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College student discovers FBI tracking device in his car

Yasir Afifi, a 20-year-old college student in Santa Clara, California, said in an interview that he was shocked when he accidentally discovered a GPS tracking device placed underneath his car earlier this week.

NJ Transit begins ‘Quiet Commute’ service on trains

As a part of three month trial program, New Jersey Transit on Tuesday inaugurated its new service named “Quiet Commute” for its those passengers, who crave peaceful silence while on their daily commutes.

Antitrust probe initiated over e-book prices

Agreement entered into by behemoths like Amazon and Apple with major book publishers have come under the scrutinizing eyes of the lawmakers for such deals could be anti-competitive.

Adults equally guilty of texting, talking while driving as teens--study

A new study delving into cell phone distractions while driving found that not only are adults guilty of texting as often as teens, but they are substantially more likely to have chatted on the phone when behind the wheel.

Asus unveils e-reader, tablet computer to challenge rivals

After successfully venturing in the netbook market, Asus, the Tiawan-based computer maker, is now gearing up to launch tablet devices to take Amazon's Kindle and Apple's iPad head on.

Apple sells 2 million iPads since debut in April

Apple Inc. on Monday announced that since its debut in April 2010, the company has sold around two million iPad tablet computers.

Amazon's upcoming Kindle to take iPad, rivals head on

In a move to blunt the momentum of Apple Inc., and its recently launched tablet computer, iPad, Amazon is gearing up to unveil new Kindle electronic book reader later this year, according to the latest report by Bloomberg.

Robot conducts Japanese couple’s wedding ceremony

A Japanese professor married his beloved on Sunday in an unusual wedding ceremony that was presided over and conducted by a robot named I-Fairy.

Teens prefer to communicate via texting --study

According to a study released on Tuesday by the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project, an average U.S. teen prefers to communicate via text messages and sends at least 50 or more messages in a day.