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Los Angeles Times
Chinese firm seeks halt of iPad sales in Shanghai
Reuters
* Proview demands iPad sales be stopped in Shanghai * Apple argues it has already purchased trademark * Halt in iPad sales would hurt public interest-Apple By Samuel Shen and Royston Chan SHANGHAI, Feb 22 (Reuters) - A Chinese technology firm sought to ...
Apple iPad trademark case hearing begins in ShanghaiTimes of India
Chinese company, Shenzhen Proview, sues Apple over iPad name in ShanghaiEconomic Times

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BBC News
Afghan Koran burning at Bagram sparks fresh protests
BBC News
Anti-American demonstrations are under way in the Afghan cities of Kabul and Jalalabad over the burning of copies of the Koran at a US airbase. At least three people have been injured in Kabul, while shots were fired outside a US military base.
Anti-US Demos Over Quran Burning in AfghanistanABC News
Afghanistan: US embassy on lockdown as Koran burning protests continue for ...Telegraph.co.uk
Afghans rage for 2nd day over Quran burningCBS News
Boston Globe
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Sydney Morning Herald
Sony Playstation Vita launches
Telegraph.co.uk
Sony PlayStation Vita launched at midnight in London, marking the Japanese firm's most important product launch of the decade. By Matt Warman, Consumer Technology Editor Hundreds of fans queued at the Game store on London's Oxford Street, and developer ...
Joe tries out Vita, Playstation's latest gadgetBBC News
Sony Takes the Long View With its New PlayStation VitaPCWorld
Sony's PlayStation Vita hopes to carve a niche for itselfWashington Post
Wired News -CNET -Wall Street Journal
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Telegraph.co.uk
Syria: US says it will 'consider other measures' to end bloodshed
Telegraph.co.uk
The United States appeared to open the door to eventually arming the Syrian opposition, saying if a political solution to the crisis were impossible it might have to consider other options. The comments, made by officials at both the White House and ...
Dozens killed in Syria as Red Cross seeks 'humanitarian pause'Fox News
US looking to arm opposition in SyriaTimes of India
Red Cross seeks daily 'humanitarian pause' in Syria fightingLos Angeles Times
euronews -Detroit Free Press -CNN
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Moneycontrol.com
Obama to propose lowering corporate tax rate to 28 percent
Washington Post
President Obama on Wednesday plans to propose a major overhaul of the nation's corporate tax code, an election-year gambit that is likely to draw a contrast over a key policy issue with the Republicans vying to replace him. Obama will propose lowering ...
US proposes to reduce top corporate tax rate: reportReuters
Obama Offers to Cut Corporate Tax Rate to 28%New York Times
Obama to propose corporate tax rate cutCBS News
Boston.com
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Telegraph.co.uk
Astronomers discover new type of planet – the water world
Telegraph.co.uk
A watery planet with a thick, steamy atmosphere has left astronomers fumbling for their classification books. By Amy Willis, Los Angeles The water world, which has been named GJ1214b, is 2.7 times bigger than earth but weighs almost seven times as much ...
Scientists find an alien world 'like no planet we know of'msnbc.com
Hubble Reveals a New Class of Extrasolar PlanetHubble Space Telescope at ESA
Hubble's 'waterworld' discovery: A new type of planetFox News
BBC News -DigitalJournal.com -Newstrack India
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AndroidOS.in
LG Optimus 3D Cube revealed and detailed
SlashGear
The next generation of 3D smartphones has begun to drop here just one year after we first saw similar devices drop at Mobile World Congress 2011. It appears that LG will be the first big manufacturer to come back swinging with a new Optimus 3D, ...
LG Optimus 3D Cube: Landing in South Korea next month for $750IntoMobile
LG Optimus 3D Cube announced with 3D video editing and moreAndroid Community
LG unveils slimmer and smarter Optimus 3DThe Mobile Indian
Phandroid.com -The Verge -Engadget
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Daily Mail
NASA captures solar eclipse footage
Ninemsn
By ninemsn staff A NASA satellite orbiting the Earth has captured rare footage of the moon partially eclipsing the sun. The Solar Dynamics Observatory, which orbits the Earth at a distance of 36000 km, usually has a direct line of sight to the sun, ...
Solar Tornadoes Dance Across Sun's Surface in NASA VideoSpace.com
Solar tornadoes dance across sun in stunning space videomsnbc.com
Moon Eats a Chunk Out Of The Sun: Big PicDiscovery News
io9 -The State Column -Q13 FOX
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Forbes
The Smallest Known Black Hole Has 20 Million Mile Per Hour Winds
Forbes
Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory clocked wind from the smallest known black hole moving at 20 million miles per hour. Black hole IGR J17091-3624 might be the smallest known black hole, but it has the “cosmic equivalent of winds from a ...
Cosmic Hurricane: Black Hole Has 20 Million MPH WindsSpace.com
Black hole offering up cosmic surpriseUPI.com
Fastest wind observed around black holeShanghai Daily (subscription)
MarketWatch (press release) -NASA (press release)
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Telegraph.co.uk
New Nook Tablet steps into Kindle Fire territory with price
Washington Post
Barnes & Noble introduced its latest version of the Nook Tablet on Tuesday. The Verge reports: Our sources were right on the money: Barnes &Noble has just announced an 8GB version of its Nook Tablet, pricing it in direct competition with the Kindle ...
Barnes & Noble earnings drop 14% in quarterSan Francisco Chronicle
Rising Costs Cut Profit at Barnes & NobleNew York Times
Costs Bind Barnes & NobleWall Street Journal
CNET -The Verge -Android Police
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Globe and Mail
BlackBerry PlayBook 2: 10 Reasons Why This Tablet Will Fail
eWeek
NEWS ANALYSIS: RIM is reportedly working on another BlackBerry Playbook. But if and when that tablet launches, it doomed to failure. Research In Motion finds itself in a disconcerting position. On one hand, it has a huge business that will need to ...
