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General Motors to build hybrid cars in China next yearnewsdomain-B, India -10 hours agoChinese demand for hybrid cars is negligible as they are expensive without government incentives. Japan''s Toyota Motor Corp is currently the only carmaker …GM to build hybrid cars in China from 2008-reportReuters UKGM plans Chinese-made hybrid carsChina Internet Information Center|Cleaner, greener cars tested on [...]

The Consumerist

Vote: TSA wants more personal info from travelersUSA Today -12 hours agoUSA TODAY's Thomas Frank reports that the Transportation Security Administration wants to start collecting additional personal information from travelers. …Flying the friendly skies? Could mean revealing more personal infoTampa Bay’s 10Airlines protest TSA effort to gather more personal infoABC7Chicago.comLetters: Airport screening measures getting too [...]

CNN International

FBI: Millions of computers roped into criminal 'robot networks'CNN -14 hours agoWASHINGTON (CNN) — More than 1 million computers in the last five months have become part of robot networks, or "botnets," in which hackers take over …FBI Cracks Down (Again) on Zombie Computer ArmiesWired NewsPolice Raid Home of Suspected Botnet RingleadereWeekFBI: Operation 'Bot Roast [...]

Guardian Unlimited

You know those computers you see in the movies…Guardian Unlimited, UK -12 hours agoWe all have a tendency to envy those with pretty cool jobs. I, for example, am highly envious of my friend Jan Chipchase, who does design research for Nokia …

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Microwave Beam Stops Cars DeadDiscovery Channel -14 hours ago29, 2007 — The same microwave radiation that reheats pizza can be used to fry the electrical systems in cars, stopping them dead in their tracks. …

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CNN International

NZealand Arrests Top Cyber SuspectThe Associated Press -2 hours agoThe case is part of an international crackdown on hackers who allegedly assume control of thousands of computers and amass them into centrally controlled …FBI cracks down on hackers hitting thousands of computersMinneapolis Star Tribune (subscription)New Zealand Police Quiz 18-Year-Old Over Global Computer AttackBloombergTeen 'cyber crime [...]

BBC News

Balls blames parents, computers for English literacy slideRegister, UK -15 hours agoYes, it’s affluent parents who are not forcing their children to read in their spare time, while allowing them to be distracted by computers, mobile phones, …Computers blamed as reading standards slumpIndependentHow can we boost our children's literacy?Telegraph.co.ukEngland falls in reading leagueBBC NewsUK Parents Loungeall [...]

Suspicious outages prompt BCSC to disconnect about 2000 computersThe Republic.com (subscription), IN -4 hours agos nearly 4000 computers were disconnected from school networks, e-mail and the Internet Thursday after outages school officials called suspicious. …

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US News ranks 3 Dallas public schools in top 100Dallas Morning News, TX -2 hours agoBy KENT FISCHER / The Dallas Morning News US News& World Report, known for its annual ranking of colleges and universities, has now rated the nation's top …

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BBC News

Toyota Recalls Lexus, Other Luxury CarsThe Associated Press -18 hours agoTOKYO (AP) — Toyota began recalling 264000 luxury passenger vehicles over faulty fuel pipes Thursday, including 49000 flagship Lexus cars sold overseas, …UPDATE: Toyota Recalls 34400 Lexus Cars In US For Fuel PipesCNNMoney.comToyota to recall 264000 cars to repair fuel pipesAFPToyota Will Recall 215020 Cars [...]