Stores usher in holiday shopping season Shoppers -- shrugging off a spate of lead-tainted toy recalls and higher prices for food and gas -- jammed stores before dawn Friday to grab discounted TVs, toys and the hard-to-find Nintendo Wii, for the official start of the holiday season, expected to be the weakest retail showing in five years. Stores plying shoppers with discounts The serious holiday shoppers were back in the nation's stores and malls over the weekend, buying in earnest but also making sure they came away with great bargains. IBM Unveiling New Encryption Chip In an effort to boost the level of data security on portable computers, cell phones and other gadgets, IBM Corp. is unveiling a method for injecting encryption capabilities into the heart of the machines' circuitry.
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