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Eating 30 percent less meat good for health, planet

Cutting meat production and consumption by 30 percent would help to reduce carbon emissions and improve health in the most meat-loving nations, scientists said on Wednesday.

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Twitter eyes acquisitions, sees making money in 2010

Micro-blogging site Twitter is interested in making more acquisitions as it continues to grow in popularity, co-founder Biz Stone said on Tuesday....

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Google to put ancient Iraq museum collection online

Google is putting thousands of images of ancient artefacts at Iraq's National Museum online, the Web search leader said on Tuesday, part of a U.S. bid to entice foreign firms to invest in Iraq....

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Alipay aims to become world's No. 1 e-payment firm

China's No. 1 online payment firm Alipay will top EBay Inc unit PayPal by transaction value in two years to become the world's leading e-payment firm, Alipay's president predicted on Tuesday....

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Murdoch courts trouble if he blocks Google on news

Rupert Murdoch has spent months complaining that Google is ruining the newspaper business, and now he wants to do something about it. ...

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Tweets or bleats? Tool measures importance on Twitter

You've got followers and post regularly, but ever wondered how popular you are on Twitter? An online tool that evaluates "tweets" can tell. ...

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Google phone strategy takes off, challenges ahead

Google Inc has won a seat at the smartphone table....

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US election, iPhone among decade's top 10 Internet moments

The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of U.S. President Barack Obama were among the 10 most influential moments on the Internet in the past decade, according to the annual Webby awards....

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Google PC will start in seven seconds or less

New Google Inc software will start up a computer as fast as a television can be turned on, the search company said on Thursday as it showed off its Chrome operating system designed for PCs that do their work on the Web....

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Microsoft ordered to stop some Windows sales in China

Microsoft Corp has been ordered by a Chinese court to stop selling versions of its Windows operating systems that include fonts designed by a local company, citing a violation of licensing agreements....

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