Tech Gadgets
Friday July 2, 2010
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NASA Says No Sex in Space, In a blow to mankind’s propensity to explore the unknown, NASA has but the kibosh on astronauts getting hot and heavy in space.
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Thursday July 1, 2010
| 3:40 AM words: 653
Google Says China Partially Blocks Search Service, A Google search feature was blocked in China on Thursday, the company said as it awaited Beijing's decision on whether to renew its operating license amid tensions over censorship.
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Friday June 4, 2010
| 7:59 AM words: 554
Some blocked websites now accessible in China, Some websites, including ones with pornography, that were previously blocked by China's Internet censors were accessible inside the country Friday, though reasons for the change were unclear.
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Tuesday May 18, 2010
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Microsoft Aims to Make Hotmail Cool Again, The free Web mail service soon will be switching to a new approach that Microsoft hopes will give Hotmail an edge over rival offerings from Yahoo Inc. and Google Inc.
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Monday May 17, 2010
| 12:09 AM words: 585
Study Cell Phone Brain Cancer Link Inconclusive, GENEVA – Cell phone users worried about getting brain cancer aren't off the hook yet.A major international study into the link between cell phone use and two types of brain cancer has proved inconclusive, according to a report due to be published in a medical journal Tuesday.
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Friday April 30, 2010
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Samsung Q1 Net Profit Touched To High Record, Samsung Electronics said net profit surged more than six-fold in the first quarter to a record high on strong demand and higher prices for memory chips as well as increased sales of mobile phones and flat screen televisions.
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Thursday April 29, 2010
| 2:32 AM words: 297
China Search Engine Baidu Q1 Profit Jumps 165 Percent, BEIJING – Baidu Inc., which operates China's most popular Internet search engine, said Thursday its first-quarter profit jumped 165 percent on a rise in revenue and numbers of advertising customers.
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Friday April 23, 2010
| 2:31 AM words: 608
Investors Of Microsoft Still Shrug Even At The Profit Of 35 Pct, A global rise in computer shipments that helped carry Microsoft Corp.'s net income 35 percent higher in the most recent quarter wasn't enough to satisfy investors who were looking for a bigger boost from recovering business spending.
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Wednesday April 21, 2010
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Apple shares rocket after net income jumps 90 pct, The paparazzi may have moved on to Apple's sexy new iPad, but the iPhone is still Wall Street's darling.Apple sold a record 8.8 million of its popular smart phones in the three months that ended March 27, more than doubling the number sold a year ago and topping last quarter's 8.7 million.
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Tuesday April 20, 2010
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Tech companies fear implications of trade pact, Companies across the technology industry — from Internet access providers to social networking sites to video-sharing services — are bracing for this week's release of a draft of a trade agreement that they fear could undermine all sorts of online activities.
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Friday April 16, 2010
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Growth of Google 1Q accelerated while stock reverses, Coming off a stellar first quarter, Google Inc. seems to have regained the momentum that it lost shortly after the U.S. recession started in December 2007.
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Thursday April 15, 2010
| 1:59 AM words: 384
MySpace launches social calendar function with ads, MySpace is trying to get on your social calendar — or at least take over how you manage it.The social networking site, in the midst of an overhaul to regain its lost mojo, is rolling out a service Thursday that blends nearly 1 million concert listings with a calendar and new links to buy tickets from partners or artists. Other pop culture events ...
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Wednesday April 14, 2010
| 7:24 AM words: 265
Apple delays international iPad launch again, U.S. buyers have been snapping up the iPad so quickly that Apple Inc. is delaying the tablet computer's overseas debut a second time, the company said Wednesday.
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Tuesday April 13, 2010
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Google adds a touch of Microsoft to applications, Google has upgraded its online package of word processing and spreadsheet programs so they work even more like the Microsoft applications with which they're competing.
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Monday April 12, 2010
| 12:28 AM words: 492
Adobe needs rebound with latest Creative Suite, NEW YORK – Pent-up demand is expected to boost sales of the newest installment of Adobe Systems Inc.'s Creative Suite, the software package for professional designers and Web developers that brings in most of Adobe's revenue. The product launches Monday.
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Friday April 9, 2010
| 12:53 AM words: 759
Apple iPhone to soon get long-sought multitasking, Apple Inc.'s iPhone and iPad devices will soon be able to run more than one program at a time, an ability that phones from Apple's rivals already offer and that iPhone owners have long sought.
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Monday April 5, 2010
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Apple fans eagerly touch and swipe first iPads, Now that the iPad is in the hands of early adopters, the hard work for Apple Inc. begins.Eager customers intent on being among the first owners of this new class of gadgetry stood in long lines across the country Saturday. They seemed willing to buy first — and discover uses for the iPad later.
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Wednesday March 31, 2010
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Journalists in China say Yahoo accounts hacked, Yahoo e-mail accounts belonging to foreign journalists appeared to have been hacked and Google's Chinese search engine was intermittently blocked Tuesday, the latest troubles in China's heavily censored Internet market.
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Tuesday March 30, 2010
| 4:59 AM words: 967
IPad could be Kindle's first big threat in e-books, which has dominated the young but fast-growing electronic book market for the past few years with the Kindle, could get its biggest threat Saturday, when Apple releases its iPad multimedia tablet.
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Thursday March 18, 2010
| 1:30 AM words: 540
Viacom-YouTube secrets to be exposed in lawsuit, A legal tussle pitting media conglomerate Viacom Inc. against online video leader YouTube is about to get dirtier as a federal judge prepares to release documents that will expose their secrets and other confidential information.
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