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Saturday, March 5, 2011

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Microsoft boosts kill-IE6 campaign with new countdown site

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"Friend's don't let friends use Internet Explorer 6," Microsoft said this week in launching a new site that tracks the progress of pushing IE6 market share below 1%.

Facebook saved my life: Leukaemia boy, 4, diagnosed after father posts rash picture

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Four-year-old Ted Rice, from Bury, was diagnosed with leukaemia by a doctor friend of his father Philip, after he posted a picture of his son's rash on the website.

Phil Collins Announces Retirement

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After four decades in the music industry, starting with influential English prog-rock band Genesis and continuing with his own long solo career, Phil Collins

Conan Plays Life Sized Angry Birds

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In a continuing tribute to Finland, Conan unveils his masterpiece: Life Sized Angry Birds! YES! And also in honor of Finland he smashes some Swedish IKEA furniture

Bill O'Reilly Interviews Rumsfeld: Iraq War A Big Screw-Up (VIDEO)

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Sometimes Bill O'Reilly justifies his big ratings.  This was one of those times.

Comparing Chinese provinces with countries

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Windows Tablets Delay: Disaster or Shrewd Move?

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Analysis: It sounds like Microsoft has decided that the best way to address the iPad is with a full version of Windows that's been thoroughly reworked for tablets.

'East Coast Rapist' caught in Connecticut

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Days after launching a manhunt along highways and online for the so-called East Coast Rapist, Connecticut police on Friday took into custody a man they claim is behind sexual assaults on at least 17 women in four states.

China: We Will Tackle Inflation, Boost Incomes

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China's government called Saturday for higher social spending, controls on inflation and measures to urgently close a divisive rich-poor gap, betting that rising living standards, better services and heavy policing will dampen growing public expectations for change.

GameSpy is Watching You

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If you've ever wondered just what GameSpy does when you see it installing with new games on your PC, news that the technology is used to power a selection of blockbuster online games in 2011 might make things a little clearer.

Does Scott Walker Know That Ronald Reagan Supported Unions and Collective Bargaining?

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Reagan: "Where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost." Read what else the Wisconsin guv's idol had to say.

Researchers use human cues to improve computer user-friendliness (w/ Video)

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Lijun Yin wants computers to understand inputs from humans that go beyond the traditional keyboard and mouse.

14-year old child pornographers? It's coming.

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If a 14-year old boy coerces a 14-year old girl into making a sex video on a cellphone, then releases that video on the Internet, can he be charged as a child pornographer? A federal case in Kentucky may set key precedent.

Slightly Alarming: Middle School Students in Washington Start a Real-Life "Fight Club"

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Almost 25 boys at a Tacoma, Washington campus have been regularly meeting up in a school bathroom—to give each other organized, timed beat downs.

Michelle Rodriguez: 'Avatar 2' Will Be Underwater

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She doesn't know if she'll be in it. It was only a matter of time before James Cameron went back to the water. Actress Michelle Rodriguez says Avatar 2 will take viewers beneath the waves, and it will be "extraordinarily beautiful."

Arkansas Christian University Blocks Access to Student-Published Gay Webzine

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Officials at Harding, the private Church of Christ University in Searcy, Arkansas, this week blocked access to a webzine gay students had self-published to talk about what life is like for them at Harding.

Rare earth hunt leads to frontier Africa

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Africa, Australia and Canada likely hold the key to a geopolitical battle being fought to end China's stranglehold over obscure elements used to build high-tech items from headphones to missiles.

Wandering spiders lead Mazda to recall 65,000 cars - CBS News

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After discovering wandering spider webs in the vents, the Japanese automaker Mazda is recalling more than 50,000 Mazda6 cars

One in ten Britons 'taking pills to get to sleep'

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One in ten people is taking pills to get to sleep at least three times a week, according to research that suggests a lack of rest is storing up serious health risks for millions of Britons.

Lionel is Lost, please help!

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I can see it in your eyes!

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