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• Paragliding the Himalayas With iPhones
  Five paragliders are flying and hiking the length of the Himalayas all the way through Nepal, and they?re sharing the once-in-a-lifetime experience with anyone who has a computer.

  
  

  
  
• Ear Infections Could Cause Long-Term 'Lazy Ear'
  Some folks who don?t seem to listen may just have a lazy ear. A new study in rats shows that short-term hearing impairments at any stage of life can lead to rewiring in the part of the brain that processes sounds, making the ear seem as if it is loafing on its duty to make sense from noise

  
  

  
  
• Acorn Filmmaker's Fresh Tapes: Inside HUD
  Conservative activist and guerrilla filmmaker James O'Keefe has a habit of posing as someone he's not in order to get "news" about politicians and others he wants to paint as dirty. Yes, he's the same guy who taped Acorn workers, so Andrew Breitbart, the ex-Drudge crony and conservative media provocateur, could smear the organization.

  
  

  
  
• How Andrew Breitbart Hacks the Media
  How Andrew Breitbart -- Matt Drudge's former right hand -- infiltrated the media machine and fought the vast left-wing conspiracy.

  
  

  
  
• Minister of Truth: Meet Britain's Top Data Cop
  The U.K. Statistics Authority's Richard Alldritt is an expert in how governments fudge the numbers. He and his math-police squad are rooting out the truth, whether it's to reveal the real gender pay gap or the actual rate of knife crime.

  
  

  
  
• March 11, 1985: ConnNet Lets the Public Jack In, X.25 Style
  A Connecticut telephone company starts the first local, public packet-switching network. It paves the way for the always-on internet access we know today.

  
  

  
  
• Classic Videogames Mutate in 'Game Over' Art Show
  Street Fighter gets bendy. Ms. Pac-Man hops a tandem bike. And plenty of other classic characters get similarly strange treatments in Giant Robot's videogame-inspired exhibit.

  
  

  
  
• Classmates.com's Facebook Mimicking Prompts Privacy Suit
  Angry users sue Classmates.com after it decides to make previously private data public, just as Facebook did in December. Will its defense be, "I learned it from watching you, Zuck?"

  
  

  
  
• Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side' Eclipses Concept Album Classics
  With its heady mix of heavy themes and technology, The Dark Side of the Moon remains the best concept album ever, even 37 years after its release. Plus: 10 more concept albums in Dark Side's shadow that deserve a slice of the spotlight.

  
  

  
  
• 'Galactica: Sabotage' Creator Discusses Her Brilliant Beastie Boys Sci-Fi Mashup
  A YouTube artist whips up a precise, shot-for-shot re-creation of Spike Jonze's amazing music video using clips from the late, great Battlestar Galactica.

  
  

  
  
• European Parliament Rips Global IP Accord
  European Parliament is coming out in opposition to a U.S.-backed intellectual property treaty accord, and is demanding the treaty's secret text become public.

  
  

  
  
• Google Launches Web Store for Cloud-Based Apps
  App stores aren't just for mobile phones anymore. Google has launched a store that lets Google Apps customers add third-party browser-based apps to their existing stack of Google's productivity tools.

  
  

  
  
• Apple Beware: Dell (With A Little Help From Amazon and Google) is Taking on i...
  The formidable triumvirate of Amazon, Dell, and Google is apparently poised to give iTunes the first serious run for its money just as the iPad is about to take Apple?s downloadable media megastore where no computer has gone before.

  
  

  
  
• Google's Schmidt: China Negotiations Should End 'Soon'
  Google is actively negotiating with China over web censorship according to CEO Eric Schmidt.

  
  

  
  
• No-Fly List Includes the Dead
  Even though people might be dying to get off the government's no-fly list, it includes names of the dead on purpose. Following the "Underwear Bomber" incident Christmas day the list has ballooned.

  
  

  
  

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• Sony unveils new motion contoller to slow Nintendo (AP)
  

  AP - Sony has a new message for Nintendo Wii gamers: Come join us.

