Wired: Top Stories
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Google Says Microsoft-Yahoo Merger Would Stifle Internet Innovation
Posted: February 3rd, 2008, 9:30pm EST by Associated Press
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In Google's first public reaction to Microsoft's unsolicited bid for Yahoo, it says the merger could pose a threat to the internet, and could stifle openness, innovation and protection of privacy online.
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Listening Post: Want Better Music? Don't Stiff the Songwriters
Posted: February 3rd, 2008, 9:00pm EST by Eliot Van Buskirk
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As new digital-distribution plans gain traction, an inevitable fight over publishing royalties breaks out. If songwriters lose, your ears will suffer. Commentary by Eliot Van Buskirk.
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Feb. 4, 1915: Improve Your Diet and Live Better, Longer
Posted: February 3rd, 2008, 9:00pm EST by Tony Long
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A public-health doctor discovers that poor diet, not airborne microbes, is the cause of pellagra, a debilitating and often fatal disease. He's bucking the medical establishment, though, and his findings are not universally accepted.
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Abracadabra! Bush Makes Privacy Board Vanish
Posted: February 3rd, 2008, 9:00pm EST by Ryan Singel
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President Bush has failed to nominate candidates for a congressionally empowered privacy board intended to police anti-terrorism programs. Privacy groups charge that the administration fears the board's independence.
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Writers Reach Breakthrough in Contract Talks
Posted: February 3rd, 2008, 12:30am EST by Associated Press
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Hollywood studios and striking writers reach a breakthrough in contract talks, which could lead to a tentative deal as early as next week.
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Afghan Student Sentenced to Death After Downloading Report
Posted: February 3rd, 2008, 12:30am EST by Threat Level
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A 23-year-old student journalist in Afghanistan is sentenced to death for downloading and distributing a report that is critical of the oppressive treatment of women in some Islamic societies.