Information Technology
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Motorola to keep set-top box and phone units togetherJul 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Motorola Inc. said it plans to keep its mobile phone and set-top box unit together to develop more products that harness both technologies. "That's absolutely the plan,"...
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YouTube boosts upload limit to 15 minutesJul 28, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- In case 10 minutes isn't enough to show off your guitar solo skills or Lady Gaga impersonation, YouTube has raised the limit it places on video uploads to 15...
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Bunker-busting ATM attacks show security holesJul 28, 2010 11:00 pm - LAS VEGAS -- A hacker has discovered a way to force ATMs to disgorge their cash by hijacking the computers inside them. The attacks demonstrated Wednesday targeted stand...
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In iPhone, adult industry sees pocket porn marketJul 28, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- It's a maxim of technology: Invent the newest gadget and the porn industry will find a way to cash in. So when Apple Inc. launched the iPhone 4 and its FaceT...
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Amazon CEO hopes new Kindles stoke salesJul 28, 2010 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- Jeff Bezos isn't just confident you'll want a Kindle e-book reader. The CEO of Amazon.com is bracing for a future in which you'll also want ones for your kid ...
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Authors criticize agency's e-book deal with AmazonJul 25, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A literary agency's decision to publish e-editions of "Lolita," ''Invisible Man" and other classics and sell them exclusively through Amazon.com received a m...
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UAE: BlackBerry, smartphones are security threatJul 25, 2010 11:00 pm - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Emirati officials have declared BlackBerry smartphones a potential threat to national security because users' data is stored overseas, whe...
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Disney said to be in talks to buy Facebook games maker PlaydomJul 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Walt Disney Co. is in talks to buy Playdom Inc., maker of video games played on the Facebook social-networking website, according to a person with knowledge of the negot...
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Phone group sues San Francisco over radiation lawJul 23, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The wireless industry sued the city of San Francisco on Friday to stop a law that requires cell phone stores to post how much radio energy each model emits....
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Verizon's buyout of 11,000 workers weighs on marginsJul 22, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Verizon Communications Inc. on Friday said it lost $198 million in the second quarter due to a buyout for 11,000 workers. Excluding the severance costs and o...