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Gartner predicts PC shipment growth in 4Q

(AP) -- Gartner Inc. analysts are predicting this holiday season will be sweeter than last year's for the PC industry.

Technology / Business

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Calif. board postpones decision on pollution tax

(AP) -- California regulators on Thursday delayed a decision on whether to implement the nation's first statewide carbon fee on utilities, oil refineries and other polluting industries.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (4) | comments 4

ICANN hires former cybersecurity chief as new CEO (Update)

The Internet agency with key oversight of the monikers behind every Web site, e-mail address and Twitter post named former U.S. cybersecurity chief Rod Beckstrom Friday as its next chief executive.

Technology / Internet

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News of Jackson's death first spread online

(AP) -- It was a where-were-you moment in a digital age. Michael Jackson's death was not learned from a fatherly TV news anchor. Instead, the news first spread online.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Study challenges routine use of MRI scans to evaluate breast cancer

Reviewing the records of 577 breast cancer patients, Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers found that women with newly diagnosed breast cancer who receive a breast MRI are more likely to receive a mastectomy after their diagnosis ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1