In the hours leading up to the speech, a star-studded line up of musicians performed, including Stevie Wonder, John Legend, Sheryl Crow and Will.i.am.

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Amazon.com, Inc. today announced that it has acquired leading text-to-speech technology company IVONA Software.

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Bartlett's speaking agent, Leading Authorities, posted video of one recent speech to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce online to drum up business.

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Prime Minister Julia Gillard's fiery speech on misogyny has prompted Australia's leading dictionary to update its definition of the word.

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Finally, James Lewis, a leading cybersecurity expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, has recently said that an October 2012 speech on cybersecurity by Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta indicates that the Department of Defense is effectively taking over U.S. cyber security.

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