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Reuters - Wednesday, March 18
Dell unveils world's thinnest laptop
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SAN FRANCISCO - Dell Inc <DELL.O> unveiled its "luxury" Adamo laptop on Tuesday, calling it the world's thinnest notebook as it seeks to compete in the high-end ultraportable market defined by Apple Inc's <AAPL.O> MacBook Air. The sleek, aluminum-encased notebook is 0.65-inches thick and comes with a 13.4-inch screen and a 128-gigabyte solid-state drive. Shipping begins on Tuesday.
Nokia to cut 1,700 jobs in sinking phone market
HELSINKI to counter the plunging demand.
India leaders blog, text to plug in to young voters
MUMBAI - Video clips on YouTube, updates on Facebook, blogs, and an online voter registration campaign. Welcome to a newly-wired India, where political parties are using text messages to send updates and leaders are sprucing up their pages on social networking sites in an effort to connect with the country's growing young and plugged-in generation.
Hearst prints final Seattle PI
LOS ANGELES - The Hearst Corp plans to roll out the final print edition of its ailing Seattle Post-Intelligencer on Tuesday then move it online, ending speculation about the fate of the 146-year-old newspaper as crumbling advertising and the Internet wallop the industry. Hearst, which failed over two months to find a buyer for the venerable daily, on Monday said it will move 20 of the newspaper's workers to the new, free online business, while another 145 had taken severance packages.
Elvis memorabilia offered in online auction
NEW YORK - Elvis Presley memorabilia including a performance jumpsuit and a grand piano he played at Graceland went on auction on Monday in a demonstration of his commercial appeal 31 years since the King left the building. The online auction house Gotta Have It! Collectibles will have the items on sale through March 25.
Japanese fashion robot to hit Tokyo catwalks
TOKYO, March 17 - From IT labs to photo grabs, a Japanese humanoid robot will soon be strutting her hard- and soft-ware stuff on the fashion catwalk. The sleek HRP-4C runs on battery-powered motors located in her body and face, allowing the expressions, gait and poses of a supermodel, but on a stormtrooper-like silver and black frame.
Cybersquatting cases hit record in 2008
GENEVA , Yale University, Research in Motion's <RIM.TO> Blackberry as well as Arsenal and Johansson, and company names such as eBay <EBAY.O>, Google <GOOG.O> and Nestle <NESN.VX>.
E-prescribing to soar with new spending
WASHINGTON - As many as 75 percent of U.S. doctors will be writing electronic prescriptions within five years, thanks to new federal spending to encourage e-prescribing, according to a forecast released on Monday. The economic stimulus bill signed by President Barack Obama last month included about $19 billion to promote the use of healthcare information technology, including e-prescribing.
Intel says AMD breached patent licensing pact
NEW YORK - Intel Corp <INTC.O> accused Advanced Micro Devices Inc <AMD.N> of breaching the terms of a cross-licensing agreement between the two rival chip makers, a charge that AMD denied on Monday. Intel alleged its rival ran afoul of a 2001 patent agreement when it created the Globalfoundries joint venture, the $4.3 billion semiconductor manufacturer spun off from AMD.
Vatican starts Chinese website but some fear block
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican is launching a Chinese version of its website in an effort to bring more of Pope Benedict's message to China, whose communist government does not allow Catholics to recognize his authority. Some Church sources and diplomats said they feared the site could be blocked by Chinese authorities, as has been the fate of other websites.
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