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Smart-Home Products: Thermostats, Sprinkler Systems

Home automation isn’t new. Some of us are old enough to remember the TV commercials for the Clapper — which let you turn a room light on or off with a clap of the hands. Clappers are still with us, but homes are getting ever smarter. Here are some smart-home devices we tested. Smart thermostats are becoming plentiful. One of the smartest is the $279 Lyric from Honeywell (HON). Honeywell invented the familiar round thermostat in the ’50s, and the

Pfizer Sweetens AstraZeneca Bid To $106.5 Billion

Pfizer (PFE) sweetened its bid for AstraZeneca (AZN) to about 63.1 billion pounds ($106.5 billion), aiming to bring the U.K.’s second-biggest drugmaker to the negotiating table. The offer values AstraZeneca at 50 pounds a share ($84.47) in cash and stock, New York-based Pfizer said in statement today. The London-based company rejected a proposal of 46.61 pounds a share, announced April 28. Pfizer is raising its bid after Chief

Wearables Bring Joy Of Computing To Your Wardrobe

Technology graces us with ever more desirable gizmos, but there’s a limit to how many devices we can schlep around. Technology, though, has an answer: wearables. The following is a look at several useful gadgets that you can make part of your wardrobe. You can expect to see lots of smartwatches introduced this year from Apple (AAPL), Google (GOOGL) and others. Samsung’s Galaxy Gear smartwatch, at $249, was one of the first to hit the streets. The