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Barnes Noble says Nook sold out before holidays (21 November 04:52) |
| SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc said on Friday it had sold out of its newly-launched Nook electronic readers due to high demand -- a pre-holiday miscalculation that analysts... |
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Barnes Noble says Nook shipments will be delayed (20 November 11:35) |
| SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc said on Friday it had sold out of its first allotment of newly launched Nook electronic readers due to high demand and new shipments will not... |
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Gameloft says it others reining in Android plans (20 November 03:34) |
| BARCELONA (Reuters) - French mobile phone games company Gameloft said it and other software developers were cutting back investment in developing games and other applications for Google's An... |
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Chinese cyber-spying seen growing against US (20 November 01:33) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China's government appears increasingly to be piercing U.S. government and defense industry computer networks to gather useful data for its military, a congressional a... |
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Sony to launch online entertainment service in 2010 (20 November 01:32) |
| TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp said on Friday that its planned entertainment content distribution service for network-compatible TVs and other devices will be launched next year.
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Google says PC will start in seven seconds or less (20 November 12:32) |
| MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - New Google Inc software will start up a computer as fast as a television can be turned on, the search company said on Thursday as it showed off its Chro... |
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AOL shows worst not over for media job cuts (20 November 06:50) |
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - If AOL's announcement on Thursday of another 2,500 job cuts is anything to go by, the painful layoffs that have ravaged the media industry over the past year are nowh... |
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Chinese cyber-spying grows against US report (20 November 06:49) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China's government appears increasingly to be piercing U.S. government and defense industry computer networks to gather useful data for its military, a congressional a... |
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Smartphone growth to continue strong in 2010 (20 November 06:30) |
| BARCELONA (Reuters) - The wireless chip industry expects smartphone market surge to continue, with British microchip designer ARM saying growth would likely even accelerate further next year... |
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Google PC will start in seven seconds or less (20 November 04:24) |
| MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - New Google Inc software will start up a computer as fast as a television, the search company said on Thursday as it showed off its Chrome operating syst... |
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Google shows off Chrome operating system (20 November 01:02) |
| MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - Google Inc is opening its much-anticipated Chrome software to external developers, as the search giant prepares to expand its reach into operating syste... |
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Microsoft says Windows 7 sales strong (20 November 12:39) |
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday sales of Windows 7 were running at twice the level of any previous version of its operating system.
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Wikipedia iPhone among decades top 10 Internet moments (19 November 10:34) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of U.S. President Barack Obama were among the 10 most influential moments on the Internet in the past d... |
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AOL to cut one-third of workforce (19 November 09:02) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - AOL plans to cut one-third of its workforce, or about 2,500 jobs, in an effort to trim some $300 million in annual costs as part of the Internet company's planned spin-o... |
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Chinas military says website had 23 million attacks (19 November 04:04) |
| BEIJING (Reuters) - A website set up by China's Defense Ministry said it was hit by 2.3 million hacker attacks in its first month of operation, but none of them were successful.
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Nokia sees corporate interest for netbook (19 November 03:57) |
| HELSINKI (Reuters) - Top cellphone maker Nokia has seen growing interest among companies for its first netbook or mini-laptop, a company executive said on Thursday.
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China wants content values censored in online games (19 November 01:08) |
| SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China said it will tighten regulations in its rapidly growing online games sector, requiring game operators to enhance socialist values in their games and hire specializ... |
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Sony says e-readers in demand shipments delayed (19 November 04:33) |
| SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Sony Corp said on Wednesday that early demand for its latest electronic reader was higher than expected in advance of the holidays and shipment delays could result.... |
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Call of Duty game sells $550 million in five days (18 November 09:14) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Activision Blizzard Inc said its video game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" scored record sales of $550 million in its first five days, but the company is still concern... |
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Call of Duty game sells $550 million in 5 days (18 November 09:00) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Activision Blizzard Inc said its video game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" scored record sales of $550 million in its first five days, but the company is still concern... |
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EU ombudsman rebukes EU over errors in Intel case (18 November 03:54) |
| BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Ombudsman rebuked European Union regulators on Wednesday for procedural errors in their antitrust probe of Intel but the censure will not affect a 1.06 bill... |
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China orders Microsoft to halt some Windows sales (18 November 03:28) |
| SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has been ordered by a Chinese court to stop selling versions of its Windows operating systems that include fonts designed by a local company, citing a vio... |
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Vancouver to tone down its sonic gun (18 November 01:36) |
| VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Vancouver will modify powerful audio equipment that critics say could be used as a "sonic gun" against protesters at next year's Winter Olympics, and ... |
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R u wearing sunscreen Text reminders can double usage (18 November 01:13) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Texting people to remind them to wear sunscreen daily actually works, research shows.
