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  13 Jan 06, 08:11

  Nikon to stop making most film cameras
  
  Nikon, the Japanese camera maker, said Thursday that it would stop making most of its film cameras and lenses in order to focus on digital cameras.
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  13 Jan 06, 08:11

  Google goes mobile
  
  Google released on Thursday Google Personalized Home, which lets people access Gmail, news, RSS feeds and other information from their personalized Google home page on mobile phones and PDAs. The service is free in the U.S. and works with any phone that contains an XHTML-capable Web browser. Google also said on Thursday that its instant messaging, local search and maps would work on BlackBerry mobile devices. Last week, Motorola said it would add Google's Internet search technology into some of its mobile phones.
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  13 Jan 06, 08:12

  Some PayPal users complain of tax records delay
  
  Just two weeks before they are supposed to file business taxes for 2005, some eBay sellers based in California say they are being prevented from downloading transaction records needed to complete their filings.
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  13 Jan 06, 08:12

  Google does gadgets; Blodget gets bearish
  
  The search company updates its corporate appliance and nestles into the BlackBerry. A famed Wall Street watcher, meanwhile, talks down the soaring stock.
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  13 Jan 06, 08:13

  Mozilla's Thunderbird 1.5 takes flight
  
  Mozilla released on Thursday its updated e-mail application, Thunderbird 1.5, which is designed to deliver improved security and functionality.
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  13 Jan 06, 08:14

  Beefier Google Minis for corporate sites
  
  Google is launching two new versions of the Google Mini budget search appliance for small and midsize companies. The appliances offer double and triple the capacity of the existing Mini for double and triple the price, a Google product manager said Wednesday.
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  13 Jan 06, 08:15

  Soderbergh does a DVD-theater release combo
  
  A red carpet will roll out Thursday night in front of Parkersburg, W.Va.'s historic Smoot Theater for the official premiere of a movie that, according to backers, represents the future of the film industry.
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  13 Jan 06, 08:15

  Calif. solar energy plan approved
  
  A $3.2 billion solar energy plan was approved in California on Thursday to create one of the country's largest such programs.
  
  Under the 10-year plan, called the "California Solar Initiative," the life of current state subsidizes will be extended to provide 1 million residents and businesses with rooftop solar panels, or 3,000 megawatts of solar energy, across the state.
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  13 Jan 06, 08:16

  Stem cell scientist apologizes in South Korea
  
  Hwang Woo-Suk, the disgraced stem cell scientist, admitted to data falsifications in his research and apologized today, apparently marking the dramatic conclusion of a career that rose and fell swiftly across the world stage.
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  13 Jan 06, 08:17

  Researchers breed fluorescent green pigs
  
  Taiwan, home to the world's first transgenic glowing fish, has successfully bred fluorescent green pigs that researchers hope will boost the island's stem cell research, a professor said Thursday.
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  13 Jan 06, 08:17

  World's big polluters to fund cleaner fossil fuels
  
  Six of the world's major polluters wrapped up climate talks on Thursday with a multimillion-dollar pledge to develop clean energy but said polluting fossil-fuels would continue to underpin their economies for generations.
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  13 Jan 06, 08:19

  TV ads made quick and cheap on the Net
  
  A Los Angeles-based start-up launched a service Wednesday that allows companies to create television ad campaigns over the Internet for as little as $500 and as quickly as within one week. Spot Runner lets advertisers select a generic commercial from its library, personalize the ads and target customers by demographics, networks and neighborhoods.
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  13 Jan 06, 13:00

  FTC fights terms of Netflix settlement
  
  The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has blasted Netflix, saying the company has tried to turn a class-action settlement into a marketing opportunity.
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  13 Jan 06, 13:02

  'Naked News' lifts kimono on Japanese plans
  
  "Naked News," which features anchors and reporters who disrobe during newscasts, launched its risque take on current affairs in Japan on Tuesday.
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  13 Jan 06, 13:03

  Tiny search firm sees big stock jump
  
  Web search company Mamma.com said it was not aware of any developments that could account for the 47.5 percent jump in its share price on Wednesday, but one strategist said the rally was based on takeover rumors.
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  13 Jan 06, 15:43

  E! swings 'Vine' online
  
  E! Networks is launching a broadband channel that will deliver streaming video and original content exclusively for the Web, the channel said Tuesday at the Television Critics Association winter press tour in Pasadena, Calif.
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  13 Jan 06, 15:44

  Analyst upgrade sends Rambus trade soaring
  
  Semiconductor technology company Rambus saw its shares soar 15 percent Wednesday in heavy trading after the brokerage WR Hambrecht advised clients to buy the stock on expectations that the company could prevail in a series of royalties lawsuits.
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  13 Jan 06, 15:46

  AOL hasn't given up on growing subscriptions
  
  America Online is planning moves this year to improve its cash-generating yet shrinking subscriber business, a top executive at parent company Time Warner said Tuesday.
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  13 Jan 06, 15:48

  Tuning tech catches on with guitarists
  
  No matter how accomplished they are, musicians who play fretted instruments spend a lot of time playing out of tune.
  
  Strings stretch and bind. Fluctuations in humidity and string tension cause instrument necks to bow, arch and twist. Something--it is not always clear what--throws string pitch out of whack. Professional players on stage and in recording sessions find themselves twisting tuner knobs between every song and sometimes in the middle of songs.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  13 Jan 06, 15:50

  Can Mark Cuban sing and dance?
  
  The technology industry is populated with brilliant mathematicians, entrepreneurs with Ph.D.s and futuristic designers.
  
  
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  13 Jan 06, 15:55

  FAQ: The new 'annoy' law explained
• ndmmxiaomayi

  15 Jan 06, 13:58

  MacWorld 2006
  
  The big event in the Apple world is this week's Macworld Expo in San Francisco. Fans eat up announcements for Intel-based Macs, a new high-end laptop and a revamped iMac, but few devices generate more excitement than the ubiquitous iPod.
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  15 Jan 06, 13:59

  A DVD combo? Don't hold your breath
  
  For consumers, a device that could play both HD DVDs and Blu-ray discs would take a lot of risk out of adopting the new video players--but one may not arrive for a while.
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  15 Jan 06, 14:00

  Biodiesel guru sees fuel joining mainstream
  
  LOS ANGELES--Josh Tickell, who looks like a young version of the movie director Ron Howard in a banker's blue shirt, appears out of place in his Venice Beach neighborhood, which is best known for its hippies, hipsters and long stretches of sand.
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  15 Jan 06, 14:02

  Agencies probing sales of cell phone data
  
  Congressman Edward Markey said on Friday that federal agencies were looking into whether telephone companies were sufficiently protecting consumers' records amid concerns that Internet sites were selling cell phone call information.