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	Battles Over State Spending and Black Colleges Slow Higher-Ed Bill	News from the Chronicle of Higher Ed
	Lawmakers are negotiating on whether states should be penalized for cutting their higher-education budgets and whether Congress should create one new program for black colleges, or two.
	Universities in Beijing Tighten Security for Olympics	News from the Chronicle of Higher Ed
	Institutions in the city are closing their campuses to outsiders or sending students home, and the source of the crackdowns is difficult to trace.
	Campus Planners Discuss Challenges in Attaining Sustainability	News from the Chronicle of Higher Ed
	In working toward sustainability, campus planners said at a conference in Montreal, they face obstacles like outdated notions about what wastes energy and professors' desire to hang onto their large offices.
	University That Claimed Religious Discrimination Wins Lawsuit	News from the Chronicle of Higher Ed
	A federal appeals court ruled that Colorado's higher-education coordinating board had discriminated against Colorado Christian University by denying it state funds for student aid on the grounds that it was "pervasively sectarian."
	Higher-Education Price Index Rises 3.6 Percent, Trailing Consumer Price Index	News from the Chronicle of Higher Ed
	The measure of colleges' inflation costs grew only slightly more than last year, but it doesn't include recent jumps in some expenses, like utilities.
	Police Director Sues AOL For Critical Blogger's Name	Slashdot
	Pippin writes "Memphis Police Director, Larry Godwin, is suing AOL for the names of the authors of the Enforcer 2.0 blog. The blog is rumored to be authored by a Memphis police officer, and is critical of the department, Godwin, and some procedures. Godwin is actually using taxpayer dollars for this and is interestingly, the complaint is sealed".Read more of this story at Slashdot.
	Cannibal's legal objection hamstrings German horror film	The Register
	Rights infringement leads to ban A horror film has been banned in Germany because it infringes on the personality rights of the German man who killed and ate a voluntary victim on Christmas Day in 2001.?
	HMV lines up a few VAT-free CDs and DVDs	The Register
	How not to cannibalise your sales HMV is planning to put kiosks into some of its stores to allow customers to order out-of-stock CDs and DVDs which will be fulfilled VAT-free from the Channel Islands.?
	MPs probe MoD accountancy shenanigans	The Register
	'The arms industry are your masters, aren't they?' Analysis The UK Ministry of Defence has taken yet another lengthy roasting from the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, PAC, which has been examining its recently audited accounts. The MoD is accused of "masking" the costs of its biggest and most expensive equipment projects by creative accounting, and responds by pointing out that some of these costs are not of its own making but result from political meddling.?
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	Ballmer's memo on Johnson's departure	CNET News.com (20 most recent)
	Intel`s Embedded Processors Destined for New Gadgets	eWEEK Technology News
	Inside Apple's iPhone SDK Gag Order	Slashdot
	COPA suffers another blow	ZDNet Education IT
	Nokia, Qualcomm settle patent dispute	CNET News.com (20 most recent)
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	Intel launches new Tolapai system-on-a-chip design	ars technica
	Intel storage chips point to SoC future	CNET News.com (20 most recent)
	County MSA Exam Scores Rise, Remain Ahead of Pack	Washington Post Higher Education
	Shake-Up Follows Probe of Police Chief's Degree Credentials	Washington Post Higher Education
	Reaching Beyond the Classroom	Washington Post Higher Education
	County's Test Scores Rise in Every Grade	Washington Post Higher Education
	For More N.Va. Students, the Classroom Is on the Computer	Washington Post Higher Education
	Head of Office Was Fired Before Payroll Problems	Washington Post Higher Education
	Cafeteria Menus Get Failing Grades	Washington Post Higher Education
	Hornsby Convicted On 6 Counts	Washington Post Higher Education
	Managing growth - a followup to yesterday?s guest blog	ZDNet Education IT
	How to Mix the Right Technology and People to get Quality Customer Service	eWEEK Technology News
	Facebook, Google Truce in The Works at F8	eWEEK Technology News
	Librarians want to turn us all into privacy fiends	ars technica
	Troj/Mdrop-BUC	Sophos Virus Alerts
	Researchers Create Highly Predictive Blacklists	Slashdot
	Intel quad-core mobile chip coming: Is it overkill?	CNET News.com (20 most recent)
