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  Stem cell order tests science-politics alliance

  Scientists and economists dispute whether freeing up more stem cell lines for federally funded research will give a boost to the biotech sector.
  • VCs still keen on green tech, thanks to Uncle Sam

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  Waterproof cameras
  gain a beachhead

  photos Cameras that can withstand water and shocks once were unusual but now are spreading across the industry. At PMA 2009 they were in their element.
  • Dell hopes tough guys still buy laptops

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• Cleaner trash-to-energy tech hits the ground

  A new generation of trash-to-energy technologies are cleaner than incinerators, say advocates, but the high costs and environmental concerns remain barriers in the U.S.
  • Energy tech innovation threatened by economy

  (Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

• Tech job postings fall 40.4 percent in March

  Most of the cuts were full-time positions, according to a report from tech-career site Dice.com.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Dawn Kawamoto)

• Life insurance for your passwords: Legacy Locker

  What happens to your blogs and photo pages when you die? Legacy Locker can tell your loved ones your passwords, so they can decide.

  (Posted in Webware by Rafe Needleman)

• Palm boosts stock offering, nets $83.9 million

  Company shares rise more than 9 percent in early morning trading after the smartphone maker increases the size of its secondary offering.

  (Posted in Wireless by Dawn Kawamoto)

• Craigslist touts 'spectacular' reduction in erotic ads

  Web classified site releases numbers that show volume reductions in five major cities in an apparent response to a federal lawsuit against the site.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Steven Musil)

• Dancing with the Woz: 'A Teletubby going mad'

  It's a tough beginning for Steve Wozniak on "Dancing with the Stars," as his cha-cha does not get cha-charitable judgment from the experts.

  (Posted in Technically Incorrect by Chris Matyszczyk)

• Sony SLR sensor ranks below Nikon, above Canon

  A test of the sensors in Sony's midrange SLRs shows the electronics giant to be competitive with rivals.

  (Posted in Underexposed by Stephen Shankland)

• Guardian starts open platform for free content, data

  As newspapers look to their online operations as a potential lifesaver, one British newspaper is taking an additional step in its high-tech transformation.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Dawn Kawamoto)

• Worst of times is the best of times for IBM?

  CEO Sam Palmisano says that the company is ready to "go on offense" even as the sagging global economy continues to crimp IT spending.

  (Posted in Coop's Corner by Charles Cooper)

• Firefox, too, revamping new-tab behavior

  Why not put all that empty real estate to work when opening a new tab in a browser? Firefox is trying a different method than Chrome and Safari.

  (Posted in Webware by Stephen Shankland)

• Sources confirm Apple laid off salespeople last week

  An Apple spokesman twice denied reports that the company laid off enterprise salespeople, but sources have stepped forward to confirm they lost their jobs last week.
  • iPhone developers unable to renew contracts
  • Apple and the Nvidia 'problem'

  (Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

• Jive and the battle for the social enterprise

  Company launches Social Business Software 3.0, a suite of collaborative apps. Ultimately, though, Jive will face off with Oracle, IBM/Lotus, and Microsoft.
  • Drop.io jumps into 'the stream,' goes real-time
  • OneRiot adds video to its social search engine

  (Posted in Business Tech by Larry Dignan)

• Analyst sees Windows 7 done by summer

  Collins Stewart analyst says he sees Microsoft finalizing the operating system by June or July. He also predicts a search deal with Yahoo sooner rather than later.
  • Windows 7: Moving beyond Vista
  • Microsoft: Lots to turn off in Windows 7

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)
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