Exxon posts record $11.68 billion profit - CNNMoney.com

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Yahoo offers coupons for music that won't work soon (USA Today)

Some users of Yahoo's music-download service will find songs they bought inaccessible after Sept. 30, adding fuel to criticisms over copy-protection measures known as digital rights management. read more...

Obama emerges as major campaign issue -- for both candidates - Los Angeles Times

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Olmert's vow to quit shakes peace talks - Reuters

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Don't Bank on Banks - Slate

If anyone has a spare $300,000 to invest in a new manufacturing robot could you please let Drew Greenblatt, president of Marlin Steel Wire Products, know? Normally he'd be getting this loan from his bank, Wachovia, but nowadays it seems it isn't so ... read more...

Nikkei drops 2 pct as exporters, banks drag - Guardian Unlimited

TOKYO, July 25 (Reuters) - The Nikkei share average slid 2 percent on Friday after sharp gains this week, as investors sold exporters such as Toyota Motor Corp on concerns about the health of the U.S. economy and a stronger yen. Industrial robot ... read more...

Proxy firm advice: Curtail Yahoo executive pay (CNET via Yahoo News)

The third of the big three proxy advisory services has issued its recommendation on how investors should vote during Yahoo's upcoming election. The advice: send a message about Yahoo's overpaid top brass. read more...

Seth Green programs 'Robot Chicken' for fun - New York Daily News

Turns out Seth Green has the job you always wanted. He has free rein to play with toys for a living. He makes silly voices. He mocks celebrities, world leaders, even biblical figures while tapping his seemingly bottomless reservoir of pop-culture ... read more...

Yahoo's new Zimbra Desktop puts all your e-mail in order (USATODAY.com via Yahoo News)

SAN FRANCISCO - At a conference for developers in Portland, Ore., Zimbra, a Yahoo company, is set to release a beta version of Yahoo Zimbra Desktop, an e-mail program that organizes Yahoo Mail, AOL, Google's Gmail and work and business e-mail accounts in one place - and lets you read, compose and organize messages off-line. read more...

Robot Chicken Star Wars Special to Air in November - World Screen News

ATLANTA, July 23: Adult Swim’s Robot Chicken will premiere a new Star Wars -theme special this fall as a follow up to last year’s Emmy-nominated Robot Chicken: Star Wars. Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II , to be directed by Seth Green, will ... read more...

Microsoft exec who led Yahoo buyout team to leave (AP via Yahoo News)

Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday said Kevin Johnson, the executive in charge of its Windows and Web operations and an instrumental player in the company's failed $47.5 billion bid to buy Yahoo Inc., is leaving the company. read more...

<b>Robot</b> to hunt illegal immigrants in UK

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Complete list of Emmy nominees for 2008 - Baltimore Sun

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Toyota entrust the keys to his museum to a humanoid <b>robot</b>

A like his compatriot and Honda with its advanced technologies, Toyota has been actively engaged in the development of robotic technologies, convinced that the &lt;b&gt;robots&lt;/b&gt; will in future play an important role in the aging Japanese society. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; read more...

Photos: BigBots at Robot 250 - CNET News

Famous Pittsburgh landmarks are the backdrop for BigBots , 11 giant robotic art installations. The robotic art pieces, which went up on Friday, will be displayed through July 28 as part of Robot 250, one of this summer's festivals celebrating ... read more...

Photos: BigBots at Robot 250 - CNET News

Famous Pittsburgh landmarks are the backdrop for BigBots , 11 giant robotic art installations. The robotic art pieces, which went up on Friday, will be displayed through July 28 as part of Robot 250, one of this summer's festivals celebrating ... read more...

In Bid for Yahoo, Microsoft Turns More Aggressive (New York Times)

Shareholders searching for détente in the battle between Yahoo and Microsoft are unlikely to find it in Microsoft’s new proposal to buy Yahoo’s search business, one the Internet company swiftly rejected on Saturday. read more...

Tensions escalating in battle for Yahoo's board (AP via Yahoo News)

After more than five months of sparring, the battle for control of Yahoo Inc. has turned into a bare-knuckles brawl with a whiff of desperation hanging over all the key combatants. read more...

GEF <b>robot stomps even the most prolific air hockey players</b>

Remember that GEF &lt;b&gt;robot&lt;/b&gt; Nuvation showed off late last month? Yeah, apparently that thing is bad ass. Designed by General Electric Fanuc (GEF) and programmed by Nuvation Research, this thing has been able to crush any human opponent that &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; read more...

Tmsuk demonstrates remotely controlled shopping <b>robot</b>

Tmsuk is back with even more crazy humanoid antics, this time demonstrating a shopping &lt;b&gt;robot&lt;/b&gt; that can be controlled from far, far away. The modified TMSUK-4 humanoid showcased in Kitakyushu, Japan was actually being controlled by an &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; read more...

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Hey, kids, 'Meet Dave' - Philadelphia Daily News

Leaving the repulsive &quot;Norbit&quot; far behind, Eddie Murphy returns to good-natured family comedy in the willfully cheesy sci-fi romp &quot;Meet Dave.&quot; The movie may tilt a little too young and wholesome for Murphy's &quot;Raw&quot; crowd - it's aimed squarely at a ... read more...

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A window to a world of wheels - Chicago Tribune

NEWARK, Del. - With a 6-month-old at the controls, researchers at the University of Delaware are encouraging underage driving. Their goal is to help immobile, disabled children move and explore. The researchers are using robotics in an odd ... read more...

Demand Media fetching a Yahoo buyout bid? (CNET via Yahoo News)

Despite a hectic schedule over the past two months fighting off a proxy battle with Carl Icahn, Yahoo is rumored to be sending out buyout feelers to social networks company Demand Media, according to a post in TechCrunch. read more...

Demand Media fetching a Yahoo buyout bid? (CNET via Yahoo News)

Despite a hectic schedule over the past two months fighting off a proxy battle with Carl Icahn, Yahoo is rumored to be sending out buyout feelers to social networks company Demand Media, according to a post in TechCrunch. read more...

Japan's Kawasaki Heavy scraps plans for 10 bln yen robot factory ... - Forbes

TOKYO (Thomson Financial) - Japanese heavy machinery maker and engineering company Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. will abandon its plan to build an industrial robot plant because of weaker demand from its main customers, automakers and chipmakers ... read more...

Review: WALL•E

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Google-Yahoo Partnership: Justice is Looking Closer (New York Times)

The Justice Department’s antitrust division has begun issuing civilian subpoenas as it probes further into whether a planned Google-Yahoo partnership in search advertising is anticompetitive, a person close to a company that received a subpoena confirmed on Wednesday. read more...