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Software cos eye key patent case in Supreme Court
AP
(07 November 10:57) |
| AP - With the technology industry looking on, the Supreme Court on Monday will explore what types of inventions should be eligible for a patent in a pivotal case that could undermine such le... |
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Bluebeat to battle EMI over Beatles songs
AFP
(07 November 09:36) |
| AFP - US online music service Bluebeat said it plans to fight British recording label EMI over rights to stream and sell versions of Beatles songs. |
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Justin Biebers World centers on young love
Reuters
(07 November 07:59) |
| Reuters - A year ago, Justin Bieber was a kid from Toronto who had a gift for singing sweet-natured covers of Usher hits, a penchant for playing the drums and a resourceful mother who posted... |
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OpenOffice Introduce Multi-Button Confusion With New Mouse
PC World
(07 November 07:51) |
| PC World - WarMouse, in collaboration with the OpenOffice.org community, revealed on Friday a new open-source mouse developed specifically for users of the OpenOffice suite. |
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Update Fixes IPhone Sync Problem With Windows 7 for Some
PC World
(07 November 06:40) |
| PC World - Gigabyte Technology issued a BIOS update on Friday that fixes a problem for some Windows 7 users who have been unable to sync their iPhones. |
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Apple Store announces Reserve And Pick Up program for the holidays
Macworldcom
(07 November 05:42) |
| Macworld.com - For you pre-Thanksgiving shoppers, the Apple retail store on Friday announced a way to get a jump on your holiday list. |
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New IBM Consulting Unit Geared To Analytics Field
Investors Business Daily
(07 November 05:00) |
| Investor's Business Daily - IBM is betting big on analytics, and Fred Balboni is leading the charge. |
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Droid Smart Phone Attracts Early Buyers
Investors Business Daily
(07 November 05:00) |
| Investor's Business Daily - U.S. Verizon stores opened their doors at 7 a.m. Friday for the launch of Motorola's Droid handset, which many observers see as a credible threat to the Apple iPh... |
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Sales Boycott over Modern Warfare 2 with Steam Trojan Horse
PC World
(07 November 04:36) |
| PC World - Steam, it seems, may finally have tromped across the proverbial bridge too far. The online PC games storefront with the sales leverage of a lion but the transparency of a two-way ... |
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CardioNet reports 3Q loss as it restructures
AP
(07 November 04:23) |
| AP - Wireless heart-monitoring device maker CardioNet Inc. fell to a loss in the third quarter, as it had ramped up marketing spending after Medicare lowered reimbursement rates on the compa... |
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Black Friday Starts Now for Savvy Shoppers
PC World
(07 November 04:23) |
| PC World - If you love Black Friday bargains, but hate the idea of pre-dawn lines, surly shoppers, and the risk of bodily harm just to score a bargain Blu-ray player or Xbox console, major U... |
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Sun Micro sales fall Oracle deal delay stings
Reuters
(07 November 04:21) |
| Reuters - Computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc suffered a 25 percent fall in quarterly revenue, as uncertainty over its delayed sale to Oracle Corp hurt its business. |
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IBM offers to swap higher-interest debt
AP
(07 November 04:04) |
| AP - IBM Corp. on Friday made an offer to certain debt holders to swap their long-term debt with bonds carrying a lower interest rate plus cash in a move to save money and bolster its balanc... |
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Internet Cell Phones Dont Increase Isolation Study Says
NewsFactor
(07 November 03:37) |
| NewsFactor - If you're worried that your employees or children are disengaging from the world by using the Internet and cell phones, relax. A new study from the Pew Internet and American Lif... |
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AIG Magna Activision Blizzard are big movers
AP
(07 November 03:35) |
| AP - The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange: |
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ATT completes delayed Centennial acquisition
AP
(07 November 03:11) |
| AP - AT&T Inc. said Friday that its acquisition of smaller wireless carrier Centennial Communications Corp., has closed after several delays due to the regulatory process. |
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Intel Antitrust Net Bug Coding Error
PC World
(07 November 03:00) |
| PC World - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed federal antitrust charges against Intel this week, with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission expected to follow suit. Security problems y... |
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xGestures updated for Snow Leopard
