- Nov. 18, 1883: Railroad Time Goes Coast to Coast
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1883: U.S. and Canadian railways adopt five standardized time zones to replace the multiplicity of local times in communities across the continent. more
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0100 - High-Tech Team Helps Cheaters Take Immigration Test
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Two test-takers each wore a buttonhole camera and a hidden earpiece while taking the immigration test in London, while the inventive masterminds read the test and fed them answers from a car outside. more
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:45:00 +0100 - Apple Forgets to Add Google iPhone App to the Store
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Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:44:00 +0100 - Wired.com Photo Contest: Heat
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This photo contest, Heat, is inspired by San Francisco's unexpected November heat wave. more
Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0100 - Games Without Frontiers: Victory in Vomit — The Sickening Secret of 'Mirror's Edge'
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Mirror's Edge Screenshot courtesy Electronic Arts By now you have probably heard the warning: more
Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:00:00 +0100 - Biofuel Startup Strives to Meet Obama's Green Ambitions
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For President-elect Barack Obama's plans ? which call for millions of new green jobs ? to work out, dozens of green tech companies will need to rapidly scale up. more
Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100 - Gallery: The 10 Coolest James Bond Cars Ever
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: Sweet cars and amazing, if improbable, car chases have been essential elements of James Bond movies since the series began in 1962. more
Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0100 - MySpace Sex Offender Charged With Running Fake Internet Church
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A convicted pedophile who turned up in MySpace's 2007 purge of sex offenders faces new charges of bank fraud for allegedly running counterfeit checks through a bank account he established for his online church, TruthOfGodMinistries.org. more
Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:43:00 +0100 - How to Ditch Your Old E-Mail Address and Move to Gmail
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Everyone from sweet old grandma to your Charles Schwab rep is using your ancient Hotmail or AOL address to keep in touch, so you can't just abandon it. more
Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:45:00 +0100 - Recession Drives the Greening of the Electronics Industry
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The tech industry is shifting toward greener gadgets, and while their efforts may appear altruistic, they're in it for the money, too. more
Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:16:00 +0100 - Secret 'Directed Energy' Tech Protecting the President?
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The Secret Service has more than earpiece radios and armored limos to help it protect the President. more
Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:45:00 +0100 - Gallery: Classic Computer Manuals from Apple and IBM
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: Photo: Dan WintersThe following manuals show some of the computers that paved the way for that ThinkPad or MacBook you're likely viewing this on now. more
Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0100 - 15th Anniversary: How General Magic Engineered Our World
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Fourteen years ago, a company called General Magic promised a handheld device that would make calls, send email, play music, and do almost everything else that makes today's iPhone so drool-worthy. more
Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0100 - TV's Killer App: Social Video Viewing?
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As audiences move online to catch the latest shows, television networks cook up games, chat rooms and other interactive extras designed to reel in eyeballs. more
Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:03:00 +0100 - 15th Anniversary: Best Headlines We Slipped Past the Bosses
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These Are Definitely Not Scully's Breasts (November 2003)Me So Nerdy (September 2006) Cool Whip: more
Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:00:00 +0100 - Webkinz Effect: Plush-Toy Fad Begets Imitators
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What hath Webkinz wrought? When this plucky line of stuffed animals launched in 2005, it had a unique feature: more
Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:30:00 +0100 - Classmates.com User Sues; Schoolmates Weren't Really Looking for Him
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When Classmates.com told user Anthony Michaels last Christmas Eve that his former school chums were trying to contact him, he pulled out his wallet and upgraded to the premium membership that would let him contact long-lost fifth-grade dodge-ball buddies and see if his secret crush from high school had looked him up online. But once he'd parted with the $15, Michaels learned the shocking truth: more
Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0100 - Parallels 4 Offers Mac Fans Blazing-Fast Windows Virtualization
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Parallels has released version 4 of its virtualization software for the Mac desktop. more
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:45:00 +0100 - LAFD's One-Man Geek Squad Brings Web 2.0 to Firefighting
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Firefighters are known for their bravery (and their popularity with the ladies). more
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:00:00 +0100 - Jargon Watch: Cowpooling, Tweetups, Dark Trading
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Cowpooling v. Teaming up with neighbors to buy a whole cow from a local farm. more
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