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Financial Data 'on Steroids'

19. August 2008 - 5:00
In the realm of quarterly filings, David Blaszkowsky takes the long view. He's quick to mention that the earliest form of record keeping was on tablets in the ancient Middle Eastern civilization of Sumer. Now, he says, the financial world is about to discover yet a new way.

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'A Lot of People Just Don't Take the Basic Precautions'

19. August 2008 - 5:00
At the end of the Black Hat hacker convention in Las Vegas this month, James Finch, head of the FBI's Cyber Division, sat down for an interview about crime and the Internet. About 4,000 people gathered at the annual convention to hear about research on the latest network and computer or...

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Getting an Old Family Remedy Out Into the World

18. August 2008 - 5:00
Staff writer Thomas Heath's Value Added column appears Tuesdays on the WashBiz Blog. Most weeks, it profiles local entrepreneurs, discussing how they make money and what they do with it.

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A Place for Local Geeks To See and Be Seen, or Hired

18. August 2008 - 5:00
TechPost, which looks at people and ideas driving the local technology industry, runs Friday on the WashBiz Blog, at washingtonpost.com/washbizblog.

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Potential for Conflict Grows With Government's Use of Contractors

18. August 2008 - 5:00
For years, Science Applications International Corp. served as an adviser to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on the development of rules for when radioactive materials could be released from nuclear facilities for recycling.

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D-Day 2009 Commences On Their Signal

17. August 2008 - 5:00
We are at T minus six months. This is it, folks. The nation has done what it can do to prepare for The Transition. The government has allocated approximately $1.5 billion in coupons to ease America's fear and suffering. Sen. Hillary Clinton sent a letter to President Bush imploring him to see the...

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Help File

17. August 2008 - 5:00
Q My digital TV can get four WETA channels but not the one with the schedule I'm used to seeing on Channel 26. Where did that go?

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Giant of Internet Radio Nears Its 'Last Stand'

16. August 2008 - 5:00
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Pandora is one of the nation's most popular Web radio services, with about 1 million listeners daily. Its Music Genome Project allows customers to create stations tailored to their own tastes. It is one of the 10 most popular applications for Apple's iPhone and attracts 40,000 new...

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A Social Network for Your Doctor, Pharmacist and Insurer

16. August 2008 - 5:00
Imagine a virtual health clinic: Your lung doctor and heart specialist can pull up your online medical profile and chat, via instant messenger, about your medications. You schedule checkups online, create a wellness journal or even rate your general practitioner.

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Sirius XM Chief Says Merger Debt Is 'Ugly'

16. August 2008 - 5:00
Sirius XM Radio struck an "ugly" debt deal to close the merger of the only two U.S. satellite radio operators, chief executive Mel Karmazin said.

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IOC to Keep Air-Quality Numbers Under Wraps

16. August 2008 - 5:00
BEIJING, Aug. 15 -- The International Olympic Committee will not publish the air-quality data it receives during the Summer Games after reaching an agreement with Chinese authorities.

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Making Connections

16. August 2008 - 5:00
Jeanne Bobofchak, 31, was looking for a real estate agent, but she wanted to avoid the awkwardness of choosing among her friends' recommendations. So she went online and found agent Bob Carney's blog, FocusOnFrederick.com.

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Guess what? Military funds mind-reading science

16. August 2008 - 2:11
LOS ANGELES -- Here's a mind-bending idea: The U.S. military is paying scientists to study ways to read people's thoughts. The hope is that the research could someday lead to a gadget capable of translating the thoughts of soldiers who suffered brain injuries in combat or even stroke patients in...

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Back to School: Technology

15. August 2008 - 16:00
Wired's Gadget Lab bloggers, Jose Fermoso and Charlie Sorrel will be online to take your questions about must-have campus technology -- what to buy, what to avoid and how to stay plugged-in while you're at school.

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Constructed Criticism: Just Hit 'Send' on Those Helpful Insults

15. August 2008 - 5:00
A couple of months ago, my friend was walking down the street when a raggedly dressed man coming toward her stopped, circled around and tapped her on the shoulder.

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Discord With Russia a Worry for NASA

15. August 2008 - 5:00
NASA's ability to send its astronauts to the $100 billion international space station is in danger of becoming a costly casualty of the Russia-Georgia war.

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Restatement Pulls GeoEye's Goals Back Down to Earth

14. August 2008 - 5:00
GeoEye's dreams have long been anchored high in the sky, with plans to launch next month a $500 million satellite powerful enough to snap a picture of home plate at Nationals Park from 423 miles above the planet.

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Six Area Counties Praised for E-Government Programs

14. August 2008 - 5:00
Six Washington area jurisdictions made it onto a list of "top digital" counties, according to a nationwide study.

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Balanced Diets for Lighter Laptops

14. August 2008 - 5:00
Cheap, lightweight laptops have quietly gotten better over the past year.

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Longtime Battle Lines Are Recast In Russia and Georgia's Cyberwar

14. August 2008 - 5:00
As the violence unfolded between Russia and Georgia during the past week, hackers waged war on another front: the Internet.

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