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AOL teaming up with Ellen DeGeneres online
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AP - AOL is adding talk show host Ellen DeGeneres to its family of Web properties as it looks for ways to draw more people to its sites.
Mozambican radio: 9 who call for protests arrested
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AP - Mozambicans found Monday they could not send text messages, after some used the technology to call for protests in this impoverished country over increases in food, water and electricity prices.
Taiwan's HTC: iPhone's `quiet' challenger
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AP - East Asia is the world's electronics factory, yet unless they are Japanese, producers are largely anonymous. Now HTC Corp., a Taiwanese maker of smart phones, is moving out of the shadows and trying to establish its own brand name as it competes with Apple's iPhone.
Able to unplug from work while you’re on vacation?
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Ben Patterson - Fighting the urge to check your work e-mail while you’re on holiday doesn’t exactly qualify as the worst problem in the world; after all, it’s pretty nice to have a job at all in this tough economy, right? Then again, the pressure to hang onto a job seems to be driving more and more connected workers to stay plugged in even while they’re trying to tune out.
Mobile users still wary of being found, survey says
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Ben Patterson - Feel the need to "check in" on Foursquare or Facebook every time you saunter into a restaurant, browse the goods at your neighborhood grocery store, or cram into a rock concert? Well, if you, you’re still in the minority — and you’re also probably a guy below 40 — according to the latest research.
'Censored' bar won't stop online prostitution, some say
Craiglist's "adult services" section has been shut down in the U.S., but prostitution on the Internet is alive and well — even, quite possibly, on Craigslist.
Spacecraft to fly into the sun
Why the sun's atmosphere is nearly 200 times hotter than its visible surface is a long-standing mystery. A new spacecraft, called Solar Probe Plus, aims to find some answers.
Nintendo icon Kirby gets a crafty makeover
Just when you thought Kirby couldn’t get any cuter, Nintendo has gone and turned their pink blob of an icon into the most adorable piece of yarn you ever did see. And for his forthcoming Wii game — "Kirby's Epic Yarn" — it looks like the video game giant is knitting together a visual masterpiece.
Craigslist's decision a blow to free speech?
The online classified ad site's decision to use the "censored" label is coming under fire by free-speech advocates.
Taiwan's HTC: iPhone's 'quiet' challenger
HTC, a Taiwanese maker of smart phones, is moving out of the shadows and trying to establish its own brand name as it competes with Apple's iPhone.