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Apple event expected soon, no tablet in sightSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Anyone holding their breath for Apple Inc's much-anticipated, but never confirmed, touchscreen tablet device may have to wait a bit longer than they planned.
Reuters Thursday, August 27, 2009''Mona Lisa'' comes to life in high-tech art exhibitBEIJING (Reuters) - For centuries, Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" and her enigmatic smile have inspired as much speculation as admiration. Now she's ready to answer questions -- in Mandarin.
Reuters Thursday, August 27, 2009Bob Dylan in Talks to Serve as Voice of Car Makers' GPS SystemsBob Dylan: folk-rock legend, poet-spokesman of his generation . . . and GPS voice?
Washington Post Thursday, August 27, 2009For Intelligence Officers, A Wiki Way to Connect DotsIntellipedia, the intelligence community's version of Wikipedia, hummed in the aftermath of the Iranian presidential election in June, with personnel at myriad government agencies updating a page dedicated to tracking the disputed results.
Washington Post Thursday, August 27, 2009Md. Students Miss 3rd Day of Classes as Officials Try to Fix Scheduling ErrorsThousands of Prince George's County high school students missed a third day of classes Wednesday, and school officials said it could take more than a week to sort out the chaos caused by a computerized class-scheduling system.
Washington Post Thursday, August 27, 2009Scientists Produce Monkeys With DNA From Two MothersScientists have produced monkeys with genetic material from two mothers, an advance that could help women with some inherited diseases have healthy children but that would raise a host of safety, legal, ethical and social questions if attempted in people.
Washington Post Thursday, August 27, 2009Many of Snow Leopard's 100s of refinements are subtleApple doesn't need to make a vista-sized leap on Friday, when it migrates from its Mac OS X Leopard operating system to Snow ...
USATODAY Thursday, August 27, 2009NASA eyes early Friday for delayed Discovery launchWashington - NASA is eyeing early Friday as the next
launch window for the delayed Discovery shuttle after lightning and a valve problem scuttled two earlier attempts this week. NASA officials said the next launch attempt could occur as early as 0422...
Earth Times Thursday, August 27, 2009Snow Leopard to Prowl for Mac Malware?Apple has reportedly included antimalware technologies in Snow Leopard, which will go on sale Friday. The news comes shortly after Apple released a fresh round of commercials indicating that the Mac, unlike PCs running Windows, is virus-free. Mac security software vendor Intego's blog carried a screenshot showing the antimalware feature detecting a version of the RSPlug Trojan horse in a downloaded disk image.
TechNewsWorld Thursday, August 27, 2009Out of work? Post your business card on the internetWashington - You'd expect a website aimed at the recently laid-off to be self-pitying, even mournful. After all, on the surface it's just a site full of obsolete business cards people have uploaded. Job titles and contact info are crossed out. Some h...
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