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With mere moments to go before the E3 presentation where Microsoft will show its future wares, many of the choice details have leaked... Update 10:58am PST:

There's a method to the madness of France's curious Internet bans--an underlying philosophy that's causing conflict with companies around the world. The world stared in befuddled amusement as France banned the words "Twitter" and "Facebook" from TV

It seems like there is a new flood, tornado, or hurricane every day. Is this the kind of meteorological insanity we need to learn to expect? Snowpocalypse! Tornadoes! Floods! Climate change may seem like tired old news or ideological propaganda to some of us, but this year's weather has certainly been something to sit up and take notice of.

A new program from HP is equipping African health workers with cell phones so that information about outbreaks can be collected and analyzed as fast as possible.

A plug-and-play system for cities that want the benefits of real-time data crunching, without the big bills required to become a true city of the future.

How this door-to-door directions, mapping, and route-planning service uses customer feedback to drive innovation and success. As we process applications for the 2011 Inc.

A three-minute video implying multinational mobile giant Vodafone was one of the primary forces behind the Egyptian Revolution has gone viral, and Egyptians are not happy about the implications. International mobile phone giant Vodafone forgot a cardinal rule of media relations: Never mix your advertising up with Middle Eastern politics.

Just how bad is that smog in China? It's not surprising to learn that the local environment isn't doing so well in China, a country famous for its smog. But it is disheartening to find out just how bad it is, courtesy of the "State of the Environment in China," an annual report put out by the Chinese government

Vasu Kulkarni is using his computer engineering and entrepreneurship degrees to elevate the playing experience for high-school basketball teams. | Photograph by David Yellen Startup Krossover is bringing number-crunching technology to high-school athletics. DATA ANALYTICS has recently become a red-hot trend in professional sports

While bored traditional sports reporters wait for quotes from the megastars, the NBA's elite social media team finds images, videos, and moments that take followers up close and behind the scenes of the Finals. We follow--literally--the social media masters during before, during, and after the action to watch how it all works

It may not be as dramatic as Twitter or as ubiquitous as Facebook, but LinkedIn attracts dedicated users who are serious about business. Here's how to connect with them using the fast-growing service's most powerful new tools.

Webcomic XKCD has timed today's piece nicely, given how much the (i)cloud will be in the news this week... 1. Sony, for once, isn't in the hacking news this morning: Instead game making rival Nintendo is now reporting a serious attack on its servers.

When business owners ask me why they have a difficult time prospecting and closing on business, one of the first questions I ask is, “who is your audience?” When I hear answers that include words like, “anyone who…,” I immediately know that we are heading into an emotional conversation - niche marketing.

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