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An Indian court on Wednesday gave the government in the resort state of Goa two months to begin removing the rusting hulk of a ship that ran aground on a popular tourist beach a decade ago. Two judges at the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court told the authorities they had until June to tow away the MV River Princess , which hit the coast of north Goa during storms in 2000. The giant iron ore carrier, grounded just off Calangute beach, has become a familiar sight to the tens of thousands of tourists who flock to the former Portuguese colony’s white sands every year. Local people frustrated by previous failed attempts to remove the ship filed a petition to the court demanding its removal, expressing concern about potential damage to the coastline, marine life and tourism

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Goa ordered to remove wrecked ship from tourist beach

Accusing Union Surface Transport Minister, Kamal Nath for playing a fraud on Goans vis-à-vis highway expansion, Leader of the Opposition Manohar Parrikar has said the BJP is in favour of a “wider” highway and not a highway under the National Highway Authority of India standards. Parrikar said the House Committee constituted to study the highway imbroglio has not met till date and added that he has written to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly over the delay in the convening a meeting of the Committee. Briefing newsmen, Parrikar said the same Kamal Nath had come out with the Special Economic zone (SEZ) and wants to commit land dealing fraud in the State by acting in haste on the national highway.

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Goa Highway expansion: BJP accuses Kamal of playing fraud on Goans

Since 1997 I have provided access to college students (both Graduate and Undergraduate) to many of the events which I have been associated with. In keeping with this tradition, General Admission tickets are now available for College Students to attend: #140conf: Boston (Sept 14), #140conf: LA (Oct 4/5), #140conf: Detroit (Oct 20), #140conf: SmallTown (Nov 1) at no charge. These tickets are available on a first come, first served basis

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#140conf: University – Invitation for College Students to Attend #140conf Events

We’re starting to tick each manufacturer off our tablet list as more become official, and now some shots of HP’s upcoming device have appeared in China. The 7 inch touchscreen, Zeen doesn’t appear to be your typical tablet, and while it’s running on Android 2.1, the device is part of the PhotoSmart eStation C510 Printer system.

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HP Tablet Spotted in China

It was back in February when we first heard that Nokia’s Maemo platform and Intel’s Moblin OS were merging to create what Nokia CEO, Olli Pekka-Kallasvuo described as a “new era of mobile computing.” MeeGo, an open Linux based platform was born, with the companies planning to combine the best of two rather niche platforms to take on the likes of Android and iOS. Nokia and Intel also hoped that MeeGo would be open in every way in order to appeal to as many users as possible and be available on a range of different handsets.

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First Look at MeeGo – Screenshots of Nokia and Intel’s OS Appear

What is Ayojak? Ayojak.com India’s leading online event solutions wherein we offer online ticketing solution with innovative ways which will support your event in big way, we offer easy steps to book seat by paying online, get an e – ticket and attend an event.

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Ayojak Online Event Solutions with Free Event Ticketing

The BlackBerry Style 9760, previously known as the BlackBerry Oxford, has been spotted in a series of tutorial videos for RIM’s latest software OS6. It’s a slightly unusual way for the manufacturer to show off an unofficial device as far as we’re concerned, but these short clips give us more than enough information on what to expect from the handset

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BlackBerry Style 9760 Spotted in RIM Tutorial Videos – Is it the Second OS6 Handset?

Mozilla released two new versions of its browser on Tuesday, Firefox 3.6.9 and Firefox 3.5.12 , to close 10 critical security vulnerabilities in each and to help Web site operators block a risk called clickjacking. Firefox 3.6.9 is also available from CNET Download.com for Windows , Mac , and Linux Critical vulnerabilities can let a remote attacker run arbitrary code on a computer. With Web browsers becoming both more important and more powerful, browser makers must constantly watch for new attack possibilities

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Mozilla fixes Firefox holes, curtails clickjacking

Jesper Buch who co-founded Just-Eat , the European company that took fast food online, has launched his latest venture: Mentaline , a platform for therapists, life coaches and psychologists to deliver services to clients. Ambitiously, it’s not a marketplace in which sessions eventually take place offline but instead the whole thing operates on the Web.

