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World Tech Update

Cisco intros next gen WebEx for tablets, mobile

Known for its attractive touch interface, Apple may have some competition in the next generation of user interfaces, according to an analyst.

Touchscreens could be extinct if researchers pioneering new human-computer interfaces have anything to say about it. From brain-controlled machines to gesture-driven devices, there's a range of technologies in development that may find their way into everyday electronic devices.

Honda unveiled an updated Asimo robot with a number of advancements including what the company call autonomous behavior control technology

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The Rover App-Controlled Spy Tank adds to Brookstone's line up of WiFi-controlled toys.

Tucked in the middle of the Desert, near the Nevada Border, Molycorp’s Mountain Pass, California mine specializes in finding rare earth elements hiding in regular-looking rocks.

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Coming up on World Tech Update this week: Nokia launches two Windows Phones, Sony buys Sony Ericsson, Amazon boosts Kindle Fire production, Wikileaks stops publishing classified files and new technology tracks researchers at MIT.

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Disappointed Blackberry users heard from Research in Motion founder and co-CEO Mike Lazaridis at the start of Blackberry’s developer conference in San Francisco Tuesday. Lazaridis offered a quick, apologetic reference to the service outage that customers suffered through last week. Customers had reported not being able to make calls or send e-mails for days.

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