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Driving While Talking On A Mobile Like Being Impaired
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CWEB on 01 December, 2008 03:07:25
 
Drivers are far more distracted by talking on a mobile phone than by conversing
with a passenger in an automobile, according to a new study

Love Letters from Googlebot
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CWEB on 01 December, 2008 05:00:00
 
In a mildly weird fashion, Google answered some questions regarding HTTP status
codes and "if-modified-since" from users who were either made up or had their

Netflix's Web site suffers brief outage
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CNET News on 01 December, 2008 05:05:00
 
The site is inaccessible briefly Monday afternoon before the company fixes
glitch.

Obama team changes Change.gov copyright policy
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CNET News on 01 December, 2008 05:23:00
 
Change.gov has a less restricted copyright policy, now that it is copyrighted
under a Creative Commons license.

Video: A toast to online wine
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CNET News on 01 December, 2008 05:29:00
 
With old-fashioned liquor laws and complicated shipping procedures, selling or
buying wine online has never been easy. But as CNET's Kara Tsuboi explains, it
no

No escaping Britney Spears: 2008's top searches
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CNET News on 01 December, 2008 06:13:00
 
Celebrities dominated the top search terms at Yahoo in 2008. Also: people ask
Ask.com how to get pregnant and what "maverick" means.

Apple suggests Mac users install antivirus software
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CNET News on 01 December, 2008 06:30:00
 
Apple changes its tune by advising Mac users to install antivirus software in
nod that even Mac users aren't immune to rising malware threats.

EFF to court: don't shield telecoms from illegal-spying suits
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CNET News on 01 December, 2008 06:42:00
 
The Internet advocacy group will argue that its unconstitutional to protect
telecoms after they helped Bush administration unlawfully spy on Americans.

Photos: Space station marks a decade aloft
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CNET News on 30 November, 2008 05:00:00
 
The first pieces of the International Space Station went into orbit 10 years
ago. Now a full-fledged lab facility, it continues to grow.

gOS Cloud: broswer-based OS for Netbooks
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CNET News on 01 December, 2008 03:46:31
 
Good OS Announces Cloud OS for Netbooks