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British police arrest 5 in tabloid bribery probe (AP)

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British police arrest 5 in tabloid bribery probe (AP)

AP - The criminal investigation into British tabloid skullduggery turned full force on a second Rupert Murdoch publication Saturday, with the arrest of four current and former journalists from The Sun on suspicion of bribing police.

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The “Empty Memory” flash drive looks like it’s saving your data in thin air (Yahoo! News)

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Yahoo! News - We've seen a lot of cool flash drives, from a $3,000 Victorinox Swiss Army drive to a pair of classy thumb drive cufflinks. But British company Logical Art is giving the storage genre a decidedly artistic spin with its new Empty Memory flash drive. …

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Intel exploring ways to help Stephen Hawking speak (AP)

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Intel exploring ways to help Stephen Hawking speak (AP)

AP - Intel Corp. is looking for ways to help famed British physicist Stephen Hawking reverse the slowing of his speech, according to a senior executive with the American chipmaker.

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US album sales rise for first time since 2004 (AP)

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US album sales rise for first time since 2004 (AP)

AP - U.S. album sales rose more than 3 percent last year for the first gain since 2004 — a sign that rising digital sales are finally stemming the decade-long decline of compact discs.

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Floxx Pivots Towards Location-Based Offers

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Floxx Pivots Towards Location-Based Offers

22-year-old British entrepreneur Rich Martell – who mirrored Mark Zuckerberg’s experience in almost being sacked from his university for developing a flirting social network – is pivoting his company towards location-based offers. In fact, it’s reminiscent of the Amen app launched at TechCrunch Disrupt SF, though more overtly geared towards monetization than Amen’s...

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