Here’s one other unusual consequence of the Fisher Plaza data center fire, the small blaze that knocked dozens of Web sites offline for hours last weekend. In an episode that TechCrunch classified as "strange," Google for the past several days was displaying the "Bing Temporarily Unavailable" page in the second search result slot when users typed "Bing" [...]

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Recent patent filings have shown Bill Gates and his friends exploring subjects as diverse as electromagnetic engines and beer kegs. Now they’re thinking even bigger — trying to stop hurricanes.
Microsoft’s chairman is among the inventors listed on a new batch of patent applications that propose using large fleets of vessels to suppress hurricanes through various [...]

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If you’re not one of the lucky 500 or so folks who will be attending The Naked Truth at Seattle’s beautiful outdoor sculpture park tonight, don’t worry. Thanks to Seattle 2.0 and their newly-launched video channel you can watch the verbal fireworks — including remarks from Michael Arrington, Fred Wilson, Jonathan Sposato, Glenn Kelman and [...]

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New York authorities accused the San Francisco social-networking site of invading privacy by illegally sending misleading promotional e-mail to the friends of its members without its members’ knowledge., more 

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, more  and Facebook Lures Advertisers at MySpace’s Expense  , more 
and Chrome vs. Android  , more 
Taking On Small-Business Identity Theft  , more 

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