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Hulu launches in Japan in first foray outside US
US online video service Hulu.com has begun streaming movies and television shows in Japan in its first expansion outside the United States.
Sep 01, 2011 |
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Amazon tablet seen as worthy iPad rival
With Amazon reportedly poised to launch a tablet computer, technology research firm Forrester is predicting the device could be the first legitimate challenger to Apple's iPad.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 29, 2011 |
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Scientists find underground river beneath Amazon
Brazilian scientists have discovered an underground river some 4,000 meters (13,000) feet deep, which flows from west to east like the country's famous waterway.
Aug 25, 2011 |
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Amazon brings new local deals site to more cities
(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. is expanding its new local deals site to New York and other parts of the country, hoping discount-happy consumers will flock to its offerings as they have embraced market leader Groupon.
Aug 25, 2011 |
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Miramax films stream to Facebook
Hollywood studio Miramax on Monday began making some of its films available for online viewing as rentals at social networking powerhouse Facebook.
Aug 22, 2011 |
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Internet takes 'distance-learning' into the Amazon
The Internet is letting a school sprout in the Amazon where teachers tend not to linger due to harsh living conditions and a scarcity of students.
Aug 20, 2011 |
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Google Maps taking armchair explorers to the Amazon
Two women washed clothes in the dark water of the Rio Negro as a boat glided past with a camera-laden Google tricycle strapped to the roof, destined to give the world a window into the Amazon rain forest.
Aug 19, 2011 |
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Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon up 15%
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon increased by 15 percent during the past 12 months, the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) said.
Aug 18, 2011 |
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One in five Web users visited Amazon in June: report
One out of five Internet users visited online retail giant Amazon in June, tracking firm comScore said Wednesday.
Aug 17, 2011 |
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Group seeks Amazon boycott over sales tax fight
(AP) -- A coalition of nonprofit groups is calling on customers of Amazon.com to cancel their accounts unless the Internet retailer stops resisting a California law that requires more online retailers to charge a state sales ...
Aug 15, 2011 |
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Nonstop ideas fill no-frills Facebook Seattle office
For its first-year birthday present, the Facebook Seattle office is getting another floor of its downtown office building near Pike Place Market.
Aug 12, 2011 |
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HP cuts tablet price in bid to challenge iPad
US technology giant Hewlett-Packard (HP) on Thursday cut the price of its freshly-launched TouchPad tablet computers in a bid to gain traction in a market dominated by Apple's iPad.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 12, 2011 |
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A look at Roku's new line of digital media players
Getting video from the Internet to your TV used to be a difficult, costly procedure. That's no longer the case.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 11, 2011 |
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Amazon gathering anti-tax signatures outside retail stores
Amazon.com Inc. is giving bricks-and-mortar retailers yet another reason to fume.
Aug 07, 2011 |
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Amazon deforestation on the rise again in Brazil
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon accelerated in June, with more than 300 square kilometers destroyed, a 17 percent increase over the previous month, government researchers said Tuesday.
Aug 03, 2011 |
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