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Meralco planning internet over power lines in the Philippines

While the concept of channeling the internet over power lines is far from new , it has yet to be implemented in any significant manner. If a top power distributor in the Philippines has its druthers, however, all that will change in the not-too-distant future. …

4 hours ago by WeblogsInc in Engadget · Authority: 11,805

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Obama picks Regina Benjamin as surgeon general

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Alabama family doctor who twice resurrected her clinic in a rural Alabama fishing village after it was devastated by hurricanes will be nominated to be the new U.S. surgeon general, an administration official said on Monday.…

3 hours ago in Reuters

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Nokia's Surge official on AT&T, ships July 19 for $79.99

We've known about Nokia's so-called Surge for months now , but at long last, AT&T has done its duty by making things official and giving us a price and release date to consider. The Symbian S60-based smartphone is aimed squarely at social media freaks, boasting a full QWERTY keyboard, a browser …

4 hours ago by WeblogsInc in Engadget · Authority: 11,805
Politics »

Battlefield 1943: war gets cheap, quick, easy

The Battlefield franchise has long been a jewel in EA's PC gaming crown, but these days the company is more interested in selling you a store than a product , and the new Battlefield titles give us hints about the new priorities for games: cheaper, if not free, with an emphasis on quick action and easy-to-understand rules. …

4 hours ago by kerfishe in Ars Technica · Authority: 7,787
Technology »

Rumor Watch: Apple touchscreen netbook on tap for October

Filed under: Hardware , Rumors , Apple Rumors about an Apple "netbook" or "tablet" have been rampant for years, but if a report today on the Taiwanese news site Info Times is any indication, a touchscreen Mac may finally be coming to market in October of this year. …

4 hours ago by WeblogsInc in The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) · Authority: 3,734
Lifestyle »

Kate Moss Is Going into Business with Simon Cowell and Sir Philip Green

Kate Moss is joining Sir Philip Green and Simon Cowell in their new business venture, a global entertainment company that will produce television content for the U.S. and U.K. Their plan involves taking Britain's Got Talent , America's Got Talent , and X Factor to more countries, while making even more money off the shows with merchandise sales. …

2 hours ago by nymag in The Cut · Authority: 1,327
Technology »

Mac 101: Force Quit

Filed under: Mac 101 If you're switching from Windows you may be familiar with an old friend, the Task Manager . Apple provides a similar tool, with an easy way to force unruly applications to quit. I'll get to why you'd want to do this in a moment. …

3 hours ago by WeblogsInc in The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) · Authority: 3,734
Entertainment »

FTC Calls Out Video Game Reviewers in Proposed Endorsement Rule Changes [Journalism]

The Federal Trade Commission , it seems, has determined that bloggers aren't journalists, or should at least be treated differently. The commission, in the process of reexamining the disclosure rules for their truth-in-advertising guides , are now calling out bloggers as a potential issue. …

5 hours ago in Kotaku · Authority: 3,821

Lifestyle »

The inventor behind Coors' color-changing beer cans

As an undergraduate at Cornell University, Lyle Small annoyed his housemates by spending days on end painting their Ping-Pong table in rainbow shades of ink. He brewed chemicals to create inks that changed hue when exposed to light and heat.…

3 hours ago in http://cnn.com
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Germany charges accused Nazi guard Demjanjuk

BERLIN (Reuters) - German prosecutors charged suspected death camp guard John Demjanjuk Monday with helping to kill nearly 28,000 Jews in World War Two, setting the stage for what could be Germany's last big Nazi war crimes trial.…

3 hours ago in Reuters
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Swine flu: it's worse than you think

Writing off swine flu as a 'mild cold' overhyped by a hysterical media blinds people to its potentially serious consequences"Isn't this swine flu a bit overhyped?" asks one Cif poster - even as . "Maybe we should re-name it media-flu," says another. Then…

5 hours ago in guardian.co
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Six in 10 companies plan to skip Windows 7: survey

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Six in 10 companies in a survey plan to skip the purchase of Microsoft Corp's Windows 7 computer operating system, many of them to pinch pennies and others over concern about compatibility with their existing applications.…

5 hours ago in Reuters
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Gov. Accuses Zoo of False Threats to Destroy Animals

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick accused Zoo New England of using false and inflammatory scare tactics to draw sympathy to Boston's Franklin Park Zoo after it claimed that budget cuts would force as many as 200 animals to be euthanized.…

4 hours ago in FOX News
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Siemens Delivers UC to SMBs via Simple Software Upgrade

Yet UC tools have traditionally been too expensive for SMBs even when the ROIs have been there because of limited budgets. It is not so much the purchase prices that quash potential projects, say industry sources, but the hidden IT costs, such as having…

6 hours ago in http://tmcnet.com
Technology »

Teen Twitter report excites City

Report on young people's media habits written for investment bank by teenage intern causes huge interest in the CityA research note written by a 15-year-old Morgan Stanley intern that described his friends' media habits has generated a flurry of interest…

6 hours ago in guardian.co