LHC reaches highest power levels - so far


The Large Hadron Collider has reached its highest power so far, taking Cern closer to its goal of using the particle accelerator to conduct experiments that will discover new physics.


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3D glasses: One for each set


With the coming of 3D television comes the invasion of 3D glasses. The problem is that there are no standards so they will work only with the brand of TV with which they're shipped.


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Social media better than sex?


It's not surprising that so many people rely on social media, for both work and play, every day - a statistic highlighted in the latest Retrevo Gadgetology Report on social-media usage.


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Beware the new Facebook password reset scam


If you get an e-mail that appears to be from Facebook saying the company reset your password and urging you to open an attachment, it is a scam. Repeat, it is a scam.


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How the butterfly botnet was broken


A joint operation by researchers from Canadian security firm Defense Intelligence and Spain's PandaLabs led to the arrest of three men in Spain earlier this month in connection with the Mariposa botnet.


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Study: Businesses start to embrace Windows 7


A new survey shows that businesses are increasingly planning their move to Windows 7, with more than half of those questioned planning to have some machines running the operating system in their corporations by the end of the year.


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Companies' outsourcing spend to increase


A recent Gartner survey found that 85 percent of organizations anticipate their spending with external service providers (ESP) to increase or stay the same when the economy returns, pointing to a return to growth in the IT services market in 2010.


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Wikileaks poses 'security threat' to US Army


A leaked US Army intelligence report, classified as secret, says the Wikileaks website poses a significant "operational security and information security" threat to military operations.


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Drudge Report, TechCrunch hit by ad malware


Matt Drudge and Michael Arrington found themselves in an unpleasant position last week when visitors to their sites were targeted by malware that appeared to have come from ads.


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Why no one cares about privacy anymore


Google co-founder Sergey Brin adores the company's social network called Google Buzz. We know this because an engineer working five feet from Brin used Google Buzz to say so.


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Obama lines up with copyright owners


As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama was a young technology fan who appeared to be an establishment outsider. But he now appears to have lined up on the side of copyright owners.


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Browser choice not coming to Asia


Microsoft rivals have indicated that they will not be pushing for a similar action in the Asia-Pacific region.


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Target offers mobile coupons


Mobile coupons are coming to mega-retailer Target, which will allow shoppers all over the U.S. to use their mobile handset to get discounts on all kinds of products.


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Judges uphold Word patent-infringement ruling


A US Court of Appeals panel has upheld a judgement that Microsoft infringed on another company's patent with its custom XML tags in Word 2003 and Word 2007.


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