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W I R E D N E W S Top Stories - 09:15 AM 22.Sep.04. PDT
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Activists Find More E-Vote Flaws (Machine Politics Tuesday)
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More weaknesses appear in the Diebold electronic voting system that
activists say could be used to rig the November election. The company
says auditing procedures would catch any vote fraud. By Kim Zetter.
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Uncle Sam Wants Your Airwaves (Politics 2:00 a.m. PDT)
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Lawmakers believe the analog TV spectrum can be put to much better use
and can generate billions in auctions to telecom companies. So Congress
is considering paying Americans to ditch over-the-air analog TV and
switch to digital. Michael Grebb reports from Washington.
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Airlines Told to Cough Up Data (Security Blanket 2:00 a.m. PDT)
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The Department of Homeland Security is looking for some live data to
feed its new Secure Flight watch-list system, so it will order airlines
to fork over a months' worth of passenger itineraries. By Ryan Singel.
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Refreshing Drinks of Fresh Air (Technology 2:00 a.m. PDT)
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An army needs water to operate, but it's a pain to tote the stuff
around. So Darpa is looking at ways to pull it out of thin air. By Noah
Shachtman.
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Blogging the Story Alive (Culture 2:00 a.m. PDT)
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Bloggers force CBS News to admit to a serious mistake, and journalists
recoil from the thought of so much scrutiny of their work. But isn't
this exactly what we need to get better-quality news? Commentary by
Adam L. Penenberg.
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Remixing to Protest Sample Ruling (DAT's Entertainment 2:00 a.m. PDT)
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Music fans are miffed about a court decision that says musicians must
get permission to sample tunes even if the remix bears no resemblance
to the original. An activist group is sponsoring a remix project based
upon the clip in question. By Katie Dean.
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Outfoxed Offered for Remix (Culture 2:00 a.m. PDT)
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The maker of a documentary about Fox News offers raw footage of his
film online for others to re-edit into new 'mixes.' With the spread of
broadband and cheap filmmaking software, film may become remixers'
favored medium. By Daniel Terdiman.
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Reaping From the Wild Wind (Technology 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/technology/0,1282,65001,00.html/wn_ascii
If you are going to depend on a windmill, it's best to find a windy
place to put it. Companies that can assess a location's wind potential
are in demand, and they are pushing the technology to predict shifting
breezes. By John Gartner.
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Space O2 Generator Fails Again (The Final Frontier Monday)
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Repairs to the oxygen generator onboard the International Space
Station seemed to work, but then failed the following day. Astronauts
are again limited to backup oxygen supplies. By Amit Asaravala.
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Free Content Still Sells (Business Monday)
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Books containing material available online for free, like the 9/11
Commission Report, are still managing to rack up good, and in some
cases very impressive, sales. By Joanna Glasner.
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Saving the Artistic Orphans (Culture 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/culture/0,1284,64494,00.html/wn_ascii
Brewster Kahle, the founder of the Internet Archive, sues the federal
government to help 'orphan works' return to the public domain. Pieces
of history and culture are caught in a morass of far-reaching copyright
laws. By Katie Dean.
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Quick Read on Your Genetics (Med-Tech Center 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,64981,00.html/wn_ascii
A new technology under development in Australia -- geneballs -- may be
used to quickly and easily tell you your genetic makeup. By Daithí Ó
hAnluain.
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What to Eat on the Way to Mars (The Final Frontier 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/space/0,2697,64976,00.html/wn_ascii
Think it's tough figuring out what to whip up for dinner? Try figuring
out what to eat during a two-and-half-year trip to Mars and back. Food
scientists have some solutions on the plate. By Karen Lurie.
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TB May Be Global Threat Again (Med-Tech Center Sunday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,65016,00.html/wn_ascii
Two separate studies by U.S. researchers find that super drug-
resistant strains of tuberculosis are at the tipping point of a global
epidemic, and only small changes could help them spread quickly.
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Los Alamos to Remove Nukes (Security Blanket Sunday)
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Within a year, officials plan to move all weapons-grade nuclear
material from Los Alamos National Laboratory to the Nevada Test Site.
The transfer will begin this month.
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