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		<title>The Thorium Molten-Salt Reactor: Why Didn&#039;t This Happen (and why is now the right time?)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google Tech Talk December 16, 2011 Presented by Kirk Sorensen]]></description>
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		<title>Energy From Thorium: A Nuclear Waste Burning Liquid Salt Thorium Reactor</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 11:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kirk Sorensen's Tech Talk, delivered at Google on July 20, 2009. Successfully developing a liquid-fluoride thorium reactor (LFTR) would essentially solve our planets energy problems for thousands of years, because it would allow us to fully utilize the energy in natural thorium, which makes up 0.0012% of the Earths crust. Most of the research and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stick-on patch proposed for patient monitoring (AP)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON &#8211; One day monitoring a patient's vital signs like temperature and heart rate could be a simple as sticking on a tiny, wireless patch, sort of like a temporary tattoo. Eliminating the bulky wiring and electrodes used in current monitors would make the devices more comfortable for patients, says an international team of researchers who report their findings in Friday's edition of the journal Science. "What we are trying to do here is to really reshape and redefine electronics ... to look a lot more like the human body, in this case the surface layers of the skin," said John A. Rogers of the University of Illinois. "The goal is really to blur the distinction between electronics and biological tissue." The researchers embedded electronic sensors in a film thinner than the diameter of a human hair, which was placed on a polyester backing like those used for the temporary tattoos popular with kids. The result was a sensor that was flexible enough to move with the skin and would adhere without adhesives. The researchers said the devices had remained in place for up to 24 hours. Rogers said in an briefing that, while normal shedding of skin cells would eventually cause the monitors to come off, he thought they could remain in place as long as two weeks. In addition to monitoring patients in hospitals, other uses for the devices could include monitoring brain waves, muscle movement, sensing the larynx for speech, emitting heat to help heal wounds and perhaps even being made touch sensitive and placed on artificial limbs, Rogers said. The device will help fill the need for equipment that is more convenient and less stressful for patients, permitting easier and more reliable monitoring, said Zhenqiang Ma, an engineering professor at the University of Wisconsin, who was not part of the research team. The electronic skin can simply be stuck on or peeled off like an adhesive bandage, he noted in a commentary on the report. Rogers is a founder of the company MC10, based in Cambridge, Mass., which is working to develop commercial uses of the devices, but he declined to speculate on how soon the electronic skin would be ready for market or what it would cost. The monitor looks rather like a bandage and contains an antenna that could be used to transmit data, though a radio to do that transmitting has not yet been tested, Rogers said. The current design has a small coil and could be powered by induction &#8212; by placing it near an electrical coil &#8212; Rogers said. That would permit intermittent use, he said, and for longer-term monitoring a tiny battery or storage capacitor could be used. The monitor doesn't use an adhesive, relying on a weak force called the van der Waals force that causes molecules and surfaces to stick together without interfering with motion. The ability of geckos to climb smooth surfaces has been attributed to the van der Waals force. For longer-term use the electronic skin could be coated with an adhesive. Rogers and co-lead author Dae-Hyuong Kim, have been working on the technology for several years. They earlier worked together to develop flexible electronics for hemispherical camera sensors and other devices that have complex shapes. Funding for the research came from the Air Force Research Laboratory, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois, and a Defense Department National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship. ___ Online: Science: http://www.sciencemag.org Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter , become a fan on Facebook ]]></description>
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		<title>China&#039;s `solar city&#039; rushes to catch power boom (AP)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Drew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ BAODING, China &#8211; Solar panels jut out of streetlights in China's self-proclaimed Clean Energy City. Tiny wind turbines twirl atop public buildings. Schools are due to teach students about "green living." In the scramble to profit from demand for clean energy, this city southwest of Beijing is promoting itself as a manufacturing center for solar, wind and other gear by transforming into a living showcase of environmental technology. "Baoding is following a path of ecological civilization," a deputy mayor, Zhou Xingshi, told a group of visiting reporters. Baoding illustrates the intensity of Chinese government efforts to profit from rising global demand for clean energy. Communist leaders are promoting solar, wind and hydropower to curb surging demand for imported oil and gas and see