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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduces Timeline for Facebook in San Francisco.

Facebook Introduces Timeline

Facebook's newest feature is a radical change to its profile pages. Now, users can scroll through each other's entire life stories.

HP, Apotheker Downfall: Indecisiveness

The problem for HP and doomed CEO Leo Apotheker runs much deeper than the obvious, including a sagging stock price, TouchPad tablet and WebOS failure, and a damaged brand image. The simple cultprit has been corporate indecisiveness, which has run amok throughout every problem the company has faced. That's why Apotheker is apparently out of a job and Meg Whitman, the former eBay CEO is in. But even that very move smacks of indecisiveness, since Apotheker has only been on the job for one year.
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HP may oust CEO, hire eBay veteran: source

Hewlett-Packard Co's board convened on Wednesday to consider ousting Chief Executive Officer Leo Apotheker after less than a year on the job and replacing him temporarily with former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, a source familiar with the matter said.
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AT&T sees 2012 looking similar to 2011

AT&T Inc Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson said that his 2012 outlook for the U.S. economy looks similar to 2011 as he does not see a big recovery any time soon.
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Kaiser Southern California Healthcare Workers Strike

Some 2,500 nurses and other medical workers walked off the job at Kaiser Permanente facilities in southern California on Wednesday in a three-day planned strike protesting benefit cuts sought by the nonprofit healthcare giant.
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Softbank Faces Setback in Japan iPhone 5 Shakeup

Softbank Corp's (9984.T) lucrative gig as the sole iPhone vendor in Japan faces trouble as rival KDDI (9433.T) hammers out a deal with Apple, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday, while worries of lost sales sent Softbank shares sliding 12 percent.
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Logitech's Acting CEO Warns on Profit

Logitech, the world's largest computer mouse maker, issued its second profit warning in eight weeks, slashing its forecast for full-year profit and sales after a review by its acting chief executive, sending its shares down 12 percent.
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iPhone 5 Release Date: Al Gore, Former Vice President, Says October

The much-anticipated release of the next version of the iPhone, presumably the iPhone 5, has been hotly debated. But if what former vice president and current Apple Inc. board member Al Gore believes is true, consumers can expect the new iPhones to be here in October.
Microsoft Mango could be Steve Ballmer's best bet ever

Microsoft to Release 'Mango' in Two Weeks

Microsoft would release a Windows Phone 7.5 update, or Mango, in about two weeks time that is expected to energize the software giant in its smartphone OS battle against Apple and Google.
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8 Reasons Why iPhone 5’s 'Delay' is Apple’s Gain in Disguise

Apple’s rumored upcoming iPhone 5 is the most awaited smartphone on the planet, even though no one outside Apple can even confirm if the phone exists. If it does, it is already facing major competition from the likes of Samsung Galaxy S2 and Motorola Droid Bionic.
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Angry Birds to swoop on Formula One track

Angry Birds will migrate from cellphone screens to the Formula One racetrack this weekend in Singapore, as the firm behind the mobile gaming sensation rolls out a crowd game to be played by live audiences.
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Senate Antitrust Hearing Sees Schmidt Defending Google

Defending his company’s business practices on Capitol Hill for the first time after the mounting inspection of its operations, Google Inc. Chairman, Eric Schmidt, directly declined that his company was manipulating its search engine results to steer users to its own online services.
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Softbank dives on report rival may also sell iPhone 5

Shares of Softbank Corp <9984.T>, Japan's third-largest mobile carrier, tumbled more than 10 percent on Thursday after a report said the company was set to lose its position as the sole vendor of Apple's iPhone in Japan.
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Nikon to Sell its First Mirrorless Cameras in October

Nikon unveiled its first lightweight mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras on Wednesday, saying the two new models would go on sale in October and that it expects them to be priced around 70,000 yen ($915)and 105,000 yen.
Apple is expected to launch new iPhone in October

Save the Date for iPhone 5 - Oct. 4?

Get ready to digest another rumor on the Apple iPhone 5 release date. AllThingsD reported Wednesday that sources have confirmed that Apple will hold a media event on Oct. 4 to unveil the iPhone 5.
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Mexico Twitter terrorists freed: attorney

A Mexican man and woman jailed for sending online messages that mistakenly warned an elementary school was under attack were freed on Wednesday, an attorney for the pair said.

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