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I'd say that I'm no conspiracy theorist, but I'll be honest, I spotted this 1697 sketch while looking through a UFO conspiracy site. And as far as I'm concerned, it's clearly an ink rendition of two Xbox 360 logos floating in the sky. This supposedly historical...(more)
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AP - Retailers who saw Thanksgiving holiday sales drop off as the weekend progressed stepped up online promotions on the day known as "Cyber Monday" to try to get consumers tired of the crowds at stores to keep shopping.
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LiveScience.com - Editor's Note: "The Energy Debates" is a LiveScience series about the pros, cons, policy debates, myths and facts related to various alternative energy ideas. We invite you to join the debate by commenting directly on each article. The Facts The picture that wind power...(more)
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CNET - President-elect Barack Obama's choice of James Jones as national security adviser brings a retired Marine general who advocates a comprehensive overhaul to U.S. energy policy in the name of national defense.
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PC World - Microsoft is trying to sweeten the deal in its bribery -- er, sorry, promotion -- to get you to use its Live.com search engine. The company has just announced plans to make its Cashback program even more instant. Am I the only one...(more)
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Yahoo agrees a deal that will make it the exclusive search engine for Virgin Mobile's four million subscribers.
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NEW YORK -- In a move likely to fuel speculation over Yahoo Inc.'s search for a new chief executive, activist investor Carl Icahn has bought up close to 7 million additional shares of the Internet company, according to regulatory filings. Icahn, a billionaire hedge-fund manager...(more)
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Forget congestion pricing. The ultimate solution for rush-hour gridlock may be flying cars. A California-based company says it's ready to put a such a thing on the road - and up in the air - within two years.
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PC World - High Tech Computer (HTC), the world's largest maker of smartphones that use Microsoft's Windows Mobile software, launched the Touch HD handset in Taipei on Wednesday, a 3.8-inch touchscreen mobile phone that more closely matches up to the iPhone 3G.
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Carlyle Group, the District-based private-equity firm, suffered a new setback yesterday when one of its investments, a Hawaiian provider of local and long-distance telephone service, sought bankruptcy protection from creditors. Carlyle had put $425 million in Hawaiian Telcom Communications and borrowed almost $1.2 billion to...(more)
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The computer firm says it may cut as many as 6,000 jobs as it cuts costs to offset a 27% decline in sales of its high-end servers and as it undergoes extreme restructuring in a worsening economy. The economic downturn may be pushing Sun Microsystems Inc.,...(more)
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Just in time for the Christmas season, Hawaii will get to turn on one of four new asteroid (and Santa) tracking telescopes, which can scan large swaths of the sky quickly and clearly thanks to a 1.4-billion pixel digital camera with image stabilization. The first...(more)
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