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Exclusive: Olympus accounting tricks queried back in 1990s

An investment banker raised concerns about dubious accounting at Japan's disgraced Olympus Corp as long ago as the 1990s, after he discovered it was using Bermuda-based funds to invent assets and patch up its balance sheet, he told Reuters.

'The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim' Review

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The Elder Scrolls, a fantasy role playing game series, is back and better than ever. Skyrim now offers more freedom than ever, improving vastly from previous Elder Scrolls. Skyrim takes the best parts of those games and makes some considerable changes to the formula, building on the best parts of past games while adding new elements. The result is a familiar system that feels fresh and new.
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Mario’s Raccoon Suit Enrages PETA

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Ilya Zhitomirskiy, a co-founder of the open-source social networking website Diaspora, died at the young age of 22, shocking everyone. San Francisco Police Department Officer Alvie Esparza told CNNMoney on Sunday that the initial determination of cause of death appeared to be suicide.
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UK Blackberry Users Pass 8 Million Mark

Research In Motion Ltd (RIM), the maker of Blackberry smartphones, said its subscriber base in the UK had passed the 8 million milestone as it unveiled a new cloud-based music service in the country
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Online Daters' Top Ten Lies Revealed in Survey

Men and women who resort to online dating sites frequently lie about their looks, physique, jobs and financial status, a survey of 1,000 single adults commissioned by online dating community BeautifulPeople.com, discovered.
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iOS 5 Jailbreak: Apple Pulls Fake $9.99 Jailbreak App from Store

According to reports, a fake application, purportedly designed to jailbreak the Cupertino-giant's latest mobile operating system - the iOS 5 - surfaced in the App Store. The application, it was believed, could even jailbreak earlier versions of the system, as well as the newer iPhone 4S and iPad 2.
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Australian Court to Hear Samsung-Apple Case in March

An Australian court has agreed to hear in March a case brought by Samsung Electronics to ban sales of Apple Inc's latest iPhone, with sales allowed to continue as normal ahead of the full hearing on alleged patent infringements.
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It's getting to be that time of year again: silver bells ringing, chestnuts roasting over an open fire... and you stitching together eight pillows and a roll of bubble wrap to pair with a bike helmet in preparation for the collective mob delirium known as Black Friday.
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Huawei buys Symantec stake in JV for $530 million

Huawei Technologies, the world's No.2 telecoms equipment maker, plans to buy the remaining 49 percent stake in a joint venture with Symantec Corp that it does not already own for $530 million to bolster its corporate security solutions business.
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Olympus Accounting Tricks Were Questioned in 1990s

An investment banker raised concerns about dubious accounting at Japan's disgraced Olympus Corp as long ago as the 1990s, after he discovered it was using Bermuda-based funds to invent assets and patch up its balance sheet, he told Reuters.
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Comtech nominates two board candidates

Comtech Telecommunications Corp, a communications equipment maker under pressure from an activist investor, on Monday nominated two candidates for the board, including former chief executive of defense consulting firm SRA International.
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Apple vs Android: Which is Easier to Use?

Apple-made smartphones and Android-based smartphones are the two most widely used smartphones in the world, but one way to really tell them apart is by seeing which is easier to use. That means turning on an iPhone or an Android-powered device and measuring which software system is easier to navigate and figuring it out just by playing around with it for a little while.
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Actress suing IMDB for posting age is selfish, website says

A 40-year-old actress who sued the Internet Movie Database for posting her real age is selfish and is trying to perpetuate a fraud to make potential employers believe she is younger than she is, the website says in a motion to dismiss her lawsuit.
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Some wondered whether “Halo 4” would come out on the current Xbox 360 or on Microsoft’s rumored upcoming console. Frank O’Conner from 343 Industries confirmed on the NeoGAF forums that the title would indeed be on the Xbox 360.
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PETA Takes Aim at Mario for Tanooki Suit

Mario may be used to fighting the likes of Bowser for the attention of Princess Peach, but he recently acquired a powerful foe: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and its media machine.
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Galaxy Note vs HTC Sensation XL: Giant Screen Battle

Galaxy Note by Samsung will debut in the UK soon but in October, HTC debuted another large smartphone, the 4.7-inch HTC Sensation XL. It's not as big as the forthcoming Note's 5.3-inch screen but even 4.7-inches could be too large for some.

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