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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 01:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As any self-respecting obsessive e-mail checker could tell you, popular webmail system Gmail went down for more than an hour this afternoon. People raged on Twitter about the outage (Typical tweet: &#8220;Ah! No Email! Save Us!&#8221;). They complained that outages on Web services have been happening a lot lately. They commented about the outrage on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freaktechnology.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4717885&amp;post=154&amp;subd=freaktechnology&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Google Ploughing $10m Into Geothermal Technology</title>
		<link>http://freaktechnology.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/google-ploughing-10m-into-geothermal-technology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google is investing $10 million to produce electricity from underground heat with a breakthrough technology, as the web search leader extends its clout to clean up the environment. The move is part of Google&#8217;s effort to pump hundreds of millions of dollars into green energy sources, starting with solar thermal, high-altitude wind power and now, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freaktechnology.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4717885&amp;post=150&amp;subd=freaktechnology&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>DarkMarket carder forum revealed as FBI sting</title>
		<link>http://freaktechnology.wordpress.com/2008/10/17/darkmarket-carder-forum-revealed-as-fbi-sting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leaked documents have confirmed that carder forum DarkMarket was actually an FBI sting operation. For the last two years until its shutdown earlier this month DarkMarket.ws posed as a forum where identity thieves, credit card fraudsters, crackers and other ne&#8217;er do wells could hang out and exchange tips as well as trading hacker tools and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freaktechnology.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4717885&amp;post=148&amp;subd=freaktechnology&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Oil slump ‘will slash food and fuel bills</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Food and fuel prices are set to fall, Gordon Brown told hard-up households yesterday. &#8216;Hard-working families&#8217; in Britain will be better off as a slump in the price of oil and cuts in the cost of borrowing trickle down, the prime minister said. Speaking after an EU summit in Brussels, he identified fuel costs – [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freaktechnology.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4717885&amp;post=146&amp;subd=freaktechnology&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Credit Card Fraud Website Shutdown</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An international website used by criminals to illegally buy and sell credit card details has been shut down, it emerged today. The Darkmarket forum operated for just under three years and sold information on how to obtain stolen identities and credit card details. Around 60 people connected with the site have since been arrested in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freaktechnology.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4717885&amp;post=144&amp;subd=freaktechnology&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Apple Pimped Laptops Fail To Excite</title>
		<link>http://freaktechnology.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/apple-pimped-laptops-fail-to-excite/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple chief executive Steve Jobs today unveiled a range of updated laptops as the company attempted to keep up sales in the face of economic turmoil. The company&#8217;s whole range of laptops has been given an injection, including its popular MacBook, MacBook Pro and the MacBook Air – which was only launched in January. The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freaktechnology.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4717885&amp;post=142&amp;subd=freaktechnology&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Google Bringing Adsense To Games</title>
		<link>http://freaktechnology.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/google-bringing-adsense-to-games/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google launched Adsense for Games, an in-game advertising system initially designed for browser-based Flash titles. Publishers will be able to display video, image or text ads, and also customise their placement via the Flash SDK, opting to show ads before the game, between levels or when the game is over. From Googles Adsense Blog: Members [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freaktechnology.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4717885&amp;post=139&amp;subd=freaktechnology&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>British customers hit with Icelandic banking storm</title>
		<link>http://freaktechnology.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/british-customers-hit-with-icelandic-banking-storm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Savers with internet bank Icesave were warned today that they are likely to have to claim their money from depositor compensation schemes. The Financial Services Authority said it expected the Icelandic authorities to put the firm into insolvency proceedings, which would trigger payouts from the UK&#8217;s and Iceland&#8217;s saver protection schemes. The warning came after [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freaktechnology.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4717885&amp;post=136&amp;subd=freaktechnology&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Relief for mortgage holders and banks</title>
		<link>http://freaktechnology.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/relief-for-mortgage-holders-and-banks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interest rates have been cut by 0.5% in the UK, US and Europe in a dramatic worldwide move to help homeowners and businesses. The decision comes just hours after the Government announced a £500bn rescue plan for banks. However the FTSE 100 had still plunged during the day and closed 5.2 per cent down. The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freaktechnology.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4717885&amp;post=134&amp;subd=freaktechnology&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>£53m spent on ‘holes in road’ claims</title>
		<link>http://freaktechnology.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/53m-spent-on-%e2%80%98holes-in-road%e2%80%99-claims/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Councils spend more on pothole compensation claims than they do on repairing our roads, research shows. About £53million was paid out to motorists in England and Wales last year, according to councils whose staff spent 40,801 days dealing with the claims. This money would mend 946,429 potholes – more than a quarter of the estimated [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freaktechnology.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4717885&amp;post=132&amp;subd=freaktechnology&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas credit crunch lies in wait for households</title>
