| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:00:38 PDT Zombies to fill brains at University of Baltimore
No, really. Students getting a minor in pop culture will be learning about the walking dead and how they are represented in various types of media.
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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:59:44 PDT New Firefox beta offers audio API, menu tweaks
A new audio data API, default hardware acceleration, and a return of some menu options that had been missing in previous betas are the keystones to Firefox 4 beta 5.
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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:23:15 PDT Microelectrodes help brain signals 'speak'
Using two grids of 16 microelectrodes implanted atop the brain, Utah researchers are one step closer to enabling paralyzed people to speak via their thoughts.
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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:44:11 PDT Court allows warrantless cell location tracking
Philadelphia appeals court rules that no search warrant is needed for police to track Americans' cell phone whereabouts but says individual judges can "sparingly" require one.
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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:18:33 PDT Android app is like Foursquare meets Pirate Bay
Created as part of The Guardian's Music Hack Day, Piracy app lets users "drop" songs from their music collection in physical locations for other users to pick up later.
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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:17:48 PDT Why iTunes song samples are still only 30 seconds
Apple in "active negotiations" for song samples with rights holders, but some music publishers want Apple to pay. How the negotiations fare could set the mood for negotiations over cloud music.
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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:49:53 PDT Coming Wednesday: Live at Google's search event
Google plans to host a search event featuring top executives and engineers Wednesday, and we'll provide live coverage in this post.
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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:37:55 PDT Facebook closes hole that let spammers auto-post to walls, friends
Social-networking site plugs a second hole that allowed spammers to automatically post to people's pages.
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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:29:18 PDT Dell prepares for Windows XP's final act
Computer maker will end sales this month of machines factory-downgraded to older OSes to prepare for an October deadline to halt all shipments of XP.
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| Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:05:05 PDT PS3 firmware update reportedly blocks jailbreaks
System software update 3.42 contains features that PS3 owners say patch the exploit used to let console owners play pirated games.
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