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Gartner Revises Server Share Numbers
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Gartner revised its first quarter numbers and found that IBM actually beat out Hewlett-Packard in server revenue....
Who Is Running The Most Secure Browser?
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Many users are undoubtedly not updating their browsers as quickly as they should, but you can't conclude any specifics about that from the recent study of Google logs....
DOJ Sued Over Cell Phone Tracking Practices
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Civil liberties groups claim the Justice Department is bypassing warrants to obtain real-time tracking information on U.S. citizens....
Microsoft Internet Explorer Security Strikes Back
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 security builds on the Phishing Filter of IE 7 and thwarts cross-site scripting....
IBM Helps Link POS to the Back Office
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IBM and Epicor jointly release an offering that centrally manages and supports POS....

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Pack the plastic; Alaska Airlines goes cashless
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:17:17 -0700
Alaska Airlines will no longer accept cash for in-flight purchases.
Pocket Armrest seeks to become the next neck pillow
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:09:44 -0700
Serial entrepreneur Matt Mostad, of Kenmore, comes up with an idea for traveler's aide while sitting in a cramped airplane seat.
Chevrolet may introduce a mini to U.S.
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:12:00 -0700
General Motors is considering a new Chevrolet minicar for the U.S. as it reworks its product lineup to cope with a dramatic shift from trucks to cars that is linked to high gas prices, a spokesman said Thursday.

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Bits: Google Puts Privacy Link on Main Page
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:08:11 -0000
The move brings Google into clear compliance with a California law that requires many Internet sites to have a link to their privacy policy on their home page.
Google Told to Turn Over User Data of YouTube
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:30:23 -0000
The order raised concerns that the online video viewing habits of tens of millions of people could be exposed.
Bits: What Is Facebook Worth? (Part 37)
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:43:10 -0000
A document in the settled Facebook ConnectU litigation reveals that Facebook’s common shares are worth a quarter of the value of the stock Microsoft purchased when it invested in the social network.

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Stealing ideas from nature
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:01:21 -0400
When self-confessed "nature nerd" Janine Benyus coined the term "biomimicry" in a book she published a decade ago, little did she know it would make her a household name, rubbing shoulders with Hollywood stars.
Faked tiger photo sparks Web furor
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:23:49 -0400
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Tunguska blast still a mystery 100 years on
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:17:51 -0400
It produced a blast hundreds of times stronger than the Hiroshima bomb, was seen hundreds of miles away and narrowly missed obliterating an entire city -- but 100 years to the week after the mysterious explosion in Siberia, no one is any closer to understanding what caused it.

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We Know What You've Been Watching on YouTube
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:13:00 -0400
A court has ordered Google to turn over a database that links users to every video they've watched on the popular Web site YouTube. Jennifer Urban, director of the University of Southern California Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic, says the ruling has big implications for online privacy.
Twitter, What Are You Doing? Co-Founder Tells All
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:51:00 -0400
Twitter.com has so many new users that the Web site keeps crashing. Meanwhile, Twitter engineers are taking popular features away for retooling. It's a painful process, but co-founder Biz Stone has a plan.
Free Speech In China? Text Me
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:21:00 -0400
Hundreds of millions of people in China have cell phones, and with no voice mail, many turn to text messaging to make sure their messages get conveyed. Texting remains one of the few outlets for free speech in a country notorious for its censorship practices.

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Google 'faces Street View block'
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:56:34 -0000
Google's plans to launch a mapping tool in the UK could be referred to the Information Commissioner.
Warning letters to 'file-sharers'
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:41:04 -0000
The music industry says thousands of UK broadband users who share tracks illegally will be warned about it in letters.
Google must divulge YouTube log
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:19:53 -0000
Google must divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched avideo on YouTube, says a US court.

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Japan asks: anybody out there?
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:02:00 -0400
Jul. 4 - Japan's biggest astronomical observatories are teaming up for a fresh quest to find out if there is life in outer space.
Reuters Technology Week
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Jul. 3 - The robo-bartender, virtual haute couture, and global leaders ride hydrogen style.
Robo barman pulls first pint
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Jul. 3 - Billed as the world's first robot barman, Mr Asahi pulls the crowds at London's Selfridges department store.

