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HP’s TouchPad App Magazine "Pivot" Cuts Through The Clutter Of App Stores

On July 1, HP will launch its HP TouchPad, its WebOS-based tablet, into a crowded sea of tablets already adrift in the wake of Apple's iPad--RIM's PlayBook, any number of Android tablets from Motorola, Toshiba, and so on. With such a late entry to the crowded marketplace, critics have said, HP lags behind competitors who have a huge head start fostering robust app environments. Android and Apple boast hundreds of thousands of apps on their platforms

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How DuPont, Old Spice, And The Gap Play Supporting Roles In Mike Mills’ Indie Films

The auteur behind "Thumbsucker" and the newly released "Beginners" has perfected the art of making capitalism look beautiful, earning money off of corporate commercial work to support uncompromisingly artistic independent films. Let's call 'em "dependies." “I don’t actually believe in advertising,” says Mike Mills, a guy who makes his living directing TV commercials. “I don’t really believe that when I make a Nike ad that people go buy more of that shoe, you know?” But by the time his spots air, the ambivalence has magically transformed into authenticity.

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A New Camouflaged Camera Gets Up Close To Nature

The magi-cam is a robotic and mirrored surveillance device that most animals can't even see--taking advantage of many species' lack of sense of self.

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Steve Forbes Shares Presidential Insights

Steve Forbes, prominent media executive and former presidential hopeful (1996, 2000) joined Inc. Business Owners Council Members last night to share insights into the challenges entrepreneurs face during the fragile economic recovery as well as his ideas for creating a robust partnership between business and government

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Sindelar still awaiting breakthrough win

ENDICOTT, N.Y. (AP) - When Joey Sindelar celebrated his 50th birthday in March 2008, he hit the ground running on the Champions Tour.

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Buy an iPhone Case, Help a Vet

Last night, as I made my way down the aisles at the Pepcom technology showcase in New York City, Speck’s new Patriotic Fitted Case for iPhone 4 caught my eye. Just in time for the Fourth of July, the case costs $29.95 and comes in two patterns: Twilight’s Gleaming Stars and Star Spangled Stripes

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