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Newer, Faster, Cheaper iPhone 3G

Gadgets & Tech – Apple Inc.'s iPhone has been the world's most influential smart phone since its debut a year ago, widely hailed for its beauty and functionality. It was a true hand-held computer that raised the bar for all its competitors. But that first iPhone had two big drawbacks: It was expensive, and it couldn't access the fastest cellular-phone networks.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 09, 2008 12:40am

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Deadliest job in America: Working on cell phone towers

Careers & Jobs – Next time you can't get a cell phone signal in the middle of town,put your problem in perspective:New figures show that the deadliest job in America now goes to the men and women who construct,upgrade, and repair cell phone towers.According to a story in this week's RCR Wireless News building and climbing towers is more dangerous than ranching, fis

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Submitted and Voted for on July 09, 2008 12:35am

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Dozens of new World Heritage Sites named

Travel – World heritage is a terrible thing to waste. Fortunately,for 27 places around the globe,that shouldn't be an issue as they've just been added to UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites.Named during the organization's World Heritage Committee meeting,now taking place in Quebec City,they're the latest additions to a roster that recognizes places wit

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Submitted and Voted for on July 08, 2008 04:29pm

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Should you check or ship your bags?

Travel – If you're like most travelers, you've probably never considered shipping your luggage ahead of you instead of carrying it with you on a trip. Sure, over the holidays you might mail a few gifts to your destination instead of having the TSA root through your suitcase and ruin your perfect wrapping job, but otherwise it probably seems more practical,

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Submitted and Voted for on July 08, 2008 04:26pm

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Toronto hotel boasts own honey from rooftop

Travel – TORONTO (Reuters Life!) - The arrival of three queens and their 40,000 workers has created a new buzz at one of Toronto's oldest hotels, and given chefs at the massive grey stone building first dibs on up to 700 pounds of honey.The luxury Fairmont Royal York hotel, opposite Toronto's main railway station, installed three bee hives on its 13th floor

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Submitted and Voted for on July 08, 2008 04:20pm

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Weak economy forces festivals to rethink, cancel

Travel – MILWAUKEE - For the first time in more than 20 years, the organizers of the Harbor Fest musical festival in Racine, Wis., were forced to cancel their seminal summertime event on the shores of Lake Michigan.Sure, attendance has dwindled in recent years, but rising costs and a 40 percent drop in corporate sponsorship dealt the final blow.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 08, 2008 04:09pm

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Intel, Dreamworks Animation Form Alliance to Revolutionize 3-D Filmmaking Technology

Gadgets & Tech – Intel Corporation and DreamWorks Animation SKG today announced they have formed a strategic alliance aimed at revolutionizing 3-D filmmaking technology, beginning with Monsters vs. Aliens, which is slated for a domestic release date of March 27, 2009. As previously announced, DreamWorks Animation has committed to producing all of its feature films

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Submitted and Voted for on July 08, 2008 04:04pm

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GPS devices become a vital tool for business travelers

Gadgets & Tech – Doreen Rosimos of Marlborough, N.H., brought along her Rottweiler, Zelda, when she went on an assignment in Kentucky. When Zelda became sick one day, Rosimos, who heads a firm that funds micro-enterprises, quickly typed "veterinarian" into her car's global-positioning device (GPS), and found one nearby within minutes. The emergency surger

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Submitted and Voted for on July 08, 2008 11:04am

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My word! Online Scrabble goes legit

Gadgets & Tech – NEW YORK (AP) As Facebook has blossomed into a hot Internet hangout, its users have passed countless hours playing Scrabble with friends or at least, an unauthorized version of the word game that Scrabble's owners have tried to shut down.Now a video game maker will try to legitimize the activity.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 08, 2008 10:56am

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Online risk due to browser flaws

Gadgets & Tech – Almost half the online population is at risk because users have not installed security updates to their browsers, says a study.The Swiss Institute of Technology, Google and IBM conducted the study and found 600 million users had not updated their browsers."Failure to apply patches promptly or missing them entirely is a recipe for disaster,&quo

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Submitted and Voted for on July 08, 2008 10:48am

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Sicily, Through the Eyes of the Leopard

Travel – ASK a roomful of readers about Lampedusa's "Leopard" and more often than not you'll find a few who will put hand to heart and say it's their favorite book, and a few others who will simply shrug never heard of it or ask if it has anything to do with the Visconti movie starring Burt Lancaster (yes, it does).

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Submitted and Voted for on July 08, 2008 10:38am

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China: New guidebooks, map and literary companion

Travel – NEW YORK - The coming Olympic games in Beijing have spurred production of a slew of new guides to China. Along with books from most of the major travel publishers come four noteworthy new products, each offering readers a completely different experience: a literary companion, Mobil and Zagat guides, and a bilingual map.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 08, 2008 06:38am

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'Ha-pi-tu-mi-te-yu:' Beijing welcomes the Olympics

Travel – BEIJING - Faced with my blank look of incomprehension, the taxi driver took a deep breath and tried again."Ha-pi-tu-mi-te-yu," he intoned.Wow, I thought, six years out of Beijing and a long-haul flight from Europe have turned my once almost fluent Chinese to mush.Then, it hit me. This was English. "'Happy to meet you?'" I asked.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 08, 2008 06:35am

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Video-game news: Best of 2008,

Gadgets & Tech – _BEST OF 2008 (SO FAR): E3, the video industry's big trade show, is next week, and you'll be hearing a lot about all the new software coming between now and Christmas. But there's a bit of a lull until Aug.12, when "Madden NFL 09"unofficially marks the beginning of the fall game season.July is a good time to catch up on some of the games

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Submitted and Voted for on July 08, 2008 06:32am

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Square Enix launches its first iPod game

Gadgets & Tech – TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese videogame maker Square Enix Co Ltd said on Tuesday it had launched its first game for Apple Inc's iPod, broadening its target hardware to the top-selling media player.Square Enix, known for such blockbuster titles as "Final Fantasy" and "Kingdom Hearts," began offering the "Song Summoner:

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