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AsusTek’s touchscreen tablet, with the name Eee Pad, comes in 10- and 12-inch sizes and is set to go on sale in the first quarter of 2011.
AsusTek unveils portable tablet computer that runs on Windows 7 operating system
Taiwan’s AsusTek Computer Inc. has unveiled a portable tablet computer that runs on Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system, joining a slew of manufacturers trying to tap demand for the sleek devices following Apple’s launch of the iPad.
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Sprint launching 4G wireless service in KC area
Jun 1, 12:13 PM
Sprint Nextel Corp. launches its faster wireless service in much of the Kansas City area today, just ahead of Friday’s sale of the first 4G phones nationally.
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Facing growing unrest, Facebook says it will simplify its privacy controls
May 26, 10:34 PM
Facebook is simplifying its privacy controls amid growing unrest from many of its users. “A lot of people are upset with us,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged at a news conference Wednesday at the company’s Palo Alto, Calif., headquarters.
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Put off by prying eyes, people push for more privacy online
May 23, 12:11 AM
A social networking society that seemed so intent on sharing so much appears to be in retreat, awakened to how technology makes uncomfortably communal what people assumed was confidential.
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Ban on texting while driving pushed aside in Missouri
May 17, 1:00 AMWhen Missouri’s legislative session began in January, there appeared to be broad bipartisan support to extend the state’s current youth-only ban on texting while driving to all motorists. But the legislation failed to pass before the session ended Friday.
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Online doctors make house calls 24/7
May 11, 7:18 PMGot a nagging cough, but it’s 11 p.m. and too late to arrange a doctor’s office visit? In the age of the virtual house call, the doctor is always online and ready to chat.
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Sprint Nextel won't back Google's 'super' phone
May 10, 11:04 PMOverland Park-based Sprint Nextel Corp. has had a change of heart and has scrapped its plans to back Google’s Nexus One mobile phone.
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Garmin shares plunge nearly 9 percent on earnings, sales report
May 5, 11:03 PMShares in Garmin Ltd. on Wednesday plunged nearly 9 percent after the Olathe-based company posted disappointing earnings and sales.
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Texting while driving is widespread among young adults, a KU researcher finds
May 4, 2:41 PMLAWRENCE | A University of Kansas researcher has found texting while driving is widespread among students. Paul Atchley, an associate professor of psychology, led a recent survey of 400 college students ages 18 to 30 on their texting and driving habits.
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Program launches high-speed hunts for websites selling stolen goods
May 4, 6:02 AMFrom stolen baby formula to hot GPS devices, the Internet can be like a virtual chop shop on the wild Web frontier. Criminals fence billions of dollars of goods online every year, and the anonymous transactions benefit common thieves, mobsters and even terrorists.
