

6/1/2009
Manufacturer of notebook cells is seeking more than $100 million for Massachusetts facility.
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ISS Expedition 20 Crew Complete After Arrival Of Soyuz

5/29/2009
For the first time, all five international partner agencies are represented in orbit, NASA said.
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Time Warner To Spin Off AOL

5/28/2009
Struggling ISP hopes independence will provide a new lease on life.
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Obama Should Scrap Cybersecurity Czar, Analyst Says

5/28/2009
Gartner expert says president's plan to protect nation's computing infrastructure won't work.
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Computer Group Objects To EC Browser Regulations

5/28/2009
CompTIA says Europe's sanctions against Microsoft could damage the whole industry.
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Soyuz Astronauts Heading Toward Space Station

5/27/2009
The entire Expedition 20 crew represents five agencies -- the first time a space station crew has represented all five international space agency partners at once.
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DTV Transition Test Inundates FCC With Calls

5/27/2009
The FCC's soft test of the digital television conversion was a wake-up call for consumers who aren't prepared for the June 12 transition.
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Mars Rover Is Christened 'Curiosity'

5/27/2009
A 12-year-old student wins a contest to name NASA's Red Planet exploration vehicle.
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Obama Taps Bolden To Lead NASA

5/26/2009
Gen. Charles Bolden served for more than 34 years in the Marine Corps before becoming senior VP at TechTrans International through 2005.
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Facebook Gets $200 Million From Russian Investors

5/26/2009
DST offer values social networking site at about $10 billion.
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GPS Could Fail Next Year, Warns GAO

5/20/2009
The U.S. Air Force may not be able to acquire new satellites in time to prevent disruption in GPS service for military and civilian users.
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NASA: Atlantis Preps For Trip Home

5/20/2009
The shuttle crew completes all of the mission's objectives, adding new instruments, making repairs, and replacing battery modules and a fine guidance sensor on the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Laptops In Bed? Workaholics Surf Before Snoozing

5/19/2009
More than half of those surveyed who browse the Web in their pajamas do so for as much as six hours a week, Credant Technologies finds.
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IP Enforcement Bill Draws Praise From U.S. Businesses

5/19/2009
Legislation would give the State Department additional resources and training for intellectual property enforcement efforts in foreign countries.
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Managed Services Model Helps Companies Weather Recession

5/19/2009
CompTIA reports that managed services providers are holding profits longer and recovering sooner than traditional product and support sales companies.
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Craigslist CEO Demands Apology From S.C. Attorney General

5/18/2009
The reaction comes after criticism of the online classified ad site, including accusations that the site has engaged in criminal acts.
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Atlantis Astronauts Completing Hubble Repairs

5/18/2009
The crew planned to install one of the panels Sunday, but they were unable to complete the task in time.
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Social Networks Get Advertising Guidelines

5/18/2009
The Interactive Advertising Bureau's latest best practices provide a library of examples of how to execute such ads for various marketing messages.
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The President E-Mailed Me This Week And You Could Be Next

5/15/2009
I got an e-mail from the President this week and, frankly, I think that's pretty cool.
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Atlantis Crew Enjoying Views, Tweets On Hubble Mission

5/15/2009
NASA astronaut Mike Massimino's first "tweet" from orbit read, "Launch was awesome!"
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Facebook Missing Out On Profits

5/15/2009
Analyst says the social networking site may need to change its business model to remain viable.
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NASA: Kepler Scans Skies For Stars, Earth-Like Planets

5/13/2009
The spacecraft will spend more than three years with its sights on more than 100,000 stars as it seeks planets that orbit sun-like stars in regions where conditions could support life.
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Craigslist To Shutter 'Internet Brothel'

5/13/2009
Online classified service will no longer accept erotic services ads under pressure from state AGs.
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Atlantis Links With Hubble For Repairs

5/13/2009
Space shuttle crew begins maintenance operation on giant telescope.
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Apple Rejects Jesus Application

5/12/2009
The maker of "Me So Holy" complains on his Web site that Apple has completely misunderstood his application.
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NASA: Atlantis Crew Inspecting Shuttle For Damage

5/12/2009
Crew members also are checking tools they'll use during the Hubble Space Telescope repair mission, as well as the Extravehicular Mobility Units they'll use during five spacewalks.
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Yahoo May Be Liable For Posting Sex Photos, Court Says

