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Microsoft hopes on Xbox to change entertainment style
(53 mins ago) Microsoft offers a glimpse Tuesday at a new-generation Xbox as videogame consoles evolve into home entertainment centers and adapt to competition from smartphones and tablets. A tented stage has been set up at the technology giant's headquarters in the city of Redmond in Washington State for an "Xbox Reveal'' event to play out just weeks before a major annual ...
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Metals Stocks Gold prices rise following up on ‘key reversal’
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures rose in electronic trade Tuesday, building on gains from the previous session that ended a lengthy string of ...
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First Impressions Dell XPS 18 Portable All-in-One
hasn't led the pack when it comes to inspired design language and eye-popping hardware. This isn't to say Dell hasn't been churning out reliable products, but nothing that's made an indelible impression or pushed the envelope. Two notable exceptions spring to mind, however: Last ...
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Mary J. Blige Is Obliged To IRS
Mary J Blige (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Grammy winner Mary J. Blige is being chased for taxes again. Like mixing plaids and stripes, celebrities and taxes often seem to be in discord. Stars may make a lot of money, but they have big expenses and a complex lifestyle. And they often rely on managers and advisers to handle details most people handle themselves. Their handlers may not keep them ...
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Futures Movers Oil futures seesaw U.S. inventories may decline
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- U.S. crude-oil futures wobbled between small losses and gains Tuesday, with the moves coming before data expected to show a drawdown in weekly oil ...
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IBMs Watson Now A Customer Service Agent Coming To Smartphones Soon
emerged as a budding oncologist . Now Watson has a new job-as a customer-service agent with the mostest. The help desk is a bit of a step down from fighting cancer, but IBM is nothing if not pragmatic. U.S. organizations spend $112 billion on call center labor and software, yet half of the 270 billion customer-service calls go unresolved each year, presenting a fairly sizable opening for an ...
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Why Im protesting against Gap over Bangladesh
"I own Gap clothing and I don't think it's acceptable that this is the cost," Mandavilli said. Protesters like Mandavilli are being galvanized into action by labor and socially conscious groups in the wake of the deadly ...
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Here comes the thinner lighter iPad
(Credit: Apple) A full-size iPad that gets closer to the lean design of the iPad Mini may finally be on the way. Production of the ...
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Customers not as happy with iPhone as they were last year
(Credit: CNET) More customers are satisfied with Apple's phones than any other handsets, but they're not as happy as they were last year, a new report said. According to an American Customer Satisfaction Index report issued today, Apple received a score of 81 (on a scale of 100) in terms of customer satisfaction. But the company dropped 2 percent from its 2012 position, and the ...
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Caixin Online Excitement over new China stock market board
Caixin Online ) -- The country's financial circles have been enthusiastic about the prospects of a large expansion this year to the New Third Board, a nationwide over-the-counter (OTC) market for non-public companies' shares, which now covers only four pilot ...
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Tornadoes strike Oklahoma killing at least 51
Large, devastating tornadoes swept through Oklahoma City and neighboring towns Monday, killing at least 51 people as they laid waste to numerous buildings, including more than one elementary ...
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NewsWatch New Xbox may keep Microsoft in the game
Microsoft is expected to unveil a new Xbox on Tuesday. Investors have been bidding up shares of videogame firms, but the market has shifted dramatically in recent ...
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Guantanamo Wi-Fi shuttered after Anonymous hacking threat
In unity with the prison's inmates, the hacking group pledges to disrupt online activities at Guantanamo -- prompting the U.S. military to shut down the base's ...
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Spot expands lineup with satellite-powered Global Phone
(Credit: Spot) Satellite phones may seem like a niche technology, and in many ways they are. You won't need one while roaming city streets, but they can be invaluable if you're ever trekking far from civilization -- though that didn't ...
