Technology_Internet

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Jeff Bezos, CEO and founder of Amazon, at the introduction of the new Amazon Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Paperwhite personal devices, in Santa Monica, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

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Spectators wait for space shuttle Endeavour to fly over Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Miss., on Wednesday Sept. 19, 2012 on it's way to it's permanent home at the California Science Center at Exposition Park in Los Angeles. The shuttle's main engines were tested at Stennis Space Center during the life of the program. (AP Photo/Sun Herald, John Fitzhugh)

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Pittsburgh wide receiver Ronald Jones (14) is hit by Virginia Tech cornerback Kyshoen Jarrett (34) after making a catch ino the NCAA football game, Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012 in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh upset Virginia Tech 35-17. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

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Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., waves to the crowd during a rally at Piedmont Precision Machine Company in Danville, Va., Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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**FILE** An exterior view of a home sold in Palo Alto, Calif., is seen here Aug. 21, 2012. (Associated Press)

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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray speaks Monday with Dan Berger, founder and CEO of the event management software company Social Tables. Mr. Gray has called on the District’s lawmakers to pass a tax incentives bill for tech companies, saying the incentives are essential in the competitive jobs market. (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)