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1. Samsung aims to triple smartphone sales in 2010 (Reuters)

Reuters - South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Thursday it aimed to triple smartphone shipments this year to more than 18 million units as the world's second-biggest cellphone maker scrambles to make a mark in the fast-growing smartphone...

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2. Sun CEO Schwartz Tweets Good-Bye with $12 Million (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor - Controversial Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz has stepped down in a nonconventional way by using Twitter. He tweeted his resignation early Thursday, well within the 140-character limit.Read more: Yahoo! News: Technology News

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3. Sun CEO leaves post with a post: a haiku tweet (AP)

AP - In a tweeted goodbye, the chief executive of Sun Microsystems bowed out with a haiku. Read more: Yahoo! News: Technology News

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4. Startup Kwedit aims at 'unbanked,' credit-less (AP)

AP - A new startup called Kwedit wants to help teenagers and other people without credit or debit cards buy virtual goods online.Read more: Yahoo! News: Technology News

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5. Scientists Detect Start of New Solar Cycle:

BIG BEAR -- Scientists at the Big Bear Solar Observatory have detected the beginning of a new solar cycle. A new year-old telescope has detected activity on the sun that could be forerunners of sunspots and flares that Roy Coulter says they want to...

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6. SKorean, US firms embroiled in chip espionage case (AP)

AP - The world's top producers of computer memory chips are embroiled in an apparent case of industrial espionage after South Korean prosecutors indicted 18 people over alleged technology theft. Read more: Yahoo! News: Technology News

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7. Shortwave Gains Low-Power Interest:

HAMBURG, Germany -- Over the past two decades, governments in many countries have deregulated transmission services. Today, private enterprises own and operate even large shortwave sites once in the hands of postal and telecommunications...

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8. Sunspot Update: 2009 Will Fall Short of 2008 Blank Days Record:

The solar surface continues "busy" with occasional sunspots as we conclude a very active December 2009. This insures that 2009 will fall several days short of the 266 blank days of 2008. This was a year with the greatest count of sunspot free days...

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9. Stephanie is Youngest Radio Amateur in the UK:

STEPHANIE Gregory is all EARS -- and she couldn't be happier she's making waves. The bubbly seven-year-old is the youngest licensed radio amateur in the United Kingdom. And it's all down to the help and support she's been given as a member of the...

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10. Sussex Amateur Radio Assoc. Receives 501(c)3 Status:

The Sussex Amateur Radio Association - the largest amateur radio organization in the First State, whose members have long provided essential emergency communications to government and community organizations - is now seeking government grants as...

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