http://www.znewstoday.com News from Around The Globe Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:32:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Globe and MailParents reminded about second round of H1N1 shots for kidsWFAADALLAS — Fighting the swine flu isn't over, yet nearly half the parents who got their kids the first round of H1N1 flu shots didn't return for the second. Dallas County health officials say that's not good enough, ...H1N1 ... http://www.znewstoday.com/parents-reminded-about-second-round-of-h1n1-shots-for-kids-wfaa/ WSAV-TVHealth-care showdown doesn't quite materializeLebanon Daily NewsWilliam Vitez, left, of Lebanon, who opposes health-care reform, and reform advocate Jake Long of Annville exchange words outside Congressman Tim Holden s office in Lebanon on Tuesday evening. (LEBANON DAILY NEWS JIM ZENGERLE ) The ...Ad watch: A closer look at dueling health ... http://www.znewstoday.com/health-care-showdown-doesnt-quite-materialize-lebanon-daily-news/ An anonymous reader writes "Wondering where all that bloat comes from, causing even the classic 'Hello world' to weigh in at 11 KB? An MIT programmer decided to make a Linux C program so simple, she could explain every byte of the assembly. She found that gcc was including libc ... http://www.znewstoday.com/simpler-hello-world-demonstrated-in-c/ David Martin, the CEO of visual update site Kontain, was on the 14-hour nightmare Virgin America flight from LA to NY. He documented the worst parts live using the airline's Wi-Fi. http://www.znewstoday.com/social-networks-ceo-documents-flight-nightmare-live/ Salem-News.ComViolence Prompts Debate Over Medical MarijuanaNew York TimesSEATTLE — A shooting and a beating death linked to medical marijuana have prompted new calls by law enforcement officials and marijuana advocates for Washington State to change how it regulates the drug and protects those who grow ...385 plants at Wash. pot ... http://www.znewstoday.com/violence-prompts-debate-over-medical-marijuana-new-york-times/ Texas jury finds that Microsoft willfully infringed on patents related to virtual private network technology, awarding plaintiff VirnetX $105 million. http://www.znewstoday.com/jury-rules-against-microsoft-in-patent-suit/ Researchers at MIT are coaxing molecules to automatically arrange themselves into useful patterns on microchips, possibly allowing for much smaller chip features. http://www.znewstoday.com/mit-building-self-assembling-computer-chips/ New York Daily NewsCity Restaurants Required to Post Cleanliness GradesNew York TimesThe New York City Board of Health voted Tuesday to rate cleanliness in the city's more than 24000 restaurants with publicly posted letter grades, adopting a controversial plan proposed 14 months ago by the Department of Health and ...NYC ... http://www.znewstoday.com/city-restaurants-required-to-post-cleanliness-grades-new-york-times/ An anonymous reader sends word that C-Span has completed its project of making all of its footage available online. "The archives, at C-SpanVideo.org, cover 23 years of history and five presidential administrations and are sure to provide new fodder for pundits and politicians alike. The network will formally announce the ... http://www.znewstoday.com/c-span-posts-full-archives-online/ Microsoft is downplaying the problem, but Core Security says the vulnerability could allow an attacker to bypass security defenses to compromise virtualized Windows systems. http://www.znewstoday.com/virtual-pc-hole-could-lead-to-attacks-security-firm-says/