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• The brains behind the brain of the new Xbox 360
  Dozens of grown men and women gathered in a Rochester cafeteria to play video games today. They were IBM engineers celebrating the launch of Microsoft's Xbox 360. IBM built the processing chip for the gaming console.November 22, 2005
• Microsoft founder recounts entrepreneurial path
  In trying to inspire its crop of budding entrepreneurs, the University of St. Thomas brought in the biggest success story they could find. Microsoft founder and chairman Bill Gates visited St. Thomas's Minneapolis campus Thursday afternoon to dedicate the home of its new Schulze School of Entrepreneurship.October 21, 2005
• Small telecoms wary of legislation
  There's a new federal telecommunication law in the works and it's expected to have major implications for rural telecom providers. There's increasing concern that those mom-and-pop outfits will be overlooked when it comes time to finalize the new legislation.July 7, 2005
• FBI conducts Minnesota searches in LexisNexis hacking probe
  Federal agents have carried out searches in Minnesota and California as part of the investigation of the theft of Social Security numbers and other personal information from database giant LexisNexis Inc. No arrests have been made.May 19, 2005
• State outlines Web security review
  The Pawlenty administration is enlisting the help of the private sector to review the security of hundreds of state-run Web sites. The governor called for the review after the Legislative Auditor reported recently that the state's license tab renewal Web site had "serious security weaknesses" in protecting personal information. Dana Badgerow, commissioner of the Department of Administration, is in charge of the review, and she talked with MPR's Cathy Wurzer.May 2, 2005
• Minneapolis is going WiFi
  The city of Minneapolis is taking proposals for a privately owned and operated wireless network.April 12, 2005
• Windom builds telecommunications system
  A southwest Minnesota city is ready to launch its own telecommunications system. Windom is the first community in the state to offer phone, Internet and cable television in one package.March 27, 2005
• Little-known Minneapolis software maker now a hot property
  Two giants who are bitter rivals in the software industry are battling to buy little-known Retek, a Twin Cities software firm that's tiny by comparison.March 13, 2005
• Forensic labs flooded with DNA samples
  DNA testing is the biggest thing to hit law enforcement since fingerprinting. The public is familiar with it through television shows like "CSI." But unlike TV, where cases are solved in minutes, real DNA testing can takes weeks or even months. As a result, forensic labs around the country face significant backlogs.March 11, 2005
• Minnesota teen sentenced for releasing Blaster worm variant
  A Minnesota man was sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison and 10 months of community service after pleading guilty to crippling nearly 50,000 computers by unleashing a variant of the "Blaster" Internet worm in the summer of 2003.January 28, 2005
• "Forensic" computers depart Twin Cities for tsunami-ravaged countries
  More than $2 million worth of computers and digital cameras are now in transit from Eagan to Bangkok, Thailand. The electronics will help identify the dead -- and perhaps reunite the living.January 5, 2005
• Supercomputer industry may be poised for a comeback
  Minnesota's history of building the fastest and most powerful computers in the world dates back to the early 1960s. The supercomputer industry fell on hard times in the 1990s, but now may be poised for a renaissance.January 3, 2005
• St. Cloud is going wireless
  Technology experts expect plenty of competition across the country in the next few years as the number of Internet providers, especially wireless ones, explodes.December 9, 2004
• Black boxes for cars
  Automakers have been installing event data recorders in cars since the 1970s. Now the federal government is pushing for standards on what kind of data is recorded. Safety advocates say these "black boxes" will make cars safer, but critics are concerned about who has access to this information.August 13, 2004
• Minnesota teen pleads guilty in Internet worm attack
  A Minnesota high school senior pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to unleashing a variant of the "Blaster" Internet worm that crippled thousands of computers last summer. Jeffrey Parson, 19, of Hopkins, Minn., pleaded guilty to one count of intentionally causing or attempting to cause damage to a protected computer.August 11, 2004

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