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Channel Partners Need New Revenue Models to Avoid Being Left Behind in the Cloud Migration Process

Forrester recently released a report titled “Channel Models In The Era Of Cloud.” Forrester found that as vendors are taking advantage of cloud computing, channel partners are becoming increasingly nervous about being left behind by. According to t…

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Nokia Takes Back the Reins of Symbian

With more and more partners jumping ship from the Symbian Foundation, Nokia announced today it was taking back the reins of the Symbian platform as the foundation evolves into a licensing organization. The move underscores the slowing momentum for t…

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Hot At Sphinn: SEO’s Bad Reputation, Google ‘Pollutes’ The Web & More

A news article about Google from The Guardian was popular last week on Sphinn, as was last week’s member discussion about the SEO industry’s ongoing reputation management problems. The Guardian article, Google is Polluting the Internet, …

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Tarantulas help scientists break down human fear

LONDON (Reuters Life!) – Scientists using tarantulas to unpick human fear have found that the brain responds differently to threats based on proximity, direction and how scary people expect something to be.

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Star Trek correction incites Internet nerds

In the ongoing battle of Kirk vs. Picard, a news site correction provides incontrovertible proof that no matter what country they’re from, “Star Trek” fans can be humorless jerk faces.
 

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RockMelt: Ad Free Google Search From Toolbar

I’ve been using the new RockMelt browser since late last night, but this is not a review. I’m merely interested in pointing out that users can search the toolbar (as with Safari or Firefox) and get Google results — but they’r…

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Verizon Wireless Expands 3G Wireless Coverage in St. Mary’s County, Maryland

LAUREL, Md., Nov. 8, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — In a continuing effort to provide the best wireless service for local residents in St. Mary’s County, Md., Verizon Wireless has expanded its network with a new cell site.  The new cell site provides increa…

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ATTENTION ASSIST Helps Alert Drivers of Drowsiness

MONTVALE, N.J., Nov. 8, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — According to a study released today by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, 41 percent of drivers admit to having fallen asleep at the wheel at some point, with one in ten saying they’ve done so in the past year.  Mercedes-Benz engineers have worke
 

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Secrets Of Ancient Martian, Terrestrial Atmospheres

By Kim McDonald, UC San DiegoChemists at UC San Diego have uncovered a new chemical reaction on tiny particulates in the atmosphere that could allow scientists to gain a glimpse from ancient rocks of what the atmospheres of the Earth…

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Panel investigator: BP about 90 per cent right

The early findings of the president’s independent commission into what caused BP’s Gulf oil spill will support many of the conclusions the oil company made in its own internal investigation.

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Science tells us about Nature, not God

The Reverend Dr David Wilkinson believes God wants us to do experiments so we can further enjoy the wonder of Nature. We can do that perfectly well without God.Toward the end of the 19th century, God-fearing scientists needed to look no further for evidence of their maker’s great power than the luminiferous aether, a substance [...]

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Natural History Museum expedition ‘poses genocide threat’ to Paraguay tribes

Field trip to find new plant and insect species in the Chaco will endanger remote Indian tribes, anthropologists and indigenous leaders warn• ‘An extremely severe risk’ – letter to the museum• Chaco deforestation puts Paraguayan land under threatAnthropologists and indigenous leaders have warned that a Natural History Museum expedition to Paraguay could lead to “genocide” [...]

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UK navy’s website hacked: Ministry of Defense

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Royal Navy was forced to take down its website after it was disrupted by hackers, the Ministry of Defense said on Monday.

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Google Map glitch ignites Costa Rica incursian

A Nicaraguan troop commander blamed bad border denotations on Google Maps for an incursion in to Costa Rica last week.
 

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Life after Climategate

Science editor Alan Boyle’s Weblog: Climate scientist Michael Mann says he’s ready to fight any “witch-hunt attempts” that come his way from his political critics.
 

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