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3 hrs ago | Farmington Daily Times

'Futurama' goes on one last Bender

"Futurama's" general lot in life was underappreciation. Matt Groening and David X. Cohen's lovably nerdy cartoon series premiered in 1999 on Fox to mixed reviews and the afterglow of Groening's "Simpsons" success.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Futurama, Animated TV, Entertainment, Television, Robots, John DiMaggio

7 hrs ago | The Fresno Bee

Farm bill is fertile ground for complaints

The Obama administration is threatening a veto. California liberals complain it cuts nutrition programs too much.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Representative Jeff Denham, Republican, US House of Representatives, Jim Costa, Democrat, California, California Government, CPU, Life, Food, Nutrition

11 hrs ago | KTVN Reno

Stocks move higher as traders wait on the Fed

A central Kentucky man who goes by the online name KyAnonymous said Tuesday he is the target of an investigation into who hacked into an Ohio high school's computer and posted a video related the rape of a... A central Kentucky man who goes by the online name KyAnonymous said Tuesday he is the target of an investigation into who hacked into an Ohio ... (more)

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Computer Security, Ohio, US Military, US Army, Fort Hood

Tue Jun 18, 2013

EDGE

Stuntwoman Sues News Corp. Over Alleged Phone Hack

A woman who worked as a stunt double for Angelina Jolie sued Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. in Los Angeles on Tuesday, claiming she's a victim of a phone hacking scheme to obtain information about the actress.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Thriller, Action Movies, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Celebrities, Angelina Jolie, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Entertainment, Television, Brad Pitt, Computer Security

Seattle Times

Scientists discuss new photo-taking satellite

Nearly 120 scientists and engineers from around the world are meeting in South Dakota this week to discuss operational and technical issues with collecting images from the Landsat 8 satellite.

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Rock Hill Herald

Hacking probe in Ohio rape case targets Ky. man

Deric Lostutter of Winchester told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he leaked documents related to the investigation.

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Channelnewsasia.com

Japan experts mull rules on animal-human embryos

Japanese experts were on Tuesday set to discuss rules for experiments with animal-human embryos, as scientists seek permission for tests that could see human organs produced inside the growing body of an animal.

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Related Topix: Stem Cell Research

ComputerWorld

Open Data Center Alliance tackles Big Data analysis

ODCA is a customer-led group that shares tips about building clouds and aims to influence how vendors build products Mario Mueller, VP of IT infrastructure at BMW and chair of the Open Data Center Alliance, speaks at the Forecast 2013 conference in San Francisco June 17 The Open Data Center Alliance , a customer group that shares tips about Cloud ... (more)

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Related Topix: Science, Computer Science, Cloud Computing

Bangkok Post

Mysterious Steve Jobs emails hang over...

Eddy Cue, an Apple senior vice president, speaks on February 2, 2011, at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

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Related Topix: Apple, Startups, Steve Jobs, Ipad

Mon Jun 17, 2013

WBAY-TV Green Bay

Chinese supercomputer named as world's fastest

New airborne laser scanning data has uncovered a network of roadways and canals, illustrating an entire bustling ancient city linking Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temples complex.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, High Performance Computing, CPU, Florida

WRIC-TV Richmond

NASA Picks 8 New Astronauts, 4 of Them Women

Among the lucky candidates: the first female fighter pilot to become an astronaut in nearly two decades.

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Related Topix: NASA, Space

KMIZ

Patent reform: Supporting or stifling U.S. innovation?

On June 4, the Obama Administration issued five executive actions and seven legislative recommendations to improve incentives for high tech patents and to curb abusive litigation by patent assertion entities , or "patent trolls," as they are commonly called.

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Seattle Times

NASA picks 8 new astronauts, 4 of them women

The space agency announced its newest astronaut class Monday. Among the lucky candidates: the first female fighter pilot to become an astronaut in nearly two decades.

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Canada.com

China builds world's fastest supercomputer for the 2nd time, beating out US machine

Enjoy cycling? Thinking about training for the GranFondo? Take a look at The Vancouver Sun's new Cycling and GranFondo training page.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, High Performance Computing, CPU

Local NEWS 8

Study: Only 5% of us wash our hands properly

George Carlin once said, "I don't automatically wash my hands every time I go to the bathroom.

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Related Topix: Michigan State University, Robots

The Age

50th anniversary of first woman in space

Moscow: Russia has celebrated the 50th anniversary of the flight of the first woman in space - a Soviet national hero who went by the call name "Seagull" and captured the imaginations of girls around the world.

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Related Topix: Space, World News, Russia, Asia,

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Canada.com

Guardian: UK spies hacked foreign diplomats' phones, emails at conferences

The Guardian newspaper says the British eavesdropping agency GCHQ repeatedly hacked into foreign diplomats' phones and emails when the U.K. hosted international conferences, even going so far as to set up a bugged Internet cafA© in an effort to get an edge in high-stakes negotiations.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, United Kingdom, Computer Security, Computers

CBC News

UK spies hacked diplomats' phones, emails, Guardian reports

The Guardian newspaper says that the British eavesdropping agency GCHQ hacked into the emails and phones of foreign diplomats at international conferences to get an edge in high-stakes international negotiations.

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Young Entrepreneurs Demand Active Support from Government and Big...

Young entrepreneurs from the G20 countries see themselves as the most dynamic source of technology innovation and expect their businesses to achieve strong growth and job creation in the next two years, according to a report by and the G20 Young Entrepreneurs' Alliance .

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Related Topix: Startups, Alliance Tech, Tier Technologies, Consulting, Accenture, Duck Creek Technologies, Software, Inventions

WPTZ-TV Plattsburgh

Microsoft Office comes to iPhone

Over the past few years, Microsoft has been inching closer to making Office available on any device.

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Related Topix: Dropbox, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Microsoft, Tellme, Startups, iPhone, Microsoft Office

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