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Germany lashes out at Google for privacy breach

noreply@blogger.com (Dolphin Post) — Sun, 16 May 2010 07:56:59 PDT

BERLIN – Germany's consumer protection minister strongly criticized Google for a widespread privacy breach and insisted Saturday the U.S. Internet giant must cooperate better with data protection...

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Biggest money-making degrees revealed

noreply@blogger.com (Dolphin Post) — Sun, 16 May 2010 07:49:22 PDT

We look at the value of a university education, tell you which degree is the best value and explain the premium you earn for post-graduate training. Graduates could be asked to pay back their...

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Thai protesters urge talks as clashes leave 29 dead

noreply@blogger.com (Dolphin Post) — Sun, 16 May 2010 07:43:38 PDT

Thailand's "Red Shirt" protesters appealed Sunday for UN-mediated talks with the government after several days of violent street battles in the capital left 29 people dead and more than 220...

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Ash cloud threatens flight misery

noreply@blogger.com (Dolphin Post) — Sat, 15 May 2010 16:08:27 PDT

UK airspace could close from tomorrow until Tuesday because of a volcanic ash cloud, the Department for Transport has warned. The Government has advised that it will be Britain's busiest...

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The Internet, not so bad for us after all?

noreply@blogger.com (Dolphin Post) — Sat, 15 May 2010 16:05:26 PDT

When it comes to mental health, the Internet gets a bad rap. There are countless studies that suggest regular access to the Internet is linked to stress, anxiety and addiction. But before you stop...

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Teen completes around-the-world sail

noreply@blogger.com (Dolphin Post) — Sat, 15 May 2010 16:01:48 PDT

SYDNEY (AP)—An Australian teenager became the youngest person to sail solo, nonstop and unassisted around the world after a seven-month journey that was completed Saturday. Thousands cheered as...

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Google apologises for Wi-Fi grab

noreply@blogger.com (Dolphin Post) — Sat, 15 May 2010 15:53:29 PDT

Internet search leader Google has apologised for grabbing fragments of people's online activities broadcast over public Wi-Fi networks over a four-year period. he breach of web etiquette is...

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Google says mistakenly got wireless data

noreply@blogger.com (Dolphin Post) — Sat, 15 May 2010 15:50:25 PDT

Google Inc said its fleet of cars responsible for photographing streets around the world have for several years accidentally collected personal information -- which a security expert said could...

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Child 'only survivor of plane crash'

noreply@blogger.com (Dolphin Post) — Wed, 12 May 2010 04:42:01 PDT

An eight-year-old boy has survived a plane crash at Tripoli airport in Libya which has reportedly killed at least 96 people. Libya's Transport Minister has ruled out terrorism as the cause of the...

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Rare gray whale sighting stuns scientists

noreply@blogger.com (Dolphin Post) — Wed, 12 May 2010 04:03:51 PDT

The discovery Saturday of a gray whale swimming in the Mediterranean Sea off Israel has been labeled by Robert Brownell, a prominent cetacean researcher, "the most amazing sighting in the history...

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Dictionary entry uncorrected for a century

noreply@blogger.com (Dolphin Post) — Wed, 12 May 2010 04:00:44 PDT

SYDNEY (AFP) – An Australian physicist has uncovered an error in dictionary definitions that has likely stood uncorrected for a century. University of Queensland academic Stephen Hughes found that...

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Outer-Space Mysteries Capture the Web

noreply@blogger.com (Dolphin Post) — Wed, 12 May 2010 03:58:04 PDT

Caught on telescope: "impossible" star Get out of the way, Hollywood. This star will be brighter than every celeb on the planet combined. Scientists’ European-built Herschel space telescope is...

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Not the same old remote-control toys

noreply@blogger.com (Dolphin Post) — Wed, 12 May 2010 03:54:50 PDT

Remote-control toys have been around since the 1960s. But not until the last decade has there been a push to advance the technology behind what was once the centerpiece of every child's toy chest....

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Teenage entrepreneurs conquer tech

noreply@blogger.com (Dolphin Post) — Wed, 12 May 2010 03:47:18 PDT

Cupertino High School senior Diane Keng pitches MyWeboo.com, her third start-up, at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco. Here is one indicator of the allure of Silicon Valley's entrepreneurial...

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New malware attack laughs at your antivirus software

noreply@blogger.com (Dolphin Post) — Tue, 11 May 2010 04:34:59 PDT

How do you get a malware exploit to bypass antivirus protection? By making it work the same way the antivirus software does. A new exploit outlined this week is so effective, say researchers, ...

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Earth near environmental 'tipping point'

noreply@blogger.com (Dolphin Post) — Tue, 11 May 2010 04:32:15 PDT

GENEVA (AFP) – The UN warned on Monday that "massive" loss in life-sustaining natural environments was likely to deepen to the point of being irreversible after global targets to cut the decline...

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Mobile giant: Everything Everywhere

noreply@blogger.com (Dolphin Post) — Tue, 11 May 2010 04:29:16 PDT

The mobile phone giant formed by the merger of Orange and T-Mobile's UK operations said the new business will be called Everything Everywhere. Although the Orange and T-Mobile brands will ...

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Harrods takes on web hosting technology from Navisite

noreply@blogger.com (Dolphin Post) — Tue, 11 May 2010 04:25:56 PDT

London department store Harrods has selected cloud-enabled enterprise hosting and application management services provider NaviSite to implement a web hosting solution. The department...

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Pilot saved after crashing into car

noreply@blogger.com (Dolphin Post) — Mon, 10 May 2010 12:17:23 PDT

A pilot has been dragged from the wreckage of his plane by the driver and passenger of the car he had crashed into. The single engine AT3 clipped the back of the Volvo as the man struggled to...

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High-speed train driver caught asleep at the wheel

noreply@blogger.com (Dolphin Post) — Mon, 10 May 2010 12:10:02 PDT

A high-speed train driver in Taiwan has lost his job after being caught dozing off while travelling at nearly 300 kilometres (190 miles) an hour, media and officials said Monday. The incident...

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Cameron's 'big offer' to Lib Dems

noreply@blogger.com (Dolphin Post) — Fri, 07 May 2010 13:21:24 PDT

David Cameron has held out a "big, open and comprehensive offer" to the Liberal Democrats to work together in government. In a statement in Westminster, he acknowledged that there would have to...

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Iceland Volcanic Emits New Ash Cloud

noreply@blogger.com (Dolphin Post) — Fri, 07 May 2010 13:18:52 PDT

A new plume of ash has been emitted by the Icelandic volcano that wreaked havoc on European flights last month. The Eyjafjallajokull volcano has surged back to life letting off a cloud of ash...

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Galactic star formations are slowing

noreply@blogger.com (Dolphin Post) — Fri, 07 May 2010 13:15:26 PDT

NOORDWIJK, Netherlands (AFP) – The formation of new stars in galaxies like the Milky Way has declined five-fold in the last three billion years, initial findings of the European Space Agency's...

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Light shed on world's largest beaver dam

noreply@blogger.com (Dolphin Post) — Fri, 07 May 2010 13:12:16 PDT

OTTAWA (AFP) – A Canadian ecologist has discovered the world's largest beaver dam in a remote area of northern Alberta, an animal-made structure so large it is visible from space. Researcher Jean...

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Whatever Happened to the Hole in the Ozone Layer?

noreply@blogger.com (Dolphin Post) — Fri, 07 May 2010 13:08:19 PDT

Three British scientists shocked the world when they revealed on May 16th, 1985 - 25 years ago - that aerosol chemicals, among other factors, had torn a hole in the ozone layer over the South ...

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