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Archive for January, 2010

Longest annular eclipse provides spectacle

January 15th, 2010

A solar eclipse that reduced the sun to a blazing ring surrounding a black disk has entered the record books as the longest annular eclipse for 1000 years. The phenomenon which lasted eleven minutes and eight seconds, set a record that will not be …

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Kodak Sues RIM and Apple Over Lawsuit-Magnet iPhone

January 15th, 2010

Kodak has sued Apple and BlackBerry maker Research in Motion over a patent that allows image previews, but it'll have to get in line. Though RIM is , Apple in particular has been sued so many times over the iPhone that there ought to be an app for …

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Nexus One Price Drops for Some T-Mobile Upgrades

January 15th, 2010

Google and T-Mobile have changed the Nexus One pricing policy, slashing $100 off the price of the handset for certain existing customers, T-Mobile has confirmed. Eligible upgraders should now be able to get the Nexus One for $279 instead of $379, …

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US Will Protest to China Over Google Cyber Attack

January 15th, 2010

(Adds background on attack in sixth through 12th paragraphs. See {EXT2 } for more on Google and China.) By Indira AR Lakshmanan Jan. 15 (Bloomberg) — The US will issue a formal protest to the Chinese government over the cyber attack on Google Inc. …

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