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Is Siri on iPhone 4S Anti-Abortion?

Siri's iPhone Abortion Clinic Glitch: 5 More Tech Controversies [PHOTOS]

Last week, Apple's Siri for iPhone 4S ignited a firestorm when the personal assistant failed to locate local abortion clinics. But it's not the first time a big tech company like Apple or HP has launched a much-hyped product only to see a PR disaster take it down. Here are five more tech gaffes, from HP's racist webcam to Blackberry ignoring women's voices.

BlackBerry-maker RIM names new India MD

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BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion on Tuesday named Sunil Dutt as its new managing director for India, one of its key growth markets, a month after its former top executive in the country left the company.

RIM names new India MD

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BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion on Tuesday named Sunil Dutt as its new managing director for India, one of its key growth markets, a month after its former top executive in the country left the company.
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A woman holds the a RIM PlayBook in Toronto

Brokerages Cut RIM Price Targets on Profit Warning

At least four brokerages slashed their price targets on Research in Motion's U.S.-listed stock after the BlackBerry maker warned of lower profit amid falling sales and an inventory pile up of its PlayBook tablet.
Wall St Week Ahead: Jobs data, earnings latest test for stocks

Earnings Outlook Dimming by the Day: Thomson Reuters Data

Earnings season is about a month away, but the early signals are not comforting. Companies lowering estimates outpace those raising them by the greatest ratio in 10 years -- and some sectors, such as materials, have seen a dramatic fall in expectations for the fourth quarter.
Amazon Kindle Fire

What's the Best $200 Tablet? Kindle Fire, BlackBerry PlayBook or Nook Tablet?

Kindle Fire, BlackBerry PlayBook and the Nook Tablet are taking a byte out of Apple this holiday season with their low prices, solid builds and Android systems. Of course, the Kindle Fire is the one device more responsible for this feat than than any other, but that magic $200 price tag is the place to be if you are an Android tablet.
TSX little changed, Kinross drop offsets China

TSX climbs on banks, Europe hopes

Toronto's main stock index was higher on Friday morning, on track to post its biggest weekly gain in more than two years, pushed up by strong bank earnings, encouraging U.S. jobs data and talk of more action to ease Europe's debt.
Blackberry devices are displayed at a release party to promote the BlackBerry OS 7 devices in Toronto

RIM Caps Already Dismal Year with Another Profit Warning

Research in Motion capped an already dismal year with a steep profit warning on Friday, taking a huge charge to write down inventories on its languishing PlayBook tablet and sending its shares tumbling more than 8 percent.
Apple iPad 2

Top 10 Tablets of 2011

Tablets are now becoming an integral part of our lives and as well as a portable alternative to PCs and laptops.
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Carrier IQ: Are You Being Hacked?

Since discovering that Carrier IQ could potentially track keystrokes on smart phones in the U.S, consumers are asking one question: Is my phone being hacked? The answer, most probably, is yes. Manufacturing companies have denied pre-installing the carrier onto devices, but it turns out network carriers can choose to customize their phones with it and use it as an analytical tool that they claim does not breech user privacy. Do we believe them?
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RIM won't meet targets, stock slumps

In the latest in a drumbeat of dismal news, Research in Motion warned on Friday it would fall short of its financial targets after taking a huge charge to write down inventories on its languishing PlayBook tablet, and its shares tumbled more than 8 percent.
BlackBerry smartphones are pictured in this illustration photo taken in Berlin

RIM Won't Meet Targets After PlayBook Charge

Research in Motion warned on Friday it would fall short of its financial targets after taking a huge charge to write down the value of its PlayBook tablet, and the BlackBerry maker's shares tumbled.
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RIM won't meet targets after PlayBook charge

Research in Motion warned on Friday it would fall short of its financial targets after taking a huge charge to write down the value of its PlayBook tablet, and the BlackBerry maker's shares tumbled.
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RIM to book PlayBook charge in quarter

Research in Motion said on Friday it would take a big charge in its third quarter to write down the value of its poorly received PlayBook tablet computers, in a fresh setback for the struggling BlackBerry maker.
Al Franken wrote a letter to Carrier IQ's CEO Larry Lenhart demanding answers about his company's alleged logging of keystrokes and private information from cell phones.

Carrier IQ: Al Franken Wants Answers!

Carrier IQ is under fire for logging and transmitting extremely sensitive data from user's phones without their knowledge. Sen. Al Franken stepped in and wrote a public letter to Carrier IQ's chief.
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RIM, Nokia deny use of Carrier IQ software

Research In Motion does not install, nor authorize, its carrier partners to install Carrier IQ monitoring software on its BlackBerry smartphones, the company said on Thursday.

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