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Black Friday will be big despite lousy economy, survey says

If you're planning to join the 3 a.m. line of bleary-eyed bargain-hunters on Black Friday, expect a lot of competition for those HDTV sets and gaming consoles.

| News | Business | Tech & society | 11/21/08 at 4:33 pm |


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Nokia opens new research center in Hollywood

Nokia announced that it has opened a new research facility in Hollywood.

| News | Mobile & wireless | Tech & society | 11/21/08 at 3:11 pm |


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Smart Phone OS Smackdown

Remember when a phone was just a phone? You'd no more give thought to its operating system than you would to the one that your microwave oven ran. Boy, have times changed.

| Product review | Mobile & wireless | Tech & society | 11/21/08 at 11:27 am |


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Millennials Love Service Subscriptions

Kudos to Martha Young and her story Leadership – The Millennials Impact on Business. As a parent of two Millennials myself, let me add one note to Martha's story about business impact. Many Millennials assume everything they use comes on a subscription model, and they'll carry that “lease rather than own” idea forward as they go into the workforce.



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