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A top secret NSA wiretapping facility accused of wiretapping innocent Americans abroad was hastily staffed with inexperienced reservists in the months following September 11, where they worked under conflicting orders and with little supervision, according to three former workers at spy complex. Wired.com More...

Jeremiah Grossman talks about the increasing threat of clickjacking with CNET's Robert Vamosi. More...

Yahoo and the Dow Jones both crossed into new territory, falling into lower lows that haven't been seen for the past five years. More...

Economic downturn is likely to hit every sector of the U.S. economy, including the formerly frothy Silicon Valley tech industry. Rafe Needleman stops by to talk about what we can expect from Web companies. More...

The Time Warner site has begun notifying users they need to move their blogs by October 31. Also: download those files at Hometown/FTP. More...

Starting next week, company is expected to also provide an "exploitability index" to help system administrators prioritize the patches. More...

Windows whatever the weather Microsoft is taking steps to make sure it's not left out of pocket as banking customers seek bankruptcy protection against their suppliers.… More...

AFP - Apple is expected to unveil new notebook computers, perhaps even one priced for those with tight budgets, at a "town hall" gathering at its northern California headquarters next week. More...

Watch the first-ever video of the first 24 hours of an embryo at the cellular level. A zebrafish embryo goes from a single cell to 20,000 cells that have begun to organize into specialized tissue. Wired.com More...

The former CEO and Chief Financial Officer of software as a service provider Entellium face charges of wire fraud after allegedly lying to investors about the company's revenues. More...

Reuters - Gina Sutton takes aim and deftly strikes down several targets in a row as they pop up on the screen in front of her. More...

Not just 'idiotic' - 'misleading' too IBM, EMC, Microsoft and others have been blasted by the father of Representational State Transfer (REST) for making "misleading" and "idiotic" claims about a proposed specification for applications to talk to different vendors' content management systems (CMS).… More...

Google Blog Search is the new kid on town, but what about the other services that have offered similar functionality? We break down six competitors. More...

Latest VP controversy comes on the eve of the debate, and everyone's got an opinion. More...

Buckling to OEMs? Never mind that Microsoft has kicked off a hyped ad campaign to convince the public to buy Windows Vista PCs, - it's also given users more time to switch back to Windows XP.… More...

An influential group of eBay merchants is blasting recent changes in the online marketplace. More...

Ecommerce websites have many advantages over the usual shopping ways. First of all it is an online process where there is no nagging salesman to push for making a purchase. The user can take their own... More...

Reuters - Freescale Semiconductor said on Thursday it was exploring strategic options for its cell phone chip business and intends to complete a sale, joint venture or other options in the coming months. More...

Frameline 47 version 3 is now available. The video asset management software for Mac OS X costs US$139, and a 14-day trial... More...

Skype's president says his company was unaware that Skype users in China were having their instant message conversations... More...