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Court orders YouTube to give Viacom video logs
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips and when....
2 teens attacked in town mocked in YouTube videos
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DOVER, N.Y. (AP) -- Two teenagers who drove to Oniontown after a series of YouTube videos portrayed the hamlet as a run-down, backwoods dump were pelted with rocks by an angry group of young residents, authorities said....
Internet addressing agency loses its own addresses
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Ask.com closes Dictionary.com deal
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Fourth-ranked search engine completes its acquisition of the parent company of Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Reference.com.
1 euro eBay baby goes home
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Parents had put their baby boy up for sale on eBay--apparently as a joke--but German authorities didn't find it particularly amusing.
VeriSign names interim CEO
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Company's founder takes the place of the CEO and president, who resigned abruptly earlier this week.

 

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Club - Based in Roanoke are of South West Virgina, United States. Group promotes robotics as a hobby, and sponsors robotics education activities, including FIRST Lego League (FLL) teams.

Robotics Group - Based in Toronto, Canada. Between 1996 and 2001, ARG created a variety of robotic art and kinetic sculptures. The site includes descriptions of projects and a mailing list.

Atlanta Hobby Robotic Club - Based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Holds monthly meetings, monthly RBNO, and annual Robot Rally competition. AHRC was founded in 1981 as an offshoot of the Atlanta Computer Society. Site includes a discussion forum, photos, meeting minutes, and calendar.

B9 Robot Builders Club - An online club whose members are dedicated to building replicas of the B9 robot from the Lost in Space TV show. Building tips, links to suppliers and technical details are provided.

Bellingham Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Society - BAIRS meets monthly on the Western Washington University campus in Bellingham, Washington, United States. Meetings are open to everyone.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to BAIRS home! We are a group of people who are interested in making smart robots. We are located in Bellingham, one of the most beautiful cities on the west coast. ]

Boise Robotics Group - Based in Boise, Idaho and known as BoRG by its members. Site includes meeting schedule, the group's mailing list, and event information.

Botmatrix - Robotic art collective based in New York, United States. The group creates autonomous robots for parades, robot shows, and theaters. They also hold lectures and open workshops on robotics and the electronic arts.

Brisbane Robotics SIG - Based in Brisbane, Australia. Holds monthly meetings as well as workshops and competitions. Site includes an event calendar.

Bufbotics - Based in the greater Buffalo, New York area. Site include a mailing list, information on contests and club projects.

Cal Robotics Club - Based at the University of California at Berkeley. Our goal is to promote the building of and research into robots. Site includes project information and a documentation database.
Meta Description: [ Cal Robotics is a student found organization at UC Berkeley. ]

Carnegie Mellon Robotics Club - Holds meetings on the CMU campus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Membership is open to all CMU students. Site includes photo gallery and project list.

Central Illinois Robotics Club - Based in Peoria, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1997. CIRC holds monthly meetings and an annual Sumo contest. Site includes meeting schedule, news, and a mailing list.

Central Jersey Robotics Group - Located New Jersey, United States. The CJRG uses robotics to teach electronics to high school students and holds an annual robot open house called Robot Madness.
Meta Description: [ Central Jersey Robotics Group is a High School Electronics Program that uses Robotics to Teach Electronics: mobile robots, robotic systems, robots for competitions including IEEE Mouse, Trinity Fire Fighting Robots, Robot Melee ]

Chicago Area Robotics Group - ChiBots is based in Chicago, Illinois, United States and holds monthly meetings. Founded in 2000. Site includes meeting minutes, photos, and a group email list.

Clark College Robotics and Automation Club - Meets weekly at Clark Community College in Vancouver, Washington, United States. Site includes photos of robots, meeting information, forum and mailing list.

Computers, Robotics, and Artists Society of Houston - CRASH is based in Houston, Texas, United States. Founded in 1994. Holds occasional physical meetings but concentrates on virtual collaboration.

