Seeing a shifting balance in their competitive positions, BMO Capital analyst Ambrish Srivastava this morning reduced his rating on Intel to Market Perform from Outperform, while at the same time lifting his stance on ARM Holdings to Outperform from Market Perform.

FORBES: Swap Into ARM Shares From Intel, BMO Capital Advises

In a video created by Boston Dynamics, BigDog is seen lifting a breeze block with an arm attached to where the head would go on its animal equivalent, and then throwing it backwards.

BBC: BigDog four-legged robot now sports throwing arm

Our HAL was energized as soon as we tensed our arm muscles, so lifting up the tray of four 1.5kg water bottles was a piece of cake consistently throughout the demo -- we even managed it with just our pinky (see video above)!

ENGADGET: Cyberdyne HAL robotic arm hands-on (video) Hands-on

Goldman Sachs analyst Simon Schafer this morning turned bullish on micrprocessor designed ARM Holdings (ARMH), lifting his rating on the stock to Buy from Neutral.

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Update 1532 BST: News Corporation is trying to reinforce the credibility of how it works with the police and cleans up its UK operations by lifting its management standards committee out of its UK arm, News International.

BBC: BSkyB: Decision expected on James Murdoch's role

Red flags that weight lifting may be making things worse include more swelling, heaviness, and pain in the arm, she said.

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The heavy lifting was then left to space station resident astronaut Susan Helms who used the station's new robot arm to pluck the Quest from the shuttle's cargo bay.

CNN: Air lock installed on space station