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De-Worming Software More Effective at Detecting Infected Network Computers Before Contagion Can Spread

More than a year after being launched by hackers on a campaign to infect computers running Microsoft Windows, the Conficker worm 's effects are still being felt. England's Greater Manchester Police department, for example, has had to cut its computers off from a national criminal database since detecting Conficker on its network last week.
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Better Broadband: New Regulatory Rules Could Change the Way Americans Get Online
An upcoming Federal Communications Commission decision should improve high-speed Internet access in the U.S., which has fallen behind other nations
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Microsoft's Hands-Free Answer to the Nintendo Wii
Good-bye, controller: an Xbox upgrade reads natural gestures
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Apple introduces the iPad and iBooks
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You'll Go Blind: Does Watching Television Close-Up Really Harm Eyesight?
It seems the worst effects are not on one's eyes, and may come from watching too much television, no matter what the distance to the screen

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You'll Go Blind: Does Watching Television Close-Up Really Harm Eyesight?

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The Next 20 Years of Microchips: Pushing Performance Boundaries

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Engineered Mice Mimic Human Populations

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