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EU puts on monocle, prepares to examine Google/DoubleClick merger
The EU has reportedly decided to move forward with a detailed inquiry into the proposed merger of Google and DoubleClick, which EU privacy watchdogs and consumer groups are opposing.Read More...

BT to UK customers: Share your WiFi... please!
BT wants its users to start sharing their broadband connections over WiFi. In return, users get access to WiFi hotspots around the world.Read More...

Sony confirms 40GB PS3 for Europe, removes all backwards compatibility
Sony announces new hardware in their PlayStation 3 line: a 40GB model with no memory card slots, only two USB ports, and no backwards compatibility of any kind. The new model launches in Europe on October 10. Read More...

Ig Nobels go to sword swallowing, gay bomb
It's that time of year again. The Ig Noble awards ceremony, with a keynote speech entitled "Chicken Chicken Chicken Chicken Chicken," happened last night. Winners include a catalog of lice and the US Air Force's gay bomb research.Read More...

DHS flunks e-mail administration 101, causes mini-DDoS
Subscribers to an intelligence report e-mail list run by the Department of Homeland Security were hit with millions of e-mails after the DHS set the reply-to address to copy all list members.Read More...

IBM drops patent app on "outsourcing software"
IBM has made a controversial patent on outsourcing techniques public domain after critics claimed that it didn't meet IBM's own standards for high-quality patents. The company agreed.Read More...

North Korea Dear Leader Kim Jong Il: "I'm an Internet expert too"
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il wants everyone to know that he is no n00b. He's an Internet expert too, even if his people aren't.Read More...