5/11/2009
The online portal could be guilty of breach of contract for failing to remove unauthorized images.
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Group Urges Government To Increase Broadband Regulation

5/11/2009
The Federal Communications Commission has ignored guidelines in the Telecommunications Act of 1996 that call for broadband competition, openness, and access, according to a recent report from an advocacy group.
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Gartner: Custom Development A Waste For Most Sites

5/11/2009
Research firm says e-commerce operators are better off using boxed software and devoting savings to SEO and other marketing efforts.
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Shuttle Atlantis Readies For Hubble Mission

5/11/2009
Seven NASA astronauts are set to begin their two-day journey to the space telescope.
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SIIA Accuses Sellers Of Clip Art Piracy

5/7/2009
The trade association says it's also pursuing those who pirate other works such as computer graphics.
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Obama Names Science and Technology Director

5/7/2009
Tara O'Toole has held numerous senior positions related to biosecurity and biodefense.
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DoD Awards $37 Million For Video Technology

5/7/2009
Omnitec Solutions will provide the armed forces with streaming content services.
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Barriers Slow Investments In Energy Efficiency

5/6/2009
Urge to conserve trumped by doubts about prices and regulation, survey shows.
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Craigslist Under Fire From States Over Erotic Ads

5/6/2009
Several attorneys general are threatening criminal prosecution unless the online marketplace takes steps to remove its "erotic services" section.
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Atom-Thin Material Could Replace Silicon For Chips

5/5/2009
MIT researchers are developing a nanoscopic material that looks like chicken wire under a microscope to create the next generation of processors.
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Developer Population Affected By Economy

5/5/2009
While industrialized economies are seeing slowing growth, the developer population in India and China is still climbing.
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hi5 Launches Instant Messaging Service

5/5/2009
Social networking site lets members communicate directly with each other from within a browser.
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Congressman Pushes To Let Americans Gamble Online

5/5/2009
Barney Frank's bill would overturn prohibition on Internet betting.
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Eurocrat Wants U.S. Out Of ICANN

5/4/2009
EU information society commissioner calls for G12-style Internet governance.
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IRS Recognized For Innovation In Public Service

5/1/2009
The Internal Revenue Service will receive an award for its free online service.
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Facebook Expands Security Tools While Combating Phishing Attack

5/1/2009
The site has come under siege this week by FBaction.net, which has delivered messages among Facebook friends, telling them to check out a link.
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NASA Begins Layoffs Tied To Shuttle Fleet Retirement

5/1/2009
The next-generation Orion shuttle is slated for 2015, leaving a five-year gap in which the United States will not operate its own space shuttles.
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Interactive Ad Unit Guidelines Revised

4/30/2009
The IAB issued the first Universal Ad Package, with four ad standards, in 2002.
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Disney Taking Equity Stake In Hulu

4/30/2009
Hulu will stream full-length episodes of popular Disney and ABC shows, using an ad-supported model, the companies say.
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25% Of Companies Increasing IT Investments

4/29/2009
More than 69% of respondents say their companies see at least half the expected value from their IT investments.
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IBM Helps Arkansas With Real-Time Monitoring Of Stimulus Funds

4/29/2009
The state's Department of Education is on track to receive nearly $570 million in stimulus funds over the next six months.
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Twitter Users' Loyalty As Brief As Their Posts?

4/29/2009
The most popular social networking sites, Facebook and MySpace, have much higher user retention rates than Twitter.
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More Companies Requiring IT Security Certification

4/28/2009
The study reflects responses from more than 1,000 IT employees.
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Swine Flu Prompts Calls For More Telecommuting

4/28/2009
Currently, 60% of federal agencies include telework in plans for continuity of operations, but just more than 7% of federal employees telework regularly.
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Facebook Users Approve Terms Of Use

4/24/2009
The changes increase user control while improving account deletion and limiting sublicenses and reducing data exchanges between application developers.
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State AG Wants Craigslist To Nix Hooker Ads

4/23/2009
Connecticut's Richard Blumenthal says social networking site should use IT to eliminate sex listings.
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MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe To Step Down

4/23/2009
Departure is part of a broader shake-up of social networking site's executive suite.
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Planetary System Discovered That Could Support Life

