India's Wipro posts 19 percent rise in profits
India's third-largest software group Wipro on Tuesday reported a 19-percent rise in net profit and forecast improving demand, underscoring new optimism in the sector.
Business
Oct 27, 2009
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Pilots used laptop computers while straying off course
Two distracted US pilots were using laptop computers against company rules last week when they overshot their destination by some 150 miles (240 kilometers), federal investigators said.
Other
Oct 27, 2009
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Facebook users protest home page changes
Legions of Facebook users united in protest, demanding that the world's most popular social-networking service undo recent changes to its home page.
Internet
Oct 27, 2009
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Nintendo to launch big-screen DSi console
Nintendo Co. will soon launch a large-screen version of its DSi hand-held game console in Japan aimed at elderly people, a report said Tuesday.
Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 27, 2009
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Metallica debuts finger-tapping app in iPhone
(AP) -- Headbangers will have a reason to steady their gaze a bit starting Tuesday, when rock band Metallica makes its way onto iPhones with a finger-tapping music app called "Tap Tap Revenge: Metallica."
Software
Oct 27, 2009
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UN signals delay in new climate change treaty
(AP) -- Just weeks before an international conference on climate change, the United Nations signaled it was scaling back expectations of reaching agreement on a new treaty to slow global warning.
Environment
Oct 27, 2009
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New Japanese glasses bring tears to the eyes
The Japanese eyewear company behind Sarah Palin's designer glasses has come up with a high-tech solution for obsessive video-gamers and bookworms whose eyes dry out from lack of blinking.
Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 27, 2009
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Google expands availability of its free voice mail
(AP) -- Google Inc. wants to answer your mobile phone calls when you can't or just don't want to talk.
Internet
Oct 27, 2009
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