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  • Cities sued by June flooding victims Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 9:30PMDEARBORN HEIGHTS/DEARBORN -- The cities of Dearborn and Dearborn Heights are two of five communities named in a class action lawsuit requesting compensation for flooded residences.
  • Wind Turbine or Airplane? New Radar Could Cut Through the Signal Clutter Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 9:18PMWind turbines function best in wide-open spaces where they can capture airflow unobstructed by buildings or mountains. Unfortunately, these same conditions are also optimal for aircraft takeoffs and landings, creating tension between wind energy utilities and airports in a number of locations worldwide. Utility-scale wind turbines, many of which stand more than 100 meters tall, can interfere ...
  • Electricity to Storrs campus fully restored after hour-long outage Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 9:03PMBy: By Amy McDavitt The power went out around 9:15 and nbsp;a.m. across campus and was back on by and nbsp;approximately 10:15 a.m., according to university spokesman Michael Kirk. The and nbsp;University Alert System Notification and nbsp;website and nbsp;reported that p...
  • Toshiba Recall Signals Larger Trend for Hot Laptops Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 8:48PMToshiba is the latest to recall laptops that pose a fire hazard or risk of injury--highlighting the growing concern of excessive heat generated from cramming more processing power into smaller portable computers. Toshiba - Laptop - Hardware - U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission - Notebooks and Laptops
  • Can the liberal arts cure jihadists? Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 8:48PMAs more homegrown terrorism suspects are uncovered, John Allemang wonders if literature and philosophy could help keep young people off the path to violence
  • Cumbria computer firm warns over scam virus calls Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 5:31PMComputer owners are being warned about cold callers who claim their computer is infected with a virus.
  • Windows DLL bug hits dozens of apps Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 5:25PMA flaw in the way Windows handles dynamic-link library and related files likely affects hundreds of applications and has already been used in malicious attacks in the wild.
  • Critical Adobe Reader hole to be patched Thursday Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 5:25PMAdobe says it will release emergency fix for hole revealed three weeks ago by security researcher.
  • Social Engineering 101 (Q&A) Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 5:24PMA social-engineering expert talks about how easy it is to get information out of companies over the phone and what you can do to protect against attacks.
  • Computer scientists leverage dark silicon to improve smartphone battery life Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 5:24PMA new smartphone chip prototype under development will improve smartphone efficiency by making use of "dark silicon" -- the underused transistors in modern microprocessors.
  • HEADS OF CLASS: Donovan Elementary School principal Beth Gannon Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 12:39PMDonovan Elementary School principal Beth Gannon recently shared her thoughts about the upcoming year and some memories from her elementary school days.
  • Students to take new FCAT, end-of-course exams Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 12:26PMFor the first time, there will be no ninth-grade math Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. Instead, most high school freshmen will take a new, computer-based Algebra I end-of-course exam in May, which will count toward 30 percent of their grade.
  • Students finding options at the CORE of learning Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 12:21PMIn a few months, 18-year-old Brittany Pack will receive her high school diploma — a semester earlier than most other seniors. She’s ready to start taking classes at Ivy Tech Community College and talks excitedly about becoming a nurse. But a year...
  • Sept. 2, 1969: First U.S. ATM Starts Doling Out Dollars Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 12:19PMSix weeks after landing men on the moon, Americans take another giant leap for mankind with the nation’s first cash-spewing, automated teller machine.
  • 2 Smart Backup Apps Show You the Way to Go Home Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 1:07PMIn my dumber days when I ran Microsoft Windows, I was more concerned with backup programs. After I moved into the Linux desktop, I became much less paranoid about system failures. The Linux environment just never crashed. That does not mean that I never make backup copies of my critical data files.
  • Three Software Tricks for Sorting Through the Barrage of UAV Footage Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 1:06PMPHOTO CREDIT: Lt. Col. Leslie Pratt/USAF. An MQ-9 Reaper drone flies a combat mission over southern Afghanistan. In 2009 alone, the U.S. Air Force shot 24 years’ worth of video over Iraq and Afghanistan using spy drones (UAVs).