Connecticut Robotics Society - Based in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Monthly meetings and line-following contest held at Hartford University. Site includes club projects, member list, meeting minutes, and photos.

404 CSUS Competitive Robotics - A California State University Sacramento student robot club that focuses primarily on competitive robotics and radio controlled combat vehicles. Located in Sacramento, California, United States.

Dallas Personal Robotics Group - Based in Dallas, Texas, United States. Founded in 1984, the DPRG holds monthly meetings, a weekly Robot Power Lunch (RPL), a weekly Robot Builders Night Out (RBNO), and several contests each year. Site includes robot news, technical articles, photo galleries, meeting minutes and a calendar of events.
Meta Description: [ Founded in 1984, one of the nation's oldest personal robotics groups. Come join us! ]

Denver Area Robotics Club - Based in Denver, Colorado, United States. DARC holds monthly meetings. Site includes meetings info, projects, technical articles, photos, and mailing list.
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Duke University Robotics Club - DURC is located at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 2001. Site include projects, meetings times and minutes, member list, and photos.

East Finchley Robotics Club - Located in East Finchley, London, United Kingdom. The club is sponsored by the OrionRobots community website and provides a way for local robot builders and researchers to pool their resources, while holding workshops for young and new builders.

East Texas Robot Builders - Based in Tyler, Texas, United States. Unique club structure with no membership dues, officers, or bureaucracy; just robotics. Site includes forumn and meeting information.
Meta Description: [ ETRB.org - East Texas Robot Builders ]

Finland Robotic Society - Located in Helsinki, Finland. Founded in 1983. Site in English and Finnish.

GMU Robotics Club - Open to student at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, United States. The group holds weekly meetings. Site includes meeting info, projects, and a photo gallery.

Greater Lafayette Lego Robotics Club - LAFLRC is based in Lafayette, Indiana, United States. Open to anyone who is interested in Lego Mindstorm robotics. Meets twice a month. Site include photos, news, and event schedule.

HomeBrew Robotics Club - Based in San Jose, California, United States. HBRC is the origin of the RoboBrick and holds monthly general meetings and SIG meetings. Site includes general information, meeting calendar, technical articles, and a mailing list.

IEEE Robotics and Automation Society - Local and student chapters of IEEE RAS have been established in many US States and in 14 countries. Website includes local chapter contact list, calendar and resource lists.

Indianapolis Autonomous Robotics Club - IndyARC is based in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The group welcomes anyone interested in designing and building self-guided robots for competition, education, or just for fun.
Meta Description: [ Indianapolis Autonomous Robotics Club ]

Iowa State University Robotics Club - Meets on the ISU campus in Ames, Iowa, United States and is open to ISU students, faculty, staff, and spouses.

404 Iran Science and Arts Foundation Robotic e-Club - An educational club for high schools in Iran. The site includes a discussion forumn, news, and resource links.

IU Robotics Club - Based at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, United States. The club was founded in 2001 and holds weekly meetings on campus. Membership is open to IU students.
Meta Description: [ The Official Indiana University Robotics Club Home Page ]

Java Robotics Users Group - JRUG is an online group for anyone interested in the application of the Java programing language for robotics.
Meta Description: [ Java Robotics User Group ]

Kansas City Area Robotics Society - KCARS was founded in 2003 and holds monthly meetings. Site includes event information and project descriptions.
Meta Description: [ A Robot club for hobbists located in the Kansas City metropolitan area. ]

Las Vegas Robot Club - This group is based in Las Vegas, Nevada and holds regular meetings a the offices of a local robotics company.
Meta Description: [ LVBOTS Robot Club ]

LEGO Robotics Group of Ann Arbor - Based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Site includes member profiles, discussion forums, and event calendar.
Meta Description: [ 24tooth.com is the official web site for the LEGO Robotics Group of Ann Arbor where you can find descriptions, images and movies that cover the LEGO based robots we make to compete ]

Lenox High Bot Club - Based in Lenox, Massachusetts, United States. Membership is open to Lenox high school students. The club provides real world experience in electronics, science, and physics principles through the construction of robots.
Meta Description: [ Want to build your own fighting robot? We have all the resources you need to build a robot for science fair projects, RobotWars, or just for fun. Robot building parts, kits, articles & more. ]

Maine Robotics - Privately operated group promoting educational robotics projects in Maine, United States. Projects include a FIRST LEGO League team and robotic summer camps. Also provides on-site robotics workshops for teachers.

