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Going dark means crazy day for anti-SOPA site owners Just because publications like Reddit, BoingBoing, and PostSecret blacked out their Web sites today, doesn't mean the people who run them got to sit back and relax. Quite the opposite, actually.
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Eco-friendly, inlaw-friendly homes (video) New Avenue Homes founder Kevin Casey is rethinking how we live by focusing on multi-generational living. SmartPlanet catches up with Casey on one of his construction projects.
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AT&T hikes data prices, caps for smartphones While the company is offering more data per buck, the price increase raises the minimum bar for a first-time user.
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AT&T hikes data prices for smartphones While the company is offering more data per buck, the price increase raises the minimum bar for a first-time user.
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The dish on making a life-size Stormtrooper cake (Q&A) It's not every day you see a life-size Stormtrooper cake. Crave talks to Amanda Oakleaf Cakes to find out what the challenges are in creating a sugary 6-foot soldier.
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eBay earnings soar after strong holiday quarter Company manages to meet Wall Street's expectations and surpass them thanks to boosts from PayPal, other subsidiaries, and a strong holiday season.
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Sony teases black box in viral ad New video from Sony Japan teases a magical phone that functions as a multidevice remote control. Even more mysterious? The appearance of a black box.
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Supreme Court to public domain: Let's fence you in The Supremes say Congress can force public-domain works back into copyright, in consideration to the Berne Convention treaty.
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Facebook gets 6,600-pound chocolate thumbs-up Cadbury Dairy Milk pulls delicious Facebook stunt by live-streaming the construction of a huge chocolate thumbs-up--a thank you for reaching 1 million fans.
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Verizon turns on 4G LTE in five new cities Starting January 19, Verizon customers in five U.S. cities can start riding Big Red's 4G network.
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Protect IP, SOPA protests knock Senate Web sites offline An influx of visitors to Senate Web sites during the copyright protest knocked them temporarily offline. But the Capitol switchboard stayed up.
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Capcom teasing Resident Evil 6 reveal? No Hope Left viral campaign tied to publisher, with announcement expected tomorrow afternoon.
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Will Verizon unlock my iPhone 4S? In this edition of Ask Maggie, Maggie Reardon gives one reader the lowdown on which carriers will unlock the iPhone 4S for use overseas and which one won't.
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Microsoft, Alcatel-Lucent settle long-running patent fight The companies ask judge to end the case, two months after she ordered Microsoft to pay $26.3 million, for infringing on patents in Outlook and two other products.
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Mark Zuckerberg finally comes out against SOPA In a Facebook post and his first tweet in nearly three years, Zuck made one thing clear: He doesn't like either SOPA or PIPA and wants them defeated.
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Why headphones are hazardous to your health No, not because of ear damage. A new study finds that serious injuries to headphone-using pedestrians have more than tripled since 2004.
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Protests lead to weakening support for Protect IP, SOPA Widespread online protests appear to have convinced some sponsors of controversial copyright bills that they're no longer worth supporting.
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LightSquared says GPS interference testing was rigged LightSquared, which plans to build a nationwide wireless broadband network, said that a government agency colluded with the GPS industry to find interference issues between GPS services and its own wireless broadband network.
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Artist vacuum-seals couples for portrait series Japanese photographer bundles couples in plastic, then snaps their picture. The results are captivating and strange--and available for viewing in a book and iPad app.
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SOPA protest sees large offline turnout in New York Perhaps as many as a thousand people gathered in midtown New York as part of a protest against antipiracy legislation.
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Apple's secrecy: It's baked into the walls A new excerpt from the book "Inside Apple" notes that the company will often suddenly erect new walls, frost windows and install new security in office spaces--to the consternation of people working there.
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Apple's secrecy: It's in the walls, says book A new excerpt from "Inside Apple: How America's Most Admired--and Secretive--Company Really Works," notes that Apple will frequently change the layout of its building to make room for new projects.
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RIAA posts (not) funny tweet about Wikipedia In an attempt to be intelligent or amusing or something, the RIAA tweets that, with Wikipedia dark today, students will get their facts straight.
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How a private cloud goes beyond virtualization management Both in terms of their underlying approach to IT and their management capabilities in the aggregate, there's a clear distinction between virtualization and private clouds.
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Apple's iOS, BlackBerry tops among business users Apple's iOS and RIM's BlackBerry are the most common mobile platforms seen on the networks maintained by IT professionals, according to a survey from Check Point Software.