  • Trendpoint Systems Proposes New Approach for Managing Data Center Efficiency to Meet EPA Energy Star Standards Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 1:00PMTrendpoint Systems, a leader in data center energy management solutions, today announced the availability of a new whitepaper that will help companies better comply with the new Environmental Protection Agency standards required to gain the coveted Energy Star label for data center efficiency. Â
  • An Open Letter to First Lady Michelle Obama From American Small Business League President Lloyd Chapman Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 12:59PMPETALUMA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--An open letter to First Lady Michelle Obama from American Small Business League President Lloyd Chapman regarding small businesses and the fragile state of the U.S. economy.
  • An Open Letter to First Lady Michelle Obama From American Small Business League President Lloyd Chapman Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 12:50PMPETALUMA, Calif.----I am writing to you today because I am hoping you will help save millions of American small businesses from bankruptcy. I realize that you, as a mother and as someone who came from a hardworking middle class family, could not only sympathize, but also help with the situation we are currently in.
  • Few flights resume in Europe Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 12:38PMReuters. AMSTERDAM. European airports made tentative steps toward resuming flights yesterday after five days cut off from global air traffic by a huge ash cloud, but much airspace stayed closed after reports of a new plume.
  • Back to School or Work Resolutions Aim to Reduce Stress and Pain at Your Computer According to Body Insight Inc. Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 10:22PMLOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - August 31, 2010) - That back to school time of year is here again and whether you are a student, a parent, or a burnt-out employee, the return to a regular schedule generates feelings of renewal and promise. Back to school (or back to work) resolutions focus more on improving stress management and decreasing the aches and pains associated with deskwork than their ...
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  • Back to School or Work Resolutions Aim to Reduce Stress and Pain at Your Computer According to Body Insight Inc. Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 10:16PMLOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - 08/31/10) - That back to school time of year is here again and whether you are a student, a parent, or a burnt-out employee, the return to a regular schedule generates feelings of renewal and promise. Back to school (or back to work) resolutions focus more on improving stress management and decreasing the aches and pains associated with deskwork than their sibling ...
  • Auditory Neurons Simply Process The First Strong Signal, Ignoring The Echoes Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 11:34AMVoices carry, reflect off objects and create echoes. Most people rarely hear the echoes; instead they only process the first sound received. For the hard of hearing, though, being in an acoustically challenging room can be a problem. For them, echoes carry. Ever listen to a lecture recorded in a large room? That most people only process the first-arriving sound is not new. Physicist Joseph Henry ...
  • Wired youth forget how to write Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 11:34AMYoung adults in China and Japan have become so reliant on modern technology that they are forgetting how to create the thousands of intricate characters that make up their systems of writing.
  • When rescuers need rescuing Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 11:30AMWORCESTER — The blinded, disoriented firefighters who crawled up the stairs of a century-old brick building here recently had to find a missing colleague, and find him fast. Firefighter - England - Worcester - Worcestershire - People
  • Township launches land-plan process Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 11:08AMPENN — Township supervisors and their advisers recently met for the first in a series of meetings to draft a new and comprehensive land-use plan for the township .
  • Live chat: 2 months to CAT 2010. Are you ready? Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 10:53AMChat with experts from TCYonline.com
  • SWAT Officers Deployed Due to Hoaxes Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 6:14AMTwo recent SWAT team operations in the Los Angeles area were the result of hoax phone calls, part of a growing national problem of callers reporting fake but crimes on traceless phone calls.
  • City hosting states first hacker confab Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 5:39AMCHARLESTON, W.Va.--Some self-professed computer geeks are planning Charlestons first ever "Hack3rCon," with the aim of helping local firms and professionals navigate the sometimes scary world of electronic security.Bill Gardner, an organizer for ...
  • Toyota recalls another 1.3M vehicles over engine issue Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 5:34AMWashington -- Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 1.3 million 2005-08 vehicles -- Corollas and Matrix hatchbacks, plus Pontiac Vibes that it built for General Motors -- for an engine problem that could cause them to stall.
