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E-reader race has two horses. One horse is faster.

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Dec 1, 2010

According to a new survey of 2800 holiday shoppers, the e-reader race comes down to iPad and Kindle. Nobody else matters. Nook doesn't matter. Kobo...

Posted In: Amazon, apple, barnes & noble, business, gadgets, iPad, Kindle, kobo, Nook, Web Culture

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Must be a lot of coffee brewing at Groupon this week

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Dec 1, 2010

The Groupon board of directors is scheduled to have a conference call today to discuss and possibly decide upon Google's takeover offer, according...

Posted In: business, Google, groupon, search, social media

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Use your Amex card, get a make believe cow

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Nov 30, 2010

Is this even a technology story? I don't know. Whenever Zynga and Farmville and make believe cows get involved, I get all dizzy and disoriented. So...

Posted In: business, cows, farmville, games, sorrow, zynga

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EU investigating Google for anti-trust

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Nov 30, 2010

Google just can't seem to please Europe. If it's not Street View, it's anti-competitive practices. The European Union announced that it's...

Posted In: business, european union. eu, Google, Law, world

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2.5 million Kinects sold

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Nov 30, 2010

Microsoft's goal of 5 million Kinects sold this year seemed awfully ambitious when it was first announced but it looks like they'll get there. The...

Posted In: business, gadgets, games, kinect, Microsoft

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Web retailers accused of peddling counterfeit stuff are shut down

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Nov 29, 2010

82 websites accused of selling counterfeit music, DVDs, apparel and sporting goods have been shut down as a result of an ongoing crackdown by US...

Posted In: business, government, kevin kline is awesome, Law, pirates

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Robot sports reporter

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Nov 29, 2010

But how does he get grotesquely overweight and suck up to spoiled athletes if he's a robot? I'm sure they're working on that....

Posted In: business, robots, sorrow, Sports, Web Culture

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Google brain drain?

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Nov 29, 2010

The New York Times has a feature on the potential brain drain at Google as some top employees head over to Facebook, frustrated with the greater...

Posted In: business, Facebook, Google, search, social media, Web Culture

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Google may have bought Groupon for $2.5 billion

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Nov 29, 2010

So far this story seems to trace back to a site called Vatornews.com and an interpretation of tweets on the part of TechCrunch. So it's nothing yo...

Posted In: business, Google, groupon, search, social media, Web Culture

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Got shopping? Technology to the rescue!

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Nov 26, 2010

Our Friday show is all about the ways people use technology to help in their shopping this season. Here's a partial list of some of the apps (and...

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