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Flickrs 1TB for photos is great but how about a smart shoebox
commentary More space for online photo storage is a welcome move, but it's also like having a bigger "shoebox" where more of your photos get lost. How about an increase in ...
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Microsoft To Reveal New Xbox Features
Microsoft currently sitting in the top spot of video game console sales for the 28th consecutive month according to retail tracking firm NPD Group. Total retail spending for the Xbox 360 platform in April — which included hardware, software and accessories — topped $208 million dollar. However, the company is already looking ahead to the next generation. "Looking forward to ...
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US manufacturing drawn to Fremont California
A combination of tax breaks, agreeable infrastructure and a proximity to the technology hotspot of Silicon Valley are combining to create interest in manufacturing in Fremont, ...
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Why Dont Startups Like Tumblr Get Their Customers To Invest
the deal could get tricky , but even that perspective shows the outcomes for users are good: if the visual layout of Tumblr doesn't resonate on a mobile platform with ads piled on, there's always WordPress. Strauss reports a blog post by WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg today says that following Yahoo!'s announcement, 72,000 Tumblr posts were ported over to WordPress within the ...
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Finally Independent Testing Of Rossis E-Cat Cold Fusion Device Maybe The World Will Change After All
I first wrote about Italian engineer, Andrea Rossi, and his E-Cat project, a device that produces heat through a process called a Low Energy Nuclear Reaction (LENR). Very briefly, LENR, otherwise called cold fusion, is a technique that generates energy through low temperature (far lower than hot fusion temperatures which are in the range of tens off thousands of degrees) reactions that are not ...
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SoftBank grants waiver for Sprint to talk more to Dish
The Japanese wireless carrier is letting its rival Dish go into further talks with Sprint, saying that "we are providing this waiver because we are confident in the value of our ...
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Tough Cat B15 Android phone marks U.S. debut
Cat B15 Android smartphone is the newest entrant to the U.S.' rough and ready durable phone tussle. I got my hands on the B15 this past March when it first appeared on the world stage at Mobile World Congress. This U.S. variant is essentially the same handset, except for the cellular support -- AWS bands 1700/2100 to complement GSM 850/1900 support. There's no launch date yet, since ...
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Gyms For Women Sell More Than Fitness
. Standing in the atrium leading from the lobby -- where you can order a $10 "Flirtini," a $12 Long Island, or a $30 sangria carafe at the full bar -- to the locker room -- where the towels are a shocking shade of pink, the walls are coated in sliver glitter, and the flat irons are plentiful -- I couldn't figure out what this particular "un-gym," as it's billed, ...
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Times Have Changed. Your Resume Needs To Change Too.
Though he seemingly needed no introduction, da Vinci is said to have pioneered the business resume. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The professional resume is said to go back ...
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Six Business Lessons According to Spenser
The death of author Robert B. Parker in 2010 brought with it an unusual business challenge. The novelist, who wrote almost 70 books, the majority of them about his iconic Boston private eye, Spenser (no first name ever has been used), was a best-seller machine. Not on the scale of, say, Dan Brown or John Grisham. But two or three times a year, virtually every year, Parker could be counted on to ...
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In The West Big Coal Makes A Stand
natural gas exports , a battle is brewing in the Western United States over exports of coal to Europe and, especially, to the booming economies of Asia. Buoyed by rising overseas demand for American coal, big coal producers including Arch Coal and Peabody are seeking to build new ports and new shipping facilities, particularly along the West Coast, to send U.S. coal from ...
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Rhode Island offshore wind farm contraversey
There is division in the ranks over a wind farm planned for construction off Block Island, while officials in the state government have accused future surveys for potential new sites of lacking in scope.
Deepwater Wind is becoming a controversial name in Rhode Island over plans to build an off shore wind farm just off the coast of Rhode Island. While not as controversial as Deepwater Horizon, the BP oil rig that caused the mess in the Gulf of Mexico, the renewable energy plans of Deepwater Wind are certainly raising some hackles. Read more
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