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Sony's e-Readers Businessworld India Sep 2 2010 4:02PM GMT Details
Nomura cuts ASML share target to EUR 26 ADP News Sep 2 2010 4:01PM GMT Details
IFA 2010: Sony Shows Off New 3D Bravia Televisions Tech2.com India Sep 2 2010 4:00PM GMT Details
Sony revamps e-readers - hikes prices CNN Money Sep 2 2010 3:59PM GMT Details
Biotech Stocks: Orexigen soars on Takeda deal; drug indexes rise MarketWatch Sep 2 2010 3:58PM GMT Details
2011 Camry Dealers Offer $0 Down Lease at Toyota Dealership Serving LA PRLog Sep 2 2010 3:58PM GMT Details
Sony, World Wildlife Fund Team Up to Crowdsource Green Tech - Using Sony Products Fast Company Sep 2 2010 3:57PM GMT Details
Sony to release PlayStation 3 3D update by October Techworld.com Sep 2 2010 3:56PM GMT Details
Sony announce Music Unlimited streaming service Techworld.com Sep 2 2010 3:56PM GMT Details
Japanese Construction Sector: Sector Report M2 Sep 2 2010 3:54PM GMT Details
Japan Airlines to lay off 16,200 Transport & Logistics News Sep 2 2010 3:54PM GMT Details
Sony brings iTunes baiting video-on-demand service to Britain CNET.co.uk Sep 2 2010 3:53PM GMT Details
Mentor Graphics Details Toshiba's Expanded Deployment of Catapult C for Complex ASIC Designs PR-Canada.net Sep 2 2010 3:53PM GMT Details
Japanese Automotive Sector: Sector Report M2 Sep 2 2010 3:53PM GMT Details
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Memristor revolution backed by HP A potentially revolutionary circuit component, once a laboratory curiosity, is to be mass-produced for the first time. Details
Global broadband divide revealed The global disparity in access to broadband around the world and the cost of a connection is revealed by UN figures. Details
Samsung releases iPad competitor Samsung has become the latest manufacturer to enter into the tablet computer market with its Galaxy Tab. Details
Apple creates a social network Apple launches a music-based social network called Ping as part of its latest upgrade to the iTunes music software. Details
US seeks input on net data rules US net users are being asked for their opinions about what ISPs should be allowed to do with web traffic flowing through their networks. Details
Dell pulls out of battle for 3Par Dell withdraws its bid for 3Par after rival Hewlett-Packard raises its offer for the data storage company to $2.1bn. Details
Sony rolls out rival to iTunes Sony has unveiled its own music and video download service in an announcement timed to coincide with an Apple media event. Details
Roaming iPhone glitch continues Mobile operator O2 and Apple are still resolving a months-old data roaming issue, with customers complaining of charges they didn't incur. Details
Orange rolls out mobile HD voice Mobile firm Orange becomes the first UK network to use a new technology that claims to offer higher quality voice calls. Details
Advert watchdog gets online power The Advertising Standards Authority is given the power to regulate ads and marketing claims on websites and services like Facebook. Details
Wikileaks rape inquiry reopened Sweden's director of public prosecutions orders the reopening of a rape investigation into Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Details
Google and Skype face India ban Following tough action against Blackberry, security forces in India turn their attention to Google and Skype. Details
Royal Mail puts first 'intelligent' stamp on sale The Royal Mail launches the world's first "intelligent" stamp, the first to work with image recognition technology. Details
Rival benefits from Digg revamp A revamp of the social-news site Digg has unexpectedly backfired on its owners after members redirected traffic to a rival site. Details
Paint prose The source code MacPaint is released but who can read it? Details
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Murdoch Reporters' Phone Hacking Was Endemic, Victimized Hundreds A phone-hacking scheme involving British royals and reporters working for one of Rupert Murdoch's tabloid newspapers went far beyond what was previously disclosed and prosecuted. The British Prime Minister's current media adviser is accused of having encouraged the hacking.


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Win Your Fantasy Football League If it's September, it's football season — which also means it's time for millions of fantasy football drafts around the world to commence. Maximize your in-season points while dealing with the setbacks that are bound to occur by following our guide.


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Video Artist Transforms YouTube's TOS Into a Paranoid Nightmare The video site's ever-evolving terms of service drive an observer mad in this arty clip by Carlo Zanni. No charge for the 1984 references.


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Apple TV's Meager Offerings Are Due to Business, Not Tech This week’s big Apple announcement featured one big disappointment: Apple TV’s relative lack of, well, TV. Out of all of the hundreds of channels available on cable and satellite, only ABC and Fox agreed to offer their programs for rent on Apple TV. The fact that Steve Jobs is the largest single shareholder in, and on the board of, Disney — owner of ABC — perfectly illustrates this digital divide.


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Clustered Networks Spread Behavior Change Faster Unlike infectious disease and information, behavior change spreads faster through online networks that have many close connections instead of many distant ties. Redundancy is key, as people are more likely to engage in a behavior if they see many others doing it. "There has been a lot of theory about the difference between information and behavior spreading," said economic sociologist Damon Centola of MIT and author of the study published Sept. 3 in Science. "We've assumed that they are the same, but you can imagine that behavior is not really like that, that you need to be convinced."


