Information Technology
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Dell aims bright new netbook at younger students
May 18, 2009 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- Dell Inc., already the largest seller of PCs to schools worldwide, is trying to extend its lead with its first "netbook" designed for young students at a time...
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Sprint says Palm Pre to go on sale June 6
May 18, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Sprint Nextel Corp. plans to start selling Palm Inc.'s much anticipated new smart phone, the Pre, on June 6 for $200. The device could give Palm a much-neede...
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Got an unusual name? Facebook may think it's fake
May 18, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Alicia Istanbul woke up one recent Wednesday to find herself locked out of the Facebook account she opened in 2007, one Facebook suddenly deemed fake. The st...
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Scribd turns page from document sharing to selling
May 17, 2009 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Hoping to do for the written word what iTunes did for music, the online document-sharing service Scribd is opening an Internet store that will offer new...
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Rambus says FTC has dropped antitrust claims
May 13, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Rambus Inc. said Thursday that the Federal Trade Commission has dropped its claim that the memory chip company violated antitrust laws in patenting technolog...
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Google glitch disrupts search engine, e-mail
May 13, 2009 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- An unknown number of people were cut off from Google Inc.'s search engine, e-mail and other online services Thursday, sparking a flurry of frustrated ve...
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Meeting in Rosemont, power chiefs seek direction from ObamaMay 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Top executives at the nation's largest electric companies Tuesday took a few jabs at President Obama's lack of a national energy policy. Then again, they admitted that c...
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FCC: Landline number move should take 1 day, not 4
May 12, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The Federal Communications Commission is telling landline phone companies that they now have to act faster when their subscribers want to move their phone nu...
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Google's Street View halted in Greece over privacy
May 11, 2009 11:00 pm - ATHENS, Greece -- A privacy watchdog has banned Google Inc. from gathering detailed, street-level images in Greece for a planned expansion of its panoramic Street View m...
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EBay cuts auction listing fees for casual sellers
May 11, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Another fee change is coming to eBay. This one is aimed at sellers who occasionally auction off items on the online marketplace. San Jose, Calif.-based eBay ...