Missouri Area Robotics Society - MARS holds monthly meetings in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Website includes an online discussion forum.

Mobile Autonomous Robot Society - MARS is a student organization of the University of Alabama in Huntsville, Alabama, United States. Membership is open to all UAH students. Site include member list and project pages.

Nashua Robot Builders - NRB is based in Nashua, New Hampshire, United States and holds monthly meetings. Site includes newsletters and meeting information.

New Mexico Tech Robotics Club - NMTRC holds weekly meetings and is open to all all New Mexico Tech students. Site includes meeting minutes, projects listing, and historical archives.

Northern Colorado Robotics Club - Based in Boulder, Colorado, United States. Holds monthly meetings. Yahoo! Group site includes mailing list, photos, and calendar of events.
Meta Description: [ FrontRangeRobotics: Northern Colorado Robotics Club ]

Ottawa Robotics Enthusiasts - Based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. ORE holds monthly meetings at Algonquin College. Site includes technical articles, project plans, and a mailing list.
Meta Description: [ The Ottawa Robotics Enthusiasts homepage ]

PennBots - Based in Gardners, Pennsylvania, United States. Holds monthly meetings. Members build both autonmous robots and Battlebot-style R/C combat vehicles. Site includes a discussion forum, photos, and calendar.

Phoenix Area Robotics Experimenters - Based in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1998. PAReX holds two meetings each month and several competition annually. Site includes a calendar and technical articles.

Pikes Peak Robotics Group - PPRG holds the Monthly meetings. Site includes links to other robotics resource.

Pittsburgh Area Robotics Society - Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. PARS was founded in 1999 and holds monthly meetings.
Meta Description: [ This is the website of the Pittsburgh Area Robotics Society. We off this site as a resource to members and nonmembers alike to help educate and inform in the area of robotics. ]

Pittsburgh Robotics Society - Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Monthly meetings held on the first saturday of each month.
Meta Description: [ Robotics club in Pittsburgh ]

Portland Area Robotics Society - Based in Portland, Oregon, United States. PARTS holds monthly meetings and an annual competition. Site includes meeting minutes, projects, technical articles, and photos.

R2DC - Organization for Star Wars fans who wish to build replicas of R2-D2. Located in the Baltimore-Washington DC Metro Area.

RHIT Aerial Robotics Club - Based at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. Membership open to RHIT students. Site includes meeting info, photo gallery, and project list.
Meta Description: [ The RHIT Robotics Team is comprised of students at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute Indiana. The main purpose of the club is to promote understanding of robotics though projects funded by grants and donations. ]

RoboMontreal - Online group open to roboticists of all skill levels in the Montreal area.
Meta Description: [ robomontreal: RoboMontreal ]

Robot Club of Traverse City, MI - Based in Traverse City, Michigan, United States. Yahoo Group site includes mailing list, calendar, and photos.
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Robotics Art Club - RAC is open to father/son teams who wish to work on the creation of robotic art projects. All club business is conducted over the web. RAC meets weekly in Seekonk, Massachusetts, United States.

Robotics Society of Southern California - Based in Fullerton, California, United States. RSSC holds monthly meetings and occasional competitions. Site includes mailing list.

Sacramento Area Robotics Group - SARG is based in Sacramento, California, United States. SARG holds monthly meetings. Site includes meeting and event listings.

San Diego Robotics Society - Based in San Diego, California, United States. SDRS holds monthly meetings, workshops, and an annually competition. Site includes technical papers, mailing list, and photos.

