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A number of readers have noted Google's open sourcing of their internal data interchange format, called Protocol Buffers (here's the code and the doc). Google elevator statement for Protocol Buffers is "a language-neutral, platform-neutral, extensible way of serializing structured data for use in communications protocols, data storage, and more." It's the way data is formatted to move around inside of Google. Betanews spotlights some of Protocol
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Set your peepers on four new images from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, out November 21.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A coalition of unions, think tanks and other groups launched an advertising campaign on Tuesday saying they want to ensure that health-care reform tops the U.S. political agenda after the November elections.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The president should be forced by law to consult Congress before going to war, a bipartisan panel including several prominent former U.S. officials said on Tuesday.

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - If last year's reunion mania is any indication, the highly anticipated return of Los Fabulosos Cadillacs this fall stands to be a major fourth-quarter bright spot for the music business. The band will also be able to take advantage of modern tools of promotion not available in its heyday.

Heidi Klum kept Leni's blue clip in her hair but traded Seal's baggy pants for skinny jeans while taking a stroll in the West Village today. Leni and Henry are just too adorable in their matching sunshine t-shirts, and Leni showed off her fashionista style with her different colored sandals. Now, all we need is Seal to complete the clan.
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When Chicago instituted a city wide smoking ban in 2005 it was met with mixed reaction; some hated the idea and others loved it with little middle ground. When R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. took advantage of a loophole in the Chicago ordinance and opened up a legal smoking lounge the Washington Post treated the company as if they skirted the law and published a critical story in its nation section under the headline "Tobacco Lounge Blows Smoke in The
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Filed under: Culture, Business Ubisoft has purchased Hybride Technologies, the Montreal-based visual effects studio behind several commercial, television and film projects; the studio is best known for its work on the films Spy Kids, 300 and Sin City. Ubi CEO Yves Guillemot says the acquisition is part of the company's plans to extend its brands to other forms of entertainment.Hybride and Ubisoft will move forward by sharing technology and develo
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Filed under: Business Stockholders have approved the merger of Activision and Vivendi Games to form the goliath Activision Blizzard. GameDaily reports the deal officially closes on July 9 and the new company will trade on the Nasdaq under Activision's ATVI ticker. This instantly makes Activision Blizzard the new alpha dog in the industry with a value of $18.9 billion -- EA now trails with $14.1 billion.Without getting into the nitty-gritty detail
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Unlike other Texas towns along the Mexican border, Del Rio actually welcomes the 15-foot-high steel wall the U.S. government wants to build.

Mexico City's police chief was forced out of office today following a botched nightclub raid that resulted in the deaths of 12 people.

The World's First Software Engineer David Caminer, the System designer behind LEO, the world's first business computer, has died, aged 92. He was a true pioneer, inventing many of the standards now called systems engineering. He failed to get into Cambridge and said later that "university seemed an irrelevance in the days of mass unemployment and hunger marches." He became a management trainee at Lyons - a catering company in London - where he w
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Skabble’s new desktop chat tool has a lot of potential, but not many practical features just yet. If you’re going to launch a new chat client, you’re going to have to consider the fact that there are established chat tools that support integration, which will make growth a bit easier. Skabble doesn’t appear [...]

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The Gadget: Aerielle's i2i Stream allows users to share audio from any source between two or more i2i devices using a wireless 2.4 GHz frequency. Just plug in a set of headphones and listen to the music your friends are broadcasting on their i2i Streams (up to 7 audio sources). galleryPost('i2istream', 3, ''); The Price: $119.95 for a two pack (currently on sale for $99.95 ) or $69.95 in a single version (on sale for $59.95) The Verdict: The i2
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A leaked email sent out to buyers at GameStop and Blockbuster shows three things that Microsoft will announce before or around E3 next week. One, there's a 60GB Pro console package coming. Two, there's a $99 60GB hard drive pack for Arcade and Core owners, which comes also with 3 months of Xbox Live, a wired headset and an Ethernet cable. Three, the 120GB hard drive will drop down to $149 in September. Nothing extraordinary, but all pretty decent
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