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Earth Day 2013: 5 gadgets that help make going green easy
With Earth Day 2013, here are five ways to head down a greener path. Sometimes, setting goals to shrink your carbon footprint are like New Year's resolutions. They don't last, and you move on. However, if you're serious about leading an eco-friendly lifestyle, there are some green gadgets that can help make the transition easier.
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10 weird iPhone attachments
There’s more to the iPhone than the App Store. Chances are, if you eat, sleep, or sweat with an iPhone at your side, there’s an attachment that will make your life easier -- or at least more entertaining.
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Three best ways (and three worst ways) to finance holiday shopping
Consumers tend to rack up a lot of credit card debt during the fourth quarter, largely due to holiday expenses. This year, by one estimate, the average holiday shopper is on track to spend around $800. For many, that means financing, which remains a double-edged sword despite historically low interest rates and an array of new consumer protections. It can either save you a lot of money in interest and fees or trip you up with caveats buried in fine print that drastically inflate your expenses. Here are three of the best and three of the worst financing offers for holiday shoppers in 2012:
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11 best books of December, according to Amazon's editors
Looking for a holiday read for yourself or a gift for a voracious reader? These are the best new titles this month, hand-picked by Amazon's editors. Amazon’s editorial director of books and Kindle Sara Nelson tells us why they were chosen.
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5 essential Black Friday apps
Going Black Friday shopping? These five free smartphone apps will help you find the best deals and stay organized on the big day. Happy shopping!
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Horizons Wal-Mart waves goodbye to entire Amazon Kindle line
Following in Target's footsteps, Wal-Mart has announced it will no longer sell Amazon Kindle e-readers and Amazon Kindle Fire tablets.
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Cover Story How artificial intelligence is changing our lives
From smart phones that act as personal concierges to self-parking cars to medical robots, the artificial intelligence revolution is here. So where do humans fit in?
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Chapter & Verse Amazon starts charging sales tax in California
While book giant Amazon is now required to charge customers sales tax in some states, it's already planning its next move: widely available same-day shipping.
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Where iPhone 5 fits in the latest lineup of phones, tablets
The iPhone 5 debuts amid new smartphones from Samsung and Google, and Windows 8 debuts on Nokia and Motorola. Amazon and others are introducing new tablets this fall.
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Chapter & Verse So low, so fast: E-book prices drop following settlement
Just four days after a federal judge approved a settlement in the e-books price fixing case, HarperCollins has already started discounts.
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Stocks nudge upward after tepid jobs report
Stocks barely moved Friday following yesterday's surge in the stock market. The Dow rose 14 points and the S&P 500 was up 5.
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Horizons At $199, Kindle Fire HD isn't an iPad – but it doesn't need to be
The Kindle Fire HD line will hit shelves this fall. How does the latest Fire stack up to its competitors?
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Chapter & Verse Judge approves a settlement between DOJ and publishers in landmark opinion
Will the court's decision trigger an e-book price war?
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Chapter & Verse Amazon announces new devices, including HD Kindle Fire
Amazon's new lineup of devices includes a Kindle Fire tablet with HD and other new features as well as a back-lit e-reader called the Kindle Paperwhite.
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Amazon announcement: new Kindles. Hollywood: new worries.
Amazon announcement of seven new Kindles is a boon for consumers. But Hollywood worries the Amazon announcement will speed the move from buying to renting movies.
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Horizons Amazon introduces new Kindle Fire HD line
Soon, consumers will be able to choose from three HD Kindle Fires – a 7-inch version, and two 8.9-inch versions, including a $499 with 4G LTE connectivity.
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Chapter & Verse Can Kobo compete with iPad and Kindle?
Kobo is launching a new tablet and e-reader in an attempt to wrest the market away from Amazon and Apple, both of which will probably release new tablets soon.
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Maria Montessori and 10 famous graduates from her schools
Maria Montessori stands in many ways as the mother of alternative education. The Italian physician and teacher invented a new kind of school, one with self-directed learning, classrooms with mixed age groups, and no grades. Now, on what would have been her 142 birthday, thousands of schools bear her name. These Montessori schools have some very famous alumni, many of which credit the free-flowing classes with teaching them to think differently and allowing them to change the world. Here are 10 of the most prominent.
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Navy SEAL book on bin Laden raid contradicts White House accounts (+video)
Osama bin Laden was not armed, and posed no threat when the Al Qaeda leader was fatally shot by Navy SEALs, says the first-hand account by a Navy SEAL on the raid. The book goes on sale Sept. 4.
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College costs: Have the talk about financial literacy now
College costs: Who pays for toothpaste and textbooks? Will it be credit or debit? How to budget. Parents should have the talk about finanical literacy before they launch their student.
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Saving Money Back to school: 11 ways to save on textbooks
The average college student will spend a whopping $655 on textbooks this year. Here's how to trim the bill.
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Horizons Is the new Amazon Kindle Fire on the way? (+video)
Amazon has scheduled a press conference for Sept. 6. Smart money says a new Kindle Fire tablet (or three) is on the way.
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Progress Watch Got broadband? Access now extends to 94 percent of Americans.
Every year, Internet access via broadband becomes available to millions more Americans, up from 92 percent last year to 94 percent, a recent report shows. Rural and tribal areas are the outliers.
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Saving Money Droughts send food prices soaring. 20 ways to save.
Drought conditions across the country are already affecting meat and dairy prices this year – with a price hike on corn to come. In the face of soaring food prices, here are 20 ways you can cut costs.
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Chapter & Verse Conservative books are leaping off the shelves, says Amazon. Liberal titles, not so much.
According to a new heat map by Amazon, readers in 44 states prefer conservative 'red' books to liberal 'blue.'
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Chapter & Verse Barnes & Noble will begin selling its Nook e-reader in the UK this fall
Barnes & Noble opens up its Nook e-reader to an international market.
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Chapter & Verse 'Hunger Games' passes 'Harry Potter' as bestselling Amazon series
Since debuting in 2008, Amazon says, Katniss Everdeen and the Hunger Games 'have taken the world by storm.'
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Apple stock: the market's new MVP
Apple stock surges 2.6 percent in Monday trading. Apple stock is now worth $623.5 billion, beating Microsoft's market capitalization during the Internet boom.
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The Simple Dollar Mortgage shopping? Get an HUD-1 form. What's that?
HUD-1 forms itemize all of the services and fees that are charged to you while applying for a home loan. Get a copy before you sign any other mortgage papers.
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Chapter & Verse Apple blasts the DOJ's proposed e-book price settlement
Apple called the DOJ's proposed settlement to the e-book price fixing case 'fundamentally unfair, unlawful, and unprecedented.'
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