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Startup Secret No. 19: Shift your own gears You need to run the business manually for a while before you shift it into automatic.
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SOPA protests won't damage Google search rankings Web sites that go offline or strip out content to protest the antipiracy legislation need not worry that Google will penalize them.
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EU could rule on Google antitrust probe in March The European Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia tells Reuters the decision to file a formal complaint against Google could happen as early as March.
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Can Web protests stop SOPA? The "Chief Yahoo" resigns, stores are adding virtual dressing rooms, and Wikipedia joins a slew of sites calling for the death of the Stop Online Piracy Act.
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Apple to sell at least 48 million iPads this year, says analyst Rumored to offer a quad-core chip and LTE support, the iPad 3 could help Apple sell more than 48 million tablets this year, says an analyst with Sterne Agee.
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Apple to sell at least 48 million iPads this year--analyst With a rumored quad-core chip and LTE support, the iPad 3 could help Apple sell more than 48 million tablets this year, Sterne Agee says.
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WSJ comes out for SOPA, more lawmakers pull support As the fight rages over the SOPA and PIPA antipiracy bills, more lawmakers continue to switch sides and drop support.
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Scientist's $40 microwave zaps better heat-to-power materials Rensselaer researchers say sulfur-doped and microwave-cooked nanomaterials could lead to refrigerators with no moving parts or cars that make electricity from waste heat.
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Scientist's $40 microwave zaps better heat-to-power chips Rensselaer researchers say sulfur-doped and microwave-cooked nanomaterials could lead to refrigerators with no moving parts or cars that make electricity from waste heat.
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Blackout! SOPA protests hit the Web (images) High-profile Internet companies and organizations including Google, Wikipedia, and the EFF bring down a veil of darkness to underscore their worries about the controversial legislation.
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Xbox Live update proves popular among gamers The number of people taking to Xbox Live to watch video and use entertainment apps exploded at the end of the year, Microsoft's Major Nelson says.
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Oracle squashes 78 software bugs in latest patch The database giant has fixed 78 different holes across most of its major product line.
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Internet now active with 2.1 billion users The year 2011 saw a jump in Internet users to 2.1 billion, now averaging 30 percent of all people around the world, according to stats revealed by traffic site Pingdom.
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iPhone 4S helps iOS close the gap on Android According to Nielsen, nearly twice as many consumers chose the iPhone in December, compared with October. However, more people still bought Android handsets in December.
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How SOPA would affect you: FAQ CNET takes an in-depth look at the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act, backed by Hollywood and opposed by the largest Web companies and civil liberties groups.
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Yahoo's Yang is gone. That was the easy part Restoring the fortunes of the pioneering Internet company takes a lot more than ejecting a high-profile executive. The rank and file, too, are key to Yahoo's fate.
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Next-gen solar tech makes big leagues Solar Frontier's thin-film technology will be used at a 150 megawatt solar farm in California because of price and year-round production.
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Samsung: We never considered buying RIM--and never will Company says it hasn't approached RIM for a takeover bid, and the BlackBerry maker never tried to sell to Samsung.
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Reid Hoffman joins board, invests $5M in Wrapp The LinkedIn co-founder brings firepower to Wrapp, a social gifting startup that's about to launch in the U.S.
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What to expect at Apple's education event Thursday CNET rounds up what to expected from Apple at its education-themed event on Thursday. Here's a hint: no new iPad. For more, read on.
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What expect at Apple's education event tomorrow (roundup) CNET rounds up what to expected from Apple at its education-themed event on Thursday. Here's a hint: no new iPad. For more, read on.
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What expect at Apple's education event Thursday CNET rounds up what to expected from Apple at its education-themed event on Thursday. Here's a hint: no new iPad. For more, read on.
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When will wearables be wearable? The growth of wearables is increasing but, it's unclear whether they'll become the next "smart" platform, as was discussed during a panel event hosted by the MIT/Stanford Venture Lab.
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Microsoft lays out Window 8 tablet hardware requirements Windows 8 tablets will have to meet some minimum requirements, according to specifications published by Microsoft.
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SOPA opponents take their fight to the streets Real-world demonstrations planned for tomorrow to coincide with several Web sites' blackouts protesting the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act.
