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		<title>Lawmakers seek to ban laptops, other devices in cockpits after airliner incident</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Lowy</dc:creator>
		
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Lawmakers seek ban on laptops in airliner cockpits

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are moving to ban the use of computer laptops and other personal electronic devices in airline cockpits to prevent another incident like the Northwest Airlines plane that overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles.
Sen. Byron Dorgan, chairman of the aviation subcommittee, said in an interview that his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FAA revokes licenses of Northwest Airlines pilots who overflew Minneapolis by 150 miles</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Lowy</dc:creator>
		
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FAA revokes licenses of wayward Northwest pilots

WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday revoked the licenses of the two Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles.
The pilots — Timothy Cheney of Gig Harbor, Wash., the captain, and Richard Cole of Salem, Ore., the first officer — told safety investigators they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Korea claims South Korean crossed DMZ to defect, is under communist regime&#8217;s &#8216;warm care&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jae-soon Chang</dc:creator>
		
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NKorea claims SKorean crossed DMZ to defect

SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean man defected to communist North Korea by crossing the heavily fortified frontier, Pyongyang&#8217;s state media reported Tuesday — but it didn&#8217;t say how he navigated a no man&#8217;s land where guards can shoot to kill.
The case appeared to be a rare instance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pyongyang says South Korean crossed DMZ to defect to North Korea, is under &#8216;warm care&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jae-soon Chang</dc:creator>
		
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Pyongyang: SKorean crossed DMZ to defect to NKorea

SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean man defected to communist North Korea by crossing the heavily fortified frontier, Pyongyang&#8217;s state media reported Tuesday — but it didn&#8217;t say how he navigated a no man&#8217;s land where guards can shoot to kill.
If confirmed, the case would be a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wayward pilots were focused on laptop screens not cockpit displays, raising new safety worries</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Lowy</dc:creator>
		
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Laptops, other devices in cockpit pose new concern

WASHINGTON — Two Northwest Airlines pilots who flew 150 miles past their destination because they were focused on laptop computers instead of cockpit displays may have opened a new avenue of concern for safety regulators — distracting personal electronic devices on the flight deck.
The pilots of Northwest flight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Growing number of states push electronics manufacturers to take responsibility for e-waste</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/growing-number-of-states-push-electronics-manufacturers-to-take-responsibility-for-e-waste-184082/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Callahan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[INDIANAPOLIS — Frustrated by inaction in Congress, a growing number of states are trying to reduce the rising tide of junked TVs, computers and other electronics that have become one of the nation&#8217;s fastest-growing waste streams.

Nineteen states have passed laws requiring the recycling of old electronics, which contain both precious metals and toxic pollutants and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beware geeky gifts: State governors turning down mystery laptop shipments</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/beware-geeky-gifts-state-governors-turning-down-mystery-laptop-shipments-152262/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lawrence Messina</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Even during tight budgetary times, a growing handful of state governors are proving too wary to accept &#8220;free&#8221; laptop computers that have shown up at their offices this month, unsolicited.

Officials in West Virginia, Vermont, Wyoming and Washington state report deliveries of between three and five laptops — but none had ordered them.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama administration tightens oversight of controversial laptop searches at the border</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Sullivan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Thursday put new restrictions on searches of laptops at U.S. borders to address concerns that federal agents have been rummaging through travelers&#8217; personal information.

The long-criticized practice of searching travelers&#8217; electronic devices will continue, but a supervisor now would need to approve holding a device for more than five days. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wired War: High-tech innovations offer US forces ways to kill fewer Afghan innocents</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heidi Vogt</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FORWARD OPERATING BASE SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan — Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Henson goes out on patrol with a computer on his back and a joystick in his holster. He also carries a rifle, but the military is hoping he&#8217;ll soon have less need for it.

A wired generation of U.S. soldiers is about to battle-test a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michelle Obama says children need exposure to the arts _ jokes about her kids&#8217; laptops</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jocelyn Noveck</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — If you think your kids spend a little too much time on their laptops, take heart: Michelle Obama has the same problem.

The first lady made the rueful revelation as she feted the nation&#8217;s top innovators and designers in fields as diverse as architecture, technology, fashion, and communications — winners of the annual National [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michelle Obama fetes nation&#8217;s most innovative designers _ and jokes about her kids&#8217; laptops</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 04:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jocelyn Noveck</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — If you think your kids spend a little too much time on their laptops, take heart: Michelle Obama has the same problem.

