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How new podcasts like ‘JapanesePod101′ are changing the way people learn a foreign language.

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Learning a Language on Your iPod

Japan is obsessed with machines that have arms, legs and head and say ‘hello.’

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Japan’s Love Affair with Androids

New social-networking and content-sharing sites abound. But how much copycatting can the Web sustain before the boom becomes a bubble

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Social Networks: The Next Web Bubble?

From whimsical robots to giant wooden iPods, alpha-gearheads assembled their wildest inventions for the first ‘Maker Faire’ fest.

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The Festival for Alpha-Geeks and Inventors

Microsoft is moving into the lucrative Internet search ad business. Will its targeting tactics invade users’ privacy

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Can Microsoft Catch Up On Online Ads?

A Web start-up hopes to give consumers an easier way to protect themselves from identity theft, but the company may get the cold shoulder from credit-reporting agencies.

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ID-Theft Protection Runs Into Hurdles

Do you love me for my keen wit, or because I know how to work the DVD player?  Why couples are more digitally codependent than ever.

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Is Your Relationship Tech-Dependent?

Slick new online video pitches are alluring and sometimes shocking. But will they ever overtake simple Internet search ads?

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The Allure of New Online Video Ads

How the marriage of instant messenger services and traditional phone networks will change the telecom universe—and simplify our lives.

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Why You’ll Be Using IM More Than Ever