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0 Roundup: Pleo is dead, Twitter spreads swine flu, Google Earth solves plane crash and more

Verizon iPhone in the works — Apple and Verizon have been talking about launching an iPhone for the Verizon network as early as next year. USA Today...

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9 Ugobe raises $12.8 million for smart robots beyond Pleo

Robots are more popular than ever, from the iRobot Roomba vacuum robot to the new Sony Rolly music-playing, egg-shaped robot. Ugobe, the maker of the...

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0 Disney enters the programmable robot market with its own kids robot

Robots aren’t just for hobbyists anymore. The programmable gadgets have taken off thanks to the efforts of tech-oriented companies such as WowWee,...

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0 Pleo Is Back and We Want to Give You One

Pleo is back, thanks to electronics and entertainment leader Senario, and we want to give you one.

The $349 artificial dinosaur hit the news this...

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0 Pleo creator Ugobe files for bankruptcy

The first real casualty of the economic crisis has emerged,and it’s a lovable robotic dinosaur. Decreased demand forexpensive toys has left Pleo’s...

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0 Ugobe Files For Chapter 7

Ugobe, the make of life-like, robotic toy Pleo, has reported filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. According to the Idaho Business Review, Ugobe filed for...

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0 Pleo Creator Ugobe Declares Bankruptcy

The first real casualty of the economic crisis has emerged, and it's a lovable robotic dinosaur. Decreased demand for expensive toys has left Pleo's...

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0 Unloved and Overpriced, Consumer Robots Battle for Survival

Consumer robotics face an uncertain future. The demise of Ugobe, maker of the Pleo dinosaur, turns the spotlight on a fledgling industry battling to...

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0 Ugobe Folds

The company has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy—the kind of bankruptcy that's most like a tremendous meteor—and fired all of its workers. This is sad...

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0 Ugobe lawsuit

[A] half-million lawsuit [was] just filed that alleges Pleo and Co. are in breach of contract for failure to pay supplier Arrow Electronics.

The...

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0 Ugobe's Robotic Toy Dinosaurs Gasp for Breath

Ugobe's robotic toy dinosaurs called Pleo have a loyal fan base but the company is struggling to survive through this economic downturn.

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0 Do Humanlike Machines Deserve Human Rights?

During the 20 months that Fisher-Price spent developing the innards and software of its latest animatronic Elmo, engineers gave the project the code...

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