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2 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Rand Paul introduces bill to protect online privacy

The bill titled, "The Fourth Amendment Preservation and Protection Act of 2013", or S. 1037, is certainly not the first such bill to see the halls of Congress, would extend Fourth Amendment guarantees to electronic communications and requires specific warrants granted by judges in order to obtain this information.

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Related Topix: Privacy, Basic

7 hrs ago | Squamish Chief

Suicide attacker dies in blast in Afghan capital; explosion in mosque kills 12 in east

A would-be suicide bomber died when his explosives-rigged vest went off prematurely in Afghanistan's capital on Saturday morning, police said.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Explosion, Suicide,

11 hrs ago | Jerusalem Post

There are two types of standard electronic warfare in most militaries: defensive and offensive.

Syrian web activists loyal to the regime of Basher Assad launched a failed cyber attack on Haifa's water supply system, a senior scientist and web expert revealed on Saturday.

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Related Topix: Syria, World News, Middle East, Syrian, Israel,

15 hrs ago | Zap2it.com

Daft Punk album 'Random Access Memories' breaks Spotify record

Just like their single "Get Lucky," Daft Punk's new album "Random Access Memories" is breaking Spotify records.

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Related Topix: Daft Punk, Pop/Rock, Mumford & Sons

Fri May 24, 2013

Yorkton This Week & Enterprise

Rare comic book featuring debut of Superman found insulating abandoned house in Minne...

It's considered the Holy Grail of comic books: Action Comics No. 1 from 1938, featuring the debut of Superman.

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The New Zealand Herald

Daft Punk: The return of robot rock

Daft Punk's ambitious new album created a frenzy even before it was released, and as it tops the charts around the world this week, including here in New Zealand, Dorian Lynskey gets beyond the helmets to talk to the notoriously shy French duo It is a peculiar experience meeting the most famous faceless musicians in the world.

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Related Topix: Daft Punk, Science / Technology, Robots

Pacific Daily News

Bill could legalize gaming: Some question motive of measure to fund GMH

Bill 30-32: Guam Music Inc.'s Pedro Pangelinan, left, and Archbishop Anthony Apuron listen to testimony regarding Bill 20-32 during a legislative session yesterday.

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Denver Westword

Thievery Corporation's Rob Garza on remixing and the endless possibilities in the digital realm

Rob Garza has a lot going on besides Thievery Corporation -- he's also a touring DJ in his own right who ignites dancefloors everywhere he spins, and he has a new album out entirely comprising remixes he's tweaked.

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Related Topix: Thievery Corporation

Grantham Journal

Moy Park backs Grantham Journal campaign

A real team effort is behind an upcoming charity auction to raise money for the Journal Children's Fund: Christmas Cracker Appeal.

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Hypebeast.com

Daft Punk & Lotus Join Forces for the 2013 Monaco Grand Prix

Release a highly anticipated Billboard 200-topping album, get your own racecar. Such is the formula for Daft Punk , apparently, as the robotic duo have teamed up with Lotus ahead of the 2013 Monaco Grand Prix - just days after dropping the electro-disco epic Random Access Memories .

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Related Topix: Recreational Vehicle, Daft Punk

Thu May 23, 2013

The Age

Hyde escapes the underworld

Karl Hyde has had a couple of decades as the vocal half of Underworld who, alongside the Chemical Brothers and the Prodigy, are one of the Big Three of the electronic dance explosion in the '90s. Underworld have done all right too: from soundtracking any number of e-fuelled raves from Glastonbury to Sydney's Big Day Out and creating a cultural ... (more)

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Related Topix: Underworld, The Chemical Brothers

CBS Local

Manson Disciple's Tapes Being Analyzed By LAPD

Los Angeles police have obtained the decades-old taped conversations between a Manson family disciple and his attorney, officials confirmed Thursday.

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Related Topix: David Holmes, Los Angeles County, CA

XLR8R

Listen to the New Single from Boards of Canada

It may have taken nearly eight years, but late last month, seminal Warp outfit Boards of Canada finally announced its follow-up to The Campfire Headphase , the forthcoming Tomorrow's Harvest LP.

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Field & Stream

UTV Review: 2013 John Deere Gator RSX850i

"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." This infamous quote from the 1980 film "The Shining" used to seem like a great metaphor to describe the John Deere Gator UTV lineup.

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Related Topix: John Deere ATV, All-Terrain Vehicles, John Deere Gator, Neutral

Brooklynvegan

Disclosure working w/ Nile Rodgers (who's also working with... Avicii ...

Fresh off of working on the killer new Daft Punk album , disco legend/Chic founder Nile Rodgers revealed at the International Music Summit that they aren't the only modern electronic musicians that he's working with.

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Related Topix: Nile Rodgers, Funk, Daft Punk, Disco, Chic, Giorgio Moroder

Animal

Daft Punk's Music Box Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Robots

I was never a Daft Punk fan until Random Access Memories , and it had to do with a shallow perception of the band as gimmick musicians: robot masks, huge waiting periods between albums , a unified aesthetic that didn't ring genuine, but as carefully branded as a corporate logo.

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Related Topix: Daft Punk, Science / Technology, Robots

Vibe

Wrap Party: Radio Slave Finds Balance, Arty Fan Video, Zeds Dead Spicy Jambalaya Mix

Guillermo Herren Launches Yellow Year Record Label After almost 10 years in the industry, producer Guillermo Herren makes plans to launch his own record label along with photographer Angel Ceballos.

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Related Topix: Prefuse 73, Remix, House

Dallas Observer

Why Are Old-School Electronic Artists Annoyed With EDM?

Broadly speaking, if you're an electronic music fan over 40, you probably dig Danny Tenaglia more than Skrillex.

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Related Topix: Danny Tenaglia, House, The Knife, Four Tet

St. Petersburg Times

Sunset Music Festival expands EDM lineup for year 2

If a first-year music festival draws 8,000 people to an NFL stadium in the sweltering heat of late May in Tampa, how on earth does it grow? At that point, is there really any room to get bigger? The organizers of Saturday's Sunset Music Festival believe so.

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Related Topix: Tampa, FL, Steve Aoki, Krewella, Pop/Rock, The Knife, N.E.R.D., Black Entertainment, Hip-Hop, Music, Entertainment

R & D

Whirlpools on the nanoscale could multiply magnetic memory

"We spent 15% of home energy on gadgets in 2009, and we're buying more gadgets all the time," says Peter Fischer of the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory .

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Related Topix: Department of Energy, Czech Republic, World News, Magnetic, UC San Diego

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