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Made in Texas: Apple's A5 iPhone chip

The Apple Inc. logo hangs inside the newest Apple Store in New York City's Grand Central Station
Apple Inc is famous for relying on low-cost Asian manufacturers to both source and assemble its popular gadgets, but the consumer device giant recently started receiving a critical component in its iPad and iPhones from closer to home - Texas.
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MPAA anti-piracy legislation point-man blames Google

The fierce debate over anti-piracy legislation currently rocking Capitol Hill is pitting Hollywood against Silicon Valley, and has left some wondering if the latest effort to crack down on illegal downloads will be shot down over free speech concerns.
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Christian Bale

Christian Bale China Car Chase, Can it Top 'Dark Knight Rises' Trailer? [VIDEOS]

The Dark Knight Rises trailer may have been topped in excitement by a recent Christian Bale China car chase on Friday after the British actor and the star of the next spring's much-anticipated Batman movie attempted to visit blind lawyer and human rights activist Chen Guangcheng in the city of Linyi and got into a brief altercation with Chinese guards, according to reports.
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Beijing tightens controls over popular microblogs

The Beijing city government said on Friday it would tighten control over popular microblogs that have vexed authorities with their rapid dissemination of news, giving users three months to register with their real names or face legal consequences.
Apple

Made in Texas: Apple's A5 iPhone Chip

Apple Inc is famous for relying on low-cost Asian manufacturers to both source and assemble its popular gadgets, but the consumer device giant recently started receiving a critical component in its iPad and iPhones from closer to home - Texas.
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad

Russia Proposes U.N. Resolution on Syria

Russia has offered the United Nations Security Council a new draft resolution on the violence in Syria after having previously vetoed resolutions proposed by the European council members.
Apple

Apple Sales in China Outpaced by Rivals

Apple Inc's share of China's booming smartphone market has risen sharply in the past two years, but for now the company that sells the iconic iPhone is being outpaced by nimble rivals.
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Mirror MacBook Air: The Cutest Holiday Gift? [PHOTOS, VIDEO]

As the most valuable technology company in the world, Apple really has a powerful influence. Any product from Apple stable sells like hot cakes, such as iPad, iPod, iPhone and MacBook Air. Apple is also known for implementing cutting-edge design on its lifestyle products and envied by others for the same reason.
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Herman Cain: 999 Man Wants to Be Secretary of Defense (VIDEO)

Cain then fell from the polls and bowed out of the race. But he's told Barbara Walters in an interview that aired Wednesday night as one of the 10 Most Fascinating People of the year that if given the opportunity for a cabinet position, he would choose this one -- Secretary of Defense.
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U.S. Resilient, Europe Debt Woes Touch Asia

An improvement in the U.S. employment picture last week and a rise in regional factory activity suggested an emerging divide between resiliency in the U.S. economy and faltering growth in Europe and Asia.
U.S. Defense Spending

Defense Bill 2012 - To Make U.S. Stronger, Cut Pentagon’s Budget By 50%

U.S. overspending on the military has diverted resources from civilian / social investments, including public goods, weakening the U.S. economy, and, by extension weakening the nation. If it doesn’t substantially cut defense spending, the U.S.’s empire will likely share the fate of two other empires that overspent on the military -- the British Empire and the Soviet Union.
Nagasaki Bomb

A New Yorker's Opinion: The New Cold War

Of course, when a leader is pressed by domestic trouble, his thoughts turn immediately, as they do for all leaders, to distracting the population with a foreign enemy. And today, that would be us.
China's Wonderland

China’s Abandoned ‘Wonderland’

Along the road to one of China's most famous tourist landmarks - the Great Wall of China - lies the crumbling remains of what was to be the largest amusement park in Asia, Wonderland.
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Europe's economic and debt woes touch Asia

The pace of decline in the euro zone private sector eased unexpectedly in December, but the global toll of the region's sovereign debt crisis became clearer on Thursday with news of falling investment and factory activity in China.

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