4/22/2009
Planet Gliese 581 "e" orbits its host star in just over three days and is nearly 21 light-years away from the constellation Libra, researchers said.
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UK Wants Nationwide Broadband Access

4/22/2009
British pols are backing a plan that would extend high-speed Internet links to all parts of the country.
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Berkeley's Opinion Space Maps Online Comments

4/22/2009
New visualization tool groups like-minded commentators into "opinion clusters" to facilitate better communication.
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Yahoo Cutting 5% Of Jobs

4/21/2009
Company execs blamed quarterly declines on currency fluctuations, the sale of Kelkoo, and lower fees from broadband partnerships, VoIP, and music subscriptions.
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Stephen Hawking Hospitalized, Family Hopeful

4/21/2009
The world-renowned physics professor has been fighting a chest infection for a couple of weeks and had to cancel an appearance in Arizona because of it.
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Tech Played Role In Hunt For Craigslist Killer

4/21/2009
Police investigation relied on e-mail accounts, text messages, and IP addresses.
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Federal CTO Chopra Completes Obama's Tech Triad

4/20/2009
Three of the nation's tech leaders must work together to implement change and overcome hurdles.
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Hunt For Craigslist Killer Continues

4/17/2009
Police across the United States have investigated and cracked down on countless crimes that resulted from in-person meetings among those who begin communicating through the site.
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NASA Treadmill Named For Stephen Colbert

4/15/2009
Comedian and talk show host gets a consolation prize for his effort to have an International Space Station node named after him.
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Yahoo Shares Down Amid Report Of Layoffs

4/15/2009
CEO Carol Bartz has been in talks with Microsoft for a search and advertising partnership.
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Online Feedback Influences Spending

4/15/2009
Some 84% of Americans say online customer evaluations influence their decisions about whether to purchase products or services.
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NYC May Block Cabbies' Cell Phones

4/14/2009
Taxi and Limousine Commission eyes technology that would silence chatty drivers.
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NIST Creates YouTube Channel

4/14/2009
Standards body's site has drawn 4,000 views to date.
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NIST Issues Guidelines For E-Voting Machines

4/13/2009
Standards body plans to take public comments on the draft until July 1.
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White House Lags On Promise To Post Bills Online

4/13/2009
The Cato Institute has called on the White House to do better and deliver on its promise to post all non-emergency bills online for five days before President Barack Obama signs them.
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NASA To Name Space Station Node On Colbert Report

4/13/2009
An astronaut from the agency will break the news on Comedy Central.
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Yahoo Partners With Universities On Cloud Computing

4/10/2009
The Internet portal is teaming up with academia to promote cloud-based research.
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Broadband Players Vie For Stimulus Funds

4/10/2009
With more than $7 billion up for grabs, there's no shortage of parties looking to cash in.
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Facebook Now Has 200 Million Members

4/9/2009
Social networking site marks a milestone and launches charity drive.
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Social Networks Popular Among Programmers

4/9/2009
75% of software developers belong to at least one social networking site, a new survey finds.
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FCC Launches Effort To Craft National Broadband Plan

4/8/2009
The commission is looking at ways high-speed Internet can improve the economy and individual lives.
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Obama Boosts Tech Spending And Enthusiasm, Report Says

4/8/2009
Federal stimulus plan puts information technology back in the spotlight.
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NIST Awards Smart Grid Contract

4/8/2009
Standards agency taps EPRI to help develop a smart national energy grid.
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Arctic Ice Coverage Thinning

4/7/2009
NASA said the dramatic decrease in ice thickness and coverage over the past 30 years is an important indicator of the health of the Arctic.
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100 MPG Equals $10 Million For X Prize Contestants

4/7/2009
Rocker Neil Young is among those vying to build the most fuel-efficient car.
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Facebook, Adobe Team On Support For Flash

3/31/2009
The companies got together last fall after Facebook reviewed support for ActionScript and found that none of its client libraries was complete and fully updated.
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MySpace Launches Local Business Directories

3/31/2009
The social networking site kicks off a trial version of a service it ultimately plans to offer nationwide.
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Online Ad Revenues Break Records In 2008

3/30/2009
Web-based advertising is growing despite the economic downturn.
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Discovery Crew Returns Home From ISS

3/30/2009
Astronauts land in Florida after finishing up 12-day mission aboard the International Space Station.
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