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Filk Music: Odd Voices for a Digital Generation

Filk is a little-known genre of folk music composed and performed by science-fiction fans, usually revolving around sci-fi and fantasy themes. "Filkers" share a lively online culture -- and in the real world, some entertaining and slightly bizarre get-togethers.

Filk Music: Odd Voices for a Digital Generation

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U.N. Control of the Internet and Open Information

There are international efforts to move central control of the Internet from the United States to a United Nations group. Day to Day technology contributor Xeni Jardin reports that some critics of the proposed move question whether it would give too much control to countries that don't embrace the idea of open information.

U.N. Control of the Internet and Open Information

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Writers Sue Google over Book Search

Google.com, the top Internet search engine, has a new legal battle on its hands -- this one from angry writers. Noah Adams talks with Day to Day technology contributor Xeni Jardin about a lawsuit that claims that Google's effort to make books searchable and findable on the Internet violates copyright law.

Writers Sue Google over Book Search

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Focused Sound 'Laser' for Crowd Control

Several police departments across America are planning to try a new device that uses focused sound, turned way up. These so-called non-lethal acoustic devices are already in use by U.S. forces in Iraq -- and some are already in place in areas hit by Hurricane Katrina.

Focused Sound 'Laser' for Crowd Control

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Techies Find Solutions to Gulf Coast's Telecom Woes

Hurricane Katrina devastated communications systems throughout the Gulf Coast -- everything from land lines to cell phones to Internet access. Now tech industry volunteers are helping the government fix the problem. Day to Day technology contributor Xeni Jardin reports.

Techies Find Solutions to Gulf Coast's Telecom Woes

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Virtual Reality Therapy for Combat Stress

Using components from a popular video game, researchers have created a "virtual" world that simulates the sources of combat stress for use in therapy sessions to treat Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Virtual Reality Therapy for Combat Stress

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Google to Snub CNET Reporters for CEO Disclosure

Madeleine Brand speaks with Day to Day technology correspondent Xeni Jardin about a budding dispute between the CNET tech news site and search engine giant Google. CNET published personal information about Google's CEO in a recent article, and Google responded by declaring it wouldn't speak to CNET reporters for a year.

Google to Snub CNET Reporters for CEO Disclosure

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Cyberfashion: Technology You Can Wear

Visionary designers and technology experts put their heads together at the recent annual SIGGRAPH convention to showcase cutting-edge fashions that are part fanciful, part practical, part science fiction.

Cyberfashion: Technology You Can Wear

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Simnuke: Having a Blast in the Nevada Desert

Activists and techno-geeks gather to commemorate the world's first nuclear explosion -- and have a party. Organizers of Simnuke set off their own, much smaller blast, as a reminder of the destructive power of atomic bombs.

Simnuke: Having a Blast in the Nevada Desert

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A Digital Film Studio on Prime S.F. Real Estate

Our own Day to Day technology contributor reports on Star Wars director George Lucas' new home for creating films, the Letterman Digital Arts Center in San Francisco -- a "campus" of virtual studios at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge.

A Digital Film Studio on Prime S.F. Real Estate

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Ruling Exposes Web File-Sharing to Lawsuits

Madeleine Brand talks with Day to Day technology correspondent Xeni Jardin about the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling, handed down Monday, directly affecting the Internet file-sharing program called Grokster. The court ruled that entertainment companies could sue businesses that make programs which facilitate file sharing.

Ruling Exposes Web File-Sharing to Lawsuits

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Actors' Union Rejects Video Voiceover Contract

The Screen Actors' Guild has rejected a work agreement with the video game industry -- but its sister union, AFTRA, accepted. Alex Chadwick talks with Day to Day technology correspondent Xeni Jardin about the contentious relationships between both actors' unions and game publishers, and the debate over whether voice actors are entitled to a share of electronic game profits.

Actors' Union Rejects Video Voiceover Contract

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Talk Freely Behind the Fortress of Babble

Want to have a private chat in public? Our Day to Day technology correspondent reports on a new technology that can protect conversations in a small, otherwise open space from eavesdroppers -- get the buzz on Babble.

Talk Freely Behind the Fortress of Babble

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The Next Step for the 'Big Three' Game Platforms

Console video game heavyweights Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo have all announced their own next-generation game systems. Each system moves beyond eye-popping graphics to focus on creating a larger media experience for gamers -- and in the case of the Microsoft Xbox, becoming a central home entertainment platform.

The Next Step for the 'Big Three' Game Platforms

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