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 The American Press on Suicide Watch
 Frank Rich
If you wanted to pick the moment when the American news business went on suicide watch, it was almost exactly three years ago. That’s when Stephen Colbert, appearing at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, delivered a monologue accusing his hosts of being stenographers who had, in essence, let the Bush White House get away with murder (or at least the war in Iraq).
Cuba Cutting Internet Access
 Ray Sanchez
Cuba is further limiting access to the World Wide Web for its citizens, in what many believe is an effort to rein in a small but increasingly popular group of bloggers who are critical of the government.
Work to Start on US Virtual Fence
 Arthur H. Rotstein
U.S. officials plan to start construction within weeks on a new "virtual fence" along the U.S.-Mexico border that they say could almost completely cover the nearly 2,000-mile frontier within five years.
Amazon Unveils the Kindle DX
 Alana Semuels
Now you can read newspapers, textbooks and PDFs - all for just $489! That's because Amazon.com unveiled the third iteration of Kindle, its digital book reader, at a press conference in New York today helmed by CEO Jeff Bezos.
Bill Gates Funds Scientists in Unorthodox Health Research
 Sam Lister
Today more than 80 projects at the far edge of innovation in global health research will share millions of pounds of grants to support unorthodox thinking — and the outside chance of a world-changing discovery.
An Invention That Could Change the Internet Forever
 The Independent UK
Revolutionary new web software could put giants such as Google in the shade when it comes out later this month. Andrew Johnson reports.
Photo Tip of the Week - Learning F/Stop or Aperture
 Larry and Linda Bennett
I have been receiving many emails asking me to address the camera and photography basics. Well let's do just that. I plan to spend most of the summer looking at and talking about photography basics, starting with this week's article on F/Stop or aperture.
Mexico Airports to Take Passengers' Temperature
 TravelVideo
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico, S.A.B. de C.V. (GAP), which operates 12 airports throughout Mexico’s Pacific region, announced today the following:
Google Mines Online Searches to Map Flu in Mexico
 Agence France-Presse
Google.org on Wednesday began using flu-related Internet search traffic in Mexico to create an online map that might provide clues to how influenza is spreading in that country.
Quincey Technology: Out of Touch
 Quincey Hobbs
As I have stated in past articles, when it comes to computer problems, I like to troubleshoot from the outside to the inside. This means that I check the hardware first. I do this to check for easily remedied, but often overlooked, causes for problems.
Feel Like Shaking A Baby To Death? There’s An App For That
 MG Siegler
Apple Inc. pulled a 99-cent iPhone game called 'Baby Shaker' from its iTunes store Wednesday after its premise - quiet a crying baby with a vigorous shake - prompted outrage.
Self-Publishing Comes Into Its Own
 David Lyons
Self-publishing is not just an end in itself, but increasingly provides a stepping stone to the world of traditional publishing. The self-published author who aspires to the 'big leagues' can make it by proving there is a market for his work.
Hurricane-Killing, Space-Based Power Plant
 Alexis Madrigal
How's this for crazy?: A company files a patent to destroy hurricanes as they form by beaming them with energy from a space-based solar plant.
Quincey Technology: Hide and Seek
 Quincey Hobbs
We live in a time when information is exchanged faster and more frequently than any previously known period of time. The interception and misrepresentation of personal information has opened the eyes of many computer users to the fact that information is not a dormant item.
Spam "Produces 17 Million Tons of CO2"
 BBC News
A study into spam has blamed it for the production of more than 33bn kilowatt-hours of energy every year, enough to power more than 2.4 million homes.
Cybersecurity Act Would Give President Power to 'Shut Down' Internet
 Greg Fulton
A recently proposed but little-noticed Senate bill would allow the federal government to shut down the Internet in times of declared emergency, and enables unprecedented federal oversight of private network administration.
Deeper Digital Penetration
 William Saletan
When we first checked in on them two years ago, the scanners, which see through clothing, were being deployed at a single airport. Now the plan is going nationwide.
