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Current Media lays off 80, cancels shows
November 11, 2009 12:00 PM PST
Exactly one year after it announced an earlier round of layoffs, the cable network co-founded by Al Gore is cutting positions associated with several shows it's canceling.
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Powering cell phone towers with wind
November 11, 2009 11:35 AM PST
Southern California pilot program to test Helix Wind's small wind turbines to run cell phone towers.
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Flywheels to buffer 20 megawatts on grid
November 11, 2009 11:29 AM PST
Flywheel maker Beacon Power said it plans to begin construction later this month of an energy storage facility in upstate New York to stabilize grid frequency.
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AMD talks 'Hemlock' graphics, next ultra-thin laptops
November 11, 2009 11:29 AM PST
Advanced Micro Devices' discusses its "Hemlock" graphics card due next week and third-generation ultra-thin laptop technology.
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Orange sells 30,000 iPhones in U.K. on first day
November 11, 2009 11:13 AM PST
The U.K. carrier sells six times more iPhones in one day than China Unicom did over its opening weekend. Not bad for being the second carrier in a much smaller country.
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Apple overtakes Nokia in phone profits
November 11, 2009 10:42 AM PST
Apple is now the world's most profitable cell phone maker. It earned an estimated $1.6 billion from the iPhone in the third quarter, according to Strategy Analytics.
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Yahoo's Bartz cancels CES keynote appearance
November 11, 2009 10:36 AM PST
No reason was given for CEO Carol Bartz's decision to back out of the biggest show in technology other than "changes in her calendar."
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Holiday shoppers going social, mobile
November 11, 2009 10:22 AM PST
Consumers plan to increasingly use social media and cell phones to help them find the right gifts for the holidays, a Deloitte survey shows.
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Bing getting a fall refresh
November 11, 2009 10:00 AM PST
Microsoft's search engine is getting improved preview results as well as some new health information licensed from Wolfram's Alpha.
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Report: Microsoft bans 1 million Xbox Live players
November 11, 2009 9:56 AM PST
Players who were caught modifying their consoles to play pirated games have been booted from the popular service, InformationWeek says.
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Mozilla releases second Firefox 3.6 beta
November 11, 2009 9:55 AM PST
There are 190 changes in the latest test version of the open-source browser, but most of them are under the hood.
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Wi-Fi certification might be tweaked for smart grids
November 11, 2009 9:47 AM PST
Task force to look at modifying IP standards for Wi-Fi devices as opportunity to become communication tool of choice between home appliance networks and smart grids becomes evident.
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Google lets parents lock in SafeSearch
November 11, 2009 9:28 AM PST
Parents can now lock in the search setting that filters out inappropriate sites. There are still ways for kids to circumvent the feature, however.
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Facebook photo tagging gets automated
November 11, 2009 9:14 AM PST
Face.com today launched it's free PhotoTagger facial recognition application for automatically tagging photos on Facebook.
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Vimeo's videos get iPhone, Android-friendly
November 11, 2009 9:00 AM PST
Tired of waiting for Flash to come to the iPhone, and other mobile devices, video host Vimeo is making parts of its site pocket-friendly.
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Former RIAA chief tries to save Qtrax image
November 11, 2009 8:06 AM PST
The top music labels would have lost confidence in Qtrax a long time ago if not for Jay Berman, the former RIAA chief, who is representing the music service.
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Students pitch green businesses for greenbacks
November 11, 2009 7:51 AM PST
The Ignite Clean Energy Competition in Boston announces winners to a business plan competition, one of many contests used to fund promising green-tech ideas.
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Google cuts Picasa photo storage prices
November 11, 2009 7:30 AM PST
The annual cost to store 20GB of photos at Picasa Web Albums now eight times cheaper, making it more interesting as an online backup option.
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N.J. utility ups solar loans to $248 million
November 11, 2009 7:20 AM PST
State approves program to add 81 megawatts of solar power to its grid through PSE&G customers interested in helping the Garden State become a leader in solar.
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Cloud to suck money out of market, report says
November 11, 2009 7:20 AM PST
While the IT economy may be recovering, cloud computing and open source are driving fewer dollars into fewer vendor wallets. Expect a bloodbath to ensue.
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