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SpaceX Capsule Joins to Space Station

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. made history Friday by attaching the first private spacecraft to the international space station, a move that ultimately could change the economics and politics of U.S. space exploration.

Mobile Devices Now Make Up About 20 Percent of U.S. Web Traffic

Old-fashioned PCs still make up the lion’s share of traffic, with phones and tablet Web use spiking in the evening hours.
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Dell Is on the Acquisition Prowl Again, Now Looking at Quest Software

Another deal to distance itself from consumer PCs.
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Dish Network Doesn’t Want to Blow Up TV. It Wants to Pay Less for It.

How to negotiate, Charlie Ergen-style. Threaten, kind of credibly, to blow everything up.
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Sonos Poaches RIM’s Head of Global Sales

The 14 year RIM veteran becomes chief commercial officer of the wireless multi-room music system maker.
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Now 50 Million Daily Users Strong, OpenDNS Wants to Be “the Akamai for Security”

OpenDNS founder and CEO David Ulevitch wants his company to become “the Akamai for security.”
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Some Facebook Underwriters Helped Short Sellers

As traders at Morgan Stanley were frantically trying to shore up Facebook Inc.’s share price following the company’s initial public offering, other managers on the deal were helping short sellers bet that the newly minted stock would fall.

Didn’t Think It Was Possible? Amazon’s Catalog Just Increased by Thousands of Items.

Bulky? Heavy? Inexpensive? No problem. Amazon has added thousands of items it previously considered too uneconomical to ship.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook’s Stock Rises With Choice to Turn Down $75 Million Dividend

When was the last time you heard about the CEO of a wildly successful company walking away from millions of dollars that he could have just as easily pocketed?
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Story Telling

We’re at the end of the lifespan of the current generation of consoles, so the focus has been on the depth of story. When the new generation of hardware comes out, people will revel in the graphics and story will be swept aside again.

– Shadowrun creator Jordan Weisman

Google Hires Away HP’s webOS Enyo Team

Just what the team will do is not 100 percent clear, but something to do with Chrome OS seems like a good bet.

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Following Layoffs, BetterWorks Shuts Down Its Product

BetterWorks, the employee rewards start-up used by companies like Hulu, Tesla and Docstoc, is shutting down its site at the end of the month. The bad news from the Redpoint Ventures-backed start-up comes on the heels of significant layoffs last week. However, a spokeswoman said that the company itself is not shutting down entirely, but rather trying to use its remaining team and capital to reformulate itself.

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My Other Phone Is a Phone

A new study from Forrester Research on technology adoption by urban Chinese consumers illustrates the ubiquitousness of the mobile Internet in China.
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The Lingering Impact of SuccessFactors

Unlike a $3.4 billion acquisition, influence is its own reward.
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Litigation Arises Over Dish’s Ad-Skipping DVR

Dish Network Corp.’s battle with the major TV broadcasters over the satellite company’s new ad-skipping device has moved into the courts.