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2 hrs ago | The Day

A new era begins for Roberts Audio Video

Barry Levinson, right, owner of Roberts Audio Video, is shown with longtime associate Rob Grabon and some of the vintage inventory from the business's early days at the New London store last week.

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Related Topix: New London, CT, TV, Computers, Audio and Video

6 hrs ago | Daily Mail

Police forces on alert over deadly million-volt 'Tasers' disguised as mobile phones

Police forces across Britain have been warned to beware of a flood of high-powered stun guns disguised as mobile phones which are being smuggled into the country.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Prison

11 hrs ago | Berkshire Eagle

Soulo can turn iPad to instant karaoke machine

Karaoke lovers typically fall into two categories: Those who enjoy it, and those whose arms have to be twisted to get up and sing in public.

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Related Topix: Ipad, Science / Technology, Facebook, iPod touch App, iPad App, Apple Store, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Apple, Startups, Social Software

Sat Feb 11, 2012

Desert Sun

The Coachella Valley reacts to Whitney Houston's death

Reynaldo Lujan chooses songs by Whitney Houston on a jukebox Saturday moments after he learned the singer had died.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Music!, Thriller, The Bodyguard, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Whitney Houston, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Celebrities, Palm Springs, CA, TV

Palm Beach Post

Ex-boyfriend surrenders in fatal drive-by

A man wanted in the drive-by slaying of his former girlfriend turned himself in to Covington police Saturday, authorities said.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Cell Phones

Highlands Today

Beware of falling televisions

Top: Richard Fleeger hangs a flat screen TV on a wall mount after installing the mount Friday.

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Related Topix: TV, Tribune Company

Inside Bay Area

Redwood City: 2 cell phone store robbers elude capture

Two male suspects entered the Sprint cellphone store at 1517 El Camino Real and told the clerks they were robbing the store, police said.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Redwood City, CA

The Detroit News

Panel: Whirlpool hurt by S. Korean, Mexican washer imports

Benton Harbor-based Whirlpool Corp. is being harmed by imports of large residential washing machines made in South Korea and Mexico, a U.S. panel ruled in the first step toward imposing tariffs on the products.

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Related Topix: Whirlpool Corporation, Appliances, Whirlpool, Benton Harbor, MI, LG Electronics, Electronics

Contra Costa Times

Smart appliances not quite smart enough

As the "smart" revolution spreads from phones to other electronics, some manufacturers are hoping to make a bundle by selling refrigerators that spew out recipes based on what's inside, robotic vacuum cleaners with remote-controlled cameras, and washers and dryers you can monitor from your phone.

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Related Topix: Recipes, TV

Fri Feb 10, 2012

KMID

Man Pleads Guilty For Promoting Prostitution In Permian Basin

A McAllen man pleads guilty for promoting prostitution in the Permian Basin. Roberto Reyes pleaded guilty to a federal charge of using the internet and a cell phone to promote prostitution on Friday.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Cellphones, Prison, Federal Prisons, Texas Government, Texas

ComputerWorld

Motorola Mobility fails to make patent case against Apple in German court

A German court has thrown out a Motorola Mobility patent lawsuit against Apple, breaking a recent run of courtroom successes for the company.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Cellphones

Journal Gazette

Shambaugh plans $2.1 million investment, 25 new jobs

A report released Tuesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration showed that January was the fourth-warmest on record for the lower 48 states.

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Related Topix: Cameras, Digital Cameras, Camcorders

CNET News.com

A Kodak moment to forget

Digital Equipment founder Ken Olsen was one of the smartest people ever to grace the tech landscape.

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Related Topix: Cameras, Digital Cameras

The Otago Daily Times

Kodak to shutter camera business

A roll of Kodak film, which includes the Olympic rings on the box, can be seen on the front desk of a Kodak Express photo printing store in central Beijing.

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Related Topix: Cameras, Digital Cameras, Inventions, Science / Technology, Camcorders, Photography, Arts

IGN

Is Google Building a Home Theater System?

It looks like Google is ready to venture into yet another market. This time, the company is reportedly expanding further into your living quarters and is developing a home theater system that utilizes the Android OS.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Audio and Video

Thu Feb 09, 2012

Reuters

Sony's Hirai to extend PlayStation strategy

Incoming CEO Kazuo Hirai aims to re-shape Sony Corp by linking hardware and software through online networks -- a model he used at its PlayStation unit -- dismissing any suggestion the battered brand would revert to a gadget-centered strategy under his management.

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Related Topix: Sony, Electronics, Video Games, TV, Computers, Apple, Startups

The Daily Breeze

Radio: Jim Ladd and Ziggy Marley makes satellite radio debuts

Former KLOS and KMET legend Jim Ladd makes his SiriusXM Satellite Radio debut on Monday, according to the Orange County Register 's Gary Lycan .

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Related Topix: Ziggy Marley, Reggae

KSFO AM 560

Kodak to Stop Making Digital Cameras This Year

Say goodbye to capturing Kodak moments. On the heels of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, Eastman Kodak Company announced on Thursday it will stop making digital cameras during the first half of this year to focus on more profitable areas of the company.

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Related Topix: Cameras, Digital Cameras, Economics News, Bankruptcy, Camcorders

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Kodak to stop making cameras, digital frames

In this Jan. 5, 2012 photo, a Kodak Easyshare digital camera is displayed at B&H Photo & Video, in New York.

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Related Topix: Cameras, Digital Cameras, Manufacturing, Eastman Kodak, Photography, Camcorders

Reuters

Kodak to stop making cameras to cut costs

The move marks the end of an era for Kodak, which is seen as one of the biggest corporate casualties of the digital age, after it failed to quickly embrace modern technologies such as digital photography, a product that it also invented.

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Related Topix: Cameras, Science / Technology, Inventions, Digital Cameras, Camcorders

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