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  Hackers to talk shop
  at Black Hat, Defcon

  Security pros will be swapping notes on hacking everything from iPhones to the smart grid when they gather at Black Hat and Defcon, where geek games and mayhem rule.

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  The top 10 songs
  the Web brought back

  Thanks to iTunes, YouTube, Guitar Hero, and the like, it's possible for long-forgotten music to be revived in a big way--even if it had disappeared from the airwaves for a reason.

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• Western Digital releases 1TB laptop hard drive

  Company's new hardware significantly shrinks the storage-capacity gap between notebook and desktop drives.

  (Posted in Crave by Dong Ngo)

• Will this be the week for Microhoo?

  Ad Age's magic 8-ball says that "signs point to yes." That said, we've all been down this road before. Take it with a grain of salt, if your shaker isn't already empty.

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

• iPhone maker in China under fire after suicide

  Foxconn opens up a bit following the death of a 25-year-old worker who had been accused of stealing an iPhone prototype.
  (From The New York Times)

• Nissan unveils all-electric sedan prototype

  EV platform, which promises a 100-mile range and online services to find charging stations, is large plank of an efficiency strategy to be further detailed next week.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

• Labels to serve digital albums to iTunes rivals

  The biggest recording companies plan to release their own type of interactive album that may end up competing with Apple's version, code-named Cocktail.
  • Report: Apple, labels mixing musical 'Cocktail'

  (Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

• Photos: A history of the Air Force's arsenal

  road trip At the Hill Aerospace Museum in Utah, visitors can see a wide range of planes from the Flying Boxcar to the B1 bomber.
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• AT&T said to block 4chan; pranksters fight back

  After AT&T's broadband customers began reporting they couldn't access the forum site, a fake report surfaced on CNN's iReport alleging that AT&T's CEO was dead.

  (Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

• Images: Tech timetable to 2012 Olympics

  Company overseeing the tech for the London 2012 Olympic Games reveals how it's warming up in preparation for the starter's gun.

• Weak economy hurts Verizon's earnings

  Telecom giant's overall profits dip in the second quarter, despite higher revenue and new subscribers for its wireless and TV services.

  (Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

• Joule adds CO2 to sunlight to make fuel

  Two-year-old Joule Biotechnologies introduces its synthetic biology technology that uses engineered microorganisms to make ethanol from sunlight and carbon dioxide.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

• Astronauts in home stretch of marathon mission

  Endeavour astronauts are preparing for a fifth and final spacewalk Monday before departing the International Space Station Tuesday after an 'extremely successful' mission.
  • Dinner for 13, minus gravity

  (Posted in The Space Shot by William Harwood)

• Windows 7 will give boost to PC hardware

  Improvements in the operating system will include how Windows handles multitasking, graphics acceleration, and solid-state drives.

  (Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

• China telecoms market to surpass Japan by 2014

  The growth of China's mobile industry will weather the economic decline, driven by the rollout of 3G networks and extended coverage into rural areas.

  (Posted in Wireless by Victoria Ho)
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