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Google Launches Dead Sea Scrolls Library

Israeli authorities say they have put 5,000 fragments of the ancient Dead Sea scrolls online in a partnership with Google.

The digital library launched on Tuesday, with important texts like the Book of Deuteronomy, which includes the Ten Commandments, and a portion of the first chapter of the Book of Genesis, dated to the first century B.C.

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U.S. Clicks on Rumored Facebook Site by Iran Leader

The U.S. State Department said it will keep tabs on a Facebook page purportedly created by Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that includes both positive and derogatory remarks from followers.

Iranian officials had no immediate comment, but the page's contents and style — including an informal photo of Khamenei riding in a car — raise serious questions about its authenticity.

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IBM: New Computing Devices Will Allow Touch, Smell

Future computing devices will push further into the senses by developing capacities to mimic the ability to see, smell, touch, taste and hear, IBM says in an annual forecast Monday.

The seventh annual "IBM 5 in 5," a list of innovations that have the potential to have an impact in the next five years, said computers and other devices will gain more capabilities to simulate the human senses.

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Apple Losses Bid for U.S. Ban on Samsung Smartphones

A judge late Monday denied Apple's request to ban a set of Samsung smartphones from the U.S. market after a jury found the South Korean electronics titan guilty of patent infringement.

Even though Apple was victorious in the patent case, the iPhone and iPad maker failed to prove that the technology at issue was the driving factor in people's buying decisions, U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh said in her ruling.

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Most U.S. Publications Have Mobile presence

Almost all major U.S. newspapers and magazines have a mobile Web presence, and most of those without one will create one in the coming months, an industry survey showed Monday.

The report by the Alliance for Audited Media, formerly known as the Audit Bureau of Circulations, said 90 percent of the publications of its members survey had a mobile presence, up from 51 percent in 2009.

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China Racks Up 'Record' iPhone 5 Sales in First Weekend

U.S. tech giant Apple announced Sunday it had sold "more than two million" of the latest model of iPhone after the popular smartphone's first weekend on the market in the Asian powerhouse.

"Customer response to iPhone 5 in China has been incredible, setting a new record with the best first weekend sales ever in China," Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a statement.

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Ford Talking to Gov't About Hybrids' Fuel Economy

Ford said Friday that it is talking to the government about the fuel economy of its hybrid cars after a report suggested they are falling short of targets.

Consumer Reports said last week that Ford's new C-Max hybrid didn't meet the published fuel economy of 47 miles per gallon (5 liters per 100 kilometers), averaging 38 mpg (6.2 liters per 100 kms) in the magazine's testing. Other hybrids — including the Ford Fusion and Toyota Prius V — have also fallen short in the magazine's tests.

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Confusion on Internet Future after U.N. Treaty Split

The freewheeling, unregulated Internet seemed to survive a push for new rules at a U.N. treaty meeting, but the collapse of talks leaves unanswered questions about the Web's future.

A total of 89 countries endorsed the global treaty on telecom regulations at the U.N.'s International Telecommunication Union gathering in Dubai on Friday, but the United States and dozens of others refused to sign, saying it opened the door to regulating the Internet.

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Famed Futurist to Direct Engineering at Google

Futurist and inventor Raymond Kurzweil said on Friday that he is going to work as director of engineering at Google to help "turn the next decade's 'unrealistic' visions into reality."

Kurzweil, an author whose books include "The Age of Spiritual Machines" and "Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever," said that Monday would be his first day on the job at Google.

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89 ITU Members Sign Controversial U.N. Telecom Treaty

A controversial new global treaty on telecom regulations was signed on Friday by 89 International Telecommunication Union member states amid U.S. objections to potential regulation of the Internet.

"I say to the 89 states that signed today the treaty, thank you," said Mohamed al-Ghanim, chairman of the World Conference on International Telecommunication (WICT-12), organised by the ITU in Dubai.

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