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U.S. chooses ‘change’

cnn.com

Barack Obama thumped John McCain in the Electoral College tally and handily won the popular vote, becoming the first African-American elected president of the U.S. Obama told supporters, "change has come to America." read the article

FCC Opens New Airwaves to the Public

businessweek.com

“The country’s top communications regulator unanimously voted to free up the biggest ever swath of airwaves to be used by the public for cheap high-speed wireless Internet access.” read the article

Copying keys from distance

jacobsschool.ucsd.edu

"UC San Diego computer scientists have built a software program that can perform key duplication without having the key. Instead, the computer scientists only need a photograph of the key." read the article

Microsoft Introduces Windows 7, Ending Vista Brand

nytimes.time

“Microsoft introduced what it said would be a slimmer and more responsive version of its Windows operating system on Tuesday, while unceremoniously dropping the brand name Vista for the new product.” read the article

 

Microsoft’s official Windows 7 website

Kevin Rose of Digg: The Most Famous Man on the Internet

inc.com

“It’s Kevin Rose’s Internet; we’re just using it. Rose isn’t only the founder of Digg, a news/technology/nonsense site that has 30 million visitors a month. He also has his own TV network (Revision3), a communications platform (Pownce), and legions of obsessed fans. He’s having so much fun, you could almost miss the fact that he’s setting himself up to be an Internet-age media mogul.”  read the article

The official Formula 1 Videos

Formula1.com

Watch the official Formula 1 videos at Formula 1 website. here

Don’t forget to check out the last race of 2008 season at Sao Paulo, Brazil this weekend, where Lewis Hamilton (MacLaren) and Felipe Massa (Ferrari) compete for the world championship title!

Windows Azure

news.bbc.co.uk

“Microsoft has unveiled a cloud computing service, in which data and applications will not be stored on individuals’ computers.” read

- Read about the Azure Services Platform on Microsoft’s website

US Election polltracker

news.bbc.co.uk

BBC’s polltracker gives an overview of key US national opinion polls is the 2008 presidential election. view the tracker

Multitasking Teens May Be Muddling Their Brains

npr.org

“Doing several things at once can feel so productive. But scientists say switching rapidly between tasks can actually slow us down.” more