Late on a Car Loan? Meet the Disabler
 Jonathan Welsh
The repo man has found a new hiding place - inside your car. Increasingly, used-car dealers are installing remote disabling devices that keep the cars from starting if the buyer gets too far behind on payments
Knowledge Crucial to Mexico's Welfare and Progress: Calderón
 Presidencia de la República
During the 10th National Technology Prize-Giving ceremony, President Felipe Calderón declared that knowledge is crucial to the well-being and progress of 21st century societies.
Beating the Back-Up Blues
 Clare Ryan
That sinking feeling when your hard disk starts screeching and you haven't backed up your holiday photos is a step closer to becoming a thing of the past thanks to research into a new kind of computer memory.
Airport Body Scanner Machine Tested at Salt Lake City Airport
 Mary Richards
There are new fears that images of what's underneath the clothing of airline passengers could be circulated on the Internet.
Honda Creates a Robot Controlled by Power of Thought
 UK Daily Mail
Opening a car door or turning up the heating at home could become just a wish away with Honda's new technology that connects thoughts inside your brain with a robot.
Miss Universe Blog Post on 'Fun' at Gitmo Vanishes
 Andrew O. Selsky
Miss Universe's blog posting about having fun at Guantanamo Bay has vanished from the pageant's Web site as embarrassed officials try to quash what they call a misunderstanding.
Lounge on a Virtual Puerto Vallarta Beach
 Erik Gordon Bainbridge
Rent an adobe bungalow on a Puerto Vallarta beach, pray in a Jalisco cathedral, buy Mexican arts and crafts, or ride on a donkey-drawn wagon - it's all available in Second Life's Opera Joven sim, which reproduces some key parts of Jalisco, Mexico.
Canadians Find Vast Computer Spy Network: Report
 Paul Simao
Canadian researchers have uncovered a vast electronic spying operation that infiltrated computers and stole documents from government and private offices around the world, including those of the Dalai Lama, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
International Copyright Law to Attack PC Privacy
 Russia Today
The personal computer may soon be not-so-private, with the U.S. and some European nations working on laws allowing them access to search the content held on a person’s hard drive.
Mosquito Laser Gun Offers New Hope on Malaria
 Tony Allen-Mills
American scientists are making a ray gun to kill mosquitoes. Using technology developed under the Star Wars anti-missile programme, the zapper is being built in Seattle where astrophysicists have created a laser that locks onto airborne insects.
U.S. Erecting Barriers to ID Theft
 Antonio Olivo
This spring, US health-care providers must install new safeguards against identity theft that federal regulators say can help control rising health costs and protect against potentially fatal information that has corrupted thousands of medical records.
Guarding the US-Mexico Border, Live from Suburban New York
 John D. Sutter
When her baby girl takes an afternoon nap, or on those nights when she just can't sleep, Sarah Andrews, 32, tosses off her identity as a suburban stay-at-home mom and becomes something more exotic: a "virtual deputy" patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border.
 Photo Tip of the Week: Photographing Humpback Whales in the Bay of Banderas - Q&A Follow-Up
 Larry and Linda Bennett
I know many of my readers have found my Photographing Humpback Whales series a little confusing, so here are some answers to a few of the questions I have received over the past three weeks.
Google Privacy Blunder Shares Your Docs Without Permission
 Jason Kincaid
In a privacy error that underscores some of the biggest problems surrounding cloud-based services, Google has sent a notice to a number of users of its Document and Spreadsheets products stating that it may have inadvertently shared some of their documents with contacts who were never granted access to them.
Photo Tip of the Week: RAW vs JPEG and Let's Look at Pixels
 Larry Bennett
What are you going to do with your images? If you're shooting images for a family vacation, then JPEG is wonderful; if you're going to enlarge the images and sell them, RAW will most likely be your best bet.
South of the Border, Down Mexico Way
 David Pogue
A few months ago, I received a most unusual request: to come and speak at a technical conference in Monterrey, Mexico - a conference run entirely, and I mean entirely, by students.
International World Record as a Symbol of Hope and Peace in the Global Finance Crisis
 Roland Reker
The website worldrecordbanner.com wants to embroid the world's biggest digital banner as a sign of hope and peace in times of global changes and economic upheavals.
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