	How to Keep Things Cool in Your Data Center: 11 Tips for Summer	eWEEK Technology News
	Projector Tricks: More than Home Theater of the Office	eWEEK Technology News
	Facebook Introduces Connect, No Payment System	eWEEK Technology News
	EMC Modernizes Documentum	eWEEK Technology News
	Telco won't install fiber network, sues to prevent city from doing so	ars technica
	How to Be Understood at ComicCon	Wired
	How to Promote Yourself, Boost Your Geek Cred, and Be the Hero	Wired
	Marquiss Wind Power snaps up Cirrus Technologies	CNET News.com (20 most recent)
	How to Set Up a Velvet Rope on Facebook	Wired
	How to Impress the Rubes and Win at the Carnival	Wired
	Next Generation CPU Refrigerators	Slashdot
	Click fraud harder to detect, but rate stays flat	CNET News.com (20 most recent)
	Pairing your cell with Bluetooth? Buyer beware	CNET News.com (20 most recent)
	Microsoft refunding gamers, Games for Windows Live goes free	ars technica
	Sun to support AMP plus Linux	The Register
	Google App Engine sort of getting Perl support	CNET News.com (20 most recent)
	Google unfurls less laughable Wikipedia	The Register
	Attack Code Published For DNS Vulnerability	Slashdot
	AMD Denies Fab Sell-Off	eWEEK Technology News
	Kevin Johnson to leave Microsoft for Juniper	CNET News.com (20 most recent)
	Defense asks for dismissal of MySpace case	CNET News.com (20 most recent)
	San Francisco sysadmin stays in jail for now	The Register
	Accenture offers software to 'green' a business	CNET News.com (20 most recent)
	Amazon leaps tall buildings, scoffs at maimed economies	The Register
	Report: AMD will split into separate companies	CNET News.com (20 most recent)
	Cancer Center Warns of Kids' Cellphone Risks	Wired
	Studies: Banking Web sites, corporate computers are insecure	CNET News.com (20 most recent)
	Google's Knol, Expert Wiki, Goes Live	Slashdot
	Brainstorm Tech: Getting down to business	CNET News.com (20 most recent)
	iPhone vulnerable to phishing attacks	CNET News.com (20 most recent)
	Report: FCC set to approve XM Radio-Sirius merger (updated)	ars technica
	UK ISPs agree to menace their filesharing users	The Register
	If You Wanna Sell Plug-In Hybrids, You Gotta Make 'Em Sexy	Wired
	EMC Q2 coffers full, but outlook half-empty	The Register
	XM-Sirius merger heads to home stretch	CNET News.com (20 most recent)
	GreenRoad secures $3 million for driver-safety tech	CNET News.com (20 most recent)
	Ubuntu Is Hyper-Active At OSCON	Slashdot
	Oracle Makes Secure Web Access Management Push	eWEEK Technology News
	Report: Facebook growing faster than MySpace	CNET News.com (20 most recent)
	Yahoo president 'looking forward' to meeting Icahn	CNET News.com (20 most recent)
	Blogspot.com cited as the No. 1 host for malware	CNET News.com (20 most recent)
	Pedias of world beware: Google Knol now open to the public	ars technica
	Which Open Source Video Apps Use SMP Effectively?	Slashdot
	Seattle Spam King Dark Mailer faces 47-month sentence	The Register
	EC2 Vs. App Engine Vs. GoGrid Vs. AppNexus	Slashdot
	Intel CEO Calls for 10 Million Plug-In Conversions Within Four Years	Wired
	Study: websites of financial institutions insecure by design	ars technica
	Sabre-rattling Europe threatens US diplomats with visas	The Register
	Re-jigged Intel mobile Linux stack dumps Ubuntu	The Register
	Cisco to Buy Pure Networks	eWEEK Technology News
	North Americans just don't steal handsets, apparently...	The Register
	Google Blogger "Hosts 2% of World's Malware"	Slashdot
	iPhoto 7.1.4: problems with printing; "Tell a friend" function; focus delay	MacFixIt
	Industry group working on yet another wireless HD standard	ars technica
	Tech Giants Support Wireless HD Standard	eWEEK Technology News
	Security Matters: Lesson From the DNS Bug: Patching Isn't Enough	Wired
	Western Digital shrinks VelociRaptors for enterprise duty	The Register
	IPhone 3G Users Complain About Network Issues	Wired
	The Broadband Boom May Be Over	Wired
	MySpace jumps on OpenID bandwagon as a provider	ars technica
	Practical Django Projects	Slashdot
	Road Trip! Young Republicans Blog and Twitter Their Way Across the U.S.	Wired
	eMusic dances to new social rhythm, still has left foot	ars technica
	Romanian phisher confesses to scam targeting financial giants	The Register
	The Coffee Fix: Can the $11,000 Clover Machine Save Starbucks?	Wired
	NAO Humanoid Robot Set To Hit the Market	Slashdot
	ATandT Profit Up on Wireless Growth	eWEEK Technology News
	NCR, e-Play Deliver Digital Entertainment	eWEEK Technology News
	Why Power Failures Can Always Lead To Data Loss	Slashdot
	iPhone 3G Sales Ringing Twice as Nice for ATandT	eWEEK Technology News
	Hot corners stop working	MacFixIt
	Q&A: X-Files' Chris Carter Talks Paranoia, Secrecy and Surprise	Wired
