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Six Slick Windows Themes to Dress Up Your Desktop [Friday Fun] (45)

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While fiddling with the look and feel of your computer desktop isn't technically productive, making your workspace something you're proud of and happy to look at makes you more likely to want to get things done. On Tuesday, Jason showed you how to start using custom Windows visual styles, and the comments blew up with readers recommending their favorite desktop themes. In addition to the three themes Jason pointed out in his article, let's take ...

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New Yahoo News goes into beta (1)

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Also: Yahoo highlights that it has a pretty blue-and-red election map just like everybody else.

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Jobs heart attack rumor not true, Apple stock swings (1)

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One of CNN's "iReporters" posts a rumor that Apple CEO Steve Jobs suffered a heart attack Friday morning and was rushed to the hospital. It's not true.

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Britain had prepared apocalypse warning (1)

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LONDON, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- The British government said in a recorded announcement prepared in the 1970s that in case of a nuclear apocalypse that people should "stay in their homes."

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Google Blogsearch Already Getting Spammed (7)

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re-launched with additonal memetracker features, but spammers have already found a way to get their wares featured on the service. Right now, under the technology section, Zenni Optical, an online eyewear store, and the '50 State Phone Book' are featured as the 7th and 10th most popular technology related blog posts on the web. Today, Google blogger Matt Cutts pointed out that Blogsearch is more inclusive than other memetrackers like Techmeme, but judging from this, ...

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CRB Keeps Music Playing with Unchanged Royalties (1)

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In an eagerly awaited decision, the Copyright Royalty Board announced Thursday that it will not increase the royalties paid by online music stores to members of the National Music Publisher's Association. The decision to keep the royalty rate at nine cents per song is the first ruling by the CRB on digital-music downloads. The controversy caused considerable controversy online, particularly in the wake of comments by Apple representatives suggesting the company would no longer be ...

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Kevin Mitnick detained after trip to Colombia (5)

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Kevin Mitnick, the infamous hacker who basically gave script-kiddies the power to lord over dumb journalists and law enforcement folks, was detained after a trip to Bogota where he gave a talk to reporters from El Tiempo. When he landed in Atlanta, customs officials pulled him out of line and searched his bags where they found: In his luggage, they found a MacBook Pro, a Dell XPS M1210 laptop, an Asus 900 mini-laptop, three or ...

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Google Blogsearch Relaunches as Techmeme Killer (67)

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In its first major upgrade ever, Google Blogsearch just relaunched and looks radically different. Instead of the blank page look of Google.com, Blogsearch now looks like Google News (but uglier) - with the hottest topics from the blogosphere aggregated on the front page. Readers can drill down in 11 different categories, from technology, business, sports and entertainment. Google says you can use Blogsearch to see what the world is talking about. The user interface isn't ...

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Igor Poltavskiy said: Probably,winner will be a service with stong social components.
Sam King said: Yes...more news!

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Blithering Idiot Watch, Part IV (1)

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Palin on the Supreme CourtCOURIC: What other Supreme Court decisions [than Roe v. Wade] do you disagree with?PALIN: Well, let's see. There's --of course --in the great history of America rulings there have been rulings, that's never going to be absolute consensus by every American. And there are--those issues, again, like Roe v Wade where I believe are best held on a state level and addressed there. So you know--going through the history of America, ...

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Sarah Connor Chronicles is THIS close to being canceled (5)

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Filed under: Industry, Programming, Ratings, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Reality-FreeRemember all of the interest over the summer about whether or not FOX was going to keep The Sarah Connor Chronicles or cancel it after one season like they do with so many fan favorites? Well, how come you're not watching the show?There are reports swirling around that the network is going to cancel the Monday night show because of bad ratings, ratings that worse than ...

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Andrew said: No!!!!

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Apple Threatens To Close iTunes Store If Fee Hiked (NewsFactor) (1)

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NewsFactor - On Thursday, the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) in Washington, D.C., is scheduled to vote on a request by the National Music Publishers Association to increase the royalties paid to its members for online music sales. Artists are currently paid a royalty of nine cents and want the CRB to increase it to 15 cents.

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Mailmen May Deliver Antibiotics in Any Anthrax Attack (1)

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If there ever is another anthrax attack in the U.S., the mailman may deliver antibiotics.

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Grenade found in D.C. park (1)

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E-mail accounts easy to break into (1)

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The hacker who infiltrated Sarah Palin's e-mail account last month may have intended to embarrass the Republican vice presidential candidate, but the prank also exposed one of the Internet industry's most uncomfortable secrets: It is remarkably easy for someone to break into your online e-mail account.

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Sarah Palin Answers What Newspapers, Magazines Inform Her Worldview: "Most Of 'Em...All Of 'Em...Any Of 'Em,""Alaska Is Like A Microcosm Of America" (3)

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During their interview Monday, Katie Couric asked Sarah Palin what newspapers and magazines she read to inform her worldview before being tapped as John McCain's Vice Presidential running mate. And Tuesday on the "CBS Evening News," Palin's answer was revealed: "most of them," "all of 'em," and "any of 'em." Palin would not, or could not, name a specific news source, saying only, "I have a vast variety of sources where we get our news ...

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Americans Clueless About Plans to Create New Life Forms (1)

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FOX News: Fair, Balanced and Untrue (2)

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This short clip, courtesy of FOX News, makes us laugh hysterically. The "fair and balanced" network interviewed a Pennsylvania diner full of people to see who was voting for Obama and who was voting for McCain in the upcoming presidential election. After a show of hands, the reporter declared it "a split." Although it totally wasn't. At all. Permalink | 26 comments | Add to del.icio.us | Digg Post tags: Barack Obama, FOX News, Idiocy, ...

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Joey Gibson said: "It's split." Riiiiight.

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MySpace about to lose out to Facebook in U.S.? (2)

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Facebook is already bigger worldwide, but News Corp.'s MySpace has dominated in the U.S. One set of numbers says Facebook will soon pass it.

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Let it snow -- on Mars: NASA (AFP) (1)

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AFP - In an unprecedented discovery, NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has found snow falling from clouds on Mars, scientists said Tuesday.

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Analysis: U.S. needs cyber-offensive (1)

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Washington (UPI) Sep 29, 2008 - The United States needs to do more to develop an offensive cyberwar capability, rather than just focus on defending its networks from attack, says the chairman of the House Cybersecurity Subcommittee.

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