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T-Mobile sold more than 120,000 3G iPhones (25 August 06:55) |
| FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom's wireless business T-Mobile has sold more than 120,000 new 3G iPhones since its sales launch on July 11 despite distribution problems, its chief exec... |
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Olympics set the stage for emerging Web tech fight (25 August 05:05) |
| SEATTLE (Reuters) - As the world's best athletes compete in Beijing, the summer Olympic games are setting the stage for a battle between Microsoft Corp and Adobe Systems Inc over the Interne... |
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Russia iPhone sales seen at 3.5 million in two years: source (25 August 05:04) |
| MOSCOW (Reuters) - Apple expects to sell 3.5 million iPhones in Russia in the next two years, according to market sources familiar with new deals being struck by Russian carriers.
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First mass U.S. crossing for hydrogen cars completed (25 August 10:47) |
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hydrogen fuel cell cars from nine automakers completed a 13-day cross-country trip this weekend, in the first such mass U.S. crossing for vehicles powered by a zero-e... |
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FCC puts off plan to change cell roaming rules (23 August 03:28) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission has put on hold a plan to revise the rules governing the right of small wireless phone carriers to "roam" on the... |
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Verizon, Google close to mobile search deal: report (22 August 06:51) |
| (Reuters) - Mobile service provider Verizon Communications Inc. is nearing an agreement with Google Inc. on a wide-ranging partnership, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar w... |
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NY comptroller: ditch $2 billion wireless network (22 August 02:29) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York should ditch a $2 billion plan for a statewide wireless network for emergency workers unless a Tyco Electronics Ltd unit can fix the already-delayed system's pr... |
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iPhone launches in India minus hysteria of the West (22 August 02:10) |
| NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Apple Inc.'s hugely popular 3G iPhone made its debut in India on Friday, but with a price tag of $700 there was none of the mass hysteria that marked its launch in the ... |
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Actors paid to line up for iPhone launch in Poland (22 August 12:37) |
| WARSAW (Reuters) - When Apple Inc rolled out its iPhone in the United States, some fans paid big money to be among the first to get their hands on the device. In Poland, people are getting p... |
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Microsoft enlists Seinfeld for ad campaign: report (22 August 12:28) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jerry Seinfeld will be one of the key celebrity pitchmen in Microsoft Corp's $300 million advertising campaign aimed at changing its image, the Wall Street Journal repor... |
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Satellites track Mexico kidnap victims with chips (21 August 11:49) |
| QUERETARO, Mexico (Reuters) - Wealthy Mexicans, terrified of soaring kidnapping rates, are spending thousands of dollars to implant tiny transmitters under their skin so satellites can help ... |
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Apple, MTS agree on iPhone sales in Russia-source (21 August 10:45) |
| MOSCOW (Reuters) - Apple Inc has agreed a distribution deal with carrier Mobile TeleSystems on the sale of iPhones in Russia, one of the world's fastest growing markets for mobile telephon... |
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Palm unveils Treo Pro to battle BlackBerry (21 August 04:24) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Palm Inc unveiled a Treo smartphone Wednesday based on Microsoft Corp software to compete for business users against rivals such as Research In Motion's BlackBerry.
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Intel to build Yahoo widgets into new TV chips (21 August 08:27) |
| SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - After years of false starts aimed at bringing the Web to TV sets, Yahoo Inc said on Wednesday it is working with Intel Corp to create Web computer channels that run... |
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DreamWorks Animation, Intel tie up on 3-D movies (21 August 03:23) |
| SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Starting in 2009, all of DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc's films will be in next-generation 3-D.
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An EA merger with Take-Two gets U.S. antitrust OK (20 August 09:07) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. antitrust authorities would approve a combination of Electronic Arts Inc with rival video game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software, according to letters from ... |
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EBay lowering fixed-price sellers' listing fees (20 August 08:48) |
| SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - EBay Inc is cutting the fees U.S. sellers on its site pay for fixed-price items, in one of the company's boldest moves this year to boost merchandise for sale, lure... |
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Apple updates iPhone software to fix glitches (20 August 08:43) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc has issued a software update for the latest iPhone to help fix connection problems that led to a flurry of online complaints from customers, a European mobile... |
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Thousands of file-sharers face legal action in UK (20 August 06:13) |
| LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of people suspected of sharing music, films and games over the Internet will be pursued through the courts for damages, lawyers for entertainment companies said ... |
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Motorola unveils low-end phones for music and Web (20 August 03:17) |
| SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Motorola Inc, the world's third-largest handset maker, unveiled two new low-end phones on Wednesday that allow users to listen to songs and surf the Web.
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FCC moves to publicize digital TV switch-over (19 August 03:56) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. communications regulators will be fanning out around the country during the next six months to inform television viewers about the upcoming switch-over to digital... |
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RIM's BlackBerry Bold to hit Canada on Thursday (19 August 03:25) |
| TORONTO (Reuters) - Rogers Communications Inc , the owner of Canada's biggest wireless carrier, will start offering Research In Motion Ltd's new BlackBerry Bold on Thursday, the telecom fi... |
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Slower global demand could hurt Dell, HP (19 August 03:11) |
| SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Fears that emerging market demand for Dell Inc and Hewlett-Packard Co technology products will slow and that the U.S. dollar will strengthen in the remainder of ... |
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U.S. seeks WTO panel in hi-tech row with EU (19 August 12:20) |
| GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States asked the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on Monday for a dispute panel to settle a row with the European Union over tariffs on hi-tech goods, saying talk... |
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HP introduces lightweight business laptops (18 August 07:43) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co has announced a line of portable lightweight computers aimed at business travelers to compete with a product range announced by rival Dell Inc last ... |
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Xbox 360 beats PS3 in Japan (18 August 12:47) |
| TOKYO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's Xbox 360 beat Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 in Japan weekly sales for the first time two weeks ago, riding robust demand for a recent Xbox 360 title produced... |
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William Shatner signs off on new video autographs (18 August 11:54) |
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - William Shatner sat in a drab office staring at a TV monitor displaying a message he was supposed to read to a fan while signing an autograph, but "Star Trek's" Capta... |
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Sony plans no PS3 price cuts at Leipzig games fair (16 August 12:36) |
| BERLIN (Reuters) - Sony Corp does not plan to announce price cuts to its flagship PlayStation 3 games console at Europe's biggest video games fair in Leipzig, Germany next week, a company s... |
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Netflix says shipping back to normal (15 August 11:06) |
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Online DVD rental pioneer Netflix Inc resumed normal shipping on Friday after the most severe outage in the company's decade of operations, a spokesman said.
