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August Issue 2 2012

MetroPCS starts selling phone with TV tuner

NEW YORK (AP) — In time for the Olympics, MetroPCS is selling the first phone that can receive local TV signals, potentially lending TV stations some relevance in the age of the smartphone.

Facebook shares sink to new low after 2Q results July Issue 5 2012

Facebook shares sink to new low after 2Q results

Facebook's stock hit a new low Friday after it reported lukewarm second-quarter results and didn't give an outlook for the coming months.

Biologists balance technology, politics and user groups July Issue 5 2012

Biologists balance technology, politics and user groups

Editor’s note: This story is part of an ongoing look into Cook Inlet salmon fishery issues from the Peninsula Clarion. The Clarion will continue to examine fishery management decisions and their effects.

Technology helps train visually impaired July Issue 5 2012

Technology helps train visually impaired

George Rickard drove commercial vehicles for 11 years. Then one day, he could no longer see, and his career came to a halt.

Realtors have new staging tool for selling vacant homes July Issue 4 2012

Realtors have new staging tool for selling vacant homes

What’s a cheap way for a realtor to market an empty house? Show what’s like furnished ...without any actual furnishings.

WikiLeaks gets court victory in fight against Visa July Issue 2 2012

WikiLeaks gets court victory in fight against Visa

WikiLeaks declared victory Thursday in the first round of its campaign against the U.S. financial blockade imposed by Visa and MasterCard after an Icelandic court ordered a local company to resume processing credit card donations to the secret-spilling site.

July Issue 2 2012

Review: Wireless speakers great fit for phone use

ATLANTA (AP) — Diminutive wireless speakers are filling the shelves at electronics stores. They’re proving to be the ideal accessory for people who listen to the bulk of their music on mobile phones.

Samsung, LG bet on new display to revive TV sales July Issue 2 2012

Samsung, LG bet on new display to revive TV sales

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean TV manufacturers are making billion-dollar bets on a new display technology that promises an even thinner screen and imagery of eye-popping clarity. It might prove to be a costly last gasp of innovation from an industry finding it harder to excite consumers wowed by smartphones and tablets.

CIRI Fire Island wind farm nearing completion July Issue 1 2012

CIRI Fire Island wind farm nearing completion

After more than a decade of planning, the Cook Inlet Region Inc. wind project for Fire Island is close to powering up.

Cybercrime disclosures rare despite new SEC rule June Issue 4 2012

Cybercrime disclosures rare despite new SEC rule

Hackers broke into computers at hotel giant Wyndham Worldwide Corp. three times in two years and stole credit card information belonging to hundreds of thousands of customers. Wyndham didn't report the break-in in corporate filings even though the Securities and Exchange Commission wants companies to inform investors of cybercrimes.

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