Information Technology
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Microsoft to buy Web shopping sites
Aug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- Microsoft Corp. is buying a Munich, Germany-based Web comparison shopping site and its parent company for about $486 million in cash. The Redmond, Wash.-based...
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TiVo shows another profit, but outlook weak
Aug 27, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- TiVo Inc. posted a quarterly profit for only the third time in its 11-year history Wednesday as the pioneer in digital video recorders continued to improve h...
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Netflix blames faulty hardware for massive outage
Aug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - LOS GATOS, Calif. -- Netflix Inc. is blaming a faulty piece of computer hardware for a breakdown that delayed millions of shipments to the online DVD rental service's cu...
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Broadcom to buy AMD TV-chip business
Aug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Advanced Micro Devices Inc. will sell its unit that makes chips for digital TV sets to fellow chip maker Broadcom Corp. for $192.8 million in cash, ...
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Facebook cuts off Scrabulous
Aug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A highly popular Scrabble clone already pulled from Facebook in the United States and Canada continued its tumble over the weekend as the online hangout exte...
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Research aims to put tongues in control of devices
Aug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - ATLANTA -- The tireless tongue already controls taste and speech, helps kiss and swallow and fights germs. Now scientists hope to add one more ability to the mouthy musc...
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Microsoft enlists Jerry Seinfeld for ad campaignAug 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Microsoft Corp., weary of being cast as a stodgy oldster by Apple Inc.'s advertising, is turning for help to Jerry Seinfeld. The software giant's new $300 million advert...
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Internet provider's usage cap raises questions
Aug 22, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Three months ago, Guy Distaffen switched Internet providers, lured from his cable company to his phone company by a