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Saturday, November 21, 2009
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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. ...
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Quick restart of Big Bang machine stuns scientists

CERN scientists control computer screens showing traces on Atlas experiment of the first protons injected in the LHC during its switch on operation in CERN’s control room, near Geneva, Switzerland.
By Associated Press
GENEVA — Scientists moved Saturday to prepare the world’s largest atom smasher for exploring the depths...
Friday, November 20, 2009
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
Thursday, November 19, 2009
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
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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...
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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,...


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