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Wikipedia doesn't need your money - so why does it keep pestering you?
Wikipedia claims that the donations are needed to keep the site online. Guilt-tripped journalists including Heather Brooke and Toby Young have contributed to Wikipedia in the belief that donations help fund operating costs. Students, who are already heavily in debt, are urged to donate in case Wikipedia "disappears".
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Amazon and Google on collision course in 2013
When Amazon.com Inc CEO Jeff Bezos got word of a project at Google Inc to scan and digitize product catalogs a decade ago, the seeds of a burgeoning rivalry were planted. The news was a "wake-up" call to Bezos, an early investor in Google. He saw it as a warning that the Web search engine could encroach upon his online retail empire, according to a former Amazon executive.
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Russia, India sign weapons deals worth billions
Putin and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hailed cooperation between their countries as officials signed a $1.6 billion deal for 42 Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets that will be license-built in India from Russian components and a $1.3 billion contract for the delivery of 71 Mil Mi-17 military helicopters.
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Where the Jobs Will Be in 2020
Urban areas with high demand for educated workers are the best bets for finding work.
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China Now Has 1.1+ Billion Mobile Users
Statistics released yesterday by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology show that as of the end of November 2012, there were 1.104 billion mobile phone users in that country, an increase of nearly 118 million people during the first eleven months.
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Amazon Is Selling Stolen iPhones
Gizmodo Twitter friend Ben Dreyfuss. bought his mom an iPhone for Christmas. Ben is a good son! Christmas morning: Mama D. tears open the package, finds a shiny aluminum bundle of joy, and then decides to set it up.
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The Three Smartphone Business Trends That Mattered Most In 2012
In 2012, the business of mobile became... complicated. Between patents fights, security concerns and mobile payments bickering, the business of smartphones has become a heated landscape.
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Google Economy: How Google Makes $100 Million A Day [Infographic]
How does Google make over $100 million each day through search related ads? This Google economy infographic sets out to tell you everything about it.
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Shopping the stores, but buying online
Traditional stores are getting sick and tired of providing the showrooms for online retailers and not getting the sale.
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"Gangnam Style" vodka is coming for Russia
A company in Russia made its first move to cash in on Psy's 2012 anthem "Gangnam Style" this week.
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Toyota Agrees To Pay $1.1 Billion To Settle Unintended Acceleration Lawsuits
Numerous safety recalls have been a blackmark on Toyota's stellar reliability reputation over the last few years. The biggest, and most notable recalls, were for unintended acceleration. Now, a settlement has been reached in the case, and Toyota will be paying out a record $1.1 billion to settle.
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Why is Apple fading?
As the once-unstoppable stock continues its slide, some experts wonder if the company will ever recover.
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How Facebook cashes in on you
For better or worse, this will go down as the year that Facebook really put a dollar sign in front of its users.
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Samsung expected to ship over 500 million phones in 2013
Samsung certainly had a big year, and despite some legal setbacks with Apple, the company saw record profits in its mobile division.
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Used games will not work on next Xbox.
Microsoft could be taking big step toward eliminating the used-game market with its next console.
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China may make real-name registration mandatory for all its internet users
Chinese microblogging service Sina Weibo has already made it a requirement that its users register with their real names, and now the Chinese government is considering a similar measure.
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Tesla’s Fast Charging Stations: Game Changer or Path to Bankruptcy?
Earlier this year, Elon Musk announced his plan to build solar powered, fast charging stations across America, available to Tesla Model S owners to use for free.
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Mac Mini to become the first mac to be produced in USA
Apple and Foxconn are moving Mac mini production to the US, says DigiTimes, contradicting earlier rumors that a redesigned Mac Pro or MacBook line would be the first to begin production in the country.
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$5 lamp, powered by gravity, just destroyed its funding target on Indiegogo
A lamp for $5 that does not require any electrical power source? It may sound like an impossible dream, but two designers in London have built functioning prototypes of GravityLight, a cheap way for people in developing countries t0 light homes, recharge batteries, or power a radio.
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Will Google Apps Break The Last Tech Monopoly: Microsoft Office?
Recently I've been writing about monopolies. When they're important and when they're not. The really crucial point is whether that monopoly is contestable or not.
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