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Ecotality and BP Work Together to Roll Out Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles

With the Nissan Leaf and GM's Volt hitting the streets in December, GE, BP, and a host of design stars are racing to install the gas pump's high-style replacement.READ»

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How a Handful of Countries Control the Earth's Most Precious Materials

While the global market for ever more sophisticated tech gadgets grows, the metals and minerals that make them go are controlled by a handful of countries.READ»

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Rocking a Planetary Rover With an iPod Touch

Mac-based planetary exploration rovers, remote controlled via iPod Touches, will be debuted publicly at the MacTech Conference in LA.READ»

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Apple Crushes iPhone Sales, iPad Disappoints

Steve Jobs and company have reason for a Cupertino celebratory cha-cha: Apple crushed quarterly revenues on the tails of huge iPhone sales. Today, Apple posted record earnings of $20.34 billion--way up from last year's quarterly ...READ»

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Should Albums Cost $1.50?

A top record label exec says radically slashing album prices could drive sales of 200 million copies for major releases.READ»

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What Do Catalytic Converters Have to Do With Transparent Banks?

Transparency in banking seems to be a move that will create safer, sounder financial institutions. Yet resistance is high. What can we learn from the EPA about our current fear of change?READ»

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Windows 7 Apps Are Just Like iPhone's (In a Good Way)

Standardized hardware and great support may beckon to developers to Windows 7 Phone despite its belated arrival.READ»

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Marvell Giving $100K to Education App Developers

After announcing its sub-$100 Moby tablet in March, Marvell is prodding developers who create apps for devices like the iPod, iPhone, and Android phones to dream up software for its gadget. Starting Sunday, for a month, the chipmaker is accepting submissions for the Mobylize 100K Challenge.READ»

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Steve Jobs's Strategy? "Get Rid of the Crappy Stuff"

In this excerpt from "The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs," author Carmine Gallo recounts what Steve Jobs told Nike CEO Mark Parker, and how this is a glimpse into Apple's strategy of focused simplicity.READ»

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Apple Patents Hint at Touchscreen Macs, MagSafe iPads, and Wireless Syncing

Time for your Friday check of Apple rumors. Patents are re-injecting some intrigue into the thoughts about touchscreen iMacs, and potential MagSafe connectors for the iPad could hint that Apple plans wireless syncing at last.READ»

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Why Apple's Patent Infringement Payout Is Still in Play

Last week, a jury smacked Apple with a $625 million bill in a lawsuit over Cover Flow. Alexander Poltorak, CEO of General Patent Corporation, explains why the damages could go down by two thirds -- or even increase.READ»

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How a Team at Apple Made the iPod Dream a Reality

In this excerpt from "The Orange Revolution: How One Great Team Can Transform an Entire Organization," authors Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton look at the team that created the iPod, and how the vision of a revolutionary music player motivated them to innovate.READ»

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Apple Smacked With $625.5M Judgment in Mirror Worlds Patent Case, Appeals

CoverFlow is how Mac users view documents, music, videos--most every type of file on its laptops and mobile devices. Now a judge says the company swiped it from Mirror Worlds LLC. READ»

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Apple TV Is Ripe for Hacking: A Secret Plan to Bring Apps to Your TV

Apple TV is out, and it's already been sliced and filleted, revealing Apple's long-term secret plan to get its app store onto your TV and beat the set-top-box brigade.READ»

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Meet the Big Brother Screening Your Social Media for Employers

Companies are hiring professional social media screeners to scan your Twitter and Facebook pages. Will they get you hired or fired?READ»

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iFive: Micron Sued, Zuckerberg's Comic Book, iPad Mini Rumors, Hawaiian Asteroid, British Spy Satellites

Tuesday's child is full of grace. You'll be full of satisfaction, once you've read the early news, digested: READ»

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Two Branding Gurus Tell Their Side of the Story, Part 1

What do you get when you get two industry experts to share their views on branding, from two distinct areas of application? READ»

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iFive: CIA War Lawsuit, Apple's Media Focus, Twitter's Adverts, Windows Phone Dates, Hurt Locker Anti-Pirate Setback

It's just another manic Monday. But before you throw yourself into the joys of work, and those early week emails, here's the early news, digested for your convenience.READ»

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Backstage at Apple's Ping Launch, No Record Labels Allowed

Apple negotiated with Facebook for more than 18 months to launch Ping, its new social network. How much heads up did they give to record labels? Absolutely none.READ»

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Infographic of the Day: What It's Like to be Trapped in a Mine

The visualization below doesn't need much explanation. It's a wonderfully simple illustration of how the 33 miners trapped in a Chilean copper-gold mine have managed to survive over the past couple months: by living off deliveries in ...READ»

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BMW Flaunts Affairs With iPad, BlackBerry, Google

BMW was one of the first car manufacturers to integrate the iPod into its car designs. It was also one of the first to integrate the iPhone. Keeping with that love of all things Apple, BMW is planning to introduce integration with the iPad at the 2010 Paris Motor Show.READ»

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GM's OnStar to Add Facebook, Music?

How do you get a Facebook fix while driving? GM's OnStar might have a solution--one that could compete with the reigning champ, Ford Sync from Microsoft.READ»

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Who's That Texting Your Kids in Class 66% of the Time? Parents

A new survey by textPlus reveals that texting in the classroom is more rampant than ever--for both students and parents.READ»

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Why You Should Care About Sean Parker: The Man Behind Napster, Facebook, and Chatroulette

Sean Parker is already famous in today's Web-connected tech world, mythical perhaps. But he's about to get even more famous thanks to a Vanity Fair profile and a movie that's indirectly about his life. READ»

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Nike+ GPS App for iPhone Challenges All Fitness App Rivals

Nike+ was one of the first real mobile fitness systems, but it's fallen behind rivals like Runkeeper in recent years. The new Nike+ is a worthy challenger to those upstarts.READ»