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Exotic New Mars Images From Orbiting Telephoto Studio A new batch of sharp Martian close-ups from NASA's HiRISE camera were released, and we've gathered some of the best in the gallery.


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Exoplanet Shows Gas Giants Start as Dusty Behemoths The atmosphere of a young exoplanet didn't fit any of our existing models for what gas giants should look like. But when astronomers added huge dust clouds, it was a perfect fit, perhaps revealing a larger truth about gas giants.


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Earth's Magnetic Field Flipped Superfast Magnetic minerals in 15-million-year-old rocks appear to preserve a moment when the magnetic north pole was rapidly on its way to becoming the south pole, and vice versa.


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Mobile Devices Need Custom Maps Development Seed is engineering tools to create custom maps that work in a wider variety of situations such as natural disasters and in the developing world.


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Mass Extinctions Change the Rules of Evolution A reinterpretation of the fossil record suggests a new answer to one of evolution's existential questions: whether global mass extinctions are just short-term diversions in life's preordained course, or send life careening down wholly new paths.


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First Look: Official Twitter App for iPad Feels Smooth as Butter The official Twitter app for iPad is finally here, and star developer Loren Brichter has polished yet another gem. Twitter for iPad sports a really elegant interface that's significantly faster and more intuitive than competing Twitter clients we've tested (such as Twitterific and Tweetdeck).


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Fujitsu ScanSnap Counts Quality Over Quantity Fujitsu's scanner is your new (albeit bulky) buddy if you want high-quality images. The sturdy document feeder gets pages in straight, so you get them out right.


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Chrome 6 Arrives, Just in Time for Cake Google is celebrating the second birthday of its Chrome web browser with the release of Chrome 6. Among the new features are an updated user interface, auto-fill for web forms, extension syncing, increased speed and numerous bug fixes.


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How Apple Just Disrupted the Cable Guys People in Silicon Valley have focused on the set-top box as the lever to attack the cable industry. Cable boxes blow, but that's a losing battle. So why is Apple TV different? Because Steve Jobs has not just created a new set top box. He's actually created a whole new media ecosystem built around the mobile phone.


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Two-Wheeled Zerotracer EV Is a Wild Ride It looks like a motorcycle, it performs like a Lotus and it's racing around the world.


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Hurricane Earl bears down on Outer Banks, following well-worn path 

Hurricane Earl is only the latest hurricane to put North Carolina in its path. The state has seen billions of dollars of damage since its founding.


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What are the real values behind buying local? 

It may not always make sense to buy local. Consider what added value - or values - the local business offers, before making your decision.


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Proposal: Keep the value of the Bush tax cuts, but change who gets them 

Instead of extending the $75 billion tax cut for the wealthy, who will hide it under a mattress, shift the tax cut to benefit low- and middle-income wage earners, who will spend it.


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Low mortgage rates go lower. Better days ahead for housing market? 

Low mortgage rates fell still more this week – to the lowest level ever in four decades of tracking. Also, the number of pending home sales posted a rise for the month of July.


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Ready for a break? Take a long weekend retreat. 

Labor Day Weekend provides a great opportunity to recharge yourself and do some serious thinking. Here are tips on how to get the most benefit from the time.


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Burger King goes private. More deals cooking? 

Burger King buyout for $3.3 billion fuels speculation. Will more restaurants follow Burger King's lead?


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Trade relations between Hoth and Mustafar? Lessons from fantasy worlds. 

The law of comparative advantage shows the benefit of trade between regions with extremely different resources - and the costs of protectionism.


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Why sin taxes don't work 

Parliament might create a minimum price for alcohol in the UK. Like 'sin taxes' in any country, this plan has obvious benefits, but hidden costs.


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Condolences to the currency professionals 

Currency markets appear vibrant, but don't trust the illusion: this is their last gasp.


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Small business owners to Fed: 'Get out of our way' 

Small business owners expect another downturn.


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The summer the recovery went missing  

The Fed has used every tool at its disposal, but can't jump-start the stalled economy.


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Why a civil society extends unemployment benefits  

Do unemployment benefits encourage the jobless to stay jobless? If we got rid of lifeguards and let more swimmers drown, fewer people would venture into the water. A civil society is not based on the principle of tough love.


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CBO analysis confuses 'assumption' with 'conclusion' 

Did Obama's stimulus actually stimulate the economy? The CBO analysis saying so actually used a model that with that assumption built in.


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Burger King going private? Whopper is safe, but... 

Burger King stock soared 15 percent Wednesday on reports that it was in talks to go private with Brazilian investors. The British private equity firm supposedly arranging the deal originally denied the report. Then new reports emerged. What might change at Burger King, the world's No. 2 fast-food chain, under new owners? Here are our Top 5 changes (click on the right arrow to see each item):


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How to make budgeting work for you 

Personal finance books recommend budgeting as the first step to financial freedom, but not everyone likes staring at numbers. Here are tips to make 'budgeting' an easy part of your routine.


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