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Mentaline – Just-Eat founder launches platform for virtual therapists and life coaches

It has been a long time coming but we finally have an official date for the Nokia N8 ’s release. The Finnish manufacturer revealed all in a press release this morning, confirming that their flagship smartphone will go on sale in the “last week of September.” Nokia Online will be selling the N8 for £429 SIM free or free from £35 per month.

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Nokia N8 Confirmed! Arriving “Last Week of September.”

Google’s not for profit arm Google.org has taken up the noble initiative of translating health articles on the web into Hindi. This is being done under its initiative ‘ Health Speaks ‘ to boost the amount of online medical information in local languages

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Google Initiates Hindi Translation Of Health Articles

Norton Power Eraser is a new tool from Symantec that the company says is the home user’s last, best hope for eradicating an aggressive malware infection. Power Eraser is free, and one component of the update to Norton Internet Security 2011 and Norton AntiVirus 2011 . The new Reputation scan, seen here in the Norton 2011 beta, allows you to focus your security scan solely on the “reputations” of existing files on your system, as compared to other Norton users.

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Norton’s new Power Eraser goes free

– 76% of buy- and sell-side traders believe that the SEC circuit breaker will not stop us from experiencing another flash crash – 78% of traders think regulation will adversely affect their desk’s performance

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Survey Reveals 76% of Traders Believe the SEC Circuit Breaker System Will Not Stop the Next Flash Crash

I have an old vintage tube radio and have thought about putting modern electronics in it, too. This one has some cool features, like it actually plays the MP3 and modern AM and FM tuners through the original AM tube radio, using the last two channels 340 and 307 KHz, so you get that crap…

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Biennophone radio from 1953, now with MP3

Self-assembling photovoltaic technology can keep repairing itself @ KurzweilAI … MIT scientists have created a novel set of self-assembling molecules that can turn sunlight into electricity; the molecules can be repeatedly broken down and then reassembled quickly, just by adding or removing an additional solution. In an attempt to imitate the  process of photosynthesis, Michael Strano, the Charles and Hilda Roddey Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, and his team, supported by grants from the MIT Energy Initiative, the Eni Solar Frontiers Center at MIT and the Department of Energy, produced synthetic molecules called phospholipids that form disks; these disks provide structural support for other molecules that actually respond to light, in structures called reaction centers, which release electrons when struck by particles of light

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Self-assembling photovoltaic technology can keep repairing itself

Jeff Potter, author of Cooking for Geeks , is kicking off his book tour tomorrow night at HacDC: HacDC is happy to be hosting Jeff Potter, author of “Cooking for Geeks” for a one night only presentation in DC on the finer arts of food science.

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Cooking for Geeks DIY book tour starts Wednesday 9/8/2010 at HacDC

Trend Micro redone security suites for 2011 introduce new names for their products and a new emphasis on cloud-based protection. Trend Micro Antivirus+ , Trend Micro Titanium Internet Security , and Trend Micro Maximum Security include the overhauled cloud-based Smart Protection Network proprietary engine to protect against viruses, malware, phishing attacks, and other threats. The suites are notable for the heavy reliance on cloud-based technology and Trend Micro’s emphasis on its Smart Scan tech

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Trend Micro bets on the cloud

The $1,500 closed-source UP! Personal Portable 3D Printer (PP3DP) does its thing, putting the heat on open alternatives like the Mendel and MakerBot. We have been developing the UP! printer for more than one year, it is completely based on our own efforts, we have not used open-source solutions for this design. We understand and follow the RepRap and Fab@home projects with great interest, however these designs follow a quite different direction than we have chose for the UP! printer development

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UP! 3D printer pr0n

Morten Nisker tweeted this serviceable little portable electronics bench he built so that he could carry all of his electronics tools and supplies in a handy carrying case. He realized that he didn’t do that many electronics projects because it was kind of a hassle to scare everything up from far flung corners of the house.

