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Web sites cater to for-sale-by-owner

Selling a home without a real estate agent can save thousands of dollars in commission fees, but it can also be a painstaking, confusing task.

Yahoo jumps on Twitter bandwagon

Yahoo Inc. is jumping on the Twitter bandwagon in its latest attempt to get people to use its Internet search engine more frequently.

Thin lines, sleek look, nice keyboard

There are only 26 letters in the alphabet, but a lot more goes into making a quality keyboard then just the letters you type out. The Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard

Google adding auto captions to YouTube

Think of it as closed captioning for the new media world. The new service is intended to make online videos accessible to the deaf and hearing-impaired.

Possible holiday delay for new e-reader

Sony Corp. says some customers who pre-order its newest e-reader may not get the gadget in time for the holidays.

California: More energy efficient TVs

Power-hungry TVs will be banned from store shelves in California after state regulators Wednesday adopted a first-in-the-nation mandate to reduce electricity

IBM takes step toward thinking machines

Scientists say they've made a breakthrough in their pursuit of computers that "think" like a living thing's brain — an effort that tests the limits of

Microsoft told to stop some sales

A Beijing court has ordered Microsoft Corp. to stop selling some versions of its Windows operating system in China in a licensing dispute with a local

Samsung Moment impresses from the start

Is the Moment phone enough to make your mechanical tech-loving heart skip a beat?

Twitter to change list seen as partisan

Social-networking site Twitter plans to end a service that links prominent message posters with new users, a service that was criticized in California because

Dell makes move to bamboo packaging

Dell is among the first companies to use bamboo in this way. Others include Method Products Inc., a maker of environmentally friendly cleaning supplies.

T-Mobile resumes sale of Sidekicks

T-Mobile USA resumed selling Sidekick phones Tuesday, more than a month after a server meltdown at Microsoft Corp. caused contact numbers, pictures and other

Retail uses social media to show deals

You may want to check Facebook and Twitter before heading to the mall the day after Thanksgiving.

BlackBerry Storm2 improves on original

The first touch-screen BlackBerry phone, the Storm, got a few things right, but generally it was a chore to use. Good thing a lot can change in a year.

E-mail comes full circle

Web-based e-mail services have gotten much better, sporting many features once available only with the e-mail programs that reside on the computer desktop.

Monthly security fixes spare Windows 7

Microsoft's newest computer operating system has survived its first few weeks on the market without needing any security fixes.

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