Electric car price war? Chevy chimes in with Volt incentives

Chevrolet ups the price incentive on the Volt as all-electric rivals get price drops. [Read more]    

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Airbnb says it has generated $240 million for Paris

The peer-to-peer hotel service highlights how it helps the European city's economy. [Read more]    

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Facebook's Parse now powering 100,000 apps

The social network plays landlord to the data behind a ballooning number of applications, its Parse service says. [Read more]    

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Twitter officially axes TweetDeck with transition to new API

Announced a few months ago, the new app programming interface cuts off support for TweetDeck, as well as a handful of third-party Twitter clients. [Read more]    

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Justice Dept. weighs Google's request to lift NSA gag order

Microsoft, Google, and Facebook are asking the Obama administration for permission to clear their names by disclosing surveillance details. The Justice Department has not yet responded. [Read more]    

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Mind-controlled cursor may be easier than previously thought

University of Washington researchers discover that, when learning to control a cursor with thoughts alone, the brain behaves within mere minutes as if it is performing basic motor skills. [Read more]    

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Former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein calls sale to HP 'a waste'

Three years after the $1.2 billion acquisition, Rubinstein says it's unlikely he would do the deal knowing that HP would hobble WebOS. [Read more]    

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Bill would force you to give police phone after accident

New Jersey legislators propose allowing police to examine your cell phone without a warrant in the event of being stopped. This is in response to texting and driving incidents. [Read more]    

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Sony prices, dates PlayStation 4: $399, coming for holidays

Sony's next game console will cost $100 less than Microsoft's and ship later this year, the company said on Monday. [Read more]    

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Sony: 'We won't impose any restrictions on PS4 used games'

Countering Microsoft's murky message regarding used games on the Xbox One, Sony says it won't impose any restrictions on trading or selling used games. [Read more]    

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Google to be banned in Pakistan if it doesn't clean up YouTube

The country's new IT minister reportedly says the Web giant must remove "blasphemous and objectionable material" from its video sharing site, or face serious consequences. [Read more]    

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Apple's Design Awards highlight games, organizational apps

Awards recognizes the apps deemed by Apple to be particularly well-designed, including submissions by students. [Read more]    

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U.S. releases details on PRISM

The Director of National Intelligence says he has declassified some information "in hope that it will help dispel some of the myths and add necessary context to what has been published." [Read more]    

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Writer's block: Cursing the cursor on Apple, Google tablets

Apple and Google tablets are both good at what most people use tablets for. Writing is a different matter. [Read more]    

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