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- Foursquare Launches First Revenue Product: Promoted Updates
- Tuesday's Tip: Why Context Matters - Forget Real-Time, Achieve Right-Time
- Chinese Solar Manufacturers Face Blowback As Trade War Escalates
- Deadly fighting erupts in Tajikistan
- Beijing's Mayor Resigns
- Netflix Stumbles But Streaming Is Here To Stay
- 5 Ways 'Diablo 3' Could Have Been So Much Better
- Ecuador says WikiLeaks' Assange hires Spanish jurist Garzon
- UN treaty on global arms trade sparks criticism
- Ecuador says WikiLeaks' Assange hires Spanish jurist Garzon
- "Success With Honor" Paterno's Legacy Expunged
- Why You Should Take a 10-Minute Nap Every Day
- New U.S. Afghan Air Base Lacks Warplanes
- US Monsignor sentenced for sex abuse cover-up
- Europe and Asia Bring Down Demand for Consumer Storage
- Has The South China Sea Reached Boiling Point?
- Deadly floods hit central Nigeria
- Greenland ice sheet had biggest thaw since 1973 this month, scientists say
- Japan PM atomic energy stance on trial in local poll
- Syria sends armored column to Aleppo, strikes from air
| Foursquare Launches First Revenue Product: Promoted Updates Posted: 24 Jul 2012 05:50 PM PDT Foursquare is rolling out its first revenue product as the company moves from focusing on user growth to generating cash.
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| Tuesday's Tip: Why Context Matters - Forget Real-Time, Achieve Right-Time Posted: 24 Jul 2012 05:44 PM PDT The Real-Time Hype Is Filled With Flaws The hype around big data, social media, and mobility has many folks imagining the real-time enterprise in the future of work, next generation customer experiences, matrix commerce, or the data to decisions journey. While real-time theoretically leads to quicker information and faster response times, [...]
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| Chinese Solar Manufacturers Face Blowback As Trade War Escalates Posted: 24 Jul 2012 05:39 PM PDT Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) China's headlong rush into solar-energy equipment for export to the West has stirred global trade tensions. In May the U.S. Commerce Department said it would subject Chinese exporters to anti-dumping tariffs of up to 250% on solar panels. Last week, in an apparent retort, China [...]
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| Deadly fighting erupts in Tajikistan Posted: 24 Jul 2012 09:13 PM PDT At least 12 troops and 30 fighters are killed in military operation after murder of top security agent, officials say.
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| Posted: 24 Jul 2012 09:20 PM PDT Beijing Mayor Guo Jinlong has resigned, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday, citing a decision from the standing committee of Beijing's Municipal People's Congress.
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| Netflix Stumbles But Streaming Is Here To Stay Posted: 24 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT Netflix shares stumbled in after-hours trading Tuesday after the Los Gatos-based company reported that it added only 530,000 new streaming customers while losing 850,000 customers who had been renting DVDs. I don't give investment advice and have no idea what the company's bottom line will look like going forward, but that [...]
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| 5 Ways 'Diablo 3' Could Have Been So Much Better Posted: 24 Jul 2012 04:41 PM PDT Five ways to give Blizzard's Diablo III (or IV) more replay value and make it more fun.
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| Ecuador says WikiLeaks' Assange hires Spanish jurist Garzon Posted: 24 Jul 2012 08:32 PM PDT
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| UN treaty on global arms trade sparks criticism Posted: 24 Jul 2012 07:58 PM PDT The first draft of a new U.N. treaty to regulate the multibillion dollar global arms trade sparked criticism Tuesday from campaigners seeking to keep illegal weapons from fighters, criminals and terrorists — and demands for changes before Friday's deadline for action.
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| Ecuador says WikiLeaks' Assange hires Spanish jurist Garzon Posted: 24 Jul 2012 08:34 PM PDT QUITO (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has hired Spanish jurist Baltasar Garzon as a legal adviser as he seeks political asylum in Ecuador, the Andean country's foreign minister, Ricardo Patino, said on Tuesday.
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| "Success With Honor" Paterno's Legacy Expunged Posted: 24 Jul 2012 04:28 PM PDT "Students, alumni and Penn State football fans expressed shock and outrage at the heavy NCAA penalties," writes Marc Levy, Mark Scolforo and Kevin Begos for the Associated Press. "And there were signs of discontent at the way the governing body arrived at them. The NCAA bypassed its usual slow-moving series [...]
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| Why You Should Take a 10-Minute Nap Every Day Posted: 24 Jul 2012 04:19 PM PDT Few of us enjoy jobs that allow an afternoon siesta, but we'd probably all be better off if they did--including our employers. According to new research, all we'd really need is a solid 10-minute power nap to boost our focus and productivity. Researchers tested four nap time spans: 5, 10, 20 and [...]
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| New U.S. Afghan Air Base Lacks Warplanes Posted: 24 Jul 2012 08:36 PM PDT The Afghan air force won't get a key attack plane after the U.S. canceled its initial contract in a heavily politicized competition.
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| US Monsignor sentenced for sex abuse cover-up Posted: 24 Jul 2012 08:04 PM PDT US Roman Catholic William Lynn has been sentenced to three to six years in jail for covering up child sex allegations.
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| Europe and Asia Bring Down Demand for Consumer Storage Posted: 24 Jul 2012 04:03 PM PDT Apple reported fiscal third-quarter earnings that were less than many analysts had projected after stunning quarterly announcements the last two quarters. Toshiba (one of the big manufacturers of flash memory) reported that it will reduce production of NAND flash memory by 30% due to weakened demand for storage devices. Other [...]
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| Has The South China Sea Reached Boiling Point? Posted: 24 Jul 2012 03:52 PM PDT As China "occupies" the South China Sea and establishes an administrative body to govern 80 percent of the region, an International Crisis Group report released Tuesday says "tensions in the South China Sea can easily spill over into armed conflict."
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| Deadly floods hit central Nigeria Posted: 24 Jul 2012 07:40 PM PDT At least 35 people are killed and several others remain missing in floods triggered by heavy rain in Jos city.
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| Greenland ice sheet had biggest thaw since 1973 this month, scientists say Posted: 24 Jul 2012 04:57 PM PDT Greenland's surface ice cover experienced a broader thaw during a three-day period this month than in nearly four decades of satellite record-keeping, according to three independent satellite measurements analyzed by NASA and university scientists. Read full article >>   
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| Japan PM atomic energy stance on trial in local poll Posted: 24 Jul 2012 07:38 PM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's post-Fukushima nuclear energy policy will be on trial in a local governor's election on Sunday, where an upset victory by a renewable energy candidate would deal Noda's wobbly administration a new blow.
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| Syria sends armored column to Aleppo, strikes from air Posted: 24 Jul 2012 07:11 PM PDT
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