San Francisco Robotics Society of America - The San Francisco Robotics Society of America promotes free exchange of information about robotics to stimulate education in the sciences, create new businesses, and to promote the enjoyment of robotics as a hobby.

Seattle Robotics Society - Founded in 1982, the SRS is one of the oldest and largest robotics groups in the world. Membership is open to everyone. The group holds monthly meetings and several competitions. Site includes the Encoder online newsletter.

So-Cal Hero Group - Based in Los Angeles, California, United States. Meets monthly to work on restoration of Heathkit Hero 2000 Robots.
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Society for Houston Area Robotics Projects - SHARP holds monthly meetings at the Ft. Bend Library in Sugar Land, Texas. Site includes meeting schedule and event information.

The Robot Group - Based in Austin, Texas, United States. Holds monthly meetings and informal weekly get togethers. Founded in 1989 by a group of engineers and artists.

The Robotics Club of Yahoo! - An online club open to robot hobbyists and professionals. Site includes technical articles, tutorials, and group projects. TRCY also sponsors a Yahoo! based mailing list and weekly chats.

500 The UK Cybernetics Club - An online collective based in the United Kingdom. Membership is open to anyone interested in intelligent mobile robots.

Triangle Amateur Robotics - TAR is based in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Originally a homebrew computer club founded in 1975, the group was renamed to TAR in 1987. TAR holds monthly meetings and an annual contest.

Trinity College Robot Study Team - Founded in 1992, the team is run by undergraduate students and focuses on the design and construction of robots for the Trinity College Fire Fighting Home Robot Contest.

Turkish Istanbul Area Hobby Robot Builders - Formed in 2003. Meets in Istanbul area. Open to anyone with an interest in hobby robotics.
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Twin Cities Robotic Group - TCRG is based in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States and holds monthly meetings. Site includes technical articles, member profiles, and robot photos.
Meta Description: [ TCRG - Twin Cities Robotics Group Home Page. We are a loose affiliation of people interested in robots, located in the Twin Cities metro area. ]

UB Robotics - UBR is based at SUNY at Buffalo, in Buffalo, New York, United States. Founded in 1998. Membership is open to University at Buffalo undergraduate students. Site include projects, photos, and meeting information.

Union College Robotics Club - A campus club open to students of Union College in Schenectady, New York, United States. UCRC annually designs a robot for competition. Site includes project photos, mailing list, and meeting minutes.

University of Arizona Micro Air Vehicle Club - Student group that develops Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs), tiny radio-controlled or autonomous robot aircraft. Meets weekly on UA campus.

University of Illinois at Chicago Engineering Design Team - Based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded in 2000. The UIC EDT is open to students of UIC and holds weekly meetings on campus. Site includes a project list, meeting schedule, and mailing list.
Meta Description: [ The Chicago Engineering Design Team based at the University of Illinois at Chicago ]

University of Toronto Robotics Association - The University of Toronto Robotics Association (UTRA) is primarily interested in designing and constructing competitive robots for competition in BattleBots and other similar events.

Vancouver Island Robotics - Based in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The site includes meeting information and a mailing list.
Meta Description: [ The Vancouver Island Robotics Organization promotes robotics to youth and others in the local robotic community. ]

Vancouver Robotics Club - Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The club holds monthly meetings. Site includes meeting calendar and mailing list.

Waterloo Aerial Robotics Group - Based at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. WARG was founded in 1997 and has the goal of developing autonomous air and ground robots. Membership is open to UW students. Site includes meeting information, history, and event information.

Western Canadian Robotics Society - Based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 2001. WCRS holds monthly meetings at the SAIT campus and puts on the annual Western Canadian Robot Games. Site includes photos, general information and a meeting calendar.

y Robotics - Yahoo! based online robotics group for robot builders located in Montana, United States.
Meta Description: [ BigSkyRobots: BigSkyRobots ]

Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor Area Robotics Club - YAAARC holds monthly meetings in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Site includes robot news, mailing list, discussion forums, and technical articles.