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Is Facebook advertising right for your small business?

Advertising choices: There are two ways to advertise on Facebook. You can pay each time a person clicks on your ad — this is known as pay-per-click advertising. Another option you have is to pay each time someone sees your ad regardless of whether they click on it. This is known as CPM advertising ...

Wolverton: New Kindle Touch is an impressive e-reader

When it comes to reading digital books, tablets are all the rage. But there's a lot to like about simple e-readers, which over the past year have become both a lot cheaper and a lot less clunky. Tablets usually have full color screens, include Web browsers and email programs, and can run a wide ...

RIP Windows Start Button: 1995-2012

It had to happen sooner or later. News from those who somehow acquired copies of a Windows 8 "Consumer Preview" version (build 8220) that leaked this weekend indicates that Microsoft has finally decided to remove one of the staple elements of the Windows operating system: The start button. Whether ...

No Fans Were Left Out in the Cold

The National Football League says it supplied 246 fans with tickets to Sunday's Super Bowl to compensate them for missing all or part of last year's title game. Last year, more than 3,200 fans found out just hours before the game that their seats in Cowboys Stadium had not been fully installed in ...

National Research Council Highlights Need for NASA Technology Development

This story comes from the Yahoo! Contributor Network, where individuals publish their unique perspectives on some of the world’s most popular websites. Do you have a story to tell? Become a Yahoo! contributor Information Week reports the National Research Council has issued a report describing the ...

NJ museum finds recording of Otto von Bismarck

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press For the first time, 21st-century audiences are able to hear the voice of Otto von Bismarck, one of the 19th century's most important figures. The National Park Service announced this week that the German chancellor's voice has been identified among those found on ...

Sony, Panasonic Forecast Worsening Losses as Samsung Dominates

Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's biggest makers of TVs, phones and chips say they'll lose about $17 billion this year, about three-quarters of what Samsung Electronics Co. will spend on research to lengthen the lead over its competitors. Sony Corp. more than doubled its annual loss forecast for the ...

Twitter Vies With YouTube for Super Bowl Fans Surfing IPads

Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Aaron Magness plans to watch the Super Bowl this weekend on his 55-inch screen television, with an iPhone in one hand and an iPad at his hip. For the 34-year-old marketing executive, this weekend’s game is only part of the fun. Interacting with friends about what’s ...

Can The Huffington Post Reinvent Cable News?

The Huffington Post Media Group revealed more details about its upcoming online news channel, the Huffington Post Streaming Network. At a press event previewing the Streaming Network, Huffington celebrated the results from its first year under the AOL banner. For 2012, Huffington Post Media Group is ...

Super Bowl XLVI at halftime: Patriots 10, Giants 9

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INDIANAPOLIS — New England quarterback Tom Brady coolly led the offense on an impressive march down the field to take a 10-9 lead over the New York Giants with 8 seconds left in the first half of the Super Bowl. Brady capped the 14-play, 96-yard drive with a 4-yard touchdown toss to Danny Woodhead ...
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NBA: Utah Jazz look strong, but two-month road test awaits

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Two years, Jazz coach Tyrone Corbin said. That’s how long it takes most NBA teams to learn how to win on the road. And for every good squad that eventually becomes great by claiming victories away from the comforts of home, there are average clubs that continually fall apart and never take the ...
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Patriots' Gronkowski active for Super Bowl; JPP to start

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INDIANAPOLIS -- No surprise here, but Patriots all-pro TE Rob Gronkowski (high ankle sprain) is active for Super Bowl XLVI. "Gronk," who set single-season tight end records with 1,327 receiving yards and 17 TD catches, practiced on a limited basis this week after initially being hurt in the AFC ...
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Michael Smerconish: JoePa was not 'real trustee' of Penn State

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Nike cofounder and chairman Phil Knight delivered quite a broadside to the Penn State board of trustees on Jan. 26 during the memorial service for Joe Paterno. As evidenced by the thunderous reaction, his comments provided a salve to mourners, but when viewed unemotionally, his words were misleading ...
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Goodell: NFL could punt Pro Bowl for good

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The Pro Bowl is coming under increased scrutiny amid fan boos at last week's game in Honolulu and players (including Packers QB Aaron Rodgers) criticizing the caliber of play at the all-star event with many threatening to pull out if it is again staged outside of Hawaii. NFL Commissioner Roger ...
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End to Armstrong probe gets welcome in Qatar

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DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- Cycling teams at the Tour of Qatar welcomed the end of a U.S. federal investigation into Lance Armstrong, saying Sunday they were hopeful the seven-time Tour de France champion could finally move on with his life. Federal prosecutors dropped their investigation of Armstrong on ...
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James, Wade combine for 55, and Heat hold off Toronto rally in 95-89 win

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MIAMI — LeBron James scored 30 points, Dwyane Wade had 25 and the Miami Heat survived a shaky fourth quarter to beat the Toronto Raptors 95-89 on Sunday afternoon. Chris Bosh scored 12 points against his former team, which saw a 15-point edge trimmed to three in the final minutes but never ...
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Fingergate? Madonna's Super Bowl halftime show upstaged by M.I.A. middle finger

For all the pomp and excess of Madonna's Super Bowl halftime show, it is likely to be a single extended middle finger by guest singer M.I.A. that is most remembered. The gesture, accompanied by a barely disguised expletive, came during a performance of Madonna's new single, "Give Me All Your Luvin ...
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Inside TV Exclusive TV News and Scoop

The host and two of the judges on Fox’s The X Factor may be history, but at least one person is staying put alongside Simon Cowell. The option for L.A. Reid has been renewed so the judge/record mogul will stay with the Fox talent show for one more season. Reid was originally tapped by Cowell ...
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"Chronicle" wins tight box office race

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Teen boys with superpowers helped lift the movie box office to unexpected heights over Super Bowl weekend as thriller "Chronicle" edged "Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe's haunted house movie "The Woman in Black." "Chronicle" brought in an estimated $22.0 million from U.S ...
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NY Jets running back Curtis Martin elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame; Bill Parcells denied

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INDIANAPOLIS — There wasn’t a more humble football player than Curtis Martin and on Saturday, he truly was humbled. The former Jet and Patriot was given a spot in the Hall of Fame and yet, he said it was “bittersweet” because Bill Parcells was denied. “There’s God and there’s Parcells ...
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