  
  
  
• Palm Inc. teeters in crowded smart phone market (AP)
  

  AP - Last year, Palm thought it had all the pieces for a turnaround in the market it pioneered: A new CEO known for making the iPod a household name, a sleek new smart phone called the Pre and fresh, intuitive operating software.

  
  
  
• Global agency reconsiders `.xxx' for porn sites (AP)
  

  AP - A global Internet oversight agency is reopening discussions about whether to create a ".xxx" domain name as an online red-light district where porn sites can set up shop away from the wandering eyes of children and teenagers.

  
  
  
• Huge 'botnet' amputated, but criminals reconnect (AP)
  AP - The sudden takedown of an Internet provider thought to be helping spread one of the most promiscuous pieces of malicious software out there appears to have cut off criminals from potentially millions of personal computers under their control.
  
• Pink Floyd wins battle with EMI over online sales (AP)
  AP - In a victory for the concept album, Britain's High Court on Thursday ordered record company EMI Group Ltd. to stop selling downloads of Pink Floyd tracks individually rather than as part of the band's original records.
  
• OnLive game streaming service to start in June (AP)
  AP - In an industry first, a new gaming service will start allowing people to "stream" popular high-end games such as "Assassin's Creed II" over the Internet in June, using a mechanism similar to watching TV shows or listening to music online.
  
• Summary Box: Huge 'botnet' only slowed by takedown (AP)
  AP - BOTNET AMPUTATED: An Internet provider thought to be helping spread malicious software was taken down, apparently cutting criminals off from millions of personal computers under their control.
  
• Census campaign targets tech-savvy Hispanic youth (AP)
  

  AP - Groups pushing for robust Hispanic participation in the 2010 census are enlisting a new corps of foot-soldiers in their battle to reach that hard-to-count demographic: tech-savvy, smart-phone-toting young people.

  
  
  
• Opera rolls out mobile browser for Android (Reuters)
  Reuters - Opera Software unveiled on Thursday a version of its Mini mobile browser for use on cellphones running on Google's Android software.
  
• Panasonic Sets the 3D HDTV Bar At Best Buy (PC World)
  PC World - A scrum of reporters pressed against Brad and Ashley as they shuffled up to the counter at a Best Buy store in Manhattan. Cameras flashed and elbows flew. Was it the end of Brangelina? Some new reality show?
  
• New racing videogames set to rev up sales (Reuters)
  

  Reuters - Blatant disregard for oncoming traffic and speed limits will get you into serious trouble on the road, but drivers seeking similar thrills can indulge in a fleet of new racing video games due out soon.

  
  
  
• Apple iPod Shuffle 4 GB (PC World)
  PC World - Spring break is just around the corner, so what better companion to take on your swimsuit workouts than an Apple iPod Shuffle? Amazon has the 4GB 3rd Generation Silver iPod Shuffle for $55.99 with free shipping. The 3rd Generation iPod Shuffle features a sexy design, voice navigation (unlike previous iPod Shuffles, this Shuffle will tell you what playlists and tracks are on your device), and headphones with a built-in remote.
  
• Hands On with Opera Mini for Android (PC Magazine)
  PC Magazine - Norway's Opera Software on Thursday launched the latest beta of its Opera Mini browser, Opera Mini 5, for the Android platform. We got our hands on the new beta and took it for a test drive.
  
• Gaming Will Drive MySpace, Execs Say (PC Magazine)
  PC Magazine - How will MySpace regain its footing in the social networking space? A month after losing Owen Van Natta as chief executive in favor of two co-presidents, the News Corp.-owned site announced Wednesday that its new focus will be on gaming.
  
• Intego releases VirusBarrier X6 Dual Protection (Macworld.com)
  Macworld.com - The perils of malware and viruses are everywhere, and Mac users shouldn’t be complacent, especially if they’re also running Windows via Boot Camp or other virtualization software. To those ends, Intego has released VirusBarrier X6 Dual Protection, which offers all the features of its X6 product for both Mac and Windows operating systems running on your machine.
  

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