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October 4

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg  announced on Thursday that the social network had reached 1 billion users.
Facebook tops 1 billion users

Facebook has topped 1 billion users, but the past few months have not been easy.

Tout founder and CEO Michael Downing.
Tout: App used by Whoopi, Shaquille makes video updates

Tout's app, which lets you create and post 15-second videos, is popular with celebrities.

A customer holds up a smartphone at a MetroPCS authorized dealer.
T-Mobile moves to boost pre-paid services

T-Mobile USA, MetroPCS merge to expand fast data network and compete with larger rivals

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'I remember a time when I wasn't so attached to my phone,' says comedian Arsenio Hall.
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Talking Your Tech: Highlights from year one

Highlights from our first year talking to newsmakers about tech in their lives.

This image provided by Facebook shows the  new feature that lets users pay to promote their posts to friends, just as advertisers do.
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Facebook will charge to 'promote' user posts

Feature rolling out that will let you pay to promote posts to friends.

 Hewlett Packard CEO Meg Whitman delivered a disappointing forecast at a meeting for HP on Wednesday.
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HP CEO warns company's earnings will fall in 2013

Meg Whitman expects the company's earnings to fall next year.

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Comedian Ricky Gervais.
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Comedian Ricky Gervais talks new voice app, Just Sayin'

Comedian Ricky Gervais just launched a voice app that lets you speak updates for Facebook and Twitter.

A tamarin monkey.
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Scientists revisit a monkey study gone wrong

Scandal-plagued researcher Marc Hauser's research is getting a surprising second look.

Telemarketers claimed they worked for companies such as Microsoft to trick customers into thinking they had malware on their computers.
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FTC charges firms with deception on computers

Federal regulators have charged firms with impersonating companies to trick consumers into paying for tech support.

 

 

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A crew member adjusts the space capsule of the Red Bull Stratos mission in the pressure chamber at Brooks Air Force Base in San Antonio. Skydiver Felix Baumgartner will attempt to go supersonic when he jumps from the capsule at a record altitude of 23 miles over New Mexico on Oct. 8.\u000a

 
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Americans for Prosperity's state director in Michigan, Scott Hagerstrom, directs cars waiting in line for $1.84 gas in Grand Rapids. The group, which opposes President Obama's energy policies, was hoping to make a point by selling gas at the average pump price on the day Obama was inaugurated.

 

 

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