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Video game sales rise 28 percent in July (15 August 01:47) |
| SEATTLE (Reuters) - U.S. video game sales rose 28 percent in July from a year earlier, boosted by continued strong demand for Nintendo Co Ltd's Wii console, according to data from research ... |
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Infineon chip causing problems on iPhone: reports (15 August 01:46) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - An Infineon chip could be at the root of complaints from around the world that Apple Inc's new iPhone drops calls and has unpredictable Internet links, according to a re... |
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Want to learn astrobiology? Pick up the console (15 August 01:45) |
| SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Take a group of scientists and a video game designer and what do you get? Spore, a game that can help teach players some evolutionary biology.
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T-Mobile to offer first Android smartphone (15 August 01:43) |
| (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile USA will be the first carrier to offer a mobile phone based on Google Inc's Android software, the New York Times reported, citing people briefed on ... |
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Intelligent GPS devices tap away traffic (14 August 11:24) |
| AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Next time you're stuck in traffic on the way to an unfamiliar destination, navigation device pointing the way, look around.
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University of Toronto, IBM to launch supercomputer (14 August 10:03) |
| TORONTO (Reuters) - The University of Toronto and IBM Corp are building Canada's most powerful supercomputer, a mammoth machine that will need its own building for storage and will be capab... |
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IPhone could give Best Buy sales boost: analysts (13 August 10:51) |
| ATLANTA (Reuters) - Best Buy Co will likely gain market share from an agreement to sell Apple Inc's iPhone at its 970 U.S. stores, analysts said on Wednesday.
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Bloggers enraged over "pretty face" fakery (13 August 07:20) |
| BEIJING (Reuters) - Bloggers were up in arms on Wednesday over China's decision at the Olympic opening ceremony to have a pretty little girl lip-synching for the real singer who had crooked ... |
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Best Buy to sell iPhone in the U.S. (13 August 03:38) |
| ATLANTA (Reuters) - Best Buy Co Inc will be the first national retailer to sell Apple Inc's iPhone in the United States in a partnership that could help drive sales of a device expected to... |
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Sony may offer OLED TVs in Europe in 2009: Nikkei (13 August 10:06) |
| TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp plans to sell ultra-thin television based on organic light-emitting diode technology as early as in 2009 in Europe, the world's largest flat TV market, the Nikke... |
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Over 33,000 buyers signed up for GM electric car (13 August 09:59) |
| DETROIT (Reuters) - In a bid to show the demand for the upcoming all-electric Chevrolet Volt, a proponent of the car has released details of an unofficial waiting list for the vehicle with o... |
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Yahoo near naming Biondi, Chapple to board: source (13 August 06:39) |
| SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc is in the process of approving the appointments of former Viacom Inc CEO Frank Biondi and former Nextel Partners CEO John Chapple to its board and is ex... |
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Applied Materials profit falls amid sales slump (13 August 02:57) |
| SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Applied Materials Inc , the No. 1 computer-chip equipment maker, posted a lower quarterly profit as revenue slid 28 percent amid a slump in its industry.
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U.S. fails to prosecute Internet fraud cases: report (13 August 01:20) |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - While Web users drown in spam and fend off scams aimed at stealing their money, U.S. federal and state law enforcement authorities are doing little to resolve what has... |
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Google resolves Gmail access problems (12 August 06:00) |
| SEATTLE (Reuters) - Google Inc said on Monday it has resolved an issue with its contacts system that caused many users of its Gmail service to have trouble accessing their online e-mail.
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Allman band sues Universal over digital royalties (12 August 04:20) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Members of The Allman Brothers Band sued UMG Recordings for more than $10 million on Monday over royalties from compact discs sales and digital downloads services such a... |
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Liberty Media open to discussing AOL dial-up deal (12 August 03:53) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Liberty Media Corp would be open to discussing a deal to swap its stake in Time Warner Inc for the media conglomerate's AOL dial-up Internet business, Liberty Chairman J... |
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Lenseless glasses the new Games trend? (12 August 12:25) |
| BEIJING (Reuters) - If film stars in sunglasses in dark clubs at night seem ridiculous, it looked even more baffling when beach volleyball players at the Olympics took to the court wearing f... |
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Citigroup sees better Amazon Kindle sales (11 August 09:31) |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup said on Monday that Amazon.com Inc's Kindle electronic book reader appears to be selling much better than expected and could double a previous estimate for uni... |
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Microsoft's Zune player seeking Hollywood stardom (11 August 08:44) |
| LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Microsoft's Zune is looking to Hollywood to gain an edge on Apple's iPod.
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Google admits its AOL investment may be impaired (09 August 03:02) |
| SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc's 5 percent stake in Time Warner Inc's AOL unit may be worth less than the $1 billion the Web company paid for it in 2006, Google warned in a regulatory ... |
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