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November 16

NEWS SPORTS LIFE MONEY TECH TRAVEL OPINION WEATHER
A checkout line winds through a Best Buy store as shoppers take advantage of a midnight Black Friday sale on Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, in Brentwood, Tenn.
Tip: Best gadgets to buy on Black Friday

Kim Komando answers questions on consumer technology.

Thousands of people earn money every day by doing odd jobs, like cleaning houses and assembling furniture, posted on micro-project apps.
Turn extra time into extra cash with your smartphone

Thousands of people pick up pocket money by performing quick field work tasks for companies.

The Lytro camera.
Lytro camera adds filters, changes pic point of view

Shoot first/focus later Lytro cameras now let you change a picture's perspective, even after you've taken a picture.

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C. Wonder general manager Katrina Mercer helps customer Neela Guthrie of Vienna, Va., check out using a mobile point of sale device.
Personal Finance
Smartphones to play bigger role in shopping

Almost 70% of smartphone owners plan to use the devices for holiday shopping.

In this screengrab from a webcast, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks at an event in San Francisco on Monday to highlight Windows Phone 8.
tech
Ballmer talks Sinofsky exit, digs at Apple, Google

Microsoft chief says Android is 'a little bit wild,' Apple is 'high-priced.'

The Samsung Galaxy S III.
tech
Samsung, Android unfazed by Apple lawsuits

Despite litigation, Samsung and Google continue to gain market share in mobile.

People try out a new Kindle fire reading device at a press conference on September 6, 2012 in Santa Monica, California.
tech
Amazon begins shipping 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD

Amazon has begun shipping Kindle Fire HD 8.9-inch preorders five days ahead of schedule.

TV's Dr. Phil recently switched from a BlackBerry to an iPhone 4S, but says he misses typing on a physical keyboard.
columnist
Talking Your Tech | Dr. Phil

Talk show host Dr. Phil bypasses traditional stores and releases his new book, "Life code," online.

Ad executive Joel Babbit, left, and Rolling Stones keyboardist Chuck Leavell founded the environmental website Mother Nature Network in 2009. They're shown here at the company's Atlanta headquarters in August 2010.
nation
Eco websites Mother Nature Network and TreeHugger merge

Two of the nation's largest environmental websites plan to announce their partnership Thursday.

Customers get a look at products at Microsoft's pop-up store in Manhattan in October.
tech
U.S. consumers hesitant to make switch to Windows 8

Poll shows Windows 8 improvements not enough to entice most consumers into upgrading old Windows PCs

 

 

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A man cleans the window of an old house used by Khalil Pasha, the last Ottoman governor of Baghdad, on Nov. 15 in Baghdad.

 

 

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