technology exports as a route to cleaner growth and higher-paid jobs. Chinese utility companies are required to install wind turbines and Beijing has promised to pay part of the cost of solar equipment &#8212; a strategy that is driving the rapid growth of Baoding and other supply centers. China led the world in clean energy investment last year at $54.4 billion, up 39 percent from 2009, according to a March report by the Pew Charitable Trust. Worldwide, investment rose 30 percent to $243 billion. Baoding, 90 miles (150 kilometers) from the Chinese capital in the table-flat farmland of Hebei province, started billing itself as a renewable energy center in 2002 after the success of Yingli Green Energy Co., a local startup founded in 1987 that grew into a major supplier of solar panels. City leaders officially declared Baoding a "Clean Energy City" in 2006. Today, Baoding has two government research labs and 170 companies that produce clean power equipment. They include Zhonghang Huiteng Windpower Equipment Co., one of the biggest makers of wind turbine blades. Other fields targeted by Baoding for development include batteries and power transmission. Baoding's clean energy companies had 45 billion yuan ($7 billion) in revenue last year, according to the city government. It says the local industry should grow by 30 percent a year through 2016. Local authorities work closely with companies, organizing job fairs, providing training and helping to recruit employees through local schools. Companies also are attracted by Baoding's "funding resources," said Lian Shujun, deputy director of the Baoding National New and High-Tech Industrial Development Zone. Lian gave no details but Chinese companies in favored industries can receive government support ranging from tax breaks and low-interest loans to free rent in business parks. Such support has prompted complaints by Beijing's trading partners that the government is improperly subsidizing Chinese companies and hampering market access. The U.S. government said this month Beijing agreed to rescind some policies that American officials said amounted to subsidies to makers of wind turbines. China already is the world's biggest producer of solar and wind equipment. Yingli and other Chinese solar suppliers have long competed in global markets because their equipment was too expensive for domestic use. Chinese makers of wind gear are only starting to expand abroad but some domestic producers already are among the world's biggest due to their vast home market. The Chinese government says it wants at least 15 percent of the country's power to come from renewable sources by 2020. It is spending heavily on grants and other aid to propel technology development. "The Chinese government is very supportive of the green market," said Liansheng Miao, Yingli's founder and chairman. In a sign of high-level endorsement, Yingli received a 36 billion yuan ($5.5 billion) line of credit last year from state-owned China Development Bank. Miao rejected what he said was the notion that Yingli, a private company with shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange, succeeds due to government support. "I am an entrepreneur, not a state-owned entity, so the government would not help me," he said at a news conference. "What we compete on is our innovation and cost structure." Yingli's CFO, Li Zongwei, said it has yet to receive any money from the China Development Bank and will have to submit individual projects to obtain loans. Li said such projects are conducted on "commercial terms." Other companies in Baoding say business is booming. A wind turbine factory owned by China Guodian Corp., one of China's biggest power generators, expects to sell 1,100 units this year, nearly double 2009's level of 600, said the factory's deputy general manager, Wang Hongbin. Wang said all of his factory's output of 1.5-megawatt turbines was sold in China, but Guodian also has announced plans to expand to the United States by supplying units for a power project in Corpus Christi, Texas. "Production definitely will increase," Wang said, standing beside rows of 130-foot-long (40-meter-long) turbine blades in wooden cradles outside the factory, awaiting delivery to power companies. Other city government efforts to promote clean energy include installing 110 solar-powered traffic lights, according to Lian, the industrial zone official. New buildings are required to use solar-powered water heaters. Baoding's city government launched a joint effort with the environmental group WWF in 2008 to share information on city planning and technology and to develop environmental education programs. "All citizens in Baoding will be taught about `green living'," he said, "starting with elementary school students." Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter , become a fan on Facebook ]]></description>
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		<title>Gemini Demo Video - Large Bipolar Tesla Coil</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Full demonstration video of 10kVA bipolar tesla coil using the world's largest MMC array. Chris Boden and The Geek Group take you through the entire system step by step. An excellent video on how Tesla Coils actually work.]]></description>
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		<title>Solid State Musical Tesla Coil</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joe DiPrima and Duck demonstrate the Solid State Musical Tesla Coil]]></description>