Fresh start for unloved PlayBookMontreal Gazette
BlackBerry PlayBook software gets major upgradeWashington Post
An E-Mail App Arrives for the BlackBerry TabletNew York Times
Reuters -Wall Street Journal -CNET
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IBNLive.com
Twitter App Updates Bring New Features for iPhone and Android Users
Mashable
Twitter announced updates to its iPhone and Android apps on Tuesday, re-introducing some well-loved features and adding new improvements as well. But the updates don't impact all mobile tweeters equally. Both updated apps bring back the swipe shortcut.
Apple Launches 'Start Developing iOS Apps Today' GuidebookPC Magazine
5 free Android security apps: Keep your smartphone safeComputerworld
Twitter for Android updated, new features includedAndroid Community
VentureBeat -InformationWeek -TechCrunch
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Christian Science Monitor
300-million-year-old 'Chinese Pompeii' found buried under volcanic ash
Christian Science Monitor
Researchers near Wuda, China, have uncovered a tropical forest that was preserved by ash from a volcanic eruption during the early Permian era. By Wynne Parry, LiveScience Senior Writer / February 21, 2012 This artist's painting shows a tropical forest ...
'Chinese Pompeii' 300m-year-old forest preserved in ashBBC News
Ash-covered forest is 'Permian Pompeii'Nature.com
Fossilized forest discovered under layer of volcanic ashmsnbc.com
Scientific American -TG Daily -The State Column
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New York Times
Iran Warns US as Syria Intensifies Crackdown
New York Times
CAIRO — Two Iranian warships docked in a Syrian port on Monday as a senior Iranian lawmaker denounced American calls for arming the Syrian opposition, adding to the international tensions over the nearly yearlong crackdown by the government of ...
Syrian turmoil continuesHouston Chronicle
Red Cross Negotiating Humanitarian Cease-Fire in SyriaVoice of America
'Friends' of Syria Expected to Spar Over Arming RebelsWall Street Journal
BBC News -Bloomberg -Reuters
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Globe and Mail
Eurozone seals second Greek bailout
Reuters
By Annika Breidthardt and Jan Strupczewski | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers sealed on Tuesday a second bailout for debt-laden Greece that will resolve its immediate financing needs but seems unlikely to revive the nation's shattered ...
Source: eurozone reaches deal on $170B Greek bailout, cuts debt to 120.5 pct ...Washington Post
Source: Greece to get $170B bailout, reduce debtBoston.com
Source: Greece to get $170 bn bailout, reduce debtBusinessWeek
Bloomberg
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Los Angeles Times
Santorum and Gingrich target Obama
CNN
By Alan Silverleib and Tom Cohen, CNN Rick Santorum continues his attacks against both Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama as he campaigns in Ohio. CNN LIVE: Tune in Wednesday at 8 pm ET for the last presidential debate before Super Tuesday, ...
For Rick Santorum voters, it's character that countsLos Angeles Times
Santorum calls Obama health program bad for marriageReuters
As Rick Santorum campaigns on faith, family issues, could he alienate moderates?Detroit Free Press
San Francisco Chronicle
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The Guardian
John Glenn's voice in space 50 years after orbit
San Francisco Chronicle
AP Jay LaPrete / AP John Glenn marks the 50th anniversary of his first Earth orbit by speaking on NASA's future at a forum in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio - NASA surprised John Glenn with the kind of anniversary gift only a space agency can give, enabling him ...
Glenn marks 50 years since historic orbit of EarthNewsOK.com
John Glenn Sits Down with ABC 6/FOX 28ABC6OnYourSide.com
50 Years Later, Astronaut John Glenn Recounts His Historic Mission in SpacePBS NewsHour
Reuters
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Telegraph.co.uk
Google tricks Internet Explorer into accepting tracking cookies, Microsoft claims
Ars Technica
By Jon Brodkin | Published February 20, 2012 2:19 PM Google was caught last week bypassing default privacy settings in the Safari browser in order to serve up tracking cookies. The company claimed the situation was an accident and limited only to the ...
Microsoft Accuses Google of Sidestepping Privacy in IEPC Magazine
Microsoft says Google bypassed IE privacy settingsCNET
Google responds to Microsoft over privacy issues, calls IE's cookie policy ...The Verge
Los Angeles Times -The Connecticut College Voice -PCWorld
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BetaNews
Nvidia's first 'complete' smartphone: ZTE Mimosa X
BetaNews
By Tim Conneally Nvidia's Tegra 2 system-on-a-chip architecture has thus far been used in a handful of high-end Android "superphones": Motorola Atrix 4G, Photon 4G, LG Optimus G2X, and the Samsung Captivate Glide, to name a few.
ZTE Mimosa X revealed with NVIDIA Tegra 2 and Icera modemSlashGear
Meet the ZTE Mimosa X, Nvidia's first branded smartphoneVentureBeat
ZTE to Show New Mimosa X Handset Featuring NVIDIA Tegra Dual-Core Processor ...MarketWatch (press release)
Engadget -Android Community -androidandme.com
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ABC News
Ice age plant brought back to life - mammals next?
San Francisco Chronicle
AP It was an Ice Age squirrel's treasure chamber, a burrow containing fruit and seeds that had been stuck in the Siberian permafrost for over 30000 years. From the fruit tissues, a team of Russian scientists managed to resurrect an entire plant in a ...
Flowering Plant Revived After 30000 Years in Russian PermafrostYahoo! Contributors Network
Russians regenerate plant from 30000-year-old frozen burrow of Ice Age squirrelToronto Star

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