  • Kid-athlete ER visits for concussions soar Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 5:34AMAssociated Press CHICAGO Emergency-room visits for school-age athletes with concussions has
  • Sponsored By: Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 5:18AMStanding in a lush, rolling field of chest-high echinacea plants, Ric Scalzo pulls a plant from the rich soil and begins quizzing his audience about its impact on the human body.
  • related stories Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 5:17AMDonna Sykes and her daughter were inseparable from the time Jesse was born premature with cerebral palsy 19 years ago. That continued until Donna’s death on Aug. 20, when the Spring Hope resident hit her head after falling off a dormitory bunk bed in the middle of the night.
  • Millstone Board of Education has full membership again Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 5:17AMBY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent Anewcomer and a former board member will replace two residents who recently resigned from the Millstone Board of Education. Eight candidates applied for the two positions, and the board made its decision at its Aug. 9 meeting. read more
  • Richard Neely: Why the Recession and What to Do Now Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 5:00AMCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- In the midst of the worst recession in more than 40 years, the editorial writers and talking heads are sitting around waiting for the government to do something, but we cant do anything until we understand what is really at the heart...
  • On a mission of honor, compassion Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 1:05AMFrank Richards was too young to understand what was going on when the first telegram arrived, saying that his Uncle Bobby had been killed in battle at Guadalcanal. Guadalcanal - World War II - History - Pacific - Twentieth Century
  • NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 28 August 2010 Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 12:25AMAll ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Saturday - crew rest day. TVIS is Go!
  • Supporters dismissed rape accusations against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange... but the two women involved tell a ... Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 12:25AMAssange, 39, was attending a seminar in Stockholm earlier this month when he found himself facing charges of rape and sexual molestation.
  • Self-employed borrowers face tough times Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 12:09AMAs any self-employed borrower applying for a mortgage will testify, getting a home loan has become much harder.
  • Why a turned-off computer would wake itself Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 9:32PMA reader who turns his computer off each night at 10 says it switches itself back on at 2 each morning.
  • University Selects Thom Mayne as Gates Hall Architect Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 6:45AMPritzker Prize-winning architect Thom Mayne will be designing a new computing and information sciences building in the heart of Central Campus.  read more
  • Toyota recalling 1.33M Corollas, Matrixes? Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 6:35AMAssociated Press, NEW YORK — Toyota recalled 1.33 million Corolla sedans and Matrix hatchbacks in the U.S. and Canada Thursday because their engines may stall, the latest in a string of quality problems at the Japanese automaker.
  • Incoming freshmen could be last class with current core requirements Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 6:23AMThe Elon University class of 2014 could be one of the last groups required to take the current first-year core classes, according to faculty members. Faculty said a committee is in place to review the general studies requirements.
  • Soldier from Ridgewood shares his journey Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 6:20AMNational Guard First Lt. Ian Duke recently returned from Afghanistan .
  • Wired youth forget how to write in China and Japan Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 7:24AMA group of Chinese passengers send text messages in a subway train in Beijing. Photo courtesy: AFP. Two Chinese men send text messages as they walk along a subway tunnel in Beijing. Photo courtesy: AFP.
  • A Simple Wireless Network? Not Likely Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 7:23AMWhen one of the first instructions a popular wireless Internet router from Netgear gives its owner is a choice between the security protocols known as WPA-PSK (TKIP) and WPA-PSK (TKIP) + WPA2-PSK (AES), you know the home networking industry has problems.
  • Lazarus House a modern-day loaves and fishes story Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 6:58AMLazarus House Ministries is seeking donations for its food pantry, which feeds close to 500 families weekly. The Eagle-Tribune is hosting a food drive Saturday.
  • City council inspects faulty Jeddah bridge Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 6:58AMJEDDAH: The Municipal Council has urged authorities to solve traffic problem caused by mistakes in the design of access ramps at King Fahd Bridge across the Palestine Street. Work on the project started more than five years ago at a cost of SR10.8 million.
  • Homeless man arrested after Ore. fire burns homes Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 6:52AMASHLAND, ORE. — Families looked for valuables, pets and mementoes Wednesday in the ashes of 11 homes destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire while a homeless man accused of starting the blaze sat in jail.