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Report says Apple's next MacBook Air is 'set to launch' as February notebook shipments look to improve over January's numbers.

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ACCENTURE ACER ADOBE SYSTEMS ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING ALLIANCE DATA SYSTEMS

Cablevision and Dish Network subscribers can stop worrying about missing the end of the World Series: Over the weekend, the two TV services settled separate carriage disputes with Fox Networks that ended one standoff and avoided another.

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The office would be intolerable without toy weapons. How else are you supposed to get someone's attention when they've got headphones on? The new Air Strike Catapult from ThinkGeek is the finest piece of desk artillery we've ever seen. The $15 onager-style catapult is based on the efficient, powerful design of Roman siege weaponry with added suction-cup feet to give your shots extra leverage and accuracy. Six spiky foam balls included. [ThinkGeek via Coolest Gadgets] More »

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It's extremely important to wear helmets when riding motorcycles, according to Jackie Gillan, president of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, but that's not just her personal opinion -- it's based on clear facts about what happens in the case of a crash. "We know from research that every time a state repeals its motorcycle helmet laws, there's an immediate jump in deaths and brain injuries from motorcycle crashes," Gillan said.

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PayPal Here is new app and mobile credit card reader for smartphones from the makers of PayPal, the online payment system. Square just got some pretty stiff competition. More »

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HTC announced Wednesday the timetable for Ice Cream Sandwich to reach the company's most popular Android phones, including the Sensation, EVO, Desire, and Droid Incredible 2.

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PayPal Here is new app and mobile credit card reader for smartphones from the makers of PayPal, the online payment system. Square just got some pretty stiff competition. More »

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Do you hate reading as much as we do? It's so frustrating to have to use language made from signifiers placed together in a grammatically correct fashion! More »

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A few of you might already be familiar with AMD's A4-3420 Accelerated Processing Unit (APU), a part that OEMs have had access to for several months now. According to reports, AMD plans to make the chip available to retail sometime in the second quarter, giving budget buyers another compelling low cost Llano chip to choose from. In case you...

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