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HP Calls Oracle Move ‘Shameless Gambit’ to Hurt Competition

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Oracle Corp.'s plan to drop support for Intel Corp.'s Itanium chip is a "shameless gambit" that jeopardizes customers and will cost hundreds of millions of dollars in lost productivity, Hewlett-Packard Co. said.

Study: Women Have Fewer Regrets Then Men

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According to a new study, when it comes to romance, Women have fewer regrets and less anxiety.

Are you a Martian? We All Could Be and a New Instrument Might Provide Proof

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According to many planetary scientists, it's conceivable that all life on Earth is descended from organisms that originated on Mars and were carried here aboard meteorites. If that's the case, an instrument being developed by researchers at MIT and Harvard could provide the clinching ...

Praising teachers while bashing them

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"Teaching is incredibly hard, especially when dealing with children in high-poverty communities who come to school with enormous challenges. Many teachers work long hours, staying at school past 6 p.m., and then working at home grading papers and preparing lessons. Some teachers get outstanding results, even with our most challenged students. These are America's heroes, and they should be recognized as such. Sadly, they aren't.

Middle Schooler Suspended For Bringing Acne Medication To School

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A typical middle school girl, 13-year-old Hayley Russell was worried about another acne flare-up when she brought her orange prescription bottle to Rachel Carson Middle School in Fairfax County, Virginia.

Cha-Ching! Floyd Mayweather won over $37K on the Chicago Bulls last night

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Boxer Floyd Mayweather posted a picture on his Twitter account Wednesday morning of a betting slip from the M Resort in Las Vegas that showed he won $37,272.75 on the Bulls, who faced the Atlanta Hawks the previous night.

Help Make Better Map of Global Light Pollution

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You can help build the best global map of light pollution, the uniquely modern problem that has stolen starlight from most of the urbanized world. From

Firefox 4 Has Already Eclipsed Internet Explorer 9

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Mozilla has just released Firefox 4, and in less than a day clocked more than twice the downloads Microsoft boasted about after the release of Internet Explorer 9.

Nation of Islam Looks to UFOs to Save the World

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Not very many religious organizations go out of their way to promote UFOs as real and as a sign of Judgment Day. Well, here come the Nation of Islam and Louis Farrakhan on the UFO bandwagon.

'Pruning' Microchips for Faster, Greener, Dumber Computers

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Researchers have trimmed away little-used circuits on microchips to improve energy efficiency and computing speed by sacrificing accuracy. One of the first planned applications of the pruned microchips will be in hearing aids.

'Pawn Stars' reality show co-star arrested

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"Pawn Stars" reality TV show co-star Corey "Big Hoss" Harrison has been arrested after a barroom run-in at a California mountain resort.

The 5 Most Shockingly Insane Modern Dictators

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As part of our ongoing effort to educate the world about the mind-boggling insanity of the world's dictators, here are five leaders who treated their countries as playthings for their own deranged minds.

Don't Park Illegally In Russia (VIDEO)

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If you plan on driving home I'd suggest not parking illegally in Russia if I were you.

James Franco's Twitter feud with Bruce Vilanch over panned Oscars performance

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The 127 Hours star took to his Twitter account to blame the writers of this year's Oscars for his widely derided appearance.

BREAKING: Another Oil Spill Hits the Gulf of Mexico

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The Gulf of Mexico can't catch a break. Just a few short months after everyone (except Gulf Coast residents) forgot entirely about the BP spill, it gets hit with another one! Yes, a 30-mile oil slick has been spreading across the Gulf, right near Louisiana's Grand Isle, which was one of the hardest-hit places during that last spill. And since folks hardly seem to remember the BP spill itself, they're even less likely to remember that the AP discovered tens of thousands of unproducing wells -- like the one that's gushing out oil now -- many of which were improperly sealed, and were accidents waiting to happen. Well, looky here.

New Structure Allows Lithium Ion Batteries to Get a Quicker Charge: Scientific American

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A new technology could create a much more rapid charging time for lithium ion batteries

Study Shows AT&T iPhone Owners Rely On WiFi More Than Verizon iPhone Users

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Mobile ad exchange Mobclix is releasing a survey this morning which examines the usage of the Verizon iPhone vs. the AT&T iPhone in the U.S. The Verizon iPhone was released to the public over a month ago, and according to Mobclix's data, larger metropolitan cities have higher Verizon iPhone usage.

Spaghetti eating on subway turns into brawl (vid)

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A young woman was eating spaghetti on the subway when another passenger asked, "What kind of animals eat on the train?" That opening culinary critique led to some very unladylike taunting and faux bad-bootyism before the fur and fisticuffs began to fly.

10 Games That Will Drop Your Jaws At E3 2011

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With this year's E3 only a few months away now, all of your favourite developers and publishers will be gearing up for unveiling their next big thing on the showroom floors. The question is, what kind of things will be showing up at E3 2011, and what announcements will be considered the biggest?

Should Airlines Create Separate Sections For Kids, Larger Fliers?

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Increasingly crowded flights and rising tensions are fueling calls for segregated seating, but critics question where it could lead.
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