Macworldcom
(07 November 02:22) |
| Macworld.com - Brian Kendall has released an updated version of xGestures for Snow Leopard, which allows you to drive your Mac with "mouse gestures"âÂÂa particular combination of mo... |
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Judge stops 2 Web sites from selling Beatles songs
AP
(07 November 02:10) |
| AP - A federal judge has temporarily blocked two music-sharing Web sites from selling songs by The Beatles and other artists for 25 cents apiece. |
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Windows 7 Putting Early Sales Figures in Perspective
PC World
(07 November 01:37) |
| PC World - Initial sales numbers for Windows 7 are in and it seems that the operating system is delivering the redemption for Windows Vista that Microsoft was hoping for. Lower revenue and l... |
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Birth of the Droid Fanboy
PC World
(07 November 01:04) |
| PC World - It had to happen eventually. The launch of Motorola's Droid makes room for a new kind of fanboy in the tech world: The Droid fanboy, armed at last with a phone that fits with any ... |
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Mac developers band together for One Finger Discount
Macworldcom
(07 November 12:13) |
| Macworld.com - MacHeist threw a curveball this year by offering six Mac apps for free (well, in exchange for your name and email), so other developers got motivated to launch a good ol'-fash... |
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EBay settles lawsuit filed by Skype founders
AP
(07 November 12:12) |
| AP - EBay Inc. has settled a legal skirmish with the founders of Skype that threatened to complicate eBay's plans to sell most of the Internet phone service to a group of investors for $2 bi... |
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Report SAP CEO Asked Ellison for Meeting on Sun-EU Impasse
PC World
(07 November 12:00) |
| PC World - Shortly after European regulators opened an antitrust probe into Oracle's pending acquisition of Sun Microsystems, SAP CEO Léo Apotheker wrote Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, askin... |
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Parents plan Web broadcast for disabled daughter
AP
(06 November 11:32) |
| AP - Disabled with severe cerebral palsy, 32-year-old Anne Lamic spends her days in southeastern France mostly in bed, surrounded by stuffed animals and dolls. She cannot speak or walk, and ... |
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Baidu Deal May be First Step in Linking to Licensed Music
PC World
(06 November 11:16) |
| PC World - An announcement earlier this week that indicated that China's Baidu would start linking to licensed music downloads may not mark a fundamental change for the company, but accordin... |
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Louvre plays home to Apples first French store
Reuters
(06 November 11:12) |
| Reuters - Computer giant Apple Inc will open its first French store beneath the Louvre museum on Saturday just two weeks after Microsoft opened a theme cafe to promote its Windows 7 software... |
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EBay settles suit with Skype founders
AP
(06 November 11:03) |
| AP - EBay Inc. says a group of investors who are buying the majority of its telecommunications service, Skype, agreed to settle a legal skirmish with Skype's founders. |
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Microsoft Battles on in Mobile Search and the Cloud
PC World
(06 November 10:50) |
| PC World - As Microsoft launches Windows 7 and seeks to banish the ghost of its less-than-successful Vista OS, it is fighting to defend its primacy as the world's leading software company. |
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Has Microsoft Placed Its Last Mobile Bet
PC World
(06 November 10:50) |
| PC World - When Microsoft first started talking about building mobile-phone software back in the late 1990s, handset makers that had been in the market for years scoffed. Sure, Microsoft was... |
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Motorola Carriers Have High Hopes for Droids Launch
NewsFactor
(06 November 10:23) |
| NewsFactor - With the launch of its new Droid smartphone at Verizon Wireless stores Friday, Motorola finally appears poised to recover from a three-year slide during which its mobile handset... |
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New Call of Duty could set entertainment record
AP
(06 November 10:03) |
| AP - This holiday season's biggest entertainment blockbuster likely will be a sequel to a popular franchise, with jarring depictions of war and an intricate story of good versus evil. It cou... |
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Best Buy Will Help You Go Google Mobile
PC World
(06 November 09:34) |
| PC World - It appears Best Buy will take sides again in the software wars, this time partnering with Google to help install the Google Mobile app on new phones. |
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Windows 7 Tops Vistas Rollout as Patch Tuesday Looms
NewsFactor
(06 November 09:29) |
