Panda dung, robot undergrads, and the world's wackiest tech awards

By Michael Fitzpatrick, contributor FORTUNE -- If you ever wondered if artificial breasts can survive scalding hot springs, whether panda dung will dissolve garbage, and if a robot could enter university, then Japan would be the to satisfy your curiosity....

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Occupy activists join iPhone 5 queue

Peaceful protest? Photo: Jessica Mellow FORTUNE -- Looks like the launch of the iPhone 5 is about to get political. Veteran line-sitter Jessica Mellow, who's been camping out in front of the big glass cube of Apple's (AAPL) Fifth Avenue store...

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IBM's Ginni Rometty looks ahead

By Jessi Hempel, senior writer FORTUNE -- Ginni Rometty's first customer conference as CEO of IBM (IBM) was an unusual affair, especially by Big Blue's buttoned-up standards. The June confab took place in an airy loft in Manhattan's hip Chelsea neighborhood....

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Inside Salesforce's major transformation

FORTUNE -- Salesforce has long been known for its cloud-based customer relationship management software for salespeople. That's why, after all, its ticker symbol is CRM.  But during a lengthy keynote speech at the company's annual Dreamforce conference...

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HP and IBM: Two paths, one future

By Kevin Kelleher, contributor FORTUNE -- On the face of it, Hewlett-Packard and IBM have a lot in common. Both are storied brands with rich legacies that shaped high-tech. Both are working with companies large and small to help manage their technology....

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Online poker exec pleads guilty in money laundering case

The U.S. operations of Pokerstars and Full Tilt were shuttered last year. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- A former online poker executive has pleaded guilty to laundering illegal gambling proceeds for the popular gaming sites Pokerstars and Full Tilt Poker,...

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Groupon launches credit-card payments service

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Groupon is throwing down hard in the mobile payment space, with a guarantee that its new Payments service is "the lowest-cost option" for merchants who run a daily deal with the company. Groupon Payments, which is available through...

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The iPhone 5 may be Apple's last blowout U.S. bestseller

The iPhone 5 could be the best-selling U.S. phone of all time. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The iPhone 5 hasn't even hit stores yet and it's already blowing the doors off the competition. Apple pre-sold 2 million iPhone 5s in one day, setting a new smartphone...

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Chase's website slowed by glitches

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Chase's website was slow and unavailable for some users for several hours on Wednesday, one day after Bank of America experienced similar issues. Around 1:40 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Chase's Twitter account tweeted: "Chase.com is...

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Online poker exec pleads guilty in money laundering case

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- A former online poker executive has pleaded guilty to laundering illegal gambling proceeds for the popular gaming sites Pokerstars and Full Tilt Poker, federal officials announced Wednesday. Nelson Burtnick, 41, admitted that...

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How good is Amazon's new Kindle Fire really?

FORTUNE -- When the first Kindle Fire arrived last year, some critics and users were quick to judge. The hardware could have been faster and better designed, the software less spastic. And where were the volume buttons? Fast-forward a year or so and...

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Bank of America's site down in prolonged outage

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Bank of America's website was sluggish and intermittently unavailable for many users on Tuesday, in an outage that the bank hadn't explained by the end of the day. Bank of America (BAC, Fortune 500) spokesman Mark Pipitone said...

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Groupon launches credit-card payments service

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Groupon is throwing down hard in the mobile payment space, with a guarantee that its new Payments service is "the lowest-cost option" for merchants who run a daily deal with the company. Groupon Payments, which is available through...

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The verdict on Apple's new maps: Not good

Apple's and Google's map apps. Source: Mashable FORTUNE -- "Here's the thing," Daring Fireball's John Gruber wrote in May when 9to5Mac first reported that Apple (AAPL) was about to replace Google's (GOOG) iOS Map app with...

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Yahoo to return $3B to holders on Alibaba deal

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Yahoo says it will return $3 billion to shareholders after selling back about half of its 40% stake in Chinese company Alibaba for $7.1 billion, according to documents filed with the SEC. Alibaba Group Holding, an online marketplace...

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Apple's iOS 6 coming today

FORTUNE -- iOS 6, the newest version of Apple's (AAPL) iPhone/iPad software platform, is scheduled to arrive today, Wednesday Sept. 19. The timetable below was created by Absinthe Jailbreak's Gamel Sabry and posted here. Check it to see when software...

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Apple's iPhone 5: The reviews

The Joy of Tech FORTUNE -- Apple (AAPL), as usual, chose carefully whom to seed with pre-release review copies of the new iPhone: The biggest newspapers and magazines, the friendliest bloggers and, with pointed exceptions, the most influential...

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Apple's iOS 6 coming today

FORTUNE -- iOS 6, the newest version of Apple's (AAPL) iPhone/iPad software platform, is scheduled to arrive today, Wednesday Sept. 19. The timetable below was posted on Twitter. Check it to see when software update will be released near you. Click...

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7 best new global cities for startups

Looking for the next Silicon Valley? You're not alone. With growth slowing or stagnant in economies around the world, executives, entrepreneurs, and investors are on the hunt for hotbeds of original thinking and new-business creation, in search of people...

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Yahoo to return $3B to holders on Alibaba deal

Yahoo plans to return $3 billion back to shareholders from its Alibaba repurchase deal. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Yahoo says it will return $3 billion to shareholders after selling back about half of its 40% stake in Chinese company Alibaba for $7.1...

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The verdict on Apple's new maps: Not good

Apple's and Google's map apps. Source: Mashable FORTUNE -- "Here's the thing," Daring Fireball's John Gruber wrote in May when 9to5Mac first reported that Apple (AAPL) was about to replace Google's (GOOG) iOS Map app with...

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Apple's iPhone 5: The reviews

The Joy of Tech FORTUNE -- Apple (AAPL), as usual, chose carefully whom to seed with pre-release review copies of the new iPhone: The biggest newspapers and magazines, the friendliest bloggers and, with pointed exceptions, the most influential...

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