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Portable electronics desk

Documents To Go got its start on Palm and is in a pitched battle with rival Quickoffice on iPhone. (Credit: Screenshot by Jessica Dolcourt/CNET) We heard the rumor on Friday that BlackBerry-maker RIM snapped up Data Viz , makers of the popular productivity app Documents To Go , but it wasn’t until Tuesday that RIM confirmed the purchase to CNET with a statement: RIM has acquired some of the assets of DataViz and hired the majority of its employees to focus on supporting the BlackBerry platform. Terms of the deal were not disclosed but the transaction was not material to RIM in the context of RIM’s financial results.

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BlackBerry maker RIM buys Documents To Go’s Data Viz

The fifth Firefox 4 beta makes some small feature changes to the in-development browser, bringing a new audio API to the table, revamping its menu, and turning on hardware acceleration by default. Available for Windows , Mac , and Linux , Firefox 4 beta 5 continues Mozilla’s new beta release schedule, marked by more frequent releases and smaller feature revisions per update. The most visual change to the beta is the redone menu in the Windows version, which returns a lot of functionality that had been missing from the menu in previous betas

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New Firefox beta offers audio API, menu tweaks

Our latest member of the Make: Books family is Getting Started with Processing , written by the creators of Processing , Ben Fry and Casey Reas . When Casey and Ben approached me to write this book, they wanted to develop a Processing complement to Getting Started with Arduino , which is perfect, because one of the last things you do in the Arduino book is connect an Arduino to a Processing sketch

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Introducing Getting Started with Processing and our new series, Codebox

I’m Aaron Smith, and I’m the product manager for CNET Downloads. Today I get the pleasure of writing about something that the CNET team built — a brand new software product called CNET TechTracker Plus. This is an upgrade from CNET TechTracker, our free application that keeps software up-to-date.

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Introducing CNET TechTracker Plus

I actually had to send some snail-mail recently and remembered the clever Google map envelope trick from Beste Miray Dogan that made the rounds awhile back. Turns out, a friendly bloke named Stephen has created a handy generator website that lets you input your return address and then automagically creates a printable cut-and-fold pattern. More: AirMail: Felt / homemade Manila envelope laptop sleeve for MacBook Air The minimalistic no-cost iBook sleeve (it’s an envelope too) Letters without envelopes, cutting or glue Envelope and Letter Folding Read the Full Story

A reverse cell phone trace is a way of finding the owner of a cell phone by tracing the cell phone number. Actually, when someone calls you up, a caller ID is all you get which is just some digits; however, you might not be able to always tell who the caller is. Every caller has a name and an address at least and this is always included as records with the phone number such that if you can find a way of getting the information on the cell phone, you can locate the owner of the phone number; it is just that simple.

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How To Conduct a Reverse Cell Phone Trace

An Obama administration policy allowing U.S. border officials to seize and search laptops, smartphones and other electronic devices for any reason was challenged as unconstitutional in federal court Tuesday. Citing the government’s own figures , the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers claim about 6,500 persons had their electronic devices searched along the U.S

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ACLU Sues Over Laptop Border Searches

Recently, it has been observed that the demand of mobile phones is flourishing among all mobile phone users. With the enhancement in technology, new and innovative features are being added to these gizmos. Consequently, to meet all your communication and entertainment requisites, you have been blessed with the newest HTC Wildfire.

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HTC Wildfire Deals – Experience The Excellence

The latest from Denmark-based conceptual group N55: WALKING HOUSE is a modular dwelling system that enables persons to live a peaceful nomadic life, moving slowly through the landscape or cityscape with minimal impact on the environment. It collects energy from its surroundings using solar cells and small windmills.

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Walking house by N55

The promise of the Samsung Galaxy S on all four major US wireless carriers has been met, but did the carriers kill some of the experience we all hoped for with their customizations?

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Have US wireless carriers gone mad? Samsung Fascinate crippled by Verizon

The only thing we need now is an open HTML5 store which handles the billing for developers who want the widest audience possible as their creative work is monetized . In January of 2008 I used a term Splinternet to describe the growing number of areas content providers need to focus on when delivering their services. It seems according to Forrester Research I coined the term as it refers to a splintering of the traditional Internet.

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The Splinternet Grows. HTML5 to Slow it Down