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Wanted: A Practical Laptop Pedestal

The A-stand is a rugged ergonomic stand for your laptop that packs flat, assembles fast, and boasts a little Danish design cred. If the sight of anything flat-packed makes your skin crawl, then you've definitely been the victim of at least one heavier-than-it-looks Ikea bookshelf.

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FDA approves new HPV test

Test for human papillomavirus identifies highest-risk cervical cancer viruses

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Josh Nesbit On The Power Of Mobile Phones In Haiti

Photograph by Douglas Sonders Josh Nesbit CEO, Cofounder, Medic Mobile Washington, D.C. Nesbit, 24, uses mobile phones and open-source software to bridge gaps in health care in low-resource settings. "AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE in Haiti, we had to use the technology that was in everyone's hands, the mobile phone, and the technology that would work with a very limited network, SMS.

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Start-ups Serving Start-ups

Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today.

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Environmental WikiLeaks: Greenpeace Crowdsources Research Of Secret BP Documents

Greenpeace is on a mission to expose major corporations and government agencies involved in shady activities--and it wants your help. Greenpeace is on a mission to expose major corporations and government agencies involved in shady activities--by posting thousands of Freedom of Information Act documents on highly publicized websites. If Greenpeace's tactics work, the organization could change the way companies do business, or at least force them to better hide incriminating documents.

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Walmart Could Easily Pay Its Workers $12 An Hour

Ethonomic Indicator of the Day: $12 - The minimum wage Walmart could pay its workers without affecting prices. Walmart is plowing through its global responsibility goals , cutting down on plastic waste, improving energy efficiency in factories, and reshaping the crop diversity of entire U.S. regions.

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Video: TV may be harming your kids, study shows

Erica Hill talks to Dr. Jennifer Ashton and Dr. Jennifer Hartstein about new research showing that children who spend a lot of time in front of a television have medical symptoms that show a higher risk for future heart attack and stroke

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iFive: Obama’s "Fun" Science, Facebook Lost iPhone Deal, Iran’s Space Monkey, Foursquare-Apple Rumors, Nokia-Microsoft Deal

1. Barack Obama once promised to have a science-friendly presidency, And at his ground-breaking town hall on Facebook , he promised more science . Specifically he wants to "start making science cool" and hopes the American people will think of the next "big energy breakthrough" the same way they felt about the moonwalks forty years ago

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South Korea’s Han leads by a stroke in China Open

CHENGDU, China (AP) -South Korea's Han Chang-won racked up six birdies on the front nine to take the first-round clubhouse lead by a stroke in the China Open on Thursday.

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Westwood trails by 2 after Indonesian 1st round

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -Lee Westwood trailed Indonesian Masters leader Siddikur of Bangladesh by two strokes after the first round on Thursday.

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