Thursday, Jan. 6 Bingo: Bingo will be held at the Knights of Columbus, 484 Lancaster St. in Leominster.

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North Central Massachusetts Community Calendar

Sunday, Jan. 9 Dance 2 Swing: The Leominster Elks, 134 North Main St., will hold a Dance 2 Swing meet.

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ChaCha Users Provide 2010 Insights

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Tablets are all the rage at electronics show

Each year, a handful of themes promises to define the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. For the 2011 event, which kicks off Thursday, the themes include tablets, tablets and tablets.

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Global gadgets market to top trillion

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 4 (AFP) – As the top US consumer electronics trade show prepares to open this week, organizers are forecasting that global gadget sales may top one trillion dollars this year for the first time ever. The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) said Tuesday that worldwide annual spending on mobile phones, computers, television sets and other items is expected to rise 10 percent in …

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Citizens Energy Forum. 2 p.m., Jan. 22. Sponsored by the Bucks Transition Group, join the Citizens Energy Forum. Dedicated to informing communities in Bucks County about Peak Oil and Climate Change. What’s YOUR idea? Share and learn about solar roofs, energy audits, smart heat pumps, buy local products, low impact, battery powered bikes and much more. Lower Makefield Township Building, 1100 …

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Don’t get bored, get board games!

By Bonnie Toomey In a world of electronics and supersonic technology, there is nothing like an old-fashioned board game to slow the pace down and bring family, young and old, together.

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The Kinect could be the game changer that Microsoft and its investors have been waiting for.

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Men’s Soccer Championship Recognition Scheduled

AKRON, Ohio – The University of Akron Department of Athletics will recognize its men’s soccer team’s NCAA championship season next Wednesday, Jan. 12, during halftime of the men’s basketball game against Ohio University in Rhodes Arena.

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If you are viewing this on the web and would prefer to get it as an email every morning, please click here Top stories on MediaGuardian.co.uk Wired journalists deny cover-up over WikiLeaks boss and accused US soldier Pair with access to transcript of comments by Bradley Manning deny they could help prosecution against Julian Assange BBC’s Mark Damazer awarded CBE for services to broadcasting QI …

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This year’s big gadget show is all about tablets

share: digg facebook twitter Manufacturers are set to introduce a lineup of souped-up smart phones, turbocharged by faster processors and the ability to run on the next generation 4G networks that carriers are in the midst of rolling out. [...] Ford Motor Co., Audi and other auto manufacturers will show off how they’ve continued to convert cars into entertainment and communications centers that …

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CES preview: Fast chips, Android tablets and more 3D

With the tech world converging on Las Vegas for the giant Consumer Electronics Show this week, look for lots of news about fast laptops and desktops powered by Intel’s new Sandy Bridge line of processors, Android-based tablets poised to take on the iPad, and the expansion of 3D technology into more TVs and cameras.

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LAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Peep Wireless Technology, A Delaware Corporation, is revealing its PeepApp iphone software at CES in Las Vegas starting today. The software App turns every phone into a client/server viral transmitter

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Peep Proposes Wireless P2P System

Startup Peep Wireless plans to launch software at the Consumer Electronics Show that will transform smartphones and other connected devices into a peer-to-peer network that will supposedly free users from ever paying a phone bill again.

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CHINA Bai Yitong, 20, the village chief with ambition By Clifford Coonan in Xi’an Bai Yitong is fiddling with her mobile phone as she discusses her political ambitions in the world’s most populous nation. With her hair tied back tightly, and her trendy hooded top, she looks like one of the confident young women you see more and more of in contemporary China.

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Apple vs. Android: Google’s view

Two Android ‘developer advocates’ weigh in on the year’s most closely watched horse race.

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New Year’s Eve mobile apps help ring in 2011

New Year’s Eve is the holiday for noisemakers. The free “Party Whistle” is a fun one, making noise when you blow on the phone. (apptism.com) Getting ready for New Year’s Eve ? You might want to reach for your trusty smart phone.

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Android Mobile Malware Has Botnet-like Traits

Hackers are aiming for users of Google’s Android mobile operating system with a malicious application that harvests personal information and sends it to a remote server.

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MobiTV iPhone app ( www.mobitv.com ) is a free way to watch shows from Fox News, Comedy Central, NBC Sports and other programming — most of it recorded — on your phone.

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