Leaders say momentum building on climate change
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Leaders of the Commonwealth countries called Saturday for a legally binding international agreement on climate change and a global fund with billions of dollars to help poor countries meet its mandates. The 53-nation...
GPS cell phone apps challenge standalone devices
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The growth of cell phones with global-positioning technology is making life uncertain for the makers of personal navigational devices that help drivers figure out where they are and where to go. Manufacturers of...
Rat pack: Scientists warming up to African rodent
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Naked mole rats don't get cancer. They shrug off brushes with acid and age so well, some are older than the college-aged researchers handling them. "They really are from Mars, I think," said Thomas Park, a professor of...
GPS cell phone apps challenge standalone devices
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The growth of cell phones with global-positioning technology is making life uncertain for the makers of personal navigational devices that help drivers figure out where they are and where to go. Manufacturers of...
NASA: Floating 'junk' no threat to space station
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NASA says a piece of old space junk that it's been tracking for a few days is no threat to the International Space Station. But there's another piece of debris in the space station's neighborhood. Mission Control...
Apple's iPhone arrives in tech-savvy South Korea
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Tech-savvy South Koreans began getting their coveted iPhones on Saturday amid fanfare and expectations the communication and entertainment device will shake up a local mobile market dominated by domestic giants Samsung...
Jobs, economics complicate Brazil's Amazon fight
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Drawing his .40-caliber pistol, Severiano Pontes dashes across the steaming, muddy jungle floor, a hunch telling him what he would find around a bend. The thick Amazon rain-forest canopy suddenly opens to a clearing...
Teachers begin using cell phones for class lessons
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Ariana Leonard's high school students shuffled in their seats, eagerly awaiting a cue from their Spanish teacher that the assignment would begin. "Take out your cell phones," she said in Spanish. The teens pulled out...
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White House: Couple who attended dinner without an invitation met Obama in receiving line. ...
Space shuttle Atlantis, 7 astronauts back on Earth
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Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned to Earth with a smooth touchdown Friday to end an "amazing" flight that resupplied the International Space Station. Within a few hours of landing, the astronauts...
Government delays new ban on Internet gambling
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The Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve are giving U.S. financial institutions an additional six months to comply with regulations designed to ban Internet gambling. The two agencies said Friday that the new...
In Greenland, warming fuels dream of hidden wealth
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Gert Ignatiussen returns to this fjord-front Inuit town with the spoils of his hunting trip. Six seals, all killed with a single shot to the head. With nimble handwork, his wife Bartholine cuts them up on the porch of...
Lenovo buying back mobile phone business
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Personal computer maker Lenovo Group said Friday it is joining the race to develop products that link phones and PCs by buying back a mobile phone business that it sold last year. Lenovo, the world's fourth-largest PC...
Apple's iPhone set to make splash in South Korea
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The iPhone's arrival in South Korea is generating considerable buzz among consumers and industry watchers amid expectations it will shake up a market dominated by world-beating domestic manufacturers. "I can't wait to...
Holiday Web shopping looks brighter than last year
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Internet retailers hope the convenience of the Web, plus discounts and deals, spur still-nervous shoppers to spend more online this holiday season _ even as traditional retailers brace for mediocre sales. Internet...
Gift Guide: Accessories to jazz up mobile phones
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People you know have spent small fortunes on shiny new smart phones such as the iPhone 3GS, a BlackBerry or the Droid. But the devices still don't have all the features they want. The battery runs out too quickly when...
Russia: No space for space tourists
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There is no space for tourists wishing to fly to the International Space Station, a top Russian space official said Thursday. Since the space station's crew doubled to six people earlier this year, there is no longer...
Sony optimistic on 3-D TVs, in-house display
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A third to a half of the Sony Corp. TV sets sold annually will be packed with 3-D features by the year ending March 2013, a senior executive said Thursday. But Sony Executive Deputy President Hiroshi Yoshioka...
Time Warner Cable asks help on rising program fees
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Time Warner Cable Inc. is asking the public for help as it tries to curtail increases in the programming fees it has to pay to carry cable channels and broadcast stations on its systems. The nation's second-largest...
A look at startup firms challening mutual funds
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Covestor Investment Management and kaChing are online ventures that seek to challenge traditional mutual funds. Borrowing ideas from social networking, the startups help connect small investors with individuals the...
Review: A riff on robotics with self-tuning guitar
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New cars have been tuning themselves for the better part of two decades now, so it should feel less impressive that Gibson has built a guitar that can smoothly do the same. And yet when you strum the Dark Fire for the...
Startups play matchmaker to challenge mutual funds
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If you're unhappy with your mutual fund, you can easily find another. After all, there are nearly 8,000 to choose from. But is that thinking too narrow? That's the case a couple startups are trying to make. Companies...
Curbing global warming saves lives, studies say
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Cutting global warming pollution would not only make the planet healthier, it would make people healthier too, new research suggests. Slashing carbon dioxide emissions could save millions of lives, mostly by reducing...
Italian prosecutors seek jail for Google execs
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An Italian prosecutor demanded jail time Wednesday for four Google executives charged in absentia with defamation and violating privacy for allowing a video to be posted online showing an autistic youth being abused. ...
US online ad revenue down 5.4 pct in third quarter
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Online advertising revenue in the U.S. fell 5.4 percent in the third quarter from a year ago, as the sputtering economy kept its tight grip on even the fastest growing segment of industry, according to a report released...
