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Friday

New iPhone Owners Complain About Dropped Calls

Emilie Weideman and her father, Marc Weideman try their new iPhones Thursday in Palo Alto, Calif. Many of the new phones' owners are complaining of a glitch that drops calls. Paul Sakuma/AP hide caption

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Technology

New iPhone Owners Complain About Dropped Calls

The new iPhone 4 seems to be dropping calls if people touch the phone in a certain area -- the steel-rimmed antenna that Apple chief Steve Jobs bragged about earlier this month.

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Wednesday

Tuesday

FCC Eyes Broadband For Indian Reservations

Humboldt County, Calif., is home to the Karuk tribe. Many of the tribe's members and others who live in the area have had to leave because of the lack of Internet access, which often hinders business growth. Laura Sydell/NPR hide caption

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FCC Eyes Broadband For Indian Reservations

High-speed broadband is rarely available on rural reservations. Members of the Karuk tribe in Northern California say the lack of connectivity is dangerous during emergencies. The FCC is appointing a new liaison to help bring broadband to more tribes.

FCC Eyes Broadband For Indian Reservations

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Wednesday

Tuesday

Business

Apple Debuts Mobile Ad Network Next Month

Apple has unveiled the latest version of the iPhone. Among its innovations is iAds, which will make it possible to put ads right in apps. It might be the start of some new creative advertising.

Apple Debuts Mobile Ad Network Next Month

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Monday

Janis Joplin: The Queen Of Rock

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50 Great Voices

Janis Joplin: The Queen Of Rock

Her voice was rough around the edges and unmistakable. Joplin sang the blues, and she subjected herself to them. She was vulnerable, and she was a pioneer for women in rock.

Janis Joplin: The Queen Of Rock

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Friday

Music Students Program A Robot Orchestra

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Music News

Music Students Program A Robot Orchestra

Learning how to program computers isn't generally a requirement for music students, but a professor at one top school says it should be. At the California Institute for the Arts, music students are learning how to program and build robots.

Music Students Program A Robot Orchestra

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Thursday

Website Editors Strive To Rein In Nasty Comments
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Technology

Website Editors Strive To Rein In Nasty Comments

It's easy to lose your temper on the Internet. Anyone who reads -- or writes -- comments on blogs and news sites knows that the conversation can quickly digress into scathing personal attacks. For years, many sites just let users go at it, but now editors are requiring people to keep their comments civil.

Website Editors Strive To Rein In Nasty Comments

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Thursday

Religion

Online 'Draw Mohammed' Campaign Triggers Protests

Free speech advocates declared May 20 "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day" to protest censorship of an episode of South Park that featured illustrations of the Islamic prophet. A Facebook page was created for people to post drawings, but many of the entries were anti-Muslim, leading the cartoonist who inspired the campaign to disavow it.

Online 'Draw Mohammed' Campaign Triggers Protests

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Friday

Business

Apple's Steve Jobs Publicly Criticizes Adobe Flash

The war of words between Apple and Adobe, maker of the popular Flash video technology, is escalating. Apple CEO Steve Jobs posted a lengthy explanation of his company's decision not to support flash on its mobile devices. Adobe's CEO shot back, calling the comments made by Jobs an "extraordinary attack" on his company.

Apple's Steve Jobs Publicly Criticizes Adobe Flash

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Thursday

Millions Of Book Club Readers, 140 Characters
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All Things Considered

Millions Of Book Club Readers, 140 Characters

There are plenty of online book clubs, but what about Twitter? Jeff Howe of Wired magazine is tweaking the One Book, One City phenomenon by trying to get millions of people to pick a novel and then discuss it on Twitter. Users voted, and soon they'll start reading the winner, Neil Gaiman's American Gods.

Millions Of Book Club Readers, 140 Characters

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Tuesday

iPhone Flap Sparks Police Raid, Shield-Law Talk

Gizmodo's articles about a next-generation iPhone reportedly found last month at a California bar included photos of the device in various stages of disassembly. Gizmodo via CreativeCommons hide caption

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iPhone Flap Sparks Police Raid, Shield-Law Talk

When an unlucky Apple employee left a still-secret iPhone prototype in a bar, the person who found it reportedly sold it to the gadget blog Gizmodo for $5,000. Then the Gizmodo blogger's home office was searched by law enforcement, and more questions are swirling: Were Apple's corporate secrets illegally purchased? Was a California journalist-shield law violated?

iPhone Flap Sparks Police Raid, Shield-Law Talk

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