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2 hrs ago | The Beaumont Enterprise

Best Buy reports 1Q loss on restructuring costs

Best Buy Co. on Tuesday reported a loss in its fiscal first quarter as it sold its stake in Best Buy Europe and works on a turnaround plan that includes cutting costs and closing some stores.

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Related Topix: Best Buy, Retail, Startups, Napster, Internet

4 hrs ago | Salisbury Journal

Interflora wins M&S trademark case

A judge ruled that the use by M and S of the 'Interflora' trademark as a Google Adword was trademark infringement The case concerned the use by M&S of the word "Interflora" as an advertising keyword leading Google internet search engine users to advertisements for M&S flower delivery services.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Internet

9 hrs ago | Patch.com

Maker Faire Detroit 2013 Applicant Deadline Approaching

Attention all makers, tinkerers, inventors, hackers and do-it-yourselfers: The call for entries is now open for Maker Faire Detroit 2013 at The Henry Ford in Dearborn.

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Related Topix: Detroit, MI, Inventions

13 hrs ago | Digital Video Editing

Microsoft to build Australian cloud computing centers

Microsoft Corp is expanding its services for hosting and processing online data in Australia with the establishment of two new "cloud" computing data centers in the country.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Startups, Cloud Computing

Mon May 20, 2013

Search Engine Watch

How to Start YouTube Advertising in 9 Steps

If you're ready to advertise on YouTube for the first time with one of those ads that pop up before you watch your video then this basics guide is for you.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Google, Startups, AdMob, Internet

Bradenton.com

Under Mayer: Boosting mobile, buying companies

Yahoo Inc. lured Marissa Mayer from Google in July to become its fifth CEO in as many years.

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Google, Enterprise Mobile, Tumblr, Internet

Myrtle Beach Online

Guantanamo hack threat prompts WiFi shutdown

A spokesman for the Guantanamo Bay prison says that officials have also blocked access to social networks such as Facebook and Twitter through military computer networks because of the threat.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Wireless, Emerging Technology, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Cuba, World News, Wi-Fi, Business News

The Republic

Daft Punk goes outside comfort zone for new album

The influential French electronic duo crafted its first film score, for "Tron: Legacy," three years ago and are now releasing a well-financed, smartly hyped pop album featuring what they call an ensemble cast of contemporary singers and veteran musicians.

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Related Topix: Daft Punk, Electronic, Robots, Disco, Chic

KMIZ

Charge your phone in 20 seconds

A tiny device that can recharge cell phone batteries in as little as 30 seconds won 18-year-old Eesha Khare a major science award that will help fund her college education at Harvard University.

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Related Topix: Harvard University, Inventions, Shreveport, LA

BBC News

UK astro Peake given station date

Tim Peake says he is thrilled to have been given the opportunity to go to the International Space Station .

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Related Topix: Space

Fox News

Catholic Church unveils new iPad application- 2 men arrested in killing over iPad in Las Vegas

The Catholic Church unveiled a new iPad application this week, intended to keep the faithful abreast of Vatican comings-and-goings, as well as other news from the church's missions throughout the world.

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Related Topix: Ipad, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Pope Benedict XVI

Sun May 19, 2013

Ananova

China Spreads Alternative To Us GPS System

Pakistan is set to become the fifth Asian country to use China's domestic satellite navigation system, which was launched as a rival to the US sat nav system.

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Related Topix: GPS, Business News

MSNBC

Recommended: Mice and other critters land in Russia after 30 days in space; not all survive

Vladimir Sychov, deputy director of the Institute of Medical and Biological Problems and the lead researcher for the Bion-M project, talks to reporters Sunday while others examine the "space ark" capsule in the background.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Russia, Space

CTV

2 men arrested in killing of Las Vegas teen who refused to give up his iPad

Two men have been arrested in the killing of a teenage boy over an iPad in Las Vegas, police said Sunday.

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Related Topix: Ipad

WPTV Local News

Yahoo to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion

The Yahoo board has reportedly approved a deal to pay $1.1 billion in cash for the blogging site Tumblr.

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!, Tumblr, Internet

Pasadena Star-News

L.A. hobbyists seek $1.5 million prize in NASA Mars robot challenge

Jim Rothrock of Wunderkammer Laboratory has built an autonomous robot for a NASA competition to develop technology that can retrieve rock samples on Mars, which would then be returned to Earth.

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Related Topix: Robots, NASA

Al Bawaba

Samsung Electronics Levant launches the latest smart TVs lineup for 2013 in Jordan

Samsung Electronics Levant, the world leader in consumer electronics and digital technology, and Hikmat Yassin Sons Co., announced the launch of its new Samsung 2013 Smart TV lineup in the Jordanian market in a press conference at the Sheraton Amman Al Nabil Hotel .

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Related Topix: TV, Electronics, Televisions, Jordan, World News, Middle East, CPU,

Sat May 18, 2013

Digital Post Production

The Panasonic AG-HPX255 Camera and BT-LH1850 Monitor

Panasonic has a new camera, the AG-HPX255. Let's take a look at their new hand-held P2 camera offering, as well as their new monitor, the BT-LH1850. Panasonic lent a friend of mine the AG-HPX255 to test out.

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Related Topix: Space

The Miami Herald

Silicon Valley-area hub becomes factory town

In a busy factory, machinists move sheets of aluminum roll in the back door to be molded, stamped, twisted and notched into high-tech electric cars that sell for more than $60,000 each.

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Related Topix: Fremont, CA, CPU, Robots, San Francisco, CA

New Hampshire Public Radio -

Astronaut Chris Hadfield's Most Excellent Adventure

After a half-year mission at the International Space Station, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield lands in central Kazakhstan on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Space

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