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  Oops: Backscatter x-ray machines "tear apart DNA"

  By Christopher Null

  The latest airport security trend is the backscatter x-ray machine, touted as a powerful way to virtually frisk a traveler for contraband without the embarassment of a strip...

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  Scareware on the rise

  By Christopher Null

  How do you get a jaded computer user to fork over money when he's already wise to spam come-ons and other digital scams?

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  Q&A: Choosing an external hard drive

  By Christopher Null

  Reader Arash writes: I'm looking into buying an external hard drive to back up pictures and old files. Do you have any brand you recommend? Or what should I look for? Flash vs....

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  GeoCities closes today -- farewell!

  By Christopher Null

  It's the end of an era in the world of the web: Yahoo!'s GeoCities service is finally shutting down today. The shutdown was originally announced in April of this year.

• Internet set for big change with introduction of non-Latin script domain names

  From Canadian Press

  By Kelly Olsen, The Associated PressSEOUL, South Korea - The Internet is set to undergo one of the biggest changes in its four-decade history with the expected approval this week...

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  Want holiday deals? Keep an eye on Twitter

  By Christopher Null

  Catalogs, email newsletters, coupon code websites, Sunday circulars... there's no shortage of methods that die-hard bargain hunters can use to keep tabs on where the bargains can...

• CRTC to allow telecoms to throttle web traffic but with new rules

  From Canadian Press

  By Julian Beltrame, The Canadian Press OTTAWA - The federal regulator will continue to allow Canada's big telecommunications firms to restrict traffic on their Internet networks,...

• With Windows 7 and chic hardware, Microsoft hopes 'I'm a PC' goes from lament to boast

  From Canadian Press

  By Jessica Mintz, The Associated PressREDMOND, Wash. - Although no one waits in long lines for a new edition of Windows anymore, the debut of Microsoft's latest software that runs...

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  The Internet is messing with your head -- biologically, that is

  By Christopher Null

  The Internet is my anti-drug... but scientists say that exposure to the web might have a far greater effect on brain function than anyone had imagined.

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  Apple bows new iMacs with upgraded displays, touch-sensitive "Magic Mouse"

  By Ben Patterson

  On the heels of announcing blockbuster earnings for the past quarter, Apple unveils a slew of new products, including a pair of iMacs with razor-sharp, 16:9 displays, a redesigned...