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Yahoo sues Facebook over patent infringement

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March 13   Leave a Comment  

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The search engine giant believes that Facebook has taken some of its patented technology.

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New iPad could face slowed down network and overage charges

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March 13   Leave a Comment  

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The new Retina display and high demand could leave new iPad owners with a slow 4G network and a stack of overage costs.

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Government gets swamped with requests under FOIA, attempts to be more “transparent”

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March 11   Leave a Comment  

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Agencies scouring for resources.

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“No iPad for you!” – Apple claims iPad pre-orders have been exhausted

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March 11   1 Comment  

iPad's pre-order stock has sold out.

Pre-orders have been sold out by “off the charts” response.

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Cuba’s foray into offshore oil drilling

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March 10   Leave a Comment  

Finding significant off-shore oil reserves could turn Cuba into an oil exporter, possibly even thawing relations with a still oil-hungry U.S. Pictured: The Scarabeo 9 oil rig while still under construction in China in 2009. It is now 30 miles off of Cuba's coast and just 60 miles south of the Florida Keys. (Wikipedia)

Possible source of economic power for Communist island

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Facebook blacks out in Europe

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March 10   Leave a Comment  

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So what did people do? They Tweeted.

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PC sales reported to increase 4.4 percent in 2012

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March 9   Leave a Comment  

Ultrabooks such as the Asus x21 are said to boost PC sales this year as competition grows in the tablet market.

PC’s are predicted to increase to 368 million units in sales by the end of the year.

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Retina display shortage may lead to delays on new iPad

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March 9   Leave a Comment  

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Sharp’s delay on Retina display production may cause problems for Apple’s new tablet.

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5 things I’ll do to my 2012 Dodge Charger (and 3 I won’t…)

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March 8   Leave a Comment  

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Let’s not get carried away here

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Fender files for IPO, plans to raise $200 million

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March 8   Leave a Comment  

Fender has been a staple of the guitar manufacturing world for over 60 years.

Guitar maker to file Thursday as a means to pay off debt

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New iPad announced at Apple press conference

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March 7   Leave a Comment  

Apple CEO unveils the new iPad at an event in San Francisco

Apple announces iPad upgrade to be released March 16. Will support 4G LTE on AT&T and Verizon.

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Law enforcement cracks down on “Anonymous”

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March 7   Leave a Comment  

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Arrested hackers may be linked to Anonymous movement

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LulzSec founder turned informant in hacker group criminal probe

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March 7   Leave a Comment  

Hector Monsegur, also known as "Sabu"

Not anonymous anymore…

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Turns out caffeine inhalers may not be safe

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March 7   Leave a Comment  

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Surprise!

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SMOG levels improving in Los Angeles

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Feb. 28   Leave a Comment  

Tougher state and federal air quality standards, combined with cleaner burning engines on new vehicles today, have cut air pollution from cars and trucks across California by more than 85 percent since the 1970s, with peak smog levels in the city of Los Angeles dropping some 70 percent. (Thinkstock)

Is it possible?

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Why Solyndra failed

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Feb. 28   1 Comment  

Low natural gas prices, competition from China and other factors helped sink innovative American solar panel maker, Solyndra, despite its having received $535 million in government loan guarantees. But the Obama administration is not deterred and has renewed efforts to force utilities to derive significant percentages of their power from cleaner, greener sources. (Media credit/Zachary Graham via Flickr)

It was SO promising…

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10 steps to protect your smart phone

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Feb. 21   Leave a Comment  

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Don’t just download every app because it looks cute…

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Looking at disease clusters

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Feb. 19   1 Comment  

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) defines a "disease cluster" as an unusually large number of people sickened by a disease in a certain place and time. Toxic exposure by industrial activity is usually suspected or blamed. Along with the National Disease Clusters Alliance, NRDC reported in 2011 that it had identified 42 disease clusters in 13 U.S. states.

Does where you live make you sick?

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New automobile fuel economy standards

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Feb. 19   Leave a Comment  

In a plan formulated by the Obama administration, auto makers will double the average, unadjusted fuel-economy rating of their cars and light trucks to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025 from today’s standard of 27 miles per gallon. Congress is likely to sign the new rules, which will start taking effect for the 2017 model year, into law this summer. (ThinkStock)

How’s 54.5 MPG sound?

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There’s BPA in cash register receipts?

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Feb. 12   1 Comment  

Laboratory tests found high levels of BPA on 40 percent of thermal paper receipts sampled from major U.S. businesses and services, including McDonald’s, Chevron, CVS, KFC, Whole Foods, WalMart, Safeway and the U.S. Postal Service, among others. BPA in paper receipts also contaminates paper recycling and is showing up in napkins, toilet paper and other common papers with recycled content. (Thinkstock)

Bad news bears

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