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| Dell to use greener LED displays for all laptops
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| AP - Dell Inc. is switching to mercury-free light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, to illuminate laptop screens starting in mid-December, a move aimed making the computers softer on the environment and easier to recycle. -- read full article |
| Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:39:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News |
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| Sony brings visual add-on to PlayStation 3
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|  AP - Sony Corp.'s U.S. video game division is adding a slick visual program to the PlayStation 3 game system that delivers news headlines, weather reports and webcam views from around the globe.
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| Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:32:33 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News |
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| U.S. appeals court favors Broadcom vs Qualcomm
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|  Reuters - Wireless chipmaker Broadcom Corp won a patent battle on Wednesday, as a U.S. appeals court affirmed that Qualcomm Inc infringed two patents used to make some of the world's most sophisticated cell phones and upheld an injunction.
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| Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:05:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News |
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| REVIEW: New 'Buzz!' games offer game show fun
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|  AP - Judging by the decades worth of reactions from the folks prompted to "Come on down!" on "The Price is Right," joining a game show is super fun. Sony and Relentless Software's "Buzz!" successfully captured such an experience for the PlayStation 2. Now, the interactive quiz show franchise has come to the PS3 and PlayStation Portable for the first time.
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| Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:39:46 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News |
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| US-TECH Summary
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| Reuters - Nice try with the new phone, Google. Better luck next time. That's what some seem to be saying about Google Inc's first foray into the world of cell phones. But while it may not attract long lines like Apple Inc's iPhone, it offers much to those looking to use their phones for more than talking. -- read full article |
| Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:29:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News |
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| Online critics take aim at $700 billion financial bailout proposal
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Bailout type
Cost to taxpayers (Source: Reuters)
Proposed Treasury Department legislation
$700 billion+
Bear Stearns financing
$29 billion
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac nationalization
$200 billion
AIG loan and nationalization
$85 billion
Federal Housing Administration housing rescue bill
$300 billion
Mortgage community grants
$4 billion
JPMorgan Chase repayments
$87 billion
Loans to banks via Fed's Term Auction Facility
$200 billion+
Loans from Depression-era Exchange Stabilization Fund
$50 billion
Purchases of mortgage securities by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
$144 billion
TOTAL
$1.8 trillion+
COST PER HOUSEHOLD
$17,064+
Internet criticism of the Bush administration's proposed $700 billion financial bailout package is growing, with skepticism crossing normal ideological boundaries. -- read full article |
| Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:15:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News |
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| U.S. appeals court favors Broadcom vs Qualcomm
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|  Reuters - Wireless chipmaker Broadcom Corp won a patent battle on Wednesday as a U.S. appeals court affirmed that Qualcomm Inc infringed two patents used to make some of the world's most sophisticated cell phones and upheld an injunction.
-- read full article |
| Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:53:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News |
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| Google, T-Mobile Launch 'Game Changing' G1 Phone
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|  PC Magazine - Turn off the rumor mills, pull down the mocked-up artwork, and say goodbye to the blogger speculation. Google and T-Mobile's G1, the first mobile phone built around Google's open-source, Linux-based Android platform, is officially a product.
-- read full article |
| Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:50:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: Personal Technology News |
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