The first lady made the rueful revelation as she feted the nation&#8217;s top innovators and designers in fields as diverse as architecture, technology, fashion, and communications — winners of the annual National [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU says Microsoft has offered concessions to settle Internet Explorer antitrust action</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS — Microsoft Corp. will offer computer users a choice of Web browsers to ward off new European Union antitrust fines, EU regulators said Friday.

The European Commission has charged the company with monopoly abuse for tying the Internet Explorer browser to the Windows operating system installed on most of the world&#8217;s desktop computers.
It said Microsoft [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho Supreme Court rejects suit from shareholder claiming price-fixing by Micron Technology</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/idaho-supreme-court-rejects-suit-from-shareholder-claiming-price-fixing-by-micron-technology-111819/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Boone</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho Supreme Court has refused to revive a lawsuit brought by a shareholder who claimed Micron Technology&#8217;s top officials were taking part in a price-fixing scheme.

In its unanimous ruling handed down Thursday, the high court agreed with 4th District Judge Darla Williamson and said the shareholder, Scott Orrock, failed to first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU charges Philips and others for fixing the price of liquid crystal display monitors</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS — European Union antitrust regulators have charged Royal Philips Electronics NV and LG Display with fixing the price of liquid crystal display monitors, Philips said Monday.

Philips said it would &#8220;vigorously oppose&#8221; the allegation that it was jointly liable for a cartel operated by South Korea&#8217;s LG Display. It sold its remaining shares in LG [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google CEO glad he dropped his resistance to co-founders&#8217; push for PC operating system</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SUN VALLEY, Idaho — Eric Schmidt spent his first six years as Google&#8217;s CEO resisting a push by the company&#8217;s co-founders to develop their own operating system for personal computers.

But Schmidt began to change his mind after seeing the early versions of Google&#8217;s Web browser. Now he is convinced Google&#8217;s plans for an operating system [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State Department still struggling with laptop security a decade after embarrassing lapse</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/state-department-still-struggling-with-laptop-security-a-decade-after-embarrassing-lapse-103566/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Nearly a decade after a State Department laptop containing highly classified information disappeared in an embarrassing security lapse, the agency is still unable to account for all of its portable computers, a government report said Wednesday.

The State Department&#8217;s inspector general said Wednesday that a review of a sample of 334 laptops belonging to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tech expert: Potentially years&#8217; worth of New Orleans&#8217; mayor&#8217;s e-mails deleted</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky Bohrer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS — A technology expert said Wednesday that potentially years&#8217; worth of Mayor Ray Nagin&#8217;s e-mails have been deleted.

Christopher Reade, a partner in a tech firm who assisted the Louisiana Technology Council in efforts to recover data for the mayor&#8217;s office, said the mailbox was removed between June 2008 and May 2009. He said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Power lines move into digital age; &#8217;smart grid&#8217; is buzz of electric industry, Obama team</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>H. Josef Hebert</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Thomas Alva Edison, meet the Internet.

More than a century after Edison invented a reliable light bulb, the nation&#8217;s electricity distribution system, an aging spider web of power lines, is poised to move into the digital age.
The &#8220;smart grid&#8221; has become the buzz of the electric power industry, at the White House and among [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dell policy formalizes ban on exporting broken electronics and parts to developing countries</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 01:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SEATTLE — PC maker Dell Inc. on Tuesday formally banned the export of broken computers, monitors and parts to developing countries amid complaints that lax enforcement of environmental and worker-safety regulations have allowed an informal and often hazardous electronic-waste recycling industry to emerge.

Although Dell&#8217;s announcement does not mark a significant change in the PC maker&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Foreign intelligence analysts contradict US on Iran bomb progress</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 04:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desmond Butler</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Congressional investigators say some foreign intelligence analysts believe U.S. intelligence is underestimating Iran&#8217;s progress toward designing a nuclear warhead before Tehran halted its program in 2003.

The foreign analysts believe that Iran ended its work because it had made sufficient progress, not because of international pressure, as the 2007 U.S. national intelligence assessment concluded.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intel director says high-value info gained in tough questioning of terror suspects</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Obama administration&#8217;s top intelligence official privately told employees last week that &#8220;high value information&#8221; was obtained in interrogations that included harsh techniques approved by former President George W. Bush.

&#8220;A deeper understanding of the al-Qaida network&#8221; resulted, National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair said in the memo, in which he added, &#8220;I like to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House oversight committee reopens probe of data disclosures on Internet file-sharing services</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A House committee is reopening its investigation of Internet services that let computer users distribute music and movies online amid reports the same software was exploited to gain unauthorized access to government and private data.

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee sent letters Monday to the Justice Department, Federal Trade Commission and The [...]]]></description>
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