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• Accidental Wii Suicide

  Paul Taylor noted a story that I would have thought to be an april fools day joke a few weeks from now, which makes it only seem more tragic. A 3 year shot himself with a gun after mistaking it for a Wii controller. Read more of this story at...

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  March 11, 2010, 7:00 am| Read full article

• Bill Gates No Longer World's Richest Man

  alphadogg writes "Riding surging prices of his various telecom holdings, including giant mobile outfit America Movil, Mexican tycoon Carlo Slim Helu has beaten out Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to become the wealthiest person on earth and nab the top spot on the 2010 Forbes list of the World's...

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  March 11, 2010, 6:20 am| Read full article

• Intel's Core I7-980X Six-Core Benchmarked

  Ninjakicks writes "Although they won't hit store shelves for a few more weeks, today Intel has officially unveiled the new Core i7-980X Extreme processor. The Core i7-980X Extreme is based on Intel's 32nm Gulftown core, derived from their Nehalem architecture and sports six execution cores. The chip runs at a...

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  March 11, 2010, 5:39 am| Read full article

• N.Y. Health Insurers To Offer Virtual Doc Visits

  CWmike writes "Two insurance organizations in upstate New York said on Wednesday that they will offer their members and employers virtual physician visits beginning this summer, making New York the fourth state to provide these types of services. BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York, BlueShield of Northeastern New York and...

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  March 11, 2010, 4:57 am| Read full article

• An Early Look At Civilization V

  c0mpliant writes "IGN and Gamespot have each released a preview of the recently announced and eagerly awaited Civilization V. Apart from the obvious new hexagon shape of tiles and improved graphics, the articles go on to outline some of the major changes in the game, such as updated AI, new...

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  March 11, 2010, 3:02 am| Read full article

• Historic IEEE 802 Group Looks Back and Forward

  An anonymous reader writes "The IEEE MAN/LAN Standards Committee — better known as the people who brought us Ethernet, WiFi, and Bluetooth — is celebrating its 30th anniversary next week. This article has interviews with the original committee chairman and other veteran members, and reveals some of the inside situation....

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  March 11, 2010, 1:33 am| Read full article

• Microsoft Shows Full 3D XNA Games On Windows Phone

  suraj.sun writes "Microsoft has shown off XNA games running on Windows Phone; full 3D is a go. From Engadget: 'Microsoft just showed us a pair of 3D games running on its ASUS Windows Phone prototype and built with its brand new XNA Game Studio 4.0 9. The two titles are...

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  March 11, 2010, 12:31 am| Read full article

• The Future of Wind Power May Be Underground

  Hugh Pickens writes "When the wind is blowing, it is usually the cheapest peaking power available. However utilities need consistent always-on power from large, cheap coal and nuclear power plants that are the backbone of the electric grid. Wired reports that operators are looking at Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES)...

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  March 10, 2010, 11:20 pm| Read full article

• New Phone Allows Bosses To Snoop On Staff

  tad001 writes "The Japanese phone giant KDDI has developed a way to track users movements in fine detail. It works by analyzing the movement of accelerometers, found in many handsets. Activities such as walking, climbing stairs, or even cleaning can be identified, the researchers say. The company plans to sell...

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  March 10, 2010, 9:21 pm| Read full article

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