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1. Where the Transcontinental Railroad finally joined
At Promontory Summit, Utah, the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad met on May 10, 1869 after 1,776 miles of track had been laid over six years.
Sat July 4, 2009 10:00 AM PDT
2. Road Trip 2009 hits 2,000 miles near largest bombing range in U.S.
In the days since 1,000 miles, Road Trip 2009 has visited some of the most incredible scenery America has to offer--and learned about some of the most sobering military realities.
Sat July 4, 2009 6:00 AM PDT
3. Blogging live from Spiral Jetty
Never say never, but this may be the first blog ever posted live from the monumental earthwork on the edge of the Great Salt Lake called Spiral Jetty.
Fri July 3, 2009 3:26 PM PDT
4. Employee shot, wounded at Virginia Apple store
The victim, a 26-year-old woman, is in serious but stable condition with a wound to the shoulder. Some media outlets are reporting robbery as the motive, but police say it's too early to tell.
Fri July 3, 2009 2:25 PM PDT
5. Seattle fire knocks out service to Bing Travel, other sites
At least two dozen sites experience protracted outage following Thursday night electrical fire at Fisher Plaza data center. Verizon's Seattle-area DSL service also gets temporarily disrupted.
Fri July 3, 2009 12:14 PM PDT
6. iPhone 3GS jailbreak, 'purplera1n,' hits Web
Hacker who originally unlocked the iPhone has let loose a jailbreaking app for the iPhone 3GS ahead of the iPhone dev team. For now, it's Windows-only, but a Mac version is supposedly on the way.
Fri July 3, 2009 10:54 AM PDT
7. Apple patents point to haptics, fingerprints, RFID
Three just-published patent applications hint at the company's future plans. But it could be a while before we see any of the functionality built into iPhones or other Apple devices.
Fri July 3, 2009 9:43 AM PDT
8. Symantec's Ramzan on solving the antivirus puzzle
q&a From puzzles and chess to ciphers and antivirus software, Zulfikar Ramzan talks about how he got into the computer security business and where it's headed.
Fri July 3, 2009 8:00 AM PDT
9. Week in review: A speedier new Firefox
Mozilla's latest version plays catch-up with the browser competition. Also: the latest in Windows 7 news, and a Yahoo data center in a new shade of green.
Fri July 3, 2009 6:00 AM PDT
