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Making political points, not profits
Jul 17, 2008
With 2,000 left-of-center bloggers descending on Austin, Texas, this week for a gathering called Netroots Nation, we asked Marketplace's John Dimsdale to look into whether political blogging has profit-making potential.
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Making ends meet for Wikipedia
Jul 16, 2008
Wikipedia is famously the encyclopedia that anybody can update, but its founders may have to make a few edits of their own -- to the site's business model. Renita Jablonski reports.
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This gecko discovery just might stick
Jul 15, 2008
You know the little green gecko in the Geiko commercial? Well its real-life model has an amazing ability to attach its toes to any surface, then easily peel them off. Janet Babin reports on the commercial promise of that gecko talent.
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FCC considers Comcast's net blocking
Jul 11, 2008
The head of the FCC is calling for a sanction of Internet provider Comcast for restricting users from sharing materials such as movies and music. Jeremy Hobson reports.
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Sites try to market to foreign visitors
Jul 10, 2008
It turns out a lot of the visitors to American websites are browsing from abroad, forcing companies to try to find a way to target ads to their readers outside the U.S. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports.
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Getty to snap up Flickr users' pics
Jul 9, 2008
Thanks to a licensing deal between stock photo agency Getty Images and popular photo sharing site Flickr, you could soon cash in on those vacation snapshots. Jeremy Hobson reports.
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Apple readies App Store for iPhone
Jul 9, 2008
Apple's latest iPhone launches Friday, but the real buzz is around a software update that will give iPhone users access to third party applications. Janet Babin reports.
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Regulators look closer at genetic testing
Jul 7, 2008
Personalized genetics is one of the fastest-growing sectors in biotechnology, and today the government kicks off a public meeting to discuss how these companies should be regulated. Stacey Vanek-Smith has more.
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Zapping trash with man-made lightning
Jul 4, 2008
With landfill space at a premium, a machine that vaporizes trash into seems like a miracle. But does it send the wrong message in our disposable-loving economy? Janet Babin reports.
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Support for wave energy swells
Jul 4, 2008
Drawing power from the ocean could meet as much as 10 percent of the U.S.'s power needs, but some who make their living on the water worry harnessing it will leave them high and dry. Elizabeth Wynne Johnson reports.
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