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A Silicon Valley Conference About Failing is Big Success

In Silicon Valley, failure isn’t an option. It’s mandatory. A whole conference devoted to failure, FailCon, may be a first, but it’s looking like a success, with the likes of PayPal co-founder Max Levchin talking about how he failed repeatedly before making billions making the p...

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Epicenter — October 28

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Bricks-and-Mortar Is an eBook Advantage for Barnes & Noble

Barnes & Noble will sell the Que proReader at its stores and website starting next year, for an as-yet unknown price. (Photo courtesy of Plastic Logic) Barnes & Noble only announced its nook e-book reader last week, and already the company has signed a deal with a potential competitor, Qu...

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Epicenter — October 27

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France Convicts Scientology of Fraud

The Church of Scientology has been convicted of fraud and fined nearly $1 million by a French court. The criminal conviction is an apparent first against the group, which benefits from constitutional protections in the United States but does not enjoy that sanctuary elsewhere in the world. The Fr...

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Epicenter — October 27

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French Branch of Scientology Is Convicted of Fraud

The Church of Scientology has been convicted of fraud and fined nearly $1 million by a French court, an apparent first against the group which benefits from constitutional protections in the United States but has no such sanctuary elsewhere in the world. The French court, after a five-month trial...

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Epicenter — October 27

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Google Releases Voice Light for Any Mobile Number

Mobile phone users who love their phone number but still want the cool features of Google Voice — including computer translations of voicemail messages — will get their wish Tuesday, as Google announces a light version of its innovative phone service (and a new feature for full-blown...

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Epicenter — October 27

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8 Best Ways to Share ‘Mix Tapes’

Photo courtesy of Flickr/ici et ailleurs In the olden days, boys and girls used to spend hours using double cassette decks to carefully craft mix tapes to share in order to express their innermost longings in an artsy way. It sometimes led to love and inadvertently increased record sales by shari...

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Epicenter — October 26