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Wikipedia, Google blackout sites to protest SOPA Wikipedia has gone offline for 24 hours to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act, while Google and Craigslist are also asking users to contact Congress.
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McAfee software lets scammers hijack PCs to send spam Computers running McAfee service found to be acting as open proxies for spammers, customers report.
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Jailbroken iPad 2, iPhone 4S running iOS 5.0.1 The fight to jailbreak Apple's A5-chip-powered devices, specifically the iPhone 4S and the iPad, is nearing its end. Hacker "pod2g" and his crew of iOS exploit seekers have released photos and videos of a jailbroken iPhone 4S and a jailbroken iPad 2, both running iOS 5.0.1.
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CBSSports.com opens fantasy sports platform to developers Third-party developers will be able to create and sell league-specific apps that can be integrated with players' teams, helping to streamline the decision-making process.
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SOPA/PIPA strike is first of its kind Tomorrow, you may notice that you can't access some of your favorite Web sites. Wikipedia, Reddit, and MoveOn.org, among dozens of others, are suspending their services for 24 hours. They're protesting Internet piracy bills currently being considered in the U.S. House and Senate. CNET's Kara Tsuboi reports.
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Middle East cyberwar hits Israeli banks, stock exchange, airline Some Israeli banks are blocking, or say they will block, access to sites from Middle Eastern countries in the wake of attacks on banks, the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, and El Al Airline.
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Obama CTO touts tech as path to success for disadvantaged youths U.S. Chief Technical Officer Aneesh Chopra, Lotus 1-2-3 founder Mitch Kapor, and Zach Sims of Codecademy are joining forces to create new ways to help young people--mainly from disadvantaged backgrounds--find pathways into technology.
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Can the naysaying and give Jerry Yang his due It's easy to dismiss him for blowing the Microsoft deal, but credit a legendary tech pioneer for a record of accomplishment
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Cap the naysaying and give Jerry Yang his due It's easy to dismiss him for blowing the Microsoft deal, but credit a legendary tech pioneer for a record of accomplishment
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Symantec says source code stolen in 2006 hack Backtracking on earlier statements blaming a third party, the security software maker acknowledges that hackers infiltrated its own networks.
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Google fixes Checkout bug that leaked customer data The bug revealed customer phone number to merchants when digital goods were purchased.
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Tomorrow's vending machines may scan your face Will you try on outfits with a Kinect or let a vending machine scan your face? At the 2012 National Retail Federation Convention and Expo in New York, new tech aims to change the way you shop.
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Why Jerry Yang's resignation is a great, if belated, move Yang infamously turned down a $31 a share, or $44.6 billion, offer from Microsoft. He should have left 10 minutes after screwing that Microsoft deal up.
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Consumerization of IT is more than using an iPad at work According to Box CEO Aaron Levie, it's just as much about baking the consumer look and feel into enterprise apps--something a new wave of startups is doing.
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Yahoo announces Yang's resignation (statement) Here's the full text of Yahoo's press release announcing co-founder Jerry Yang's resignation.
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Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang resigns from Web giant The move comes two weeks after Yahoo hired Scott Thompson as chief executive. Yang praised that hire and said only that it was time to move on.
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MPAA blasts 'dangerous' anti-SOPA blackouts as 'stunts' Chief Hollywood lobbyist Chris Dodd, a former U.S. Senator, railed against tomorrow's planned Web blackouts/copyright-law protests.
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HzO looking to make splash with smartphone waterproofing A company called HzO has new waterproof technology that can protect your mobile devices inside and out, and it could find its way into Apple and Samsung smartphones this year.
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Olympus going even more retro with OM-D camera It looks like the OM brand will ride again, as the Japanese camera maker trademarks "OM-D" and teases about a launch event soon.
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New Alienware PC lands tonight Alienware set to announce a new desktop gaming computer tonight at 11 p.m. ET.
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Google gathers language samples for better voice search (video) Google's Linne Ha travels the world collecting voice samples in various languages for the company's voice search technology. SmartPlanet visits with Google's voice search team to learn what goes into developing the technology.
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Windows 8 will not be kind to Intel this year, says analyst The wait for Windows 8 may be long, negatively impacting Intel's performance in 2012, an analyst at investment bank Piper Jaffray said Tuesday.
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House to take up SOPA debate again next month Rep. Lamar Smith says the House will continue to try and enact legislation that protects consumers from "foreign thieves." The fight over SOPA, albeit a watered down version, goes on.
