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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Boston Scientific to close Florida plant

By Scott Andron /  / The Miami Herald
Medical-products manufacturer Boston Scientific will close its plant in Doral, Fla., eliminating 1,400 jobs by 2012, Miami-Dade officials said yesterday. ...
Friday, November 20, 2009

Police: Pa. woman put woman’s nude photo online

By Associated Press
PITTSBURGH — A New York woman who tends bar in northwestern Pennsylvania has been charged with using the cell phone of a male customer — whom she...

Brown, IBM open most powerful supercomputer in RI

By Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Brown University and IBM have opened a multimillion-dollar supercomputer that is the most powerful...
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Google, Yahoo zero in on Internet ’freedom’ bill

By John Letzing / MarketWatch
SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc. and other Internet companies have zeroed in on a resilient effort by a Republican lawmaker to pass legislation that could...

EBay completes sale of Skype for $2 billion

By Associated Press
SAN JOSE, Calif. — EBay has completed its sale of Skype for about $2 billion to an investor group that included the founders of the Internet phone...

Brad Pitt company buys film rights to Airtight Games’ ‘Dark Void’

By Brier Dudley / The Seattle Times
SEATTLE — Airtight Games’ debut video-game title, "Dark Void," doesn’t go on sale until January, but it just hit one out of the park. Capcom,...
Thursday, November 19, 2009

AOL offers buyouts to 2,500, a third of work force

By Associated Press
NEW YORK - AOL LLC, an Internet company struggling to adapt to an advertising-driven economy, is looking to shed more than a third of its work force as it prepares...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

GPS robot promises to get to know you

AIDA SAYS HI: MIT and Volkswagen are working to make a GPS system that will recognize your emotions — and respond.
By Jerry Kronenberg
MIT and Volkswagen are developing a robot that sort of crosses your car’s GPS...
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Sony may not fill some e-reader orders by holidays

By Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — Sony Corp. says some customers who pre-order its newest e-reader may not get the gadget in time for the holidays. The company said...

Nintendo’s Mario endures even as games come and go

Mario goes on a planet-hopping adventure in \
By Associated Press
NEW YORK — You might call him the Mickey Mouse of video games. He’s reminiscent of a doughnut, round and...

IBM announces advances toward a computer that works like a human brain

By Brandon Bailey /  San Jose Mercury News
SAN JOSE, Calif. — In an era when PCs perform like supercomputers, and supercomputers carry out inhuman feats of calculation,...
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UK police make 2 Trojan computer virus arrests

By Associated Press
LONDON — British police have made the first European arrests connected to the spread of a data-thieving virus thought to have infected tens of thousands...
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Big Bang machine near restart after repairs

By Associated Press
GENEVA — Scientists have repaired the world’s largest atom smasher and plan by this weekend to restart the machine that was launched with great...

The 50-plus crowd is among the fastest-growing group of Web daters

By Gina Damron / Detroit Free Press
DETROIT — Jerry Reiser married his high school sweetheart. But that ended after 14 years. A softball umpire introduced him to his second wife. That, too,...
Monday, November 16, 2009

Bloody disgrace

‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’ from Activision.
By Garrett Martin / Video Games
“Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2” made more than $300 million on its...
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