AT&T and Verizon ads duel on airwaves and in court
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What would the holidays be without bickering between siblings? AT&T and Verizon are swamping TV with ads attacking facets of each other's wireless networks. While the ads stick fairly close to the truth, there's a...
Blue Coat Systems rises on strong results, outlook
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Shares of Blue Coat Systems Inc. rose Wednesday after the security hardware and software maker reported better-than-expected fiscal second-quarter results and third-quarter earnings expectations. Blue Coat shares were...
Internet activists push for greater democracy
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The Internet can be a powerful medium for politicians to get their message across but it is also a vital means for civilians to have a say in what politicians do, participants in a political conference say. Andrew...
EU assembly adopts Internet, phone user rights
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The European Parliament has endorsed new telecom rules that would give phone and Internet users more rights and allow them to appeal to national courts if they are cut off for illegal file-sharing. The rules endorsed...
Google apologizes for offensive first lady image
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Google Inc. is apologizing for a racially offensive image of the first lady that appears at the top of the list when users search for pictures of Michelle Obama on its site. Google placed a text ad above the image...
Hutchison wants more technology in Texas schools
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U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison said Tuesday that if elected governor, her education plan would focus on bringing more technology to the classroom, recruiting and retaining teachers, lowering the high school dropout rate...
AT&T and Verizon ads duel on airwaves and in court
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What would the holidays be without bickering between siblings? AT&T and Verizon are swamping TV with ads attacking facets of each other's wireless networks. While the ads stick fairly close to the truth, there's a...
Google apologizes for offensive first lady image
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Google Inc. is apologizing for a racially offensive image of the first lady that appears at the top of the list when users search for pictures of Michelle Obama on its site. Google placed a text ad above the image...
Microsoft says cost-cutting CFO to step down
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Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday said its chief financial officer is departing at the end of the year and will be replaced by the man now responsible for the books at the division that produces Microsoft Office and other...
Facebook creates dual-class structure, but no IPO
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Facebook has created a dual-class stock structure designed to give founder Mark Zuckerberg and other existing shareholders control over the company. The move could be seen as laying the groundwork for an initial public...
EMC lowers 2009 guidance on $100M charge
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Data storage company EMC Corp. has lowered its 2009 profit forecast because of a $100 million charge it will take this quarter from a restructuring of international subsidiaries. The company says the restructuring...
Senators press EU to speed its Oracle-Sun probe
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U.S. senators are pressuring European antitrust regulators to hurry their investigation of Oracle Corp.'s proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc., citing Sun's "precarious" financial condition and fears about more...
Rare economic espionage case ends in jury deadlock
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Two men accused of the rare charge of economic espionage against the U.S. have been acquitted on two counts, but they could face a retrial on three other counts on which a jury deadlocked. Lan Lee and Yuefei Ge were...
Shuttle, station crews seal hatches for departure
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After nearly a week together, the crews of shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station said goodbye Tuesday and closed the hatches between them. Atlantis will undock from the space station before dawn...
Joost assets bought by online ad company Adconion
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The struggling online video startup Joost, begun with much fanfare by the creators of Skype and Kazaa, has been sold to an online advertising company. Adconion Media Group said Tuesday it bought Joost assets for an...
EU drops Qualcomm antitrust probe
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European Union antitrust regulators on Tuesday dropped a monopoly abuse probe into wireless chip maker Qualcomm Inc. after mobile phone companies withdrew complaints about high royalty fees. Broadcom Corp., NEC Corp.,...
Nokia to ax 220 R&D jobs in Japan
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Nokia Corp. said Tuesday it is axing 220 jobs at research and development units in Japan as the world's largest mobile phone maker continues to cut costs. Last week it announced 330 job cuts in Finland and Denmark at...
Big Bang atom smasher starts speeding proton beams
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The world's largest atom smasher used its accelerator Tuesday to speed up proton beams for the first time as scientists moved ahead in efforts to learn more about the universe. The $10 billion Large Hadron Collider...
UN: HIV outbreak peaked in 1996
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The number of people worldwide infected with the virus that causes AIDS _ about 33 million _ has remained virtually unchanged for the last two years, United Nations experts said Tuesday. Officials say the global...
HP profit jumps on cost cuts, new market expansion
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Hewlett-Packard Co.'s cost-cutting and push into new markets is helping soften the blow from weakness in the company's mainstay businesses. HP on Monday reported big revenue declines in four of its main divisions _...
EU: US should spell out long-term climate goal
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The United States should be ready to spell out its long-term vision for reducing carbon emissions over the next two decades, not just until 2020, the European Union said Tuesday. With two weeks to go before a global...
China moves to protect pandas from swine flu
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A panda research center in northwestern China has been closed to visitors as a precaution to protect the endangered species from catching swine flu, state media reported on Tuesday. It is not known if pandas can catch...
HP profit jumps on cost cuts, new market expansion
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Hewlett-Packard Co.'s cost-cutting and push into new markets is helping soften the blow from weakness in the company's mainstay businesses. HP on Monday reported big revenue declines in four of its main divisions _...
On The Call: HP CEO on 3Com acquisition
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One area where Hewlett-Packard Co. is expanding aggressively is computer networking, the home turf of market leader Cisco Systems Inc. Earlier this month HP announced plans to buy Cisco competitor 3Com Corp. for $2.7...
Brocade 4Q profit drops on costs; backs guidance
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Networking gear maker Brocade Communications Systems Inc. said Monday its fourth-quarter profit fell 6 percent as hefty costs offset a surge in revenue, but reiterated its guidance for fiscal 2010. Net income in the...