		<link>http://freaktechnology.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/christmas-credit-crunch-lies-in-wait-for-households/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Britons are facing a black Christmas as banks plan to hit consumers with more cuts on lending in the next three months, meaning many will struggle to afford the costs involved in buying presents and food. Lending to households and companies has already fallen steeply since the credit crunch first struck, but lenders anticipate a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freaktechnology.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4717885&amp;post=130&amp;subd=freaktechnology&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Online savers face £4.5bn cash claim</title>
		<link>http://freaktechnology.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/online-savers-face-45bn-cash-claim/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 350,000 British customers of internet bank Icesave have been warned they may have to claim compensation for the £4.5bn held in their savings accounts. Customers who tried to access their accounts online on Tuesday were greeted with the message: &#8216;We are not currently processing any deposits or withdrawal requests through our Icesave internet [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freaktechnology.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4717885&amp;post=128&amp;subd=freaktechnology&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Darling announces £250bn bank bailout</title>
		<link>http://freaktechnology.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/darling-announces-250bn-bank-bailout/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Britain&#8217;s banks have been propped up with a £250bn bailout package, Chancellor Alistair Darling has confirmed today. In an unprecedented move eight of Britain&#8217;s largest banks and building socieites will receive £50bn, with a further £200bn stand-by facility made available by the Bank of England in short-term loans. HBOS jumped 27% and Royal Bank of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freaktechnology.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4717885&amp;post=126&amp;subd=freaktechnology&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Inflation surges to highest in 16 years</title>
		<link>http://freaktechnology.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/inflation-surges-to-highest-in-16-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Britain&#8217;s annual inflation rate surged to 3.3% last month &#8211; its highest in 16 years &#8211; as dearer food and drink helped push up the cost of living, the government said today. The increase from 3% in April will trigger an explanatory letter from Mervyn King, the governor of the Bank of England to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freaktechnology.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4717885&amp;post=120&amp;subd=freaktechnology&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Markets slump as Darling fails to calm investor fears</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shares in London suffered their biggest one-day points fall on record yesterday as Alistair Darling failed to halt a wave of selling that saw fears of global recession prompt panic-stricken investors to dump stocks, oil and vulnerable currencies. The chancellor pledged to do &#8220;whatever it takes&#8221; to end the 14-month crisis, but the lack of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freaktechnology.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4717885&amp;post=118&amp;subd=freaktechnology&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dow Jones tumbles below 10,000 mark</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US financial markets teetered on the brink of a record-breaking slump yesterday as Wall Street took fright at signs that the credit crunch is threatening the stability of economies around the globe. As European governments struggled to contain banking failures, the Dow Jones industrial average plummeted 800 points at one stage, exceeding last week&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freaktechnology.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4717885&amp;post=116&amp;subd=freaktechnology&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>£170m pay bonanza of Lehman’s Gorilla</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The head of Lehman Brothers has been accused of raking in hundreds of millions of pounds before his company went bankrupt. Richard Fuld, nicknamed The Gorilla for his tough business app­roach, admitted being paid more than £170million since 2000. He was also accused of ignoring internal calls to forgo management bonuses and presiding over &#8216;a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freaktechnology.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4717885&amp;post=114&amp;subd=freaktechnology&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Oil price at lowest level for 8 months</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The price of oil fell by more than $4 to less than $90 a barrel on Monday. US crude briefly traded at $88.89 a barrel – its lowest level since February – on fears that the global financial crisis will slow the already faltering demand for fuel. London Brent crude fell $4.50 to $85.75 a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freaktechnology.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4717885&amp;post=112&amp;subd=freaktechnology&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>FTSE fights back after £93bn panic</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The FTSE 100 Index today opened higher after yesterday&#8217;s stock market panic wiped £93 billion from the value of London&#8217;s leading shares. Traders said a late rally on Wall Street and a bigger-than-expected cut in Australian interest rates offered some respite for beleaguered investors. In a dramatic session yesterday, the Footsie slumped 7.8% &#8211; its [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freaktechnology.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4717885&amp;post=110&amp;subd=freaktechnology&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Identity fraud hits net telephony</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new type of identity fraud, which sees hackers tapping into voice-over IP telephony accounts, has been highlighted by a VoIP equipment maker. Usernames and passwords from voice-over IP (VoIP) phone accounts are selling online for more than stolen credit cards, Newport Networks has found. The information allows someone to use the telephone service for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=freaktechnology.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4717885&amp;post=108&amp;subd=freaktechnology&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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