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You don’t know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News)
Windows 7 gets translucent, Dell gets in Dutch with the law, and both cable set-top boxes and the inventor of frozen French fries are declared dead. If that’s not a weird week, we don’t know what one is. Do you know what else happened this week in the world of tech? Award yourself 10 points for every correct answer. Now go forth and prove your geek street cred.
Georgia Tech powers past Louisville (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Athens Georgia Tech won at Foley Field again. And it didn’t even need Georgia to play the role of the victim as it did earlier this season. (Although Georgia did victimize itself slightly earlier in the day. But more on that later.) Instead Louisville was the one sulking as it left the diamond. Tech, the No. 2 seed in the Athens regional of the NCAA tournament, rolled over the third-seeded …
Ga. Tech tops Louisville (The News & Observer)
Georgia Tech put aside some grim news and got off to a good start in the NCAA baseball tournament.
Report Shows Heroin Caused Georgia Tech Player’s Death (Washington Post)
ATLANTA (AP) — A medical examiner’s report shows a heroin overdose caused the death of Georgia Tech pitcher Michael Hutts.
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Top 20 Risks U.S. Tech Companies Are Losing Sleep Over (TechWeb via Yahoo! News)
InformationWeek - If you think the slow U.S. economy is the biggest worry for U.S. tech companies right now, you’re wrong.
Duke Energy wants to plug in high-tech meters (The Indianapolis Star)
Duke Energy Indiana wants to install a $400 million high-tech metering system for its 800,000 Hoosier electric customers to make sure they don’t receive more power than they need.
Tech Industry Fueling Palestinian Economic Hopes (Wired News)
The talent and desire are there, but the region’s torment has retarded economic growth, especially in the tech sector. But the Palestinians are reaching out to foreign partners to jump-start things, and finding them — even Israelis.
Tech Opens NCAA Athens Regional as No. 2 Seed (CSTV’s College Sports)
ATLANTA - Georgia Tech (39-19) makes its 24th appearance in the NCAA Baseball Tournament this weekend as the No. 2 seed in the NCAA Athens Regional in Athens, Ga. The Yellow Jackets will open regional play at Georgia’s Foley Field against the No. 3 seed and Big East Champion Louisville (41-19) Friday at 7 p.m.
US Files Trade Complaint Against EU Tech Product Taxes (PC World via Yahoo! News)
The U.S. government files a tech-related trade complaint against the EU.
US complains over European tech taxes (TechWorld)
Transatlantic trade dispute festers. The US has protested about the imposition of tariffs on high-tech products by the EU, alleging that such taxes are in breach of a Word Trade Organisation agreement.
Palestinians foster fledgling high-tech industry (USA Today)
A fledgling Palestinian high-tech industry could one day drive the territories’ sluggish economy fueled by an abundance of college graduates and not as limited by constraints of the Mideast conflict.
U.S. files complaint over European tech tariffs (USA Today)
The United States filed a complaint Wednesday with the World Trade Organization over European tariffs on three categories of high-tech goods, including flat-panel computer monitors and some printers.
U.S. files complaint over EU tech tariffs (CNN.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization over European tariffs on three categories of high-tech goods, including flat-panel computer monitors and some printers.
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‘Fast Money’ Recap: Tech Leaps Over Oil (TheStreet.com)
The trading panel notes that as oil pulled back, tech stocks entered the breach.
Professor to head new peace center at Virginia Tech (AP via Yahoo! News)
Virginia Tech professor Jerzy Nowak, whose wife was one of 32 people killed by a student gunman on campus last year, will head a peace center to be established in the building where most of the victims died.
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