Topic: Science and Technology

The new items published under this topic are as follows.

Articles: Black-hole physicist pays up

Posted by admin on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 12:50 AM

	After 30 years of arguing that a black hole was basically a cosmic version of Brooks Robinson, Dr. Stephen Hawking has lost his bet, and the stakes were a baseball encyclopedia. Read full article: 'Black-hole physicist pays up'

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Articles: Online Extortion Ring Broken Up

Posted by admin on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 01:28 AM

	Law enforcement officials in the U.K. and Russia have cracked down on a major extortion ring accused of prying hundreds of thousands of dollars from online sports betting Web sites, according to a statement from the U.K.'s National Hi-Tech Crime Unit. Read full article: 'Online Extortion Ring Broken Up'

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Articles: ICANN Preps for IPv6

Posted by admin on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 01:26 AM

	The next generation of the Internet Protocol got a boost this week as the overseer of the domain name system took technical steps to support it. Read full article: 'ICANN Preps for IPv6'

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Articles: A black hole theory zapped

Posted by admin on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 01:22 AM

	Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking yesterday conceded he was wrong about a long-held idea about black holes, backing off a theory that had raised the tantalizing possibility that the collapsed stars were swallowing information and sending it to alternate universes. Read full article: 'A black hole theory zapped'

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Articles: SCO flops in Unix lawsuit

Posted by admin on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 01:04 AM

	The SCO Group, a struggling company with a loud campaign to profit from Unix intellectual property, has largely lost a case it brought against DaimlerChrysler. Read full article: 'SCO flops in Unix lawsuit'

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Articles: View-Master turns 65

Posted by admin on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 01:02 AM

	With the pump of a finger, the View-Master has given generations a 3-D look at everything from man's first moonwalk to the adventures of SpongeBob SquarePants. Read full article: 'View-Master turns 65'

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Articles: Deal set on allowing limited DVD copying

Posted by admin on Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 01:30 AM

	A group of media and technology companies including Microsoft Corp. and Walt Disney Co. have agreed in principle to allow consumers to make legal backup copies of next-generation video discs and share their content on portable devices. Read full article: 'Deal set on allowing limited DVD copying'

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Articles: Late-model 'Driv3r' needs repair work

Posted by admin on Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 01:28 AM

	If you enjoy the thrill of a good car chase, you might want to step behind the wheel of "Driv3r," the latest installment in the top-selling and award-winning "Driver" series of 3-D adventure games. Read full article: 'Late-model 'Driv3r' needs repair work'

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Articles: Open-source software running the Internet under the radar

Posted by admin on Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 01:26 AM

	It powers more than 70 percent of all Web servers and routes much of the world's e-mail traffic. It makes surfing the Internet simple and provides the muscle behind Google Inc.'s search engine and countless e-commerce sites. Read full article: 'Open-source software running the Internet under the radar'

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Articles: NASA honors moon mission, 'extraordinary heroism' of the past

Posted by admin on Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 12:47 AM

	The hair is silver and the knees ache but for the men who went to the moon, the fire still burns. Read full article: 'NASA honors moon mission, 'extraordinary heroism' of the past'

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