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Koalas have a new hangout at SD Zoo
Designed to mimic the animals' Australian homeland, the $7.4 million exhibit not only includes a brand-new habitat with more enclosures for the tree-perching koalas, but also aviaries and dedicated areas for wallabies and wombats -- all accented with Aussie architecture, plantings and 8-foot-to-15-foot-tall Aboriginal-inspired totem ...
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Where CEOs Are Most Confident In 2013
...but not all countries are as down on this year's revenue outlook as others. Optimism varies greatly by country. According to the 16th Annual Global CEO Survey by PwC, here is where countries are the most optimistic about top line growth this year. And that's not saying much, judging by the ...
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Yemen a Major Part of Any Effort to Close Guantanamo
In a speech on Thursday, President Obama is set to renew his efforts to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. A key element of that effort will require the transfer of detainees to Yemen, something that has been impossible since the ...
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QA Microsoft Games boss on Xbox One lineup Spielbergs Halo and more
Microsoft’s unveiling of the Xbox One console on Tuesday mostly showed off the system’s entertainment capabilities. The next big Xbox event, on June 10 in Los Angeles, will be mostly about games. For a preview I buttonholed Phil Spencer, vice president of Microsoft Game Studios,on ...
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Volatile Trading Day Keeps Focus on Fed Jobs Data
Volatile trading in stocks and bonds could continue as investors sort out what's going on with the Fed and whether markets have come to some sort of inflection point. That makes every bit of economic data even more important, since the Fed has made clear its path will be determined by the progress of the economy, and employment in particular. ...
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Xbox One Has Microsoft lost the name game in the console war
On Tuesday, before a roomful of panting games journalists and sore-thumbed enthusiasts, Microsoft unveiled its latest games console. The curtain was pulled, and the Xbox One was revealed. As gamers ruminated on the implications of the 'box (not hardcore enough? Better than the forthcoming PlayStation 4?), some of us were left ...
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Asia Markets Tokyo stocks soar as Sydney Seoul retreat
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Australian and South Korean stocks dropped Thursday on worries the Federal Reserve could downscale its bond purchases, while Japanese shares marched to fresh multiyear highs as several exporters got a lift from the weakened ...
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Siri slams iPad in new Windows 8 ad
a new Windows 8 ad sees Microsoft take Siri hostage, tie her up in a chair, and make her tell the truth. The truth as Microsoft sees it, that ...
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Top social photo sites for browsing and sharing
With high quality digital cameras on every smartphone and apps that make your pictures even better, just about anyone can be an accomplished photographer. Sure, you may not be an accomplished professional photographer, but you can certainly upload your images to photo sharing sites and receive feedback to make your shots even better. As most people know, there are a number of popular services ...
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Stalk your love object with your gadget says new Galaxy S4 ad
(Credit: Samsung/YouTube Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET) Technology and love have a long relationship. In recent times, the former has played the dominant role. We now find partners online and one-night stands on our phones. However, Samsung would like you to know that the best way to meet the woman of your dreams is to pull out your gadget and stalk her a little. Perhaps this is ...
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Now for sale on Craigslist Google Glass
Glass Terms of Sale . Violating an electronic product's sale terms is practically a rite of passage, from ripping the safety tag off of mattresses to ripping CDs and DVDs. What makes this case unusual is that the Craigslister is clearly trying to make a buck: this pair of Glass, perhaps more valuable because of its rarity on Craigslist, is going for four times the market cost of $1,500. ...
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Bernanke Signals No Irrational Exuberance On His Watch
Today was the first day in the markets for some time when the laws of gravity were in evidence as the overwhelming factor of consideration. When the notion that trees don't grow to the sky became once again the theme of Wall Street anxiety. The buzz was all about Bernanke's carefully articulated scenario about how the central bank may begin to alter the the purchase of $85 billion in ...
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Why Apple Should Have A 0 Tax Rate
Yesterday Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, testified before Congress regarding Apple's practice of avoiding paying any more taxes than they are forced to. For this, Apple has been excoriated by politicians, demonized by the press, and vilified by the general public. The statements I've heard and read can be summed up thusly; that either Apple is acting criminally and Tim Cook should be ...