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Microsoft ordered to stop some Windows sales in China (18 November 11:49) |
| SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has been ordered by a Chinese court to stop selling versions of its Windows operating systems that include fonts designed by a local company, citing a vio... |
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Intels Otellini worries about PC pinch points (18 November 06:35) |
| HUNTINGTON BEACH, California (Reuters) - Intel Corp Chief Executive Paul Otellini said on Tuesday the semiconductor industry may experience possible "pinch points" in the PC production chain... |
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Virtual pioneers Macedonia schools to get wired (18 November 05:49) |
| SKOPJE/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - "Practical English Grammar by Correspondence" -- a 1973 tome published by the Soviet Union -- sits atop a pile of books on the librarian's desk in Macedonia'... |
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RIM security chief sees smartphone attacks on horizon (18 November 03:02) |
| TORONTO/BOSTON (Reuters) - Hackers could one day turn ordinary smartphones into "rogue" devices to attack major wireless networks, Research In Motion's security chief warned.
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Qualcomm CEO pins hopes on China (18 November 01:11) |
| HONG KONG (Reuters) - Qualcomm, the world's biggest chip maker, said on Tuesday that it expects to sell its TD-SCDMA chips in mainland China within the next year.
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Microsoft to launch Azure cloud service early next year (18 November 12:21) |
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it will launch its long-awaited Windows Azure cloud computing system on Jan 1, as it looks to take advantage of the growing interest in... |
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T-Mobile admits employee sold private data (18 November 12:17) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - A employee of mobile phone operator T-Mobile is facing prosecution after selling personal details of thousands of British customers to rival companies in an alleged major ... |
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Amazon to launch Kindle in Canada (17 November 08:11) |
| TORONTO (Reuters) - U.S. Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday that it was introducing Kindle, its wireless electronic reader, in Canada.
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Qualcomm CEO pins hopes on China smartbooks (17 November 03:06) |
| HONG KONG (Reuters) - Qualcomm, the world's biggest chip maker, said on Tuesday that it expects to sell its TD-SCDMA chips in mainland China within the next year.
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Microsoft co-founder Allen diagnosed with cancer (17 November 12:23) |
| SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and has begun treatment, a spokesman for his investment company said on Monday.
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YouTube launches channel for citizen journalists (17 November 11:47) |
| LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Celebrities beware: YouTube is making it even easier for anyone with a camera phone to turn your behavior -- be it mundane or sensational -- into news.
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Time Warner to spin off AOL on December 9 (17 November 04:17) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Media conglomerate Time Warner Inc said on Monday it will spin off its AOL unit to shareholders on December 9, nine tumultuous years after one of the most disastrous cor... |
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YouTube gets Hispanic shows in Univision deal (17 November 01:05) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Spanish-language media company Univision Communications Inc said on Monday it has reached an agreement to feature short and full-length programs on Google Inc's online v... |
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Online gangs cash in on swine flu (16 November 11:09) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - Criminal gangs are making millions of dollars out of the H1N1 flu pandemic by selling fake flu drugs over the internet, a web security firm said on Monday.
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Nintendo Wii may provide actual exercise study (16 November 08:53) |
| ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - The new active Wii video games from Nintendo Co Ltd may be creating a healthier generation of couch potato, according to a new study presented on Monday.
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Online gangs cashing in on swine flu (16 November 08:41) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - Criminal gangs are making millions of dollars out of the H1N1 flu pandemic by selling fake flu drugs over the internet, a web security firm said on Monday.
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IBMs new service jumps on cloud computing bandwagon (16 November 11:08) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - IBM launched a new cloud computing service on Monday, aiming to take on companies such as Amazon.com Inc, Google Inc, Microsoft Corp and Salesforce.com Inc.
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Google Authors try to answer book deal concerns (14 November 12:27) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google and the Authors Guild filed a new version of a deal to create a massive online library on Friday in hopes of answering antitrust and copyright concerns in the U... |
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Dell to sell smartphone starting in China Brazil (14 November 02:50) |
| SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dell Inc is entering the smartphone market, with its first device to launch in China in late November, followed by Brazil toward the end of the year.
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Dell to introduce smartphone based on Android (13 November 08:42) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dell Inc said on Friday it will sell smartphones equipped with Google Inc's Android mobile software, as the computer maker enters a market that is growing fast but crowd... |
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October US video game sales down 19 percent NPD (13 November 06:21) |
| SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Sales of video game equipment and software in the United States tumbled 19 percent in October to $1.07 billion, research group NPD said on Thursday, troubling figur... |
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Facebook provides alibi for robbery suspect (13 November 03:38) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - A 19-year-old New York man who was arrested for armed robbery has been exonerated thanks to a status update he posted on social networking site Facebook.
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Intel to pay AMD $125 billion settle disputes (13 November 12:41) |
| SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp will pay rival chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc $1.25 billion to settle all outstanding legal disputes, in a move that could weaken antitrust regulat... |
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FDA tackles gray area of social media (13 November 12:34) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters)- Drug makers, Internet companies and nonprofits packed a hearing into what is a gray area for U.S. health regulators: how far Twitter, Wikipedia, blogs and other social ... |
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Gameworld Academics hope history in video games spurs interest (12 November 10:45) |
| RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Portraying Leonardo da Vinci or World War II in a video game is challenging game developers to mix fun with facts while academics hope this growing genre ... |
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Apple plans 40-50 store openings in 2010 (12 November 10:12) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc said on Thursday it plans to open 40 to 50 retail stores next year as the consumer electronics giant expands its reach to customers.
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