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Government replaces body scanners at some airports

By JASON KEYSERAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) - The federal government is quietly removing full-body X-ray scanners from seven major airports and replacing them with a different type of machine that produces a cartoon-like outline instead of the naked images that have been compared to a virtual

Microsoft enters hardware business with Surface

By PETER SVENSSONAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Microsoft will be releasing its own tablet computer for the first time when the new version of Windows comes out Friday, as the software company tries to challenge Apple Inc. and its dominant iPad. The initial version of Surface will run a

Windows 8 event a subdued affair, theatrics absent

By PETER SVENSSON and RYAN NAKASHIMAAP Technology Writers NEW YORK (AP) - For a company that has launched products with Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and Jay Leno - and has even paid to light up the Empire State Building in its signature colors - Microsoft's unveiling of Windows 8 on Thursday

Windows 8 event a subdued affair, theatrics absent

By PETER SVENSSON and RYAN NAKASHIMAAP Technology Writers NEW YORK (AP) - For a company that has launched products with Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and Jay Leno - and has even paid to light up the Empire State Building in its signature colors - Microsoft's unveiling of Windows 8 on Thursday