| NewsFactor - Score one for Windows 7. The initial sales of the latest version of Microsoft's flagship operating system surpassed Vista's performance during its first few days on the U.S. mar... |
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Deja vu Wal-Mart Amazon Target in DVD price war
AP
(06 November 09:25) |
| AP - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is upping the ante heading into the holiday season, trimming the online preorder prices of some upcoming DVDs following last month's price cut on books. |
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Activision Blizzard shares rise after 3Q results
AP
(06 November 09:00) |
| AP - Shares of Activision Blizzard Inc. rose Friday after the video game publisher posted strong third-quarter results and backed its full-year outlook amid a difficult time for the video ga... |
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Fashion house Ferragamos museum goes online
Reuters
(06 November 08:40) |
| Reuters - Italian fashion house Salvatore Ferragamo has taken a museum detailing its history and culture online, allowing young designers to add their creative touch to its shoe models. |
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Beatles Ban Takes Effect at BlueBeat
PC World
(06 November 08:35) |
| PC World - In a contentious court battle launched by record label EMI, the brazen owner of online retailer BlueBeat has begun complying with a new court order to stop selling Beatles music o... |
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A $99 8GB iPhone 3GS to Kill the Motorola Droid
PC World
(06 November 07:57) |
| PC World - AT&T and Apple are preparing a cheaper iPhone 3GS just in time for the holidays to distract from the popularity of the Motorola Droid, according to sources quoted by a BoyGenius r... |
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Internet seen censorship liable to WTO challenge
Reuters
(06 November 06:05) |
| Reuters - Censorship of the Internet is open to challenge at the World Trade Organization as it can restrict trade in services delivered online, a forthcoming study says. A censorship case a... |
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Gumblar Malwares Home Domain Is Active Again
PC World
(06 November 05:30) |
| PC World - ScanSafe researchers are seeing renewed activity regarding Gumblar, a multifunctional piece of malware that spreads by attacking PCs visiting hacked Web pages. |
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IBM Sets up Top-end Business Analytics Center in India
PC World
(06 November 05:10) |
| PC World - IBM has set up a center in Bangalore that will focus on offering high-end expertise to the business analytics market worldwide. |
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Dragon Quest IX Trumps Halo 3 ODST Madden NFL 10
PC World
(06 November 03:15) |
| PC World - Nintendo DS uber-RPG Dragon Quest IX won't reach US shores until sometime next year, but it's already leading Wii Sports Resort, Madden NFL 10, and Halo 3: |
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Woman Objects To Giving Cell Phone Number To Her Boss
Dear Abby
(06 November 12:46) |
| Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: My boss wants my cell phone number for "work purposes." He has trouble with limits, and I am reluctant to give it to him. I don't want to receive text messages, unsoli... |
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Troubling portrait emerges of Fort Hood suspect
AP
(06 November 09:46) |
| AP - His name appears on radical Internet postings. A fellow officer says he fought his deployment to Iraq and argued with soldiers who supported U.S. wars. He required counseling as a medic... |
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Judge orders US music website to drop Beatles songs
AFP
(06 November 09:18) |
| AFP - A judge ordered a California online music service to stop delivering Beatles songs to users, according to a copy of the ruling posted online. |
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AP sources Officials reviewed suspects Web posts
AP
(06 November 07:56) |
| AP - The Army psychiatrist suspected of carrying a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, had come to the attention of authorities six months ago because of Internet postings that discussed s... |
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ATT Profiles Specific Cities in Bid for Coverage
PC World
(06 November 07:20) |
| PC World - AT&T has created different mobile calling models for every major city in America as it tries to improve a network that has come under fire for poor performance as the data-friendl... |
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Windows 7 debut a hit NPD
AFP
(06 November 07:13) |
| AFP - Microsoft's new-generation Windows 7 operating system hit the ground running, with US sales in its opening days blasting past those of its Vista predecessor, according to NPD Group. |
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Postini Technology to Spread Across Google Apps
PC World
(06 November 06:00) |
| PC World - The Postini technology that lets Google Apps Premier administrators control their e-mail environments by establishing and enforcing usage policies, rules and parameters will be ex... |
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