	Video Game Labeling Law Passed In New York	Slashdot
	MindTouch Wiki Integrates Salesforce.com, LinkedIn	eWEEK Technology News
	Steve Jobs is 'cancer-free'	The Register
	Drug Companies Get Healthy, but at Whose Expense?	Wired
	Will Google destroy Digg or take it to the next level?	CNET News.com (20 most recent)
	Magic Tricks Reveal Inner Workings of the Brain	Wired
	SF Admin Gives Up Keys To Hijacked City Network	Slashdot
	Dell challenges blades with rack workstation	The Register
	SpringSource releases application infrastructure 'alternative'	The Register
	NASA Scientists Suggest Planting a Lunar Garden	Wired
	Review: Stephen Hawking's Secret Key to the Universe	Wired
	Camp Leads a Drumbeat for a Marching Band?s Style	NYT Higher Education
	Why Castlevania Became a Fighting Game	Wired
	S.F. Admin Coughs Up Passcodes to Mayor	Wired
	Blinking to replace remote controls, claims Japanese boffin	The Register
	Google Throws Open Rival for Wikipedia — Anon Authors Discouraged	Wired
	Cisco is moving into your house	The Register
	WarGames: A Look Back at the Film That Turned Geeks and Phreaks Into Stars	Wired
	As Summer Heats Up, An Ode to the Man Behind AC	Wired
	Indie Game Developers Enlist Algorithms to Do the World-Building for Them	Wired
	Ubuntu man challenges open source to out-pretty Apple	The Register
	Drive-by download attacks menace UK.gov	The Register
	FT forgets law of small numbers in tech collapse scenario	The Register
	Bike Multitool Packs a Big Kit Into a Tiny Package	Wired
	DIY SSD packs in CompactFlash card pair RAID rig	The Register
	Sony to bring E Ink eBook reader to UK in September	The Register
	Lesbos climax as lesbians lick Lesbians	The Register
	Electronics Giants to Create Wireless HD Standard	Wired
	Tiscali sues BT for 'defamation and falsehood'	The Register
	AMD Radeon HD 4850 and 4870	The Register
	Diving Knife Stabs, Pumps Out Explosive Ball of Frozen Gas	Wired
	CE giants pitch yet another wireless HD standard	The Register
	HP packaging madness continues apace	The Register
	Sophos podcast reveals the latest security threats and trends	Sophos Security News
	Hackers attack businesses, blogs and Web 2.0 sites, reveals Sophos Security Threat Report	Sophos Security News
	Prosecutor: Admin Rigged City Network for 'Failure'	Wired
	Report: PlayStation 3 Game 'Failing Epilepsy Tests'	Wired
	Guest blog - A lesson in compassionate capitalism	ZDNet Education IT
	Deals abound for back to school	ZDNet Education IT
	Matches Can Ease Climb to Fundraising Summit	Washington Post Higher Education
	Hundreds of Students Say They Weren't Paid	Washington Post Higher Education
	Arts Plan Could Cause Funding Gap, Study Says	Washington Post Higher Education
	Hornsby Retrial Jury Reports Deadlocks, Some Verdicts	Washington Post Higher Education
	iPhoto 7.1.4, iMovie 7.1.4, iLife Support 8.3, iWeb 2.0.4 released	MacFixIt
	Items disappear from the Dock -- recreate account	MacFixIt
	9 Reasons Why Campus Police and IT Should Start Talking	Educause Recent Library Submissions
	Kuali Student: A Next-Generation Administrative System	Educause Recent Library Submissions
	Happy Families, Good Fences, and Winning IT Collaborations	Educause Recent Library Submissions
	With No Frills or Tuition, a College Draws Notice	NYT Higher Education
	News Analysis: Care Needed in Lending to Students	NYT Higher Education
	Barry Seeks Audit After Payroll Glitch	Washington Post Higher Education
	Doubts Linger on Pre-K-8 Strategy	Washington Post Higher Education
	Homeschooling + marketing = great coffee?	ZDNet Education IT
	Please tell me an actual Apple netbook is on the way	ZDNet Education IT
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	Desktop drive icons moved after restart	MacFixIt
	Mac OS X 10.5.4: "Video conferencing does not work on this Mac"	MacFixIt
	Searching doesn't work for external drives	MacFixIt
	7 Things You Should Know About Wii	Educause Recent Library Submissions
	What the Army Taught Me About Teaching	Educause Recent Library Submissions
	Community-Generated Media	Educause Recent Library Submissions
	Skelos Presses for Tax Cap at First Leaders? Meeting	NYT Higher Education
	Paterson Set to Embrace Student Loan Plan	NYT Higher Education
	Intel World Mural project - just what will the next 40 years bring?	ZDNet Education IT
	I?m back!	ZDNet Education IT
	Young Drivers Getting A Lesson in Economics	Washington Post Higher Education
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	By Taxi, Expanding National Harbor's Reach	Washington Post Higher Education
	Circuit Court Judge Retiring in Charles	Washington Post Higher Education
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