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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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iPhone 5? The 11 best uses for your old iPhone
Here are 11 good ideas for an 'obsolete' iPhone:
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5 top childcare options: costs and value, from day care to nanny
Which childcare option is right for you?
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'Drop Dead Healthy': 8 of A.J. Jacob's unusual get-fit regimens
From a working at a treadmill desk to practicing extreme chewing, here are 8 strategies A.J. Jacobs tried as part of his quest for perfect fitness.
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Switching from a Mac to a PC: Five lessons from an Apple fanboy
The Internet is filled with testimonials of people ditching their PC for a hip new Mac. Where once they trudged through stodgy spreadsheets, they now write screenplays and edit flashy videos (if the ads are to be believed). But there's almost no material documenting the opposite experience. Most of the personal switching-to-Windows stories are many years out of date and center around now-obsolete "But you can't play games and none of your software will work!" arguments.So, here are the top five things an Apple fanboy learned from two months using Windows.
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Internet security threat seems to dissolve. Why? Boredom.
Internet security: A member of hacker group LulzSec that has harassed Sony and other entertainment companies says it's disbanding because members are bored. Copycat groups may continue challenging Internet security.
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Skype: Dutch House says mobile carriers can't limit its use
Skype users win victory as Dutch House of Representatives passes law that mobile carriers can't block or charge extra for Skype and other alternatives. Senate vote seen as formality.
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DocPoint festival celebrates Finnish documentaries in New York
Notes on the DocPoint Encounters in NYC at Scandinavia House in New York City, June 9, 2011.
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The Eat, Pray, Love effect: How families decide to just do it
Part 2 of a Monitor cover story about how families hit by the Eat, Pray, Love effect just do it, pulling up stakes to leave it all behind and embark on extended global global travel.
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Why Estonia may be Europe's model country
The world's first cyberstate embraced austerity without whining even though its Soviet-era memories are still fresh.
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Merger Mondays and malinvestment
The fact that most mergers fail doesn't stop CEOs from doing deals
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Skype's journey from tiny Estonian start-up to $8.5 billion Microsoft buy
Jaan Tallinn, one of the founders of Skype, explains how Estonia's post-Soviet gusto helped give rise to a company that revolutionized online communications.
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Skype sold to Microsoft for $8.5 billion
Skype will soon become a business division of Microsoft, reps for Microsoft and Skype announced today. But was the Microsoft-Skype deal a good one?
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Stocks gain for third session. Microsoft falls.
Dow rises 75 points as stocks put together a three-day rally. But Microsoft falls after it announces purchase of Internet calling company Skype.
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Why Microsoft paid $8.5 billion for Skype, which is mostly free
Microsoft acquisition of the growing Internet calling company raises eyebrows. How can Microsoft make money from a service that's free to most users?
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On Facebook and Twitter, spreading revolution in Syria
Social networks are playing a central role in fueling protests in Syria, where demonstrations Friday were the largest since anti-Assad activists took to the street last month.
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HTC Thunderbolt review: Verizon strikes at 4G speed
Verizon's first 4G Android phone arrives. And the HTC Thunderbolt is a zippy masterpiece.
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Less mobile Internet. Cheaper price. But a fair deal?
New federal rules allow Metro PCS to offer a low-cost plan that blocks access to popular websites on the mobile Internet. Critics say it's a breach of net neutrality.
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Japan earthquake eyewitness: Skyscrapers were 'like trees blowing in the wind'
'As the shaking continued to build,' says Nicholas Roberts of the Japan earthquake, 'something much more primal was telling me to just get out of the building as soon as possible.'
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Powerful weekend victories propel Egypt's revolution
Saturday's storming of the headquarters of former President Hosni Mubarak's secret police is just as important as his historic ouster last month, say many Egyptians.
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In Estonia, Communism's collapse paved the way for Wi-Fi everywhere
Estonia, one of Europe's poorest countries, is also one of its most wired. Free, public Wi-Fi can be found in places as remote as the middle of a forest.
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TSA unionization may open floodgates
More than 40,000 TSA workers were given collective bargaining rights last month. Will this make unionizing more widespread?
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New apps protect Middle East dissidents from government prying
Two Android apps, RedPhone and TextSecure, offer dissidents some protection against snooping authorities.
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Iran opposition returns to streets, energized by Egypt
The Green Movement showed signs of revitalization Monday as tens of thousands of Iranians rallied and clashed with police.
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A three-minute bedtime routine that will save you $3 a night
By doing five simple things each night before bed, savings will add up while you're sleeping.
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Seven bills and seven ways to reduce each one
How to save money on the most common monthly expenses
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For Albania's disaffected youth, political feud illustrates why they flee
Antigovernment demonstrators returned to the street in Albania Friday, a week after three activists were killed outside Prime Minister Sali Berisha's office.
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Best career tip: Flip mental switch and find 'the zone'
The best way to supercharge your career is to find your mental zone of top productivity.
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Verizon sues over net neutrality rules
Verizon has gone to court to protest new net neutrality rules, which will keep Internet providers from interfering with traffic over their networks.
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Brace yourself: The 2.0's are coming!
The Web 2.0's, that is. Here's the rundown on all the social media IPOs in the works. Exciting times to be in the market.
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