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Marcelo Castro, an engineer for Bolivia’s lithium plant, inspected an evaporating pool. The country holds almost half the world’s lithium reserves.

The Lithium Chase

By CLIFFORD KRAUSS

As awareness spreads that lithium is an ingredient for hybrid cars, a hunt is under way for sources of the metal.

Google’s Computing Power Refines Translation Tool

By MIGUEL HELFT

The company’s network pushes the limits of translation technology and has become a favored source for millions.

KEEPING TRACK The Sensecam measures movement and takes digital pictures.

A Little Black Box to Jog Failing Memory

By YUDHIJIT BHATTACHARJEE

Researchers have tested the Sensecam, which contains a digital camera and an accelerometer, as an aid to people with Alzheimer’s disease and other memory disorders.

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France Télécom Needs 'Radical Change' After Suicides, Report Says

By DAVID JOLLY

France Télécom has already stopped several practices identified as being particularly disruptive, like forcing employees to change jobs and closing work sites.

March 10, 2010 12:10 AM ET

Google Opens App Store For Business Software

Google unveiled a marketplace of business software to help to spur the adoption of its own suite of productivity applications.

March 9, 2010 11:59 PM ET

What We're Reading: Barbie, Steve and Carly

Our daily roundup of Web gems includes a deeper look at Barbie the engineer, Carly Fiorina's tenure at Hewlett-Packard, Jonathan Schwartz's battles with Steve Jobs and Bill Gates and a pricing glitch at Amazon.com.

March 9, 2010 6:01 PM ET

H.P. Barks, Then Bites Apple on the iPad

Two of the world's computing powerhouses have started a war of words around their forthcoming tablet computers.

March 10, 2010 12:51 AM ET

A Talk With Charles Thacker, the Turing Winner

Charles Thacker, the lead designer on the Alto, the Xerox PARC prototype of the modern personal computer, won the Turing Award.

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A new type of solar plant in Puertollano.

Solar Industry Learns Lessons in Spanish Sun

By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL

A national commitment to solar power transformed one community but big subsidies led to unsustainable growth.

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A Bike Theft in the Time of Twitter

By J. DAVID GOODMAN

An alarm goes out online, and a messenger is soon reunited with his stolen bike.

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