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NASA delays final space shuttle flights

Business Technology - Thu, 07/01/2010 - 17:28
The final flight for the space shuttle program has been pushed back to February 2011, NASA said Thursday.
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Amazon slashes price on supersize Kindle

Business Technology - Thu, 07/01/2010 - 17:04
In its latest move in the e-reader wars, Amazon slashed the price on the supersize version of its Kindle by more than $100 on Thursday.
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The near-future of TV? It's not on the web

Business Technology - Thu, 07/01/2010 - 15:11
With all the free video on the web these days, or compelling new video devices such as Apple's iPad, it's tempting to get excited about the day you can fire your cable or satellite TV company and get all your entertainment from Internet streams.
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First nation makes broadband access a legal right

Business Technology - Thu, 07/01/2010 - 15:10
Finland has become the first country in the world to make broadband internet access a legal right for all citizens.
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BP fined $5.2 million for tribal lands inaccuracies

Business Technology - Wed, 06/30/2010 - 18:43
BP America Inc. has been fined nearly $5.2 million for submitting "false, inaccurate and misleading" reports on energy production on Southern Ute Indian tribal lands in southwestern Colorado, the Department of Interior said Wednesday.
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How Microsoft crowdsourced Office 2010

Business Technology - Wed, 06/30/2010 - 14:33
For several years, Denise Carlevato has studied millions of mouse clicks and keystrokes made by anonymous computer users from all over the world. Her objective: to make Microsoft Office better fit the way millions of people work.
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Massey suing regulator, but not over the mining disaster

Business Technology - Tue, 06/29/2010 - 21:20
It's a bold and rare move for a company to sue its regulator, but no one has ever accused the Massey Energy Company of being timid.
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Hulu Plus launches with $10 monthly fee

Business Technology - Tue, 06/29/2010 - 20:35
Internet TV website Hulu on Tuesday unveiled a premium, subscription-based service that will be available on the iPhone, iPad, and some other devices in addition to the Web.
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Obama 'confident' in climate change bill's passage

Business Technology - Tue, 06/29/2010 - 18:26
President Obama met Tuesday with a bipartisan group of senators at the White House to discuss passing an energy and climate change bill this year.
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Keyboard for iPhone arrives, but it's too late for this user

Business Technology - Tue, 06/29/2010 - 17:39
I've been an iPhone user for two years, and one thing that's always frustrated me is that my only option for typing on it has been the touchscreen keypad.
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Is your blog the unpopular kid?

Business Technology - Tue, 06/29/2010 - 15:27
Let's face it -- you never really leave high school.
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Oil's biggest critics are mostly silent

Business Technology - Mon, 06/28/2010 - 20:10
The BP oil spill in the Gulf is shaping up to be the worst environmental crisis in American history. Climate change activist groups have every reason to stand on a soapbox and tout their message about the dangers of oil now, while Washington and the world are listening. But for the most part, they haven't.
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Amazon's not-so-kind Kindle price cut

Business Technology - Mon, 06/28/2010 - 17:19
Price wars may be great news for consumers but they are the worst enemy of investors. Just ask any shareholder of an airline.
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How 'Annoying Orange' is taking over the world

Business Technology - Mon, 06/28/2010 - 14:36
About as mature as a third-grade boy, the comedy web series "The Annoying Orange" proves once again that everyone secretly loves corny jokes.
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With iPhone 4 excitement come complaints

Business Technology - Fri, 06/25/2010 - 19:48
As iPhone 4 buyers prepared to unbox their new smartphones on Thursday morning, some screamed with joy. Others trumpeted vuvuzelas.
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Where old iPhones go to die

Business Technology - Fri, 06/25/2010 - 19:16
In the wake of Thursday's iPhone 4 launch frenzy lies as trail of unloved, no-longer-needed iPhones cast off by owners trading up for the shiny new model.
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Porn sites get their own domain: '.xxx'

Business Technology - Fri, 06/25/2010 - 18:42
It's a big day for the porn industry.
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Blogging behind Vietnam's bamboo cyberwall

Business Technology - Fri, 06/25/2010 - 17:40
Helmet under her arm, Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh arrives after traveling 450 kilometers by motorbike, evading the security police, to tell CNN the story of her imprisonment for blogging in Vietnam.
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Porn sites could soon get their ".xxx"

Business Technology - Fri, 06/25/2010 - 16:59
Porn sites could soon be swapping their .com for the sexier .xxx.
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Judge paves way for deepwater drilling in Gulf

Business Technology - Thu, 06/24/2010 - 22:55
Paving the way for deepwater drilling to resume in the Gulf of Mexico, a federal judge on Thursday denied a request to keep a moratorium in place pending a government appeal.
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