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Lojack recovers your laptop, without risking your neck Is your laptop worth your life? Lojack for Laptops and its new Android counterpart make a compelling case that GPS tracking of your stolen gear is not enough.
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Google+ gets LOLcaterizer photo caption tool Keen to anthropomorphize your pet? Google+ will let you annotate your photos now, which actually is a good idea.
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Sprint updates phones to eliminate Carrier IQ Sprint said in December that it would work to get rid of the controversial Carrier IQ software on devices on its network. And now it's starting to send out over-the-air updates.
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The case for virtual reality on grandma's stationary bike The two-year Cybercycle Study finds that older adults exhibit greater cognitive benefits from virtually reality-enhanced exercise than traditional forms.
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First Solar pushes pedal in solar-efficiency race Industry cost leader First Solar says it expects to bring thin-film solar panels to market with an efficiency between 14 percent and 15 percent in three years, as competition heats up.
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Wikipedia to join Web blackout to protest SOPA Zappos customers reset passwords after the site's 24 million accounts hacked, Apple is expected to bring interactive textbooks to the iPad, and Wikipedia and other sites will go dark Wednesday in protest of SOPA.
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iPad 3 to get February intro, March release? It could be just a few weeks before we see Apple's next iPad. New murmurs say Apple's holding an event to show it off next month, with a release to follow in March.
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Animations show how you work at the molecular scale (video) Drew Berry creates computer animations that bring to life biological processes of the human body at the molecular level. The results are mesmerizing.
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Startup Secret No. 18: Stealth is nonsense Your secret startup idea is not as valuable as you think it is.
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How to access Wikipedia during its SOPA blackout The free encyclopedia will be inaccessible Wednesday as part of a copyright-law protest. But it will still be available via Google's cache.
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iPad 3 screen production ramping up strongly, report says Apple is said to be gearing up on big orders for panels to put on its next-generation iPad, while scaling back on the ones it uses on its current model.
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Windows 8 will adopt new resilient file system, but only on server Microsoft has revealed that it will make the move from NTFS to ReFS (Resilient File System) for Windows 8, but only on the server version.
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Get global bragging rights in Getty's mashup contest Mashup artists from around the world will be competing for a $5,000 first prize in Getty's Mishmash competition. Entrants will have legal access to some of the best photography, videos, and music from a rich selection of content archives.
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Google will protest SOPA using popular home page The search giant will post an anti-SOPA link on its home page tomorrow as part of a unified protest planned by the tech sector.
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Facebook planning to launch Open Graph actions tomorrow? All Things Digital says that at the company's scheduled press event tomorrow, it will unveil the first group of applications launching via Open Graph.
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Scaling up: Joule funded for test-tube biofuel Startup Joule lands $70 million in private equity to build larger-scale plants that make diesel fuel directly from sunlight, carbon dioxide, and nutrients in solar panel-like bioreactors.
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Ice Cream Sandwich update failing on some Transformer Primes The update to Android 4.0 is apparently unable to run on some Transformer Prime tablets, released by Asus last week. Users are seeing a 'Serial Number Unknown' error.
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New iPhone app makes you cough up for missing gym A new app called GymPact charges you a fee is you miss a promised appointment at the gym. Is your iPhone now your daddy?
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Zynga CEO Mark Pincus on IPO: We got what we wanted The Zynga CEO says his company's ultimate goal was to raise $1 billion in an IPO, and it was successful in achieving that.
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Musk: Tesla Model S on track, despite executive departures The departure of two Tesla executives was a planned transition, and there's no need to worry, CEO Elon Musk tells investors after the company's stock dropped 20 percent.
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Wanna make money on apps? Give them away The freemium business model, which relies on in-app purchases, is where the market is going, according to a recent study by IHS.
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Nokia Lumia 710 Windows Phone selling for free at Wal-Mart One of Nokia's first Windows Phones, the Lumia 710 can already be had for free from Wal-Mart, albeit with the standard two-year contract.
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Nokia Lumia 710 Windows Phone free at Wal-Mart with contract One of Nokia's first Windows Phones, the Lumia 710 can already be had for free from Wal-Mart, albeit with the standard two-year contract.
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Apple seeks ban on Samsung phones in Germany Apple fires off another legal salvo at Samsung in Germany, this time seeking a ban on smartphones such as its Galaxy S II device.
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