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 - Tech Toyz: The Gadget Oscars special
 This week on 'Tech Toyz', watch the best gadgets including smart phones that deserve the Oscar awards in tech zone.
- Google targets 'content farms' in search tune-up
 Google Inc made substantial changes to its search engine in a direct attack on companies that churn out low-quality stories and videos.
- Apple releases new MacBook Pro lineup
 Apple Inc released its new lineup of MacBook Pro notebook computers, featuring Intel's peppy new processors and graphics chips made by Advanced Micro Devices, helping boost the smaller chipmaker's stock more than 5 per cent.
- Samsung targets Apple with ultra-slim notebook
 South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd launched an ultra-slim notebook on Thursday, seeking to bolster its presence in the high-end mobile computer segment dominated by Apple Inc.
- Google tool tracks the missing in NZ quake
 Google is helping people track the missing after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake levelled large parts of Christchurch, New Zealand's second-biggest city.
- Tougher measures will hit India's business: RIM
 BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM), which has faced many deadlines from India for providing access to its enterprise service or encrypted emails in view of threats to the country's national security, Tuesday said that any tough measures by New Delhi won't help in attracting businesses or its huge outsourcing industry.
- New Apple iPad coming this March
 Tech giant Apple is set to unveil a new version of its hugely successful iPad in March. The iPad 2 will be thinner than its predecessor and feature an improved display.
- New video shows Steve Jobs suffering from pain
 A new video of Apple's CEO Steve Jobs, reportedly affected with terminal pancreatic cancer, shows how painful it has become for him to take even a few steps.
- Google planning 'radical' new Chrome browser
 Sources close to the company said the address bar currently takes up a significant amount of space that could be used for web browsing. One plan being considered would mean it was only visible when users made their mouse pointer hover over a specific part of the screen, the Telegraph reports.
- Google Street View hits security hurdle in Israel
 Google has for years fought allegations that its mapping and photography services infringed on privacy. Now the Internet giant is facing concerns from Israel that the technology could be used for terrorism.
- Man dupes CIA of $21 mn with hoax software
 A computer expert was paid more than 13 million pounds (about $21 million) after he fooled the CIA that he developed software to stop Al Qaeda attacks, a media report said.
- Semicon industry to invest in nanotechnology
 With disruptive technologies and product cycles shrinking nanotechnology is the future.
- Egyptian man names daughter Facebook
 Jamal Ibrahim, who is in his 20s, named his daughter after the social networking site because he was so happy with the role played by the site in organising protests in Egyptian cities, Daily Mail reported Sunday citing the Al-Ahram newspaper.
- Google keeps sights on Microsoft in new era
 Google's enterprise business positions it to tap into a lucrative market long dominated by Microsoft Corp and represents one way to diversify revenue. But with the giant Internet search company facing a big threat from Facebook in social networking and from Apple Inc in the mobile market, some question whether Google's battle with Microsoft for business customers is yesterday's war.
- Gay users applaud new Facebook status options
 Of course, there's also a Facebook option to say "It's complicated" - and that's exactly how some users felt about the new changes. Because, for people both gay and straight, more options mean more decisions to make: What exactly is my relationship, and what should I call it?
- Sony booming in India on strong brand image
 Sony is doing booming business in India, dominating in flat-panel TVs and digital cameras, and is in good shape to keep growing in coming years, a top executive said Friday.
- Steve Jobs attends tech CEO meeting with Obama
 Apple Inc. chief executive Steve Jobs, on medical leave from the company he co-founded, attended a meeting of technology industry leaders with US President Barack Obama in northern California on Thursday.
- Facebook adds civil union to relationship status
 Facebook on Thursday added civil unions and domestic partnerships to the list of relationships that its users can pick from to best describe their romantic status.
- 'Steve Jobs may have just six weeks to live'
Apple chief Steve Jobs who is suffering from pancreatic cancer may have just six weeks to live, a US based online publication has said. Jobs who took medical leave in January, had said in an email to employees, "At my request, the board of directors has granted me a medical leave of absence so I can focus on my health".
- Machines are outsmarting us: What can we do?
 Machines first out-calculated us in simple math. Then they replaced us on the assembly lines, explored places we couldn't get to, even beat our champions at chess. Now a computer called Watson has bested our best at Jeopardy!
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The company joins Google in protesting cyber attacks and censorship in China.
Chat-Roulette has emerged as the hottest thing on the Internet.
35,500 rupees ($784) for the 16 GB model, says company.
Seoul topped the list the of cities from which spam was being sent.
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The company stopped censoring its Chinese search results.
Snow-capped ranges may turn into barren spots in a few decades.
Non-binding deal for combating global warming has US stamp.
Obama hails non-binding agreement, but poor nations unimpressed.
Manmohan, Obama speak for developing and developed world.
BASIC countries agree that the Kyoto Protocol will have to stay. 
He also stressed that India will play a positive and constructive role on climate.
Leaders from 28 countries met overnight to hammer out the draft. 
India says there is 75 per cent agreement in climate talks with the US.
US blamed others of backing away from scrutiny of their climate actions.
Frustration growing over the lack of progress in talks.