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1. UPDATED: Motorola to cut additional 4,000 jobs in 2009

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... fell 4.9% ($0.21) to close at $4.11 on the news. Schaumburg (Illinois) - Motorola announced yesterday that they would be cutting an additiona 4,000 jobs in 2009. This adds to the 3,000 they announced ...

2. The 2008 presidential election in numbers

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   ... McCain: $14 million, Clinton: $7 million), Florida ($51 million in total, Obama: $14 million, McCain: $14 million, Clinton: $8 million), and Illinois ($43 million in total, Obama: $26 million, McCain: ...

3. HerbalKing bust shows effect on global spam volume

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

     Just days after the FTC was capable of getting an Illinois court to close down the HerbalKing spam network, it was predicted that the spam level might potentially decrease as a result. So, do ...

4. CERN’s LHC to take a long winter break

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   ... for early spring, CERN said today. If you have planned on using CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) for your particle collisions, you may want to change your plan and head back to Illinois and run your ...

5. Court allows LHC scientists to proceed, first particles observed

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   ... The LHC will enable proton beams that carry an energy of 7 tera electron volts (TeV), more than seven times the energy that was created by the Tevatron, in Batavia, Illinois. The energy level of 7 TeV ...

6. CERN ready to test fire its time machine on September 10

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   ... 10, CERN’s LHC will replace the Tevatron, located in Batavia, Illinois, as the world’s most powerful particle accelerator and collider, at least until a possible 18 mile long linear collider (ILC or International ...

7. Illinois is the most spammed state

   (Security/Security Features)

     A new study by anti-spam provider MessageLabs shows that Illinois is the most spammed state in the USA.  If you’re surprised, so are we, because we expected this dubious honor to belong to ...

8. SimCity for Big Boys: Preparing for the Katrina of earthquakes

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   ... Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, invited me to visit the MAEviz team at the Mid-America Earthquake Center (MAE). MAEviz sounded about as familiar to me as it might ...

9. Intel and Nvidia co-sponsors in parallel programming initiative

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   ... a multi-core programming initiative at UC Berkeley and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Together with Microsoft, Intel is pouring $20 million into a research initiative that also ...

10. Scientists create malicious hardware

    (Security/Security Features)

      You are concerned about spam and viruses? You ain’t seen nothing yet, believe researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC): A next phase of more sophisticated viruses ...

11. An inside view: The $20 million Intel/Microsoft multicore programming initiative

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... today’s IT industry. Rajesh Karmani, a member of the research team at the University of Illinois, gives TG Daily readers and inside look of the challenges presented by a life time opportunity.     ...

12. Fairchild Semiconductor turns 50

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Fairchild Semiconductor played a pivotal role in the formation of silicon valley and several major semiconductor companies. South Portland (ME) - Fairchild Semiconductor was formed in 1957 to develop ...

13. Police raid game console modders

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... Wii and PlayStation 2. In a press release, ICE says agents from 22 offices executed search warrants on businesses and homes in 16 states including California, New York, Texas and Illinois this morning.  ...

14. Update: New DSL service from Earthlink does not require extra phone service

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    ... Verizon territory, including parts of California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode ...

15. NCSA: A look inside one of the world's most capable supercomputer facilities

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    ... of the University of Illinois - and were dazzled not only by the raw computing power, but also by what it takes to keep supercomputers online. Join us on a tour to learn more about one of the most stunning ...

16. New South Pole telescope to explore "dark energy"

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    ... the SPT team will include scientists from the University of California at Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laborator, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Case Western Reserve University, ...

17. UPDATE: Illinois Senator aims to ban social networking in schools, libraries

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    A new bill brought forward by Illinois Senator Matt Murphy (R) outlines a legislation that would force schools and libraries to block access to social networking sites. Murphy considers his bill as a ...

18. Analysis: YouTube becomes a popular spot along the campaign trail

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... who are running their campaign in a grassroots kind of way," says Annie Collins, a Democrat running for County Clerk in Kane County, Illinois, who is in favor of using YouTube to attract a new audience. ...

19. Could new broadband reforms lead to a "fast lane" for Google and Yahoo?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... a different way." Cable providers would be eligible to participate in the streamlined system, once they faced local competition. Rep. Bobby L. Rush (D - Illinois)   On the surface, the development ...

20. Michigan violent video game law struck down hard in US District Court

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... the ESA to get the law repealed, had issued comments this afternoon. The death of Michigan's violent video game law follows in the wake of similar defeats of similar laws passed in California and Illinois. ...

21. US House debates bill to allow nationally franchised ISPs, VoIP providers

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... of the bill, its co-author, Rep. Bobby Rush (D - Illinois), stated that federal regulators could be the best arbiters to ensure equitable competition among what he called "video service providers." Rep. ...

22. Anti-Microsoft group campaigns against Windows Vista release

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ... appear to be easy targets for Martin, especially when he announced that he intends to run for Governor in Illinois in 2006. (THG)  ...

23. The Wireless-Security Balancing Act

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ... the Holy Grail, or you'll lose an opportunity to invest in an architecture that could be of tremendous benefit," says O.J. Wolanyk, CIO for Memorial Health System in Springfield, Illinois. NewsFactor have ...