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1 hr ago | WHEC-TV Rochester

Robbery motive in deaths of 5 in rural Arkansas

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Thieves shot to death five Arkansas family members and burned their bodies for the meager bounty of a set of wheel rims and some flat-screen televisions, court documents said Friday.

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Related Topix: Hot Springs, AR, TV, Violent Crime, Garland County, AR, Pearcy, AR

5 hrs ago | Chicago Sun-Times

Cops posing as 'customers' nab three in Craigslist crime wave

A West Pullman man and two South Side brothers have been charged with stealing cash and property at gunpoint from victims thinking they were meeting to buy televisions and other electronics advertised on Craigslist.

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Related Topix: TV

10 hrs ago | CBC

Ontario reviews flat-screen TV standards

Ontario will consider new standards for flat screen TVs. Ontario will consider revising its standards for flat-screen televisions now that California has moved to ban power-hungry sets from its store shelves, Energy Minister Gerry Phillips said Thursday.

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Related Topix: TV, Canada,

14 hrs ago | The Straits Times

Nokia to cut 330 jobs

NOKIA, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, said on Friday it would shed about 330 jobs in Finland and Denmark as part of a streamlining of its research and development operations.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Cellphones, Finland, World News

18 hrs ago | Gouverneur Times

Smart Spending: Online help for holiday shopping

Shoppers face a dizzying array of offers of help in the form of new Web sites, services and mobile phone applications as they set out for their holiday shopping this year.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Cellphones, Life, Holidays, Day after Thanksgiving, Social Software

Thu Nov 19, 2009

ClipSyndicate

Sony's Haber Says E-Reader Device Exceeding Expectations: Video

Nov. 18 -- Steve Haber, president of Sony Electronics Inc. digital reading unit, talks with Bloomberg's Mark Crumpton and Julie Hyman about the electronic-reader market.

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Related Topix: Electronics, Video, Business News

Slam Sports

Retailers launch deep discounts to lure in shoppers in stagnant holiday season

Canadian retailers are getting ready for the holiday season with rock-bottom prices and major promotional campaigns in hopes that shoppers will open their wallets and seize the opportunity to save.

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Related Topix: Retail, Wal Mart Stores, TV, Winter Sports, Curling

WUSA9.com Washington, DC

Senator Wants New TV Energy Efficiency Standards

Senator Dianne Feinstein is encouraging the Obama administration to adopt new energy efficiency standards for televisions, similar to those just approved in her home state of California.

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Related Topix: TV, US Senate, Dianne Feinstein, US Politics, Democrat, US News

Business Times

Sony aims for 5 pc profit margin in 3 years

Sony Corp aims to earn a 5 per cent operating profit margin in three years by turning its struggling LCD TV and game operations profitable next year and launching 3D TVs and lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles.

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Related Topix: Sony, TV, Digital Cameras, Video Games

Slam Sports

ABC has strongest week in ratings in more than a year, thanks to country music

Country music helped ABC to its best ratings week in more than a year. The network, which narrowly lost to CBS for the distinction of America's most popular TV network last week, aired the Country Music Association awards to 17.2 million people, according to the Nielsen Co.

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Related Topix: TV, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Reality TV, Dancing With The Stars, Crime TV, Action TV, The Oprah Winfrey Show

Macworld UK

China Mobile still in talks to sell iPhone

The world's largest mobile phone service provider by subscribers is still in talks with Apple about offering the iPhone in China even though rival China Unicom started selling the handsets there last month.

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Related Topix: Telecom, China Mobile Hong Kong, iPhone, Cell Phones, Cellphones

Wed Nov 18, 2009

CNET News.com

Rumors of a GPhone refuse to die

Is Google really thinking about making a substantial change to its business model by releasing the fabled Gphone? Would Google really consider derailing Droid momentum with its own phone? TechCrunch sparked the latest round of Gphone rumors Wednesday, reporting that its sources indicate Google is working on releasing a Google-branded Android phone ...

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Related Topix: Startups, TechCrunch, Music Players, Cell Phones, Cellphones, Verizon Communications, Telecom, IT Services

ClipSyndicate

Finding the Best Black Friday TV Deals

Everyone is looking for deals this holiday season, hoping to get a lot of bang for their buck - and when it comes to flat screen televisions, now is the time to buy.

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Related Topix: TV, Video

WDTN-TV Dayton

Black Friday ad: 50-inch TV for $600

The official kickoff for the holiday shopping season is more than a week away. But the nation's retailers, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc., are already starting to let shoppers know about their fat discounts in hopes of attracting big crowds.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Day after Thanksgiving, TV, Retail, Wal Mart Stores, Video Games

Engadget

Casio trots out world's slimmest shock-resistant digicam: EX-G1

Generally speaking, having something " ruggedized " ruins the aesthetic appeal. You trade style for function, and that's been perfectly acceptable until today.

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Related Topix: Digital Cameras, Dover, NJ, Gadgets

ABC News - Brian Ross

California Targets TVs to Lower Electricity Demand

FILE - In a Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009 photo, Doug Pongrazc checks out a large screen television while... FILE - In a Thursday, Jan.

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Related Topix: TV, Elk Grove, CA, Televisions

Tue Nov 17, 2009

SF Gate

Shifting mobile cost to employees? Think twice

Article:Shifting mobile cost to employees? Think twice:/g/a/2009/11/16/urnidgns852573C40069388000257670005ABEE8.DTL Article:Shifting mobile cost to employees? Think twice:/g/a/2009/11/16/urnidgns852573C40069388000257670005ABEE8.DTL 08:40 PST -- I've noticed a disturbing anecdotal trend in talking to enterprise customers lately, and some recent IDC ...

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Cellphones, Tax

The Post Chronicle

Qualcomm CEO Pins Hopes On China

Qualcomm, the world's biggest chip maker, said on Tuesday that it expects to sell its TD-SCDMA chips in mainland China within the next year.

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Related Topix: Cellphones, Cell Phones, Science / Technology

Next Generation

Nintendo: Wii HD Theories Missing The Bigger Picture

Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has said that rumours concerning a new HD-capable Wii are missing the bigger picture.

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Related Topix: Video Games, Nintendo Wii, Electronics

Andover Advertiser

Mobile customers' details 'sold on'

Thousands of mobile phone customers' personal details have been stolen and sold on to rival firms, it has been claimed.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones

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