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Red Hat's 1Q net up on higher subscription revenue

Red Hat Inc., the company behind the Linux open-source operating system, said Wednesday that net income in its fiscal first-quarter grew 8 percent as subscription revenue increased. 20 minutes ago

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Feds in Calif. bust international gambling ring

U.S. authorities unsealed an indictment Wednesday charging 18 people with involvement in an illegal gambling ring they say spanned from California to Peru and used violence against customers with outstanding debts.

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Best Buy recalls batteries over fire risk

Best Buy is recalling 5,100 replacement batteries for the MacBook Pro due to a fire risk.
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LA to give every student an iPad; $30M order

Los Angeles' school system, the second largest in the United States, is ordering iPads for all its students, handing Apple a major success in its quest to make the tablet computer a replacement for textbooks.

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Gadgets: Share content wirelessly with Kingston's MobileLite

Kingston's MobileLite Wireless gives Apple and Android devices unlimited access to any media stored on USB flash-drives or selected memory cards.
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Netflix to expand to Netherlands later this year

Netflix is going Dutch.
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Connected smart gadgets follow our every move

Recent revelations that the NSA tracked Internet activity has triggered widespread angst, but privacy advocates contend a more pervasive worry is the increasing array of computerized gadgets that are turning the world into a giant "surveillance society."
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Japan formally OKs new nuclear safety requirements

Japan's nuclear watchdog formally approved a set of new safety requirements for atomic power plants on Wednesday, paving the way for the reopening of facilities shut down since the Fukushima disaster in a move critics charged was too hasty.
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Alcatel-Lucent plans overhaul, big cost cuts

Telecommunications equipment manufacturer Alcatel-Lucent launched a major effort Wednesday to boost its fortunes by shedding businesses and jobs as part of a deep cost cutting program.
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Goldstar's Jim McCarthy on why live is better

Jim McCarthy doesn't just think it's fun to go out and see a play or a comedy show or a basketball game. He thinks it actually makes you a better person.
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Tech Q&A: Why Wi-Fi is speedier than Internet

QUESTION: You wrote that any Wi-Fi router you can buy today will be much faster than your Internet connection. Does this mean the wireless router can transmit data faster than my Internet connection can send it? If so, who cares?