Jan
30
2009
The biggest employer in the Illinois city announced massive global job cuts, shaking its Midwestern residents to their core


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Jan
30
2009
One of the most watched and biggest moneymakers in the world of sports and entertainment is taking a major hit due to the economic crisis


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Jan
30
2009
Who wouldn’t read a financial column from the man behind Appetite for Destruction?


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Jan
30
2009
Roger Federer moved within one victory of his 14th Grand Slam title with another dominating victory, ousting Andy Roddick 6-2, 7-5, 7-5 Thursday to reach the Australian Open final.


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Jan
30
2009
With its partners on this project, the New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute and the PlanetLab Consortium. M-Lab is designed to be “an open platform that researchers can use to deploy Internet measurement tools. Google will work with researchers to help them develop relevant Internet measurement tools.


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Jan
30
2009
An international team of researchers, led by investigators at Columbia University Medical Center, has uncovered the first gene linked to the most common type of epilepsy, called Rolandic epilepsy. One out of every five children with epilepsy is diagnosed with this form, which is associated with seizures starting in one part of the brain.


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Jan
30
2009
The Technology hunters at Inventables collect and sift through thousands of unique materials every year. Then they drop details about the best ones into an enormous database with suggestions for how they could be incorporated into new products. Here are their coolest and quirkiest new technologies.


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Jan
30
2009
During a live action RPG, someone casts lightning bold. I’m having a geekgasm!


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Jan
30
2009
Click on the guy’s pants in the third panel for a hidden comic.


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Jan
30
2009
Traffic management company Ipoque has just released a whitepaper, detailing pros and cons of different methods of dealing with piracy on P2P networks. Surprisingly, the conclusions in the paper are not straight adverts for their own products and services. We will highlight some of the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly conclusions.


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