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  1. iPad retains value longer than Kindle

    Technology is not like wine.

    • Visible from space: Mars rover remnants

      Wow! You often hear about big stuff on the ground being "visible from space," right ?

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        Soulo converts iPad into karaoke machine

        The kit gives you instant karaoke in the privacy of your own home, or wherever you carry your Apple gadgets.

        1. Ideas into inventions

          Ideas into inventions

          How to turn your ideas into cold hard cash.

        2. Looking for work? Get the app for that

          Looking for work? Get the app for that

          Looking for a promising career in a lousy economy? A new study suggests you're apt to find it in apps - the services and tools built to run on smartphones, computer tablets and Facebook's online social network.

          • Open-air Wi-Fi network to test security

            Open-air Wi-Fi network to test security

            Final preparations are under way for one of the nation's first open-air, large-scale experimental Wi-Fi networks.

            • Verizon & Redbox start video streaming

              Verizon & Redbox start video streaming

              More video streaming options are coming. Verizon says it will start a video streaming service later this year in cooperation with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks.

            • How Apple cuts costs in its gadgets

              How Apple cuts costs in its gadgets

              On the backs of iPods, iPhones and iPads, and on the bottom of Mac laptops, an inscription reads: "Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in China."

              1. Verizon sets up streaming with Redbox

                Verizon sets up streaming with Redbox

                Challenging Netflix, phone company Verizon Communications Inc. says it will start a video streaming service later this year in cooperation with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks.

                • Hackers release FBI call about hackers

                  Hackers release FBI call about hackers

                  The loose organization of hackers known as Anonymous released Friday a recording of a telephone call between the FBI and Scotland Yard that it said it recorded surreptitiously.

                  • Military to get secure Android phones

                    Military to get secure Android phones

                    Some U.S. officials this year are expected to get smartphones capable of handling classified government documents over cellular networks, according to people involved in the project.

                    • Study: Facebook users get more than give

                      Study: Facebook users get more than give

                      A new study out Friday found that the average user of the world's biggest online social network gets more than they give. That means more messages, more "likes" and more comments. Yes, even more "pokes."

                      • Biggest complaints about the Apple Store

                        Biggest complaints about the Apple Store

                        John Matarese says some people don't like the Apple store for several reasons.

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                      1. Recipes great for prison and your home

                        Recipes great for prison and your home

                        How about some tuna nachos for your Super Bowl party? It's one of the recipes from women serving time in Texas. Six female convicts have compiled an unusual cookbook "From The Big House to Your House." One of the recipes is for tuna nachos. 

                      2. Owners and pets flee to avoid inspection

                        Owners and pets flee to avoid inspection

                        A crackdown on wild animals in private homes in Louisiana has left one couple so terrified they've fled to Texas with their four Capuchin monkeys.

                        • Daughter's tip leads cops to dad

                          • Official tries to ban pajamas in public

                            • Man gets hospital bill for nearly $45M

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                                Mentors help girls

                                Mentors help keep young girls on the right path to success.

                              2. Md. ranks number 1 in AP scores, again

                                Md. ranks number 1 in AP scores, again

                                Maryland has ranked first in advanced placement success for the fourth straight year.

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                                  1. Protect yourself from Facebook Timeline

                                    Protect yourself from Facebook Timeline

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                                    John Matarese shows 5 simple phone calls that could lower a number of your monthly bills

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