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Horizons
Windows 8 will have three versions. What are the differences?
Microsoft says it will introduce three Windows 8 editions, including Windows RT, an version optimized for ARM tablets and PCs.
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Apple's new iBooks 2 fulfills one of Steve Jobs' last dreams (+video)
At the Apple announcement Thursday, the company presented its new vision for textbook. IBooks 2 and iBooks Author aim for more interactivity in school texts, just as Steve Jobs imagined it.
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Tablet computers from India. $35. Worth it?
Tablet computers for a subsidized price of $35 are really slow. But a reviewer finds the Android tablet computers are good enough as education devices.
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Horizons
What's next for Skype?
Skype officially becomes part of Microsoft Friday. But former Skype CEO Tony Bates says user experience will remain largely unchanged.
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Editor's Blog
Office vacancy: White-collar woes
White-collar jobs are under unprecedented pressure -- not just because of the sluggish economy but because of structural forces like outsourcing and automation.
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All of a sudden, Congress is full of debt ceiling solutions
With the deadline approaching, the House and Senate are going down two different paths in search of a deal to raise the debt ceiling. Here is a rundown of what they are considering.
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Rod Blagojevich: As he contemplates jury's message, the bluster is gone
Before his second trial, Rod Blagojevich cast himself alternately as an amiable populist or a political warrior. But now convicted on 17 counts, the former governor is somber and pensive.
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Jennifer Egan plays with time, wins Pulitzer
Jennifer Egan won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel about the passage of time set in the digital upending of the music industry.
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NASA milestone: MESSENGER spacecraft enters orbit around Mercury
Mercury had been excluded from the travels of instrument-loaded orbiters because of the difficulty of the mission – until now. On Thursday, the NASA MESSENGER started orbiting the planet.
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US Army may have used PSYOP against senators. How is that different from PR?
According to Rolling Stone, a general asked a psychological operations specialist to help him get inside the heads of visiting senators. The military asks, was he trying to manipulate the Congressional delegation or just be a good host?
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We speak nowadays in a hail of bullets
The Monitor's language columnist finds the orderly, ordinary paragraph under threat from the bulleted list.
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Report: One-third of US teens are victims of cyberbullying
The suicide of Rutgers student Tyler Clementi has brought more attention to cyberbullying. A new study examines the scale of cyberbullying among US teens.
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Obama's Wars
More than anything else, "Obama's Wars" – Bob Woodward's latest must-read political tome – is a study in leadership and management style.
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Mars hoax claims Mars will be moon-sized in the sky
Mars hoax e-mails have been passed on to countless people who haven't been able to resist forwarding it to their entire address book. In some cases, the message has been turned into a full-blown PowerPoint presentation.
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Libya's Qaddafi taps 'fossil water' to irrigate desert farms
While many countries in the Middle East and North Africa bicker over water rights, Libya has tapped into an aquifer of 'fossil water' to change its topography – turning sand into soil. The 26-year, $20 billion project is nearly finished.
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Maxine Waters slams ethics charge: 'I have not violated any House rules'
Reps. Maxine Waters and Charles Rangel have both fought back against ethics allegations. The cases come as Democrats are fighting to maintain their control of Congress in the midterms.
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Ex-rangers ride to the rescue of the world's national parks
Retired U.S. National Park Service workers formed Global Parks to share their expertise abroad.
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Predicate verbs fend off 'death by PowerPoint'
Critics of PowerPoint presentations argue that in a hail of bullets, no one can really communicate.
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Editor's Blog
Inventing American jobs: How small steps become big industries
Innovation is necessary to build new jobs to replace those lost in the recession. So how do you innovate? Consider the integrated circuit. It was just a matter of taking the next logical step.
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Why is change so hard?
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Editor's Blog
If everything's 'revolutionary,' nothing is
From corn chips to deodorants, marketers tout new products as 'revolutionary.' But real revolutions are rare. And revolutions that endure depend on a secret ingredient: democracy
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For Accenture, breaking up with Tiger Woods is hard to do
Corporate consultancy Accenture announced Sunday that it is dumping Tiger Woods, but it has bound its image so closely to Woods that it even put him on its stationery.
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Movie review: 'The Yes Men Fix the World'
Using clever hoaxes, the two activists use their hilarious pranks to skewer corporate fat-cats.
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Global warming: Indians decide to make their own glaciers
Global warming causes glaciers to retreat in India, prompting ingenuity from mountain farmers to conserve water for crops.
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Terrorism & Security
Reports: CIA hired Blackwater to help assassinate terrorists
The agency employed the controversial firm to assist with 'planning, training, and surveillance' – and possibly to kill and capture – Al Qaeda operatives, according to news reports.
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