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    Tough luck Big Bang machine set to fire up at half power 07/08/2009 08:00:00

    The world's largest particle collider is scheduled to go back online at about half power this fall in an effort to get the problematic machine working on some science.
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    Big Bang machine hit with another delay 23/07/2009 07:42:00

    Trouble and delays continue to plague the enormous machine that scientists hope will help them figure out how the universe was created.
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    The Geek Atlas book 11/06/2009 09:00:00

    The history of science is, of course, a fascinating one - lit up by discoveries, inventions and many a curious character. But much less is known about the geography of science, and so The Geek Atlas: 128 Places Where Science & Technology Come Alive (O'Reilly, 2009) is a welcome addition to any tech-inclusive library.
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    10 operating systems the world left behind 03/04/2009 09:02:00

    You're not really supposed to love an operating system. It's like your car's hydraulic system, your digestive system or the global financial system. It's supposed to do its job -- and not get in your way while you're doing yours.
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    Tim Berners-Lee is cybercrime victim 17/03/2009 08:48:00

    'Founder of the web', Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has revealed he was the victim of online fraud after purchasing a gift online.
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    Hurrah Berners-Lee! Web celebrates 20th anniversary 16/03/2009 07:53:00

    Twenty years ago, computers were either the size of a basketball court or they were novelties that we played with. Twenty years ago, we got our news at 6 p.m. on television or in the morning newspaper. Twenty years ago, if you wanted to buy a sweater, you drove from store to store until you spent as much on gas as you did on the sweater.
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    Big Bang collider restart delayed to beef up safeguards 11/02/2009 08:55:00

    A plan to add more safety features to the Large Hadron Collider will have the world's largest particle collider offline until next fall -- months later than the previously planned springtime relaunch.
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    Downed Hadron Collider faces $21M in repairs 19/11/2008 07:07:00

    Fixing problems at the world's largest particle collider won't come cheap.
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    Berners-Lee starts foundation aimed at Web's future 16/09/2008 09:00:00

    Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, will launch a new foundation focused on extending the capabilities of the Web and bringing the Internet to all the world's people, he announced Sunday.
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    The A-Z of Programming Languages: C++ 25/06/2008 21:50:00

    Computerworld is undertaking a series of investigations into the most widely-used programming languages. Previously we have spoken to Alfred v. Aho of AWK fame, S. Tucker Taft on the Ada 1995 and 2005 revisions, Microsoft about its server-side script engine ASP, and Chet Ramey about his experience maintaining Bash. We have also spoken to Charles H. Moore about Forth. In this interview, we chat to Bjarne Stroustrup of C++ fame about the design and development of C++, garbage collection and the role of facial hair in successful programming languages.
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    Fifteen years of the Web 02/05/2008 08:37:20

    Without Tim Berners-Lee, we might all be slaves to Gopher by now.
 
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