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Competing With the Apple Empire

After two decades of working with the tech giant, Darryl Peck opened a small Apple retail store called PeachMac.

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Hot and Cold: Long-Suspected Antarctic Undersea Volcanoes Discovered

Iceland is known as the "land of ice and fire," but new findings suggest that the South Sandwich Islands in the southern Atlantic Ocean could easily take over that title. In addition to the seven volcanic islands that make up this Antarctic archipelago, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) recently discovered that 12 volcanoes lurk below the water's surface. [More]

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Would You Give Up Sex to Avoid a PowerPoint?

A new survey suggests people will go to great lengths to avoid PowerPoint presentations, either giving them or listening to them. Just how excruciating do people find PowerPoint presentations? Nearly a quarter of workers would rather forego sex for the night than sit through a lame presentation, says a new survey

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How I Stay Productive: I Make Myself Accountable

There was a point over the winter where every germ in New York City seemed to find its way to my doorstep and I was alternating between playing nurse and patient for from mid-February to the end of March. No problem. One of the perks of being an entrepreneur is that you’re the boss.

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Aussie Data Suggests Nokia May Be Just About Done

Nokia's market share in all phone sales in Australia for the first quarter of 2011 was 24.6%--great, if it hadn't been 49.5% in the first quarter of 2010. Nokia's market share has halved.

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06.24.2011 | Inc.com Daily

Feds will launch a probe on Google, a start-up that shows if you've been hacked, a study on how men and women divide their work schedules, and more. Is Google in the doghouse? Federal regulators will be issuing subpoenas to Google, "launching a broad, formal investigation into whether the Internet giant has abused its dominance in Web-search advertising," The Wall Street Journal reports .

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New data suggests the universe is clumpier than thought

(PhysOrg.com) -- After analyzing data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSK), cosmologist Shaun Thomas and colleagues from the University College of London, have concluded that the universe is "clumpier" than scientists have thought, leading to speculation that new theories need to be made to explain why the matter that makes up the universe isn’t as smooth as models have suggested they should be. The results of their research, published on Physical Review Letters, show that there is either faulty evidence in their discovery, or that established laws of gravity do not apply to such a large scale as the entire universe.

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Problems Without Passports: Scientific Research Diving at USC Dornsife–Making a Difference: Environmental Students in Palau

Monday was our first day diving and snorkeling the Ngederrak Conservation Area of Palau. The difference in biodiversity along the reef crest was instantly noticeable as we dropped down to 25 feet and surveyed 50-meter transects. Applying belt transects to snorkeling also allowed us to survey the three to five foot reef flat, which differed from our survey experiences in Guam.

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Grown-ups Use Twitter! Apple May Soon, Too

Pew's latest survey shows Twitter is growing up, getting used more, and appealing to more older users. It's also a mobile affair for everyone half the time. With rumors Apple's about to integrate it, this could all become more significant

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‘Fastest Warming’ Water Threatens Rare Fauna at South Georgia Island

Viewed on a map, South Georgia Island is a speck in the vast Southern Ocean. But new research by the British Antarctic Survey suggests that the waters surrounding the tiny island are home to a disproportionately large slice of marine life. Nearly 1,500 species live off the coast of the former whaling outpost, including many found nowhere else on Earth

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