Artificial intelligence takes home the pot at the poker table

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Poker pro Nick Grudzien concentrates on the game.

Last weekend, the best man at the table was a machine. Polaris, the University of Alberta poker playing computer program, took on professional players in Las Vegas and came out on top. Like last year's challenge, when the program was edged out in the final match, the final result came down to the wire.

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YouTube adds full-length TV shows to video menu

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YouTube said Friday it is adding full-length television shows to the menu at its globally popular website famous for snack-sized video snippets.

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Error puts data on 30 million German phone users on Internet

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Confidential data on 30 million German phone users could be consulted on the Internet as a result of an error until the phone company locked access, a spokesman for Deutsche Telekom said Saturday.

Kenya's elephants send text messages to rangers

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(AP) -- The text message from the elephant flashed across Richard Lesowapir's screen: Kimani was heading for neighboring farms.

Sony seeks to harmonize music, electronics

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(AP) -- Now that Sony Corp. and Bertelsmann AG have broken off their troubled relationship, known as Sony BMG, the Japanese company hopes to harmonize its consumer electronics and its music, a duo that was ...

Sinking shares could make Yahoo a target again

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(AP) -- When Yahoo Inc. co-founder and CEO Jerry Yang spurned Microsoft Corp.'s rich buyout offer this spring, he promised brighter days in Sunnyvale were just over the horizon.

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