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• Biz Break: Apple revamps its iMac line - San Jose Mercury News
• Amazon's Plan to Create iPad Tablet Rival Reportedly Underway - eWeek
• Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower: 'Up All Night' With NASA! - NASA
• Xobni Gets Into the App Store Game - PC Magazine
• AT&T Institutes Broadband Data Caps of 250GB - The Mac Observer
• Rent-to-Own Outfit Allegedly Spied on PC Customers with Webcams - TIME
• NASA celebrates astronaut Shepard's historic first flight - USA Today

Biz Break: Apple revamps its iMac line - San Jose Mercury News Posted: 03 May 2011 01:31 PM PDT Reuters Biz Break: Apple revamps its iMac line San Jose Mercury News In this product image provided by Apple Inc., the upgraded line of iMac desktop computers with faster processors, higher-resolution cameras and a new type of data port, are displayed.(AP Photo/Apple Inc.) Today: Apple (AAPL) revamps its ... Gallery: Apple adds Thunderbolt to 21.5-inch and 27-inch iMacsZDNet Apple iMac 27-inch (Thunderbolt): The Beast UnboxedPC Magazine Macs that await refreshing: 2011CNET PCWorld -Computerworld -The Atlantic all 546 news articles »

Amazon's Plan to Create iPad Tablet Rival Reportedly Underway - eWeek Posted: 03 May 2011 02:03 PM PDT TechEye Amazon's Plan to Create iPad Tablet Rival Reportedly Underway eWeek Amazon's Android store, "Honeycomb"-friendly app and cloud-computing venture suggest a tablet is on its way. Now, a new report says Amazon has placed orders with an OEM. E-reader leader Amazon.com is reportedly moving ahead with plans to offer an ... Amazon to debut LCD tablet to compete with Apple's iPad later this yearApple Insider Rumor: Amazon Tablet Coming In 2011PC Magazine Amazon may enter tablet fray in second half of 2011Ars Technica NewsFactor Network -msnbc.com -Digitimes all 69 news articles »

Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower: 'Up All Night' With NASA! - NASA Posted: 03 May 2011 01:59 PM PDT msnbc.com Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower: 'Up All Night' With NASA! NASA Would you like to see a piece of Halley's comet? Now's your chance! Each spring as Earth passes through the debris trail from Halley's Comet (1P/Halley), the cosmic bits burn up in our atmosphere and result in the annual Eta Aquarid meteor shower. ... 'Cosmic litter' from Halley's Comet to light up skymsnbc.com The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower is coming!Examiner.com A Gift from Halley's Comet: Meteor Shower This FridayTIME Mother Nature Network all 7 news articles »

Xobni Gets Into the App Store Game - PC Magazine Posted: 03 May 2011 02:15 PM PDT VentureBeat Xobni Gets Into the App Store Game PC Magazine Xobni, the email plug-in intended to help you organize your inbox, has unveiled its own app store, which will let you add services like Dropbox, Evernote, Flickr, and Yammer into your Xobni setup. The Xobni Gadget Platform and Store ... Xobni Launches App Platform and Store for Outlook Plug-inPCWorld Xobni Opens App Store for OutlookMashable Xobni's new gadget store make it the gateway to OutlookVentureBeat GigaOm -CNET (blog) -TechCrunch all 24 news articles »

AT&T Institutes Broadband Data Caps of 250GB - The Mac Observer Posted: 03 May 2011 02:28 PM PDT World Internet TV on PC (blog) AT&T Institutes Broadband Data Caps of 250GB The Mac Observer AT&T instituted data caps to its DSL and U-Verse broadband customers Wednesday, with the company imposing a 250GB per month cap on how much data U-Verse customers can use. The company's slower DSL service now has a 150GB cap. ... AT&T Caps Have ArrivedBroadbandReports.com AT&T makes broadband data caps officialCNET Bandwidth Diet? 10 Tips for Managing Your Capped BandwidthGigaOm eWeek -PC Magazine -Digitaltrends.com all 94 news articles »

Rent-to-Own Outfit Allegedly Spied on PC Customers with Webcams - TIME Posted: 03 May 2011 02:32 PM PDT Daily Mail Rent-to-Own Outfit Allegedly Spied on PC Customers with Webcams TIME It looks like rent-to-own retailer Aaron's Inc. may have stepped in it--or at least stepped all over its customers' privacy rights. According to the legal firm representing a Casper, Wyoming couple, rental outfit "can ... Pa. suit: Furniture rental co. spies on PC usersStarNewsOnline.com AP: Pa. lawsuit: Rental firm spies on usersCoos Bay World Furniture company accused of webcam-spying on customersITworld.com Ars Technica -Creative Loafing Atlanta -Forbes (blog) all 280 news articles »

NASA celebrates astronaut Shepard's historic first flight - USA Today Posted: 03 May 2011 12:16 PM PDT USA Today NASA celebrates astronaut Shepard's historic first flight USA Today WASHINGTON — Alan Shepard never became a household name like fellow astronauts John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, and Neil Armstrong, the first to walk on the moon. Astronaut Alan Shepard on US ... New stamps honor Alan Shepard, space missionBoston Globe Space stamps honor 50 years of space flightKOLD-TV 50 Years Later: The Alan Shepard Freedom 7 FlightHuffington Post (blog) PR-USA.net (press release) all 72 news articles »

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