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Athlete-Amputee Becomes Artificial Limb Inventor

PERSONAL TECH | Monday May 20, 2013
CBS News’ Ben Tracy reports on an inventor whose idea for an artificial limb design was borne out of his own experience losing his lower leg in a sporting accident.


Homo Tech: Latest High-Tech Must-Have Toys

By Shaun Knittel | Apr 16
At the February Mobile World Conference in Barcelona, 1,700 exhibitors tempted 72,000 visitors. Here are the must-haves, from a digital camera (yes, that’s correct) to a pet tracker to a high-tech cane.

Personal Technology

The Yahoo logo is displayed outside of the offices in Santa Clara, Calif.

Yahoo Takes Big Leap with $1.1B Deal for Tumblr

By Michael Liedtke | May 20
Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet pioneer that had fallen behind the times.

Facebook founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, center, rings the opening bell of the Nasdaq stock market, from Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif.

A Year After IPO, Facebook Aims to be Ad Colossus

By Barbara Ortutay | May 20
Despite its disappointing stock market performance, Facebook has delivered strong financial results. Net income increased 7 percent to $219 million in the most recent quarter, compared with the previous year. Revenue was up 38 percent to $1.46 billion.

The Toshiba Kirabook, a newly-released laptop line with a Retina-level display.

Review: Toshiba Brings High-Res Screen to Windows

By Peter Svensson | May 20
Toshiba just released a new laptop line with a Retina-level display that can compete with Apple.

Larry Page, Google’s co-founder and chief executive

Google’s Products Dig Deeper Into People’s Lives

By Michael Liedtke | May 17
In the latest display of Google’s technological sweeping ambition, the company is rolling out another wave of products and services that will test how much more people want computers to control their lives and enhance their perceptions of reality.

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Video Games

The Cover of "Tomodachi Collection: New Life."

Nintendo ’Debugs’ Gay Marriage Glitch in Popular Video Game

By Jason St. Amand | May 13
It looks like Nintendo is going to debug a glitch in a popular Japanese life simulation video game that allows male characters to marry other male characters.

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Science

Senior research scientist Stanley Sander stands on the rooftop of the California Laboratory for Atmospheric.

Project Aims to Track Big City Carbon Footprints

By Alicia Chang | May 13
High-tech sensors have been set up in an effort to track the carbon footprints of megacities, urban hubs with over 10 million people that are increasingly responsible for human-caused global warming.

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