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Alt Text: Library of Congress Rulings That Could Have Been

30. July 2010 - 1:00
Being able to legally jailbreak your iPhone is cool and all, but think where this type of legal reasoning could take us.


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WikiLeaks Suspect's YouTube Videos Raised 'Red Flag' in 2008

30. July 2010 - 0:30
An Army private suspected of leaking classified information to WikiLeaks was admonished as a trainee in 2008 for uploading YouTube videos discussing classified facilities, according to an Army official with direct knowledge of the incident.


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Gallery: How to Build an Earthquake-Resistant Bridge

30. July 2010 - 0:30
San Franciscans gets a peek at what's involved in building a new bridge when builders place the first segment of a tower that will soon hold up a brand-new span of the San Francisco Bay Bridge. Wired.com shoots photos of the new bridge on a recent tour of the massive construction project.


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Top U.S. Officer: WikiLeaks Has 'Blood on Its Hands'

29. July 2010 - 21:17
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen is ordinarily a mild-mannered man. But they could barely contain his anger on Thursday at WikiLeaks for publishing tens of thousands of secret documents about the Afghanistan war.


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Android App's Data Collection Raises Mobile-Security Questions

29. July 2010 - 19:55
An Android app's data-collection practice has raised concerns about user privacy and security on mobile phones.


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Controlling Soot Might Quickly Reverse a Century of Global Warming

29. July 2010 - 19:40
A massive simulation of soot's climate effects finds that basic pollution controls could put a brake on global warming, erasing in a decade most of the last century's temperature change.


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Genome Surprise: Guinea Pigs Have Ebola!

29. July 2010 - 19:30
A genomic hunt for virus genes traced sequences to Ebola and the closely related Marburg virus in no fewer than six vertebrate species. The genes appear to have been mixed in about 40 million years ago, and have stuck around ever since.


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Nexus One Phone Rides a Rocket Up 28,000 Feet

29. July 2010 - 18:37
A group of rocket enthusiasts used a rocket to send a Nexus One phone 28,000 feet into the atmosphere.


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Twitter Convert Kanye West Changes His Rap

29. July 2010 - 15:43
Rapper Kanye West, who might be more famous for his controversial pronouncements over the years than for his music, would seem the perfect candidate for starting a Twitter account, but rejected the notion. However, he changed his mind by starting an account and rapping at Twitter's headquarters on Wednesday.


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Brammo Builds Another Sweet Electric Race Bike

29. July 2010 - 15:00
If the Empulse RR runs as well as it looks, the competition should be very nervous.


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Researcher Demonstrates ATM 'Jackpotting' at Black Hat Conference

29. July 2010 - 14:01
LAS VEGAS — In a city filled with slot machines spilling jackpots, it was a 'jackpotted' ATM machine that got the most attention Wednesday at the Black Hat security conference, when researcher Barnaby Jack demonstrated two suave hacks against automated teller machines that allowed him to program them to spew out dozens of crisp bills.


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Feature-Laden GPS Camera Has No Sense of Direction

29. July 2010 - 14:00
The Samsung HZ35W would be a great GPS-enabled camera, if it could only give us accurate coordinates.


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Wind-Powered Cart Goes Faster Than the Wind

29. July 2010 - 13:00
A wind-powered vehicle can travel downwind faster than the wind. It's been proven at El Mirage. Not that we expect the debate to end quietly.


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July 29, 1958: Ike Inks Space Law, NASA Born in Wake of Russ Moon

29. July 2010 - 5:00
President Eisenhower signs the National Aeronautics and Space Act, creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.


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Amazon Strikes Back at the iPad With New, $140 Kindle

29. July 2010 - 1:20
Amazon will ship the third generation of its Kindle e-book reader on Aug. 27, offering a cheaper, Wi-Fi only version for just $140. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos also offers some optimistic predictions about the future growth of e-book sales.


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Photoshop of Horrors: Readers Show BP How It's Done

29. July 2010 - 1:15
We asked for your help to show BP how to improve upon their terribly Photoshopped oil-cleanup images, and you delivered some awesome images.


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U.S. Military Learns to Fight Deadliest Weapons

29. July 2010 - 1:00
The most deadly weapons in Iraq and Afghanistan aren't AK-47s or grenades -- they're roadside bombs made out of gas cans, garage door openers and fertilizer. Here’s how the U.S. military is fighting back.


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Let the Little Guys Get In on Pre-IPO

29. July 2010 - 1:00
The rich are adding to their millions with pre-IPO stock, but today's internet stock rockets are social networks built by their members -- so shouldn’t Regular Joes get a cut, too?


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Exclusive: Google, CIA Invest in 'Future' of Web Monitoring

29. July 2010 - 0:30
The investment arms of the CIA and Google are both backing a company that monitors the web in real-time -- and says it uses that information to predict the future.


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What's the Fastest and Best ISP in Your City? Look It Up Here

29. July 2010 - 0:25
Rankings of the best and fastest ISPs in U.S. cities are now available, thanks to stats from Speedtest.net. And while the country is far from leading the world, the nation's tubes aren't nearly as bad as many suspect.


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