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Here's what Benzinga's reading on our friend,

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As technology companies continue to generate and hoard cash, some, like Amazon

, are looking at acquiring others to broaden offerings paving the road to prosperity for the Internet HOLDRs

, the Retail HOLDRs

, and the PowerShares NASDAQ Internet

exchange-traded funds.

Two games of the World Series were wiped off the slate for some major-market sports fans, 13 National Football League games weren't seen in their home markets this season and certain service subscribers missed new episodes of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. So why don't you have a backup plan?

As much as tech giants such as Apple

, Microsoft

and Google

claim their new technologies change the world of work, plain old sleep turns out to be just as important. Get too little and it's tough to make it through the longer projects. Get too much and nothing gets done. So any tool that claims to help me get more -- and better -- rest gets my attention.

Speculation is swirling that Research in Motion

will be announcing its own tablet computer, the BlackPad. Here's why RIM needs a tablet offering. And why it doesn't have to compete with Apple's

iPad or Google

Android tablets to be successful.