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TECHNOLOGY
Google sets plan to sell users’ endorsements
Google, following in Facebook’s footsteps, wants to sell users’ endorsements to marketers to help them hawk their wares.
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TECHNOLOGY
Apple threatened by growth of prepaid smartphone plans
In a shift that could become a big threat to Apple, U.S. consumers are increasingly signing up for a type of wireless service plan popular around the world that has traditionally not been in favor here – prepaid accounts.
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TECH JUNKIE BLOG
Samsung releases smartphone with curved screen - why?
Samsung says it will release a smartphone with a curved display. The Korean company said such a curved screen smartphone is the first in the world.
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BUSINESS
NC government center seeks better IT management
With stylish office furniture, life-size video monitors and the latest hand-held gadgets, North Carolina government's new "Innovation Center" is about making smart decisions without wasting taxpayer dollars.
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TECHNOLOGY
Review: $279 Chromebook good as secondary computer
Hewlett-Packard's new Chromebook 11 is a laptop at heart, but it's light and portable enough to work well in places where you'd normally prefer a tablet.
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ECONOMY
Tangling over Twitter: NYSE, Nasdaq vie for IPO
Twitter's stock debut is the biggest coming-out party since Facebook, and Wall Street's largest exchanges are fighting to host it.
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TECHNOLOGY
Samsung gets no relief from Obama on import ban won by Apple
Samsung Electronics can't import some smartphones and tablet computers into the U.S. after President Barack Obama decided not to veto a ban won by Apple in a patent-infringement dispute.
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TECHNOLOGY
Telecoms firm Alcatel-Lucent to cut 10,000 jobs
Telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent SA said Tuesday that it plans to cut 10,000 jobs worldwide over the next two years, the latest cost-cutting drive from the loss-making company.
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TECHNOLOGY
RTI sells research center for undisclosed amount
Research institute RTI International has sold its small, 2-year-old Center for Agricultural and Environmental Biosolutions for an undisclosed sum.
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TECHNOLOGY
Time Warner Cable to buy DukeNet Communications
Time Warner Cable will buy the Charlotte-based regional fiber optic network company DukeNet Communications for $600 million including the repayment of debt, the cable company said Monday.






