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• First Look at the XM25, the Most Lethal Army Gun Ever - Gizmodo
Here's the first look at the final version of the deadly XM25. We learnt this morning about the weapon's destructive power, but now we have all the details...
• Lord of the skies was a giant goose with a beak full of crocodile teeth - Times Online
A giant goose-like bird that was the size of a light aircraft and had a beak like a crocodile’s jaws has been found to have soared above Britain 50 million years ago...
• Stephen Hawking unveils strange new way to tell the time - a little late - Telegraph
Prof Stephen Hawking, the physicist who tried to explain time, has unveiled one of the world's most striking clocks - 14 minutes and 55 seconds late...
• India cracks down on open WiFi to stem terrorism, chain letters - Engadget
Just when you thought you were doing your buddy next door a favor, turns out leaving your WiFi router open to the public is the first step in staging a terrorist bombing...
• Those Crazy SiteMeter Guys Do It Again! - InformationWeek
A couple of months ago, the SiteMeter service made a big mistake with the code that it injects into all its customer sites; the result was that everyone visiting any of those sites with Internet Explorer...
• Creationism call divides Royal Society - Guardian
Two Nobel prize winners - Sir Harry Kroto and Sir Richard Roberts - have demanded that the Royal Society sack its education director, Professor Michael Reiss...
• Judge rules probable cause of criminal activity needed to get cell location data - Engadget
...The ruling specifically addressed historical cellphone tower location data, which the government had argued was no different than routine transactional records (like past credit card transactions), and therefore should not require probable cause...
• Plug-in hybrid boosts electric motoring - BBC
Toyota has launched trials of the UK's first petrol-electric hybrid car that can also be plugged into the mains. Soon drivers should be able to choose between the petrol pump and the electric socket to power one and the same car...
• Outrage over 'Muslim Massacre' computer game - Mail Online
A computer game in which players battle to wipe out all Muslims is 'deeply offensive' and should be removed from the internet, furious members of an Islamic group say...
• Five reasons why Chrome will crash and burn - ZDNet
After all the polished promises of a streamlined new way to tame the web, the blogosphere was ready to predict Chrome would inspire everything from the end of Firefox to the demise of Microsoft itself...
• First Look: Google Chrome - vnunet.com
Google's Chrome is an impressive browser with a simple and clean user interface. But, while it handles popular websites with no difficulty, our tests suggest that web-based business applications may be a different matter...
• Google's New Internet Browser Debuts In 100 Countries - AHN
Search engine giant Google will launch the beta version of its open source browser called Chrome in 100 countries on Tuesday...
• Steve Jobs's Obituary, As Run By Bloomberg - Gawker
The Bloomberg financial newswire decided to update its 17-page Steve Jobs obituary...
• IEEE Approves 802.11r WiFi Standard - TrustedReviews
...Quite why the IEEE is approving a standard no-one is using, or has likely even heard of, rather than the near-ubiquitous Draft-N is beyond me!...
• 'Beautiful mistake' makes China factory worker a celebrity - AFP
A Chinese factory worker has become a celebrity after her smiling face was accidentally loaded onto an Apple iPhone and shipped to the other side of the world, her employer said Wednesday...
• Apple iPhone ad banned over misleading internet claims - Guardian
A TV ad for Apple's iPhone has been banned by the UK's advertising watchdog for misleading consumers after it over-hyped the internet capabilities of the smart phone...
• 'Blackouts' for users of pirated Windows - The Star
...''Why isn't it also targeting users who have pirated copies of Windows Vista?'' ''So if I'm using a pirated copy of Vista at this time, I won't be hassled? Got to wonder about that.''...
• ASUS reveals - you guessed it - more Eee PCs - T3
It just makes you want to cover it in My Little Pony stickers and hug it and hold it and call it Sergeant Clover and love it for EVER...
• Inmarsat launches six-tonne satellite - Times Online
The launch puts the London-based communications company on course to completing its global mobile broadband network...
• BBC Worldwide launches 'Top Gear' channel on YouTube - Brand Republic
BBC Worldwide is launching a 'Top Gear' channel on YouTube, showcasing classic moments from the motoring show such as the epic race between a Bugatti Veyron and a light aircraft...
• Sued over email with sexy pictures, offensive content - The Star
A consultant is suing a public listed company, its subsidiary and three of its workers for RM30mil over alleged defamation, sexual harassment and abuse of power...
• Lotus makes electric cars noisier - Telegraph
Eco-friendly electric cars are to be fitted with artificial engine sounds for fear they are too quiet to be heard by pedestrians...
• Olympus Imaging and Panasonic announce new Micro Four Thirds System standard - Olympus
Olympus Imaging and Panasonic today announced joint development of technologies and devices for the ''Micro Four Thirds System standard,'' a new standard that extends the benefits of the Four Thirds System...
• Thailand bans Grand Theft Auto after taxi driver killing - AFP
Thai authorities banned the Grand Theft Auto computer game on Tuesday, after a disturbed teenager allegedly killed a taxi driver in a copycat crime...
• Lenovo unveils its mini-notebook, the IdeaPad S10 - Guardian
China's Lenovo says it will enter the netbook market in October with the super-slim, super-small $399 IdeaPad S10 running Windows XP...
• Malaysian computer for only RM500, laptop for RM1,000 - The Star
Three months from now, Malaysians will be able to buy the i-Dola laptop and Jean-i personal computer (PC) at basement prices. Mimos is now ready to licence the production of the Malaysian computer codenamed Mak Cik...
• An Illustrated Guide to Every Stupid Cable You Need - Gizmodo
We put up with too many cables. There are at least four different kinds of USB plugs, two kinds of FireWire and like a million different ways to connect something to TV or monitor...
• Facebook removes controversial knifing game - Times Online
An application which allowed the networking site's users to stab each other virtually has been taken down...
• Ex-Googler, husband launch new Cuil search engine - Computerworld
A former Google Inc. employee and her husband launched a new search engine on Monday called Cuil (pronounced ''cool''), aiming to topple Google by indexing more Web pages than the search giant...
• Google Says It Now Counts 1 Trillion Web Pages - Channelweb
Engineers at web search giant Google say their company's computers recently hit an eye-popping milestone: the measurement of 1 trillion pages that Google measured on the web...



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