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Japanese astronaut tests endurance — of his undies (AP)

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AP – In what might embarrass less adventurous souls, astronaut Koichi Wakata is returning to Earth with the underwear he kept on for a solid month during his space station stay and scientists will check them out.

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Why mobile applications need cloud services

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New data suggests that mobile app stores will flounder without connectivity to high-value cloud resources.
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CentOS Linux developers threaten mutiny

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Programmers behind the clone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux demand that its founder share project control–or maybe they’ll leave.
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Microsoft online head: Search could be hugely profitable

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However, Qi Lu acknowledges that profits will come only if the company can gain share, even beyond what it will get in the Yahoo deal.
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Mundie: The desktop of the future is a room

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While mobile devices will be important, the desktop isn’t going away. Eventually your whole office will be a desktop PC, Microsoft’s top strategy officer tells financial analysts.
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Themes support now lets you reskin Chrome

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The latest version of Google’s browser makes it easier for people to customize Chrome’s appearance. Try “Snowflake” or “Camo” for starts.
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Microsoft, Yahoo! agree on Internet search partnership (AP)

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AP – Microsoft finally persuaded Yahoo to surrender control of the Internet’s second most popular search engine and join it in a daunting battle — taking on the overwhelming dominance of Google in the online advertising market.

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Microsoft-Yahoo deal to face tough antitrust probe (AP)

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AP – The Internet search partnership between Microsoft and Yahoo faces a tough antitrust review in the U.S. and overseas, with approval likely hinging on whether the marriage would foster more competition with market leader Google.
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Review: New Android phone better, far from perfect (AP)

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AP – Less than a year after T-Mobile and HTC released the first smart phone using Google’s Android operating system, the wireless operator and the handset maker are back with a sleeker device that takes advantage of recent software updates.

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Yahoo comes full circle with retreat from search (AP)

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AP – Yahoo Inc. invested billions of dollars in its Internet search engine during the past six years before realizing it made more sense to entrust the job to an outsider — hearkening back to a conclusion the company’s co-founders reached shortly after they started their Web directory in the mid-1990s.

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