"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3" continues the franchise's tradition of high action, detailed fighting and a highly competitive multiplayer mode while still trying to let players play the way they want. FULL STORY

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How diverse are Silicon Valley's offices and executive suites? Activists have been trying for years to answer that question, but some of the industry's largest and most influential employers -- including Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook -- closely… FULL STORY

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Smartphone owners hoping to talk to their iPhone 4 or 3GS about the weather, their schedule or the meaning of life appear to be out of luck. FULL STORY

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Forget the 4G marketing hype. Which U.S. carriers really offer the fastest mobile-data networks? According to a new report from RootMetrics (a company which conducts its own field tests of wireless networks), Verizon Wireless currently offers the nation's fastest 4G -- by far. FULL STORY

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World water use is increasing faster than our world population. The tiny island nation of Tuvalu has been crippled by drought and may be just the first island nation to run dry. Texas has been hit by massive dust storms thanks to that state's record drought. That's just a drop in the bucket in current drought news, and… FULL STORY

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Microsoft Corp., Yahoo and AOL announced a partnership for the buying and selling of each others' online ad space. FULL STORY

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Every U.S. company with more than 100 employees is required to file a one-page form each year with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, an independent federal agency. Called the EEO-1, the form categorizes each company's U.S. workers by their… FULL STORY

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The future of warehouses may be one with fast shipments and few human employees if robots like Kiva Systems continue to invade the workspace. FULL VIDEO

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A bug in Apple's mobile operating system allows hackers to take control of iPhone and iPad apps, using them to steal people's photos, contacts and even send text messages without the device's user knowing about it, according to a notable computer security researcher. FULL STORY

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Yahoo, Google and Microsoft have all toyed over the years with acquiring Facebook, but those days are long gone: The company is now too big to buy, according to its top executives. FULL STORY

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Despite complaints by some owners about underwhelming battery life, the iPhone 4S scored "very well" in tests of its battery performance by Consumer Reports, which gave the device its official blessing Tuesday. FULL STORY

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His fans are literally throwing money at him. FULL STORY

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Tuesday is Election Day in the United States, and although the mostly state and local races won't stir the same passions as next year's presidential contest, millions of people will cast ballots. FULL STORY

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Mark Zuckerberg says he asked Steve Jobs about how to build a high-quality team and great products, but denies Apple and Facebook ever talked about an acquisition. FULL STORY

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Mark Zuckerberg went back to Harvard on Monday on a recruiting trip, his first visit since he dropped out of the prestigious university to found social-media giant Facebook. FULL STORY

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Barnes & Noble is charging into the cut-price tablet wars with the Nook Tablet, a $249 lightweight tablet optimzed for reading e-books, streaming movies and browsing the Web. FULL STORY

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The seemingly indestructible Internet relies on a few backbone systems to keep traffic flowing smoothly. Sometimes, one of those systems blips -- and millions of devices get abruptly kicked offline. FULL STORY

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The rivalry is so intense that Barnes & Noble actually spoke its competitor's name: FULL STORY

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Ever since Amazon unveiled its 7-inch Kindle Fire tablet in September, a lingering phrase has been attached to the low-cost, high-profile device: "the iPad's first true Android competitor." FULL STORY

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Eight years ago, the secret weapon of Democrat Howard Dean's upstart campaign for president was a little-known website called Meetup.com, which was launched in 2002 to make it easy for people with a common interest to find each other and arrange to meet, face to face. FULL STORY

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The blogosphere -- arguably the first engine of the new-media age -- is becoming more female, while traditional media is horning in on the blogging action, a new study said Friday. FULL STORY

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Shares of daily deals site Groupon closed at $26.11, roughly 31% above their initial offering price in the public debut of the stock on Friday. FULL STORY

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With lessons learned from previous titles and a sense of finality to the franchise, "Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception" exceeds expectations with a wonderful storyline, dynamic action and witty dialogue from its characters. FULL STORY

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You don't win anything for fourth place. In the world of smartphones and tablets, investors seem increasingly nervous that BlackBerry maker Research in Motion will not make it to the medals podium. FULL STORY

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The "Call of Duty" franchise is a perennial blockbuster, with more than 65 million units sold so far in the United States and hordes of fans lining up each fall to buy the latest installment of the war-simulation video game. FULL STORY

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Apple's voice assistant took an extended coffee break on Thursday. FULL STORY

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Barnes & Noble will launch a new member of the Nook family of tablets and e-readers, the Nook Tablet, on November 16 for $249, according to leaked presentation slides published by Engadget. FULL STORY

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This week on the Tech Check podcast, Doug Gross, John Sutter and Stephanie Goldberg are surlier than usual, expanding the Tech Fail of the Week feature to engulf not one ... not two ... but three tech industry stalwarts. FULL STORY

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Daily deals site Groupon priced its initial public offering at $20 a share late Thursday, the last step on a rocky journey to its debut. FULL STORY

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The three largest U.S. cellular carriers by subscribers sell the latest iPhone, and next week, eighth-place C Spire Wireless will join the group. FULL STORY

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Microchip maker AMD, Intel's chief rival, announced Thursday that it would cut about 1,200 jobs in an attempt to get its costs under control. FULL STORY

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Love or hate Google, you probably don't expect this sort of message from one of the largest and most innovative Internet and technology companies in the world: FULL STORY

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"Hey Dennis and Naveen How's it going? Hope all is well! My name is Tristan Walker and I'm a first year student (going into my second year) at Stanford Business School (originally from New York). I'm a huge fan of what you both have built and excited… FULL STORY

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Apple has acknowledged a problem with battery life on the iPhone 4S and other devices running its new operating system. The company says a software update coming "in a few weeks" will address the problem. FULL STORY

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In its first week on sale, Walter Isaacson's biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs sold 379,000 copies in the U.S., making it by far the top-selling book in the country. FULL STORY

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Internet Explorer can no longer claim more than half of the web's traffic, as of October, ending more than a decade of the default Microsoft browser's reign. FULL STORY

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Groupon is poised to start trading publicly, but the road to an initial public offering for the popular daily deals site has been rocky -- and one that skeptics say is reminiscent of the dot-com bubble. FULL STORY

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Paul Adams is one of Silicon Valley's most wanted. He's an intellectually minded product designer with square-framed glasses, a thick Irish accent, and a cult following of passionate techies. As one of Google's lead social researchers, he helped drea… FULL STORY

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Losses continue to mount for AOL, yet the online media company's chief executive sees glimmers of hope for the future. FULL STORY

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One of the most highly anticipated apps for Apple devices was made available on Wednesday. At least, until it wasn't. FULL STORY

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Lives have been saved, small businesses have avoided shutting their doors and average folks have met their political leaders, sports heroes and other celebrities. All because of Twitter. FULL STORY

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The Marlins' new $550 million stadium won't open until 2012, but CNNMoney got a sneak peek of how the roof will work. FULL VIDEO

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Halloween's over, which means the vast swaths of tinsel and massive Christmas displays in local malls are at least slightly less offensive. That's right, it's time to start thinking about the holidays and all the social disasters they bring: travel, hostessing, being a houseguest, trying to engage in conversation with… FULL STORY

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Alternative investing marketplace SecondMarket has raised $15 million -- the latest sign of the healthy demand for private tech companies. FULL STORY

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The new-look Gmail that Google accidentally told us about last week is now rolling out to all users. FULL STORY

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