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Technology is the new retail therapy

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Aug 18, 2008

Americans love technology, and the stats are proving it. Consumer electronic sales 4.8 in July, according to U.S. government estimates. The...

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I deflate you kindly and anonymously

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Dalasie Michaelis

Aug 15, 2008

Web applications and sites seem to be good for a lot of things, like bringing friends together, enabling anonymous misanthropic deeds, or in the...

Posted In: alienation, Garfield, Internet, NiceCritic

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Ex-Apple lawyer settles backdating case

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Aug 15, 2008

Steve Jobs has taken heat in the past for Apple's backdating scandal, but now former Apple lawyer Nancy Heinen is sharing that spotlight. Heinen...

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Spain eliminates wealth tax

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Aug 14, 2008

Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero pledged last year to eliminate the country's wealth tax if re-elected, which brings in around 1...

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Heat pump business is hot, naturally

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Dalasie Michaelis

Aug 13, 2008

Increasing energy costs have made geothermal heat pumps an attractive solution to heating buildings. The New York Times reports business is booming...

Posted In: energy, heat pumps, sustainability

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iPhone coming to Best Buy

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Dalasie Michaelis

Aug 13, 2008

From the Associated Press:...

Posted In: apple, Best Buy, iPhone

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Money can't buy you love, but . . .

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Aug 13, 2008

It can buy you Beatles memorabilia. When once Beatles manager Brian Epstein signed a contract with the band on October 1, 1962, he became entitled...

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High-speed Net service hits slowdown

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Aug 12, 2008

Wired's "Epicenter" blog has an item based on reports out this week that say Americans' adoption of broadband service hit a seven-year low last...

Posted In: broadband, Internet

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Hydrogen vehicles go cross-country

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Aug 12, 2008

A two-week road trip from Portland, Me., to Los Angeles is underway to show the commercial viability of hydrogen-fueled vehicles....

Posted In: hydrogen, road tour

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$100 billion to Iraq War contractors

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Aug 12, 2008

The New York Times reports total spending on contractors since the war began could reach $100 billion this year. A congressional report due out...

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