Feb 16 2009

Video shot in Austin, Texas, shows meteor-like object in sky … – CNN


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Video shot in Austin, Texas, shows meteor-like object in sky
CNN – 47 minutes ago
(CNN) — Just like some US officials looking into the mystery, the man who captured video of an apparent fireball plunging from the sky over Texas on Sunday is perplexed about what it was.
FAA says Texas fireball was meteor, not a UFO The Associated Press
Texas fireball probably a meteor, not UFO Houston Chronicle
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Feb 16 2009

Microsoft, Nokia offer app stores – BBC News


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Microsoft, Nokia offer app stores
BBC News – 8 hours ago
By Jason Palmer The success of Apple's AppStore for iPhone and iPod Touch has prompted two major rivals to follow suit. Handset giant Nokia and Microsoft have announced their own versions of the online markets for mobile device application software,
Nokia opens app everything store Register
Microsoft, Nokia, Orange and O2 challenge Apple's 'App Store' Telegraph.co.uk
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Feb 16 2009

Samsung pitches Blue Earth phone into green race – Times Online


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Samsung pitches Blue Earth phone into green race
Times Online – 30 minutes ago
They are solar-powered, made from recycled plastic water bottles and capable of measuring your carbon footprint – and when the annual Mobile World Congress began in Barcelona yesterday, environmentally friendly mobile phones led the agenda.
First solar-powered phone goes on display AFP
Mobile World Congress: Samsung's solar-powered phone Telegraph.co.uk
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Feb 16 2009

Telstra Next G to hit 21Mbps – Australian IT


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Telstra Next G to hit 21Mbps
Australian IT – 34 minutes ago
BUSINESS customers will be among the first in Australia to access Telstra's upgraded Next G service, up to 21Mbps, when it goes on sale next week.
MOBILE FAIR-Telstra okay as govt broadband tender lost-CEO Reuters
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Feb 16 2009

Casinos on alert for card counters using iPhones

Nevada gaming authorities are warning casinos to be on the lookout for blackjack card counters getting an assist from their iPhones. While card counting itself is not banned in Nevada, the use of an assistive technology is a felony (!), and apps like Card Counter or A Blackjack Card Counter make it much easier for the math-impaired.

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Feb 16 2009

Online thieves scam state of Utah out of $2.5 million

Utah is rather embarrassed over its discovery that scam artists were able to steal some .5 million out of the state’s coffers using a combination of modern technology and old-fashioned know-how.

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Feb 16 2009

Spiraling Skyscraper Farms For a Future Manhattan

Mike writes “One of three finalists in this year’s Evolo Skyscraper Competition, Eric Vergne’s Dystopian Farm project envisions a future New York City interspersed with elegantly spiraling skyscraper farms. The biomorphic structures harness cutting-edge technology to provide the city with its own self-sustaining food source while dynamically altering the fabric of city life.”

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Feb 16 2009

CRTC to review hands-off approach to unregulated Internet … – The Canadian Press


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CRTC to review hands-off approach to unregulated Internet
The Canadian Press – 15 Feb 2009
MONTREAL – Canadians are watching more and more videos and TV shows that aren't required to have home-grown content via their computers and cellphones, but after a decade of explosive Internet growth the CRTC will review its hands-off approach to the
What's in store for tech law in 2009 Canada.com
Canadians, make the Internet your valentine Ars Technica
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Feb 16 2009

How The Pirate Bay sailed into infamy – BBC News


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How The Pirate Bay sailed into infamy
BBC News – 1 hour ago
By Flora Graham The Pirate Bay was launched in 2003 and has established itself as the world's most high-profile file-sharing site.
Swedish online pirates face copyright charges The Associated Press
The Pirate Bay in the dock as filesharing trial begins guardian.co.uk
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Feb 16 2009

Texans witness red and orange fireball falling towards Earth – guardian.co.uk


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Texans witness red and orange fireball falling towards Earth
guardian.co.uk – 1 hour ago
Fiery debris from a falling satellite burned through the Texas sky yesterday, alarming some and enchanting others, but resulting in no apparent injury or damage.
Mystery fireball baffles witnesses in Texas Times Online
European Space Agency hopes to clean up space junk The Associated Press
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