Israeli airstrike kills one in Gaza attack |
- Israeli airstrike kills one in Gaza attack
- Guinea-Bissau arrests 'counter-coup leader'
- First Impressions: Dell XPS 12 Windows 8 Convertible Ultrabook
- Magnitude-7.7 quake strikes off western Canada
- Spain: French police arrest top Basque ETA leader
- Tensions mount as police grab protesters in China
- For Magazines, The Digital Future Lies Beyond The iPad
- An Earth-Killing Asteroid Could Be Deflected With Paintballs
- Seven Tibetans burn themselves in anti-Beijing protests: group
- 7.7 magnitude quake hits Canada's British Columbia
- Seven Tibetans burn themselves in anti-Beijing protests: group
- Leftwing Euro MPs cancel Iran visit
- Canada's West Coast hit by earthquake
- 7.7 magnitude quake hits Canada's British Columbia
- 'Assassin's Creed III' Includes Micro-Transactions, Ubisoft Applies Free-To-Play Model To Retail Games
- Poll finds fresh increase in US racism
- Big Data News of the Week
- VIDEO: US braces for Hurricane Sandy
- VIDEO: Indonesia makes 11 terror arrests
- Lawyers for China premier's family deny "hidden riches" claim
| Israeli airstrike kills one in Gaza attack Posted: 27 Oct 2012 11:16 PM PDT Palestinian fighter killed and another wounded after Gaza security sources report Israeli tanks entering Khan Yunis.
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| Guinea-Bissau arrests 'counter-coup leader' Posted: 27 Oct 2012 10:48 PM PDT Officials say Captain Ntchama led an attack aimed at reinstating former Prime Minister Gomes Junior, ousted in April.
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| First Impressions: Dell XPS 12 Windows 8 Convertible Ultrabook Posted: 27 Oct 2012 06:28 PM PDT One of the initial offerings in the new breed of Windows 8 devices is Dell's XPS 12, a convertible ultrabook running the full version of Microsoft's newly-released operating system. A review unit landed on my desk this weekend, and I wanted to offer up some first impressions as a prelude to the eventual review.
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| Magnitude-7.7 quake strikes off western Canada Posted: 27 Oct 2012 10:32 PM PDT A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the west coast of Canada and a tsunami warning was issued, authorities said, but there were no immediate reports of major damage.
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| Spain: French police arrest top Basque ETA leader Posted: 27 Oct 2012 09:55 PM PDT Spain's Interior Ministry says an alleged leader of the Basque separatist group ETA has been arrested in eastern France.
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| Tensions mount as police grab protesters in China Posted: 27 Oct 2012 09:59 PM PDT About 200 riot police officers have marched toward crowds of people and seized some demonstrators protesting over a chemical factory in an eastern Chinese city.
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| For Magazines, The Digital Future Lies Beyond The iPad Posted: 27 Oct 2012 06:08 PM PDT Guest post written by Jonathan Harris Jonathan Harris is CEO of Netizeen, a company which offers software to add social features to magazines. Jonathan Harris Two years ago, Steve Jobs stood in front of a room packed with self-confessed Apple fanatics and held up the iPad, the most "magical and revolutionary device" in [...]
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| An Earth-Killing Asteroid Could Be Deflected With Paintballs Posted: 27 Oct 2012 06:05 PM PDT If a giant asteroid threatened to wipe out civilization, we might be able to divert it with something as simple as paintballs. A lot of paintballs.
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| Seven Tibetans burn themselves in anti-Beijing protests: group Posted: 27 Oct 2012 09:10 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - A total of seven Tibetans have set fire to themselves in the past week in protest against what they claim is heavy-handed Chinese rule in the Himalayan region, a human rights group said in a statement issued late on Saturday. Cousins Tsepo, 20, and Tenzin, 25, set themselves aflame outside a government building in Driru County, north of regional capital Lhasa on Thursday, London-based group Free Tibet said. Tsepo died on the way to hospital and Tenzin was taken away by officials, Free Tibet said. His whereabouts are unknown. ...
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| 7.7 magnitude quake hits Canada's British Columbia Posted: 27 Oct 2012 11:06 PM PDT (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 hit Canada's Pacific coast province of British Columbia late Saturday, setting off a small tsunami, but there were no immediate reports of damage, officials said. The U.S. Geological Survey said an earthquake with a 7.7 magnitude hit the province, centered 123 miles south-southwest of Prince Rupert at a depth of 6.2 miles, the USGS said. Earthquakes Canada said the quake in the Haida Gwaii region has been followed by numerous aftershocks as large as 4.6. It said a small tsunami has been recorded on a deep ocean pressure sensor. ...
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| Seven Tibetans burn themselves in anti-Beijing protests: group Posted: 27 Oct 2012 09:10 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - A total of seven Tibetans have set fire to themselves in the past week in protest against what they claim is heavy-handed Chinese rule in the Himalayan region, a human rights group said in a statement issued late on Saturday.    
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| Leftwing Euro MPs cancel Iran visit Posted: 27 Oct 2012 08:52 PM PDT Delegates nix planned trip after officials in Tehran reject request to meet with two Sakharov Prize winners.
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| Canada's West Coast hit by earthquake Posted: 27 Oct 2012 11:18 PM PDT A 7.7 magnitude earthquake has hit islands off Canada's Pacific province of British Columbia.
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| 7.7 magnitude quake hits Canada's British Columbia Posted: 27 Oct 2012 11:06 PM PDT (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 hit Canada's Pacific coast province of British Columbia late Saturday, setting off a small tsunami, but there were no immediate reports of damage, officials said.   
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| Posted: 27 Oct 2012 04:21 PM PDT Apparently 'Assassin's Creed III' will include some form of micro-transactions, something Ubisoft has expressed an interest in implementing in the past.
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| Poll finds fresh increase in US racism Posted: 27 Oct 2012 09:48 PM PDT Associated Press poll says anti-black sentiment has grown since Barack Obama's historic election victory in 2008.
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| Posted: 27 Oct 2012 04:14 PM PDT 20120326-NodeXL-Twitter hadoop network (Photo credit: Marc_Smith) This was probably the week with most big data news so far this year, teeming with numerous announcements from big data vendors. Wikibon.org's Dave Vellante summed it up best: "We are seeing dramatically different models of people attacking the marketplace and I think it's healthy… [...]
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| VIDEO: US braces for Hurricane Sandy Posted: 27 Oct 2012 07:44 PM PDT The East Coast of America is preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy, which is predicted to make landfall on Monday night, in the run-up to Halloween.
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| VIDEO: Indonesia makes 11 terror arrests Posted: 27 Oct 2012 07:45 PM PDT Police in Indonesia say they have arrested 11 people they suspect of planning to attack Western targets.
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| Lawyers for China premier's family deny "hidden riches" claim Posted: 27 Oct 2012 07:41 PM PDT
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