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Were DrinkOrDie Raids Overkill?
Crackers are shaking their heads over Tuesday's raids by U.S. and foreign authorities designed to shut down the well-known piracy organization. Seems to them like a bit much for a group that hasn't done much cracking lately. By Farhad Manjoo.
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A Look at Pedophile Interaction
A former Xerox engineer admits trading pirated PC games with a convicted pedophile. But is that all they exchanged? Part 3 of a series by Declan McCullagh, reporting from Canandaigua, New York.
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New IPO Rallying Cry: This is War
For the first time in years, a military contractor is joining the lineup of companies launching stock offerings. Could it be a sign of more to come? By Joanna Glasner.
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Med-Tech
Sickle Cell Therapy Shows Promise
A gene injected into mice changed pointy, hard red blood cells caused by sickle cell anemia into healthy round and pliable ones. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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Med-Tech
U.K. Approves Embryo Testing
In Britain, couples at risk of passing on a serious genetic disorder can now legally select healthy embryos through specialized testing. The public appears to approve embryo selection, but some researchers are concerned.
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Independence Day for Indie Bands
Finally, the Internet is starting to pay real dividends to musicians who haven't signed deals with major labels. Big subscriptions are here, but out-of-the-way bands have made it, too. By Brad King.
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Business: In Brief
MightyWords Is No More
MightyWords will close down in January, citing low sales. Also: Triton introduces an ATM machine for visually impaired customers.... Yahoo makes a $436 million bid for HotJobs.... and more.
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Waiting for Godot, er, Bluetooth
Even members of the industry say it will take years before Bluetooth wireless technology is adopted en masse. But that doesn't mean we can't dream about its potential. Elisa Batista reports from San Francisco.
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Unwired News
NextWave Deal Falling Through
NextWave and the government may not settle. Also: Ericsson's CEO receives a death threat.... Earthlink to acquire OmniSky's assets.... and more, in this week's Unwired News. By Elisa Batista.
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Team Has 2 Words: Plastic Magnet
Thirteen years after setting out to prove it can work, scientists have produced a non-metal magnet. By Louise Knapp.
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FBI 'Fesses Up to Net Spy App
Magic Lantern, a keystroke logging system implanted electronically that can spy on Internet users, is being developed by the U.S. government, an FBI official admits.
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Wham, Bam, Thank You Spam
One way to actually make money off spam is to sue the people sending it. That's what Bennett Haselton did under Washington State's anti-spam law, and now he has $2,000 coming his way. Others are doing the same to junk faxers. By Jeffrey Benner.
in E-Biz
House Approves Bioterror Bills
A pair of "remarkable" bioterrorism bills pushed forward by the Bush administration pass overwhelmingly in the House of Representatives.
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Madcap Maneuvers Halt MS Hearing
U.S. Senators were set to hear all about the Justice Department's antitrust settlement with Microsoft. Then what happened was, well, bizarre. Declan McCullagh and Ben Polen report from Washington.
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Cerf Disses Bush's Patch Plan
The Bush administration's Internet security plan, which asks software companies to automatically repair their products, has some holes itself, says Vinton Cerf.
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FCC OKs Area Codes for Cell Phones
Los Angeles Times
First Finding for Mars Odyssey
BBC News
Military Warms Anew to Robots
The Wall Street Journal (via MSNBC)
Distributed Computing's Prime Moment
ZDNet News
A No-Fly Zone for Terrorism
Salon
Digital Mementos of Terror's Victims
The New York Times (Registration Required)
Planespotters to Be Freed on Bail
New Scientist
Leave the Gliding to Us
Technology Review
Center to Focus on Life in the Universe
Space.com
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Scientists, encouraged by recent studies in mice, hope to cure sickle cell disease in humans through gene therapy.
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U.S. Pulls Trigger
Doing what he has been threatening to do since taking office, President Bush told the Russians officially Thursday that he's pulling out of the 1972 anti-ballistic missile treaty. The move, which becomes effective in six months, will anger Russia and alienate all but the most compliant U.S. allies. They see no reason to abrogate a treaty which has worked in order to build a missile defense system whose chances of being effective are dubious, at best. Provocative? That's another story.
India Terror Attack
Twelve people died Thursday when a five-man suicide squad stormed the Indian parliament, setting off explosives and shooting it out with police until all the attackers were killed. Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee was not in the complex and no other ministers were injured, authorities said. Although no one has claimed responsibility, speculation centers on Islamic militants fighting Indian rule in Kashmir. Regardless of who the attackers were, Home Minister L.K. Advani made it clear they can expect no mercy: "We will liquidate the terrorists and their sponsors whoever they are, wherever they are."
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