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Harvard Endowment Loses 22% 
(unknown author) via NYT > Home Page on Thu, 04 Dec. 2008
University officials have been told to expect a 30 percent drop in the endowment’s value because of the financial turmoil.
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Point-and-click search on the iPhone 
(unknown author) via CNET News.com on Thu, 04 Dec. 2008
Proximic has developed technology enabling users to point-and-click on a piece of text to get relevant search results, making it easier for mobile users to conduct complex queries.
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Backblaze Offers Hassle-Free Unlimited Online Backup [Featured Download] 
Adam Pash via Lifehacker on Thu, 04 Dec. 2008
Windows/Mac OS X: Backup service Backblaze aims to take the hassle out of online backup by backing up only the data you need and ignoring unnecessary files like operating system files, applications, and temporary files. That way you don't have to get specific with Backblaze about every
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Neocons still prepping for Iran hit: Dreyfuss 
(unknown author) via Raw Story Breaking News on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
What, exactly, does president-elect Barack Obama's mild-mannered choice to head the Department of Health and Human Services, former senator Tom Daschle, have to do with neo-conservatives who want to bomb Iran?
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Google's free-wheeling research days wind down 
(unknown author) via CNET News.com on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
It's no secret Google has been pinching pennies. While engineering still matters, revenue generation is in the driver's seat.
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Harvard Endowment Loses 22% 
(unknown author) via NYT > Home Page on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
University officials have been told to expect a 30 percent drop in the endowment’s value because of the financial turmoil.
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Wikipedia hopes to make editing user-friendly
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(unknown author) via Yahoo! News: Technology News on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
AP - Concerned that many would-be contributors to Wikipedia are being scared away, the foundation that runs the Internet encyclopedia is getting an $890,000 grant to try to make the editing process more user-friendly.
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Amazon Mobile Looks Up Any Product You Snap a Picture Of [Featured IPhone Download] 
(unknown author) via Lifehacker on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
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Ok.. when iPhone 3.0 comes out I'm in. Of course I said that from the beginning, but still.. this is frakkin' cool.
iPhone/iPod touch only: Amazon released a new mobile application for the iPhone and iPod touch today, ensuring that you c
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Panel: Government data-mining programs lack oversight 
(unknown author) via CNET News.com on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
Government information collection and sharing programs are too secretive, security and privacy experts tell the House Homeland Security Committee.
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Amazon.com Feeds Impulse Shopping Frenzy with iPhone App
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(unknown author) via Yahoo! News: Technology News on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
PC World - Just in time for the busy holiday shopping season, Amazon.com has released an iPhone App that gives users a direct portal to the Website without the Safari middleman. After you sign into your account, the Amazon App lets you search, buy items with a single click, access your wish list and account information, and basically do everything the regular website offers.
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The 10 Best Books of 2008 
(unknown author) via NYT > Books on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
The Book Review picks the best works from the last year.
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Harvard Endowment Loses 22% 
(unknown author) via NYT > Home Page on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
University officials have been told to expect a 30 percent drop in the endowment’s value because of the financial turmoil.
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Take a Look Inside a Facebook for the Filthy Rich 
Chris Snyder via Wired: Tech Biz on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
Wired.com is offered an exclusive pass into Total Prestige, an invitation-only networking site for one of the world's most underserved internet demographics: the super- and super-duper rich.
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Cell Phones That Never Need To Be Charged? Sound Wave-powered Devices Possible 
(unknown author) via Signs of the Times on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
Imagine a self-powering cell phone that never needs to be charged because it converts sound waves produced by the user into the energy it needs to keep running. It's not as far-fetched as it may seem thanks to the recent work of Tahir Cagin, a professor in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University.Utilizing materials known in scientific circles a
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Amazon.com Feeds Impulse Shopping Frenzy with iPhone App
(PC World) 
(unknown author) via Yahoo! News: Technology News on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
PC World - Just in time for the busy holiday shopping season, Amazon.com has released an iPhone App that gives users a direct portal to the Website without the Safari middleman. After you sign into your account, the Amazon App lets you search, buy items with a single click, access your wish list and account information, and basically do everything the regular website offers.
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"We've Won The War" 
Andrew Sullivan via The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sul on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
Of all the idiotic things that Bill Kristol has said, this has to be one of the dumbest. We currently have around 150,000 troops occupying Iraq. By coopting the Sunni tribes, engaging in serious counter-insurgency, dividing Baghdad into walled sectarian enclaves, and exploiting exhausti
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Wikipedia gets $890,000 for the Luddites 
(unknown author) via CNET News.com on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
User-built online encyclopedia receives grant to hire new developers, with a goal of making the occasionally confusing interface friendlier to non-geek contributors.
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Internet Needs Multilingual Support for Next Billion People
(PC World) 
(unknown author) via Yahoo! News: Technology News on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
PC World - The Internet must support the large number of languages in the world at all levels, including content, hardware, software, and internationalized domain names if it is to reach the next billion people, according to speakers at an Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Hyderabad, India.
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Retired generals meet with Obama to urge a clean break from Bush’s detainee policies. 
Matt Corley via Think Progress on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
Addressing speculation that he “is unlikely to radically overhaul controversial Bush administration intelligence policies,” President-elect Barack Obama pledged last month to end torture as part of “an effort to regain America’s moral stature in th
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