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		<title>Barnes &amp; Noble unveils color Nook e-reader (AP)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK &#8211; Barnes &#038; Noble Inc. is introducing a new Nook e-reader with a color touch screen for $249 as competition in the fast-growing industry heats up ahead of the holidays. As the first full-color touch electronic reader, the Nookcolor stands apart from black-and-white competitors like Amazon's Kindle. The device can be used to read books, magazines, newspapers and an expanded array of children's titles. It also takes hints from Apple Inc.'s iPad with more games, Web browsing, music streaming and its own application store. Like earlier versions, it runs on Google Inc.'s Android operating system. Barnes &#038; Noble, which announced the product Tuesday, said it will begin taking orders for the device online and in stores on Wednesday and begins shipping in mid-November. "I think Barnes &#038; Noble did a pretty good job presenting this device as its own e-reader instead of just a cheaper version of the iPad," said Simba Information analyst Michael Norris. "It is focused on the reading experience." E-readers are again expected to be popular holiday gifts, but competition has exploded over the past year &#8212; especially since Apple released the iPad in April. New models and price cuts for Amazon.com's Kindle and new offerings from Kobo, Sony and others intend to compete with the iPad and other tablet computers. Nookcolor's features include full-color display on the new 7-inch screen; earlier versions offer color only on the bottom half of a dual-screen. It is lightweight at about a pound, making it easy to grasp while holding a cup of coffee in the other hand, and its battery is estimated to last roughly 8 hours between charges. Barnes &#038; Noble also is offering more digital books for the Nook, including more than 12,000 new titles for kids. At $249, the Nookcolor is $50 more expensive than the most expensive Nook on the market. It is also more expensive than Amazon's Kindle, which retails for $139 to $189. But it costs much less than the iPad, which starts at $499, and that could entice consumers. "What they want to avoid doing is creating product that will make consumers think, 'I'll just spend a bit more and get an iPad,'" Norris said. James McQuivey, a Forrester Research analyst, said the Nookcolor doesn't threaten the Kindle or iPad or anything else &#8212; yet. But it does ensure Barnes &#038; Noble gets a share of the rapidly growing markets for e-readers and tablet devices. McQuivey was surprised that Barnes &#038; Noble was first to the party with a color e-reader, saying he expected Sony or Amazon would be first. Still, it makes sense for the bookseller, which has had a tough year and is counting on e-books the Nook for revenue growth. "I can see why they're putting the energy into it, because it might start looking like the knight in shining armor that any challenged retailer would be interested in seeing ride up on a horse," McQuivey said. Other e-reader makers also are amping up competition. On Monday Borders, which offers several e-readers online and in stores, announced several offers that last the rest of this week. Shoppers can save $30 on some readers and get free shipping with online orders, or they can get a $25 gift card with a Velocity Micro Cruz tablet purchase or free e-books with a Kobo pre-order and 20 percent off e-reader accessories. Also last week, Amazon said it would let e-book owners start borrowing books later this year, a service similar to one Barnes &#038; Noble offers. And Amazon's Kindle is now available at Best Buy, Target and Walmart, along with Amazon.com. The Nook is also available at Best Buy and Walmart and soon Books-A-Million stores, along with Barnes &#038; Noble stores. Traditional booksellers like Barnes &#038; Noble and Borders are pinning their hopes on e-readers. Research firm The Yankee Group has forecast 6 million will be sold in 2010 and the market will grow to $2.5 billion by 2013. Shares of Barnes &#038; Noble fell 19 cents to close at $14.98 but were unchanged in after-hours trading Tuesday. ___ Skidmore reported from Portland, Ore. Rachel Metz contributed to this report from San Francisco. Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter , become a fan on Facebook ]]></description>
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		<title>Computer attacks linked to wealthy group or nation (AP)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Selers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON &#8211; A powerful computer code attacking industrial facilities around the world, but mainly in Iran, probably was created by experts working for a country or a well-funded private group, according to an analysis by a leading computer security company. The malicious code, called Stuxnet, was designed to go after several "high-value targets," said Liam O Murchu, manager of security response operations at Symantec Corp. But both O Murchu and U.S. government experts say there's no proof it was developed to target nuclear plants in Iran, despite recent speculation from some researchers. Creating the malicious code required a team of as many as five to 10 highly educated and well-funded hackers. Government experts and outside analysts say they haven't been able to determine who developed it or why. The malware has infected as many as 45,000 computer systems around the world. Siemens AG, the company that designed the system targeted by the worm, said it has infected 15 of the industrial control plants it was apparently intended to infiltrate. It's not clear what sites were infected, but they could include water filtration, oil delivery, electrical