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Minister of Truth: Meet Britain's Top Data Cop	3/10/2010 11:00 PM
The U.K. Statistics Authority's Richard Alldritt is an expert in how governments fudge the numbers. He and his math-police squad are rooting out the truth, whether it's to reveal the real gender pay gap or the actual rate of knife crime.
March 11, 1985: ConnNet Lets the Public Jack In, X.25 Style	3/10/2010 11:00 PM
A Connecticut telephone company starts the first local, public packet-switching network. It paves the way for the always-on internet access we know today.
Classic Videogames Mutate in 'Game Over' Art Show	3/10/2010 7:00 PM
Street Fighter gets bendy. Ms. Pac-Man hops a tandem bike. And plenty of other classic characters get similarly strange treatments in Giant Robot's videogame-inspired exhibit.
Classmates.com's Facebook Mimicking Prompts Privacy Suit	3/10/2010 5:30 PM
Angry users sue Classmates.com after it decides to make previously private data public, just as Facebook did in December. Will its defense be, "I learned it from watching you, Zuck?"
Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side' Eclipses Concept Album Classics	3/10/2010 4:52 PM
With its heady mix of heavy themes and technology, The Dark Side of the Moon remains the best concept album ever, even 37 years after its release. Plus: 10 more concept albums in Dark Side's shadow that deserve a slice of the spotlight.
'Galactica: Sabotage' Creator Discusses Her Brilliant Beastie Boys Sci-Fi Mashup	3/10/2010 3:58 PM
A YouTube artist whips up a precise, shot-for-shot re-creation of Spike Jonze's amazing music video using clips from the late, great Battlestar Galactica.
European Parliament Rips Global IP Accord	3/10/2010 2:56 PM
European Parliament is coming out in opposition to a U.S.-backed intellectual property treaty accord, and is demanding the treaty's secret text become public.
Google Launches Web Store for Cloud-Based Apps	3/10/2010 2:30 PM
App stores aren't just for mobile phones anymore. Google has launched a store that lets Google Apps customers add third-party browser-based apps to their existing stack of Google's productivity tools.
Apple Beware: Dell (With A Little Help From Amazon and Google) is Taking on iTunes	3/10/2010 2:19 PM
The formidable triumvirate of Amazon, Dell, and Google is apparently poised to give iTunes the first serious run for its money just as the iPad is about to take Apple’s downloadable media megastore where no computer has gone before.
Google's Schmidt: China Negotiations Should End 'Soon'	3/10/2010 2:07 PM
Google is actively negotiating with China over web censorship according to CEO Eric Schmidt.