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Cloaking device may make cell phone static vanish 2:34pm EST

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A new light-bending material has brought scientists one step closer to creating a cloaking device that could hide objects from sight.  Full Article

 
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New Yahoo CEO gets $19 million in '09 plus stock, bonus 6:30pm EST 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc's new Chief Executive Carol Bartz will receive a compensation package of about $19 million in 2009, in addition to a bonus and stock options, according to a regulatory filing on Thursday.  Full Article 

Jobs announcement hits Apple shares

Jan 15 - News that Apple boss Steve Jobs is taking a six-month leave of absence due to health concerns has hit the company's shares and increased uncertainty.  Play Video

 
The video game 'Madden NFL '09" is projected on a wall in Los Angeles, California in this August 7, 2008 file photo.  REUTERS/Fred Prouser
Paid to play

Videogamers have the chance to take home thousands of dollars in sports winnings without breaking a sweat.  Full Article 

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A recent sampling of our best pictures from the world of science and technology.  Slideshow 

Apple CEO Steve Jobs shows the new MacBook Air during the Macworld Convention and Expo in San Francisco, California in this January 15, 2008 file photo. Jobs will take a medical leave of absence from his post till the end of June because his health problems turned out to be "more complex than originally thought," he said on January 14, 2009, surprising investors.  REUTERS/Robert Galbraith/Files
What Apple loses without Steve

While Jobs paints his absence as a temporary medical leave, his departure leaves a spiritual void at a company most people think of as inseparable from the man.  Commentary 

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A man walks past an Apple store a day before Apple's new iPhone 3G goes on sale in New York July 10, 2008. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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