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OtterBox acquires rival LifeProof
The popular LifeProof case joins the OtterBox family. If you can't beat 'em, buy 'em. OtterBox, which struggled for months to bring a waterproof iPhone case to market, has acquired rival LifeProof, which makes one of the best -- and bestselling -- tough iPhone cases. Colorado-based OtterBox has been a leading case manufacturer for a variety of smartphones ...
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No Apple watch until late 2014 says analyst
(Credit: Sarah Tew and Christopher MacManus/CNET) Consumers awaiting Apple's rumored wearable, watch-like device might need to wait until next year before the gadget sees the light of day. That's according to KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who says the company "may not have adequate resources" to develop a version of iOS for the device given its efforts to ...
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Ethernet celebrates 40 years
(Credit: Palo Alto Research Center) Most people probably associate Ethernet with a simple cable cinched with phone-like jacks. But, Ethernet is so much more. It is the foundation for global Internet access and undoubtedly the world's most-used connectivity technology. In the annals of "techdom," Ethernet is a very big deal. "Ethernet ranks highly among those technologies ...
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LinkedIn retools Web navigation to match mobile
Starting Wednesday, LinkedIn will be sporting a much sexier and simplified navigation bar inspired by the design of its just-improved mobile applications. "Over the last year and half we've had the chance to learn quite a bit from you about the types of changes that add the most value to your daily professional life, and we've brought some of these learnings to the new ...
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UPDATE 1-Ford to close Australia auto plants - reports
Wed May 22, 2013 8:24pm EDT * Ford to end Australia production by 2016 - reports * Strong Australia dollar, cheaper imports hurt local manufacturers * Australian economy at risk as mining boom peaks, other sectors sluggish * Govt previously committed A$5.4 bln to support car manufacturers to 2020 CANBERRA, May 23 (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co is set to announce it is closing its two Australian auto ...
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GM Recalling Cadillac SUVs To Tighten Wheels
General Motors Co. is recalling more than 27,000 Cadillac SUVs worldwide because the wheels can fall off.The company says the recall affects the 2013 Cadillac SRX with 18-inch wheels. Canadian safety regulators say the wheel nuts may not have been tightened enough at the factory.GM says the problem hasn't caused any crashes or injuries, and no wheels have fallen from vehicles.Dealers will ...
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Fan Fiction Is Finally Legitimized With Kindle Worlds
Reading and writing fan fiction is a pastime I've enjoyed for years, and I'm not the only one: Fanfiction.net, a clearinghouse of fan fiction from across dozens of television shows, movies, and books, has millions of stories in its ever-growing repository. Once the domain of science fiction fans now spread over non-genre television shows such ...
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Unity Pitches Itself As The De Facto Standard With Free Gaming Engine For Mobile Developers
David Helgason, CEO Unity TechnologiesImage via CrunchBase It looks like we're going to see a lot more graphically rich and 3D games on our smartphones over the next few months ...
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Shrinking HP Equals Hot Stock Heres Why Street Sees Hope
soft earnings -- yet saw its stock rocket ahead 13%, to $24.10, in after-hours trading. The quick explanation was that relieved investors had been braced for even worse results. But there's more to the story. The biggest driver of HP's stock price lately has been -- and will continue to be -- investors' gut sense of whether the giant tech company can steer its way toward a ...
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Appellate Court Decision in Hart v. Electronic Arts is a Win for Athletes and Entertainers Everywhere
s that the First Amendment does not definitively protect Electronic Arts's unlicensed use of college football players' likenesses in commercial video games -- not even where the video games include creative elements apart from the players' ...
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Gross Fed Likely to Start Tapering by Fall
Pimco's Bill Gross says an inflection point is approaching and he thinks the Federal Reserve will probably start tapering its bond buying by ...
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Microsoft caves in cripples YouTube for Windows Phone 8 with the latest update
On Wednesday, Microsoft rolls out an update for its YouTube Windows Phone 8 app which takes away the ability to download content from the popular video-sharing website. The latest iteration arrives one week after Google sent ...
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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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