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Review: A riff on robotics with self-tuning guitar

New cars have been tuning themselves for the better part of two decades now, so it should feel less impressive that Gibson has built a guitar that can smoothly do the same. Complete Story...

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Internet activists push for greater democracy

The Internet can be a powerful medium for politicians to get their message across but it is also a vital means for civilians to have a say in what politicians do, participants in a political conference say.

Nissan hatches plan to boost battery cars

President Barack Obama has set an ambitious goal of putting at least 1 million battery-powered cars on the road by the middle of the coming decade.

Hutchison wants more technology in Texas schools

U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison said Tuesday that if elected governor, her education plan would focus on bringing more technology to the classroom, recruiting and retaining teachers, lowering the high school dropout rate and helping school districts find ways to save money.

AT&T and Verizon ads duel on airwaves and in court

What would the holidays be without bickering between siblings? AT&T and Verizon are swamping TV with ads attacking facets of each other's wireless networks. While the ads stick fairly close to the truth, there's a lot they don't say.

Google apologizes for offensive first lady image

Google Inc. is apologizing for a racially offensive image of the first lady that appears at the top of the list when users search for pictures of Michelle Obama on its site.

Microsoft says cost-cutting CFO to step down

Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday said its chief financial officer is departing at the end of the year and will be replaced by the man now responsible for the books at the division that produces Microsoft Office and other business programs.

EMC lowers 2009 guidance on $100M charge

Data storage company EMC Corp. has lowered its 2009 profit forecast because of a $100 million charge it will take this quarter from a restructuring of international subsidiaries.

Facebook creates dual-class structure, but no IPO

Facebook has created a dual-class stock structure designed to give founder Mark Zuckerberg and other existing shareholders control over the company.

Senators press EU to speed its Oracle-Sun probe

U.S. senators are pressuring European antitrust regulators to hurry their investigation of Oracle Corp.'s proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc., citing Sun's "precarious" financial condition and fears about more layoffs at the struggling computing company.

Top 2 booksellers report losses, their shares fall

Barnes & Noble Inc. and Borders Group Inc., the nation's two largest brick-and-mortar book sellers, both posted quarterly losses Tuesday and forecast a difficult holiday season, saying competition from discount chains and online retailers is stiffening.

Rare economic espionage case ends in jury deadlock

Two men accused of the rare charge of economic espionage against the U.S. have been acquitted on two counts, but they could face a retrial on three other counts on which a jury deadlocked.

EU drops Qualcomm antitrust probe

European Union antitrust regulators on Tuesday dropped a monopoly abuse probe into wireless chip maker Qualcomm Inc. after mobile phone companies withdrew complaints about high royalty fees.

Nokia to ax 220 R&D jobs in Japan

Nokia Corp. said Tuesday it is axing 220 jobs at research and development units in Japan as the world's largest mobile phone maker continues to cut costs.

Joost assets bought by online ad company Adconion

The struggling online video startup Joost, begun with much fanfare by the creators of Skype and Kazaa, has been sold to an online advertising company.

Barnes & Noble reports 2Q loss, cuts guidance

Barnes & Noble on Tuesday posted a larger second-quarter loss than last year and lowered its profit forecast for this quarter in anticipation of weak holiday sales and high costs of launching its electronic book reader, the Nook.

Google documents Iraqi museum treasures

Google is documenting Iraq's national museum and will post photographs of its ancient treasures on the Internet early next year, Google chief Eric Schmidt announced Tuesday.

On The Call: HP CEO on 3Com acquisition

One area where Hewlett-Packard Co. is expanding aggressively is computer networking, the home turf of market leader Cisco Systems Inc. Earlier this month HP announced plans to buy Cisco competitor 3Com Corp. for $2.7 billion to supplement HP's own line of networking gear.

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I'm tired of hemorrhaging money ~ or ~ Stimulating the economy, my way!

Wrestling the paradox... that's what we're doing at my house this Thanksgiving. Charter members of the electronic age, we're suffering from information overload - even when it comes to understanding what we need to feed our information habit.

Turbines deal for 'largest wind farm' secures jobs
Source: BBC News

A deal to supply turbine towers for Europe's largest onshore wind farm in South Lanarkshire will help secure jobs at a factory in Campbeltown.

Godfather of Spam Sentenced to Four Years in Jail
Source: Gizmodo

A Detroit judge sentenced Alan Ralsky, a spam mastermind who headed an elaborate international organization, to 51 months in prison. Ralsky was convicted of wire fraud, mail fraud and violation of the CAN-SPAM act for his schemes.

How To Align Binoculars
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Article on how to align binoculars. Worthwhile.

Women now 'better with gadgets than men'
Source: Telegraph

Technological household chores like tuning a new television were once considered men's work but new research suggests women have become more gadget savvy than their male counterparts.

Driverless taxis introduced at Heathrow Airport
Source: BBC News

Welcome to the shape of things to come - the driverless taxi. The world's first driverless taxis are being installed at Heathrow Airport. The futuristic vehicles will carry passengers from the business car park into Terminal Five in less than five minutes.

Nude London Tech 'geeks' strip for charity
Source: Telegraph

Yahoo Adds Twitter to News Results
Source: internetnews.com

Yahoo is ready to step up the pace in the race to provide the best real-time news. Today the Web giant rolled out improved search results for news stories, including a tab for Twitter results that includes relevant videos shared by Twitter users.

Rupert Murdoch Is Quitting Google, Leaving Readers With Only Millions Of Other Web Sites To Choose From
Source: Newsweek

So Rupert Murdoch, who has suffered for so long at the hands of Google—what with all the traffic Google directs to his NewsCorp Web sites for free—has finally had enough.

Opera web browser 'censors' Chinese content
Source: BBC News

Web browser Opera has closed a loophole which allowed Chinese users to access sites banned by the government. At the weekend mobile users of the Opera Mini browser were asked to upgrade to a Chinese version.

Barnes & Noble says Nook sold out before holidays
Source: msnbc.com

Barnes & Noble Inc said on Friday it had sold out of its newly-launched Nook electronic readers due to high demand -- a pre-holiday miscalculation that analysts said could boost sales of rival Amazon.com Inc's market leading Kindle.

Solar Impulse: First Solar Plane Completes Runway Test
Source: The Huffington Post

The Solar Impulse, an aircraft with ambitions of being the first solar-powered plane to fly around the world, recently completed its first runway tests in Switzerland.

Reports of dead and damaged Core i7 iMacs on the rise
Source: Boy Genius Report

Apple forums the world wide web over are filling up with reports of computers showing up with broken displays an/or simply not booting up.

Google Dashboard is useful, if a little creepy
Source: The Austin American-Statesman

excerpt:"Now appearing on Google: The story of my life. And yours. Not everyone can read it, but the engineers and advertising specialists at Google can. And now users can get a peek, thanks to Google Dashboard, a new service developed at the search giant's outpost in Zurich.

Google OS: the end of the hard drive?
Source: CNN

(WIRED) -- Google today unveiled more details of Chrome OS, a lightweight, browser-based operating system for netbooks.

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