and nuclear plants. None of those infections has adversely affected the industrial systems, according to Siemens. U.S. officials said last month that the Stuxnet was the first malicious computer code specifically created to take over systems that control the inner workings of industrial plants. The Energy Department has warned that a successful attack against critical control systems "may result in catastrophic physical or property damage and loss." Symantec's analysis of the code, O Murchu said, shows that nearly 60 percent of the computers infected with Stuxnet are in Iran. An additional 18 percent are in Indonesia. Less than 2 percent are in the U.S. "This would not be easy for a normal group to put together," said O Murchu. He said "it was either a well-funded private entity" or it "was a government agency or state sponsored project" created by people familiar with industrial control systems. A number of governments with sophisticated computer skills would have the ability to create such a code. They include China, Russia, Israel, Britain, Germany and the United States. But O Murchu said no clues have been found within the code to point to a country of origin. Iran's nuclear agency has taken steps to combat the computer worm that has affected industrial sites in the country,ghout the country, including its first nuclear power station just weeks before it was set to go online. Experts from the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran met this past week to discuss how to remove the malware, according to the semiofficial ISNA news agency. The computer worm, which can be carried or transmitted through portable thumb drives, also has affected the personal computers of staff working at the plant, according to IRNA, Iran's official news agency. The news agency said it has not caused any damage to the plants major systems. German security researcher Ralph Langner, who has also analyzed the code, told a computer conference in Maryland this month that his theory is that Stuxnet was created to go after the nuclear program in Iran. He acknowledged, though, that the idea is "completely speculative." O Murchu said there are a number of other possibilities for targets, including oil pipelines. He said Symantec soon will release details of its study in the hope that industrial companies or experts will recognize the specific system configuration being targeted by the code and know what type of plant uses it. At the Homeland Security Department's National Cybersecurity &#038; Communications Integration Center, a top U.S. cyberofficial on Friday displayed a portable flash drive containing the Stuxnet code and said officials have been studying it in the lab. "I've let this run wild to see what it would do," said Sean McGurk, director of the cyberoperations center. "So far we haven't seen a lot of smoke coming out, so we know it's not doing anything specifically malicious right now." Experts at the Energy Department's Idaho National Laboratory have been analyzing it. McGurk said that "it's very difficult to know what the code was developed for. When you talk about specifically attributing it to a facility with a set purpose from a nation-state actor or criminal actor or 'hacktivist,' it's very difficult for us to say specifically, 'This is what it was targeted to do.'" Experts in Germany discovered the worm, and German officials transmitted the malware to the U.S. through a secure network. The two computer servers controlling the malware were in Malaysia and Denmark, O Murchu said, but both were shut down after they were discovered by computer security experts earlier this summer. In plain terms, the worm was able to burrow into some operating systems that included software designed by Siemens AG, by exploiting a vulnerability in several versions of Microsoft Windows. Unlike a virus, which is created to attack computer code, a worm is designed to take over systems, such as those that open doors or turn physical processes on or off. ___ AP Broadcast Correspondent Sagar Meghani and AP writer Nasser Karimi in Tehran, Iran, contributed to this report. Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter , become a fan on Facebook ]]></description>
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		<title>HP CEO resigns after sex harassment investigation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 16:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Related Video Hewlett-Packard CEO steps down Fri, Aug 6 2010 Mark Hurd, President, CEO and chairman of Hewlett Packard, testifies during a hearing held by the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee investigating Hewlett-Packard on Capitol Hill in Washington September 28, 2006. Credit: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque By Gabriel Madway and Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO &#124; Sat Aug 7, 2010 10:10am EDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co CEO Mark Hurd resigned on Friday after an investigation found that he had falsified expense reports to conceal a "close personal relationship" with a female contractor. The shocking announcement from the world's top personal computer maker sent its shares plunging 10 percent, as Hurd is one of the most admired executives in Silicon Valley, credited with reviving HP after the tumultuous reign of Carly Fiorina. The unnamed contractor, who did marketing for HP from late 2007 to fall 2009, contacted the firm's board in June this year and alleged that Hurd had sexually harassed her, HP said. The board ordered an investigation and found that the married 53-year-old Hurd did not violate HP's sexual harassment policy. But he had a "close personal relationship" with the woman that was never disclosed to the board, HP said. "The board investigation found that Mark demonstrated a profound lack of judgment that seriously undermined his credibility and damaged his effectiveness in leading HP and Mark agreed," HP General Counsel Mike Holston said, adding that the board's decision to replace Hurd was unanimous. Gloria Allred, a Los Angeles-based attorney who has represented numerous high-profile clients including Tiger Woods' alleged mistresses, said late Friday she is representing the woman who made the sexual harassment claim. She said her client did not have sex with Hurd, but declined to identify the woman or comment further. According to HP, Hurd filed "numerous inaccurate expense reports" that concealed his relationship with the contractor, who also received compensation and expense reimbursements without legitimate business reasons. Hurd, who was also chairman of HP and had a reputation for rigid cost discipline, said the decision to step aside was a "painful" one. "I realized there were instances in which I did not live up to the standards and principles of trust, respect and integrity that I have espoused at HP," Hurd said in a statement. A source familiar with Hurd's account of the situation described his relationship with the contractor as "business acquaintances" who had dined together about a dozen times. The source said the expense issues stretched over two years, were related to travel, meals and lodging, and totaled up to $20,000. Another source familiar with the situation described the woman as a "low-level contractor" who would assist at marketing events. This person said Hurd submitted falsified expense reports that said he dined alone or with a bodyguard when he had dined with her. HP SEARCHES FOR NEW CEO The revelation immediately triggered speculation on who would succeed Hurd, who during his five years at the helm engineered transformative acquisitions, from smartphone pioneer Palm to technology services giant EDS. Chief Financial Officer Cathie Lesjak will take over on an interim basis, though she has taken herself out of consideration as the permanent CEO, HP said. Analysts said there was no shortage of tech veterans who would be eager to lead HP, which also has a deep bench of internal candidates like PC chief Todd Bradley or corporate strategy head Shane Robison. "They probably have their pick. HP is one of the showcase companies that people would be interested in running," said Mark Kelleher, an analyst at Brigantine Advisers. Analysts said Hurd's departure should alter neither its strategic direction nor its performance record. In a bid to reassure investors, HP raised its outlook for full-year profit forecast to $4.49 to $4.51 per share excluding items, from $4.45 to $4.50. The average EPS forecast from analysts was $4.49, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. HP's forecast of revenue of $125.3 billion to $125.5 billion also surpassed the average estimate of $124.5 billion. THE HP WAY News of Hurd's departure stunned the technology world. HP is the world's largest technology company by revenue, and it is a major player in personal computers, servers, services and printers. "Shock and puzzlement, that's how it's going to go down," said Russell Hancock, president and chief executive of Joint Venture Silicon Valley, an area business group. "There wasn't anybody who criticized his handling of the company." HP, a Silicon Valley icon founded in a Palo Alto garage in 1939, has experienced a fair amount of turmoil in recent years. That has hurt a firm that has prided itself on building trust with employees, a mantra often referred to as "the HP way." In 2006, former HP Chair Patricia Dunn resigned after reports surfaced that HP had hired private investigators to spy on board members and journalists to plug media leaks. The buttoned-down Hurd, who took over as CEO after Fiorina resigned in February 2005 in the wake of a controversial deal to acquire PC maker Compaq, brought stability to HP. HP shares have more than doubled since Hurd, former CEO of NCR Corp, took the helm five years ago. He cut costs and expanded HP's footprint in the services market. Hurd was known as a serial acquirer, unafraid of making bold moves to take on competitors like IBM, Apple Inc and Research in Motion. "Mark Hurd was extremely instrumental in turning this company around," said Susquehanna Financial Group analyst Jeffrey Fidacaro. "There's going to be a serious gap in leadership at the top of this company." Hurd will be well compensated as he departs HP, receiving a severance payment of $12.2 million. His 2009 total compensation was $30.3 million, according to a filing. His total compensation in the last three years was about $97.8 million. HP said its board of directors has formed a search committee to find a new chief executive and board chair. "It's a negative because the positive leadership that HP has had under Hurd is identified with his name," Nehal Chokshi, an analyst with Technology Insights Research-Southridge Research Group, said of Friday's news. HP, which was scheduled to report quarterly earnings later this month, also pre-reported its results. Shares of Palo Alto, California-based HP closed at $46.30 on the New York Stock Exchange and fell to $41.50 in extended trading. (Additional reporting by Edwin Chan, Sinead Carew , Alex Dobuzinskis , Jim Christie , and Ritsuko Ando ; Editing by Gary Hill , Tiffany Wu and Richard Chang ) ]]></description>
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