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Saturday, November 17, 2012  As schools throughout the U.S. move away from paper textbooks and towards mobile learning devices, some South Carolina educators are saying the state may not be making the technology shift as quickly as it should.

Monday, July 09, 2012  Lexington County deputies say a former employee at an Amazon.com warehouse stole more than 700 iPods and nearly 50 laptops from the company. Investigators said 20-year-old Todd Cofield Jr. was supposed to unload the merchandise from trailers at the Internet retailer's Cayce warehouse.

Wednesday, September 01, 2010  Apple Inc. announced a smaller, cheaper version of its Apple TV device for streaming movies and television shows over the Internet and into the living room. It also unveiled a new line of iPods, including a touch-screen Nano model.

Wednesday, March 04, 2009  Italy's Catholics are asked to stop texting, silence iPods, stay offline during Lent.

Wednesday, December 03, 2008  There's work underway to replace batteries for laptops, cell phones and even iPods with tiny fuel cells.