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BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan — By the late summer of 2002, as the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington approached, an American victory in Afghanistan appeared all but assured. A pro-Western government had convened in Kabul. Reconstruction teams fanned out through …

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The U.S. ranks near the bottom in a global survey of downtime for the Google Web search site.

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The U.S. ranks near the bottom in a global survey of downtime for the Google Web search site.

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The board gives CEO Patricia Russo one month to produce an emergency plan.

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The board gives CEO Patricia Russo one month to produce an emergency plan.

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Third-party vendor exposes information on 800,000 job applicants at the Gap.

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David Gerard invites to read Carla Schroeder from Enterprise Networking Planet, who gets down to the real reason why companies want to keep their code proprietary, with examples. Quoting: “We are drowned in tides of twaddle about precious IP, Trade Sekkrits, Sooper Original Algorithms that must not be exposed to eyes of mere mortals, and all manner of silly excuses. But what’s the real reason for closed, proprietary code? Embarrassment.”

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The BBC’s Science and Nature section has an interesting quiz titled the “Sleep Profiler”, a quick (took me about 5 minutes) assessment tool you can use to figure out how to make the most of your…

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If you’re looking for new and exciting ways to share your pics with friends and family, you’ll want to check out Animoto, a site that lets you create professional looking video slideshows. You can…

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You can head down to your local stereo store and get fleeced for about $150 (or more) to buy a good pair of noise reduction headphones; or you can watch this video demonstration from Metacafe on how…

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