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Dell sells Motorola Droid for $119 with contract; $80 less than Verizon
Dell is now offering Motorola's hot new Droid smartphone for $119 with two-year contract. by Andrew Nusca
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European regulators agree to extend the deadline for reviewing Oracle's acquisition of Sun, which was requested by Oracle. by Sam Diaz
Hacker scores by posting East Anglia global warming emails
Hacker takes email files from East Anglia University and posts them online: the subject is global warming. by Harry Fuller
Large Hadron Collider up and running again
The world's biggest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, is in operation again after more than a year of repairs. The European Organisation for Nuclear Research, Cern, said in...
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Dell sees earnings drop 54 percent
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Digital Economy Bill gets tough on file-sharers
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Apps to flourish on mobile, games
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Cisco targets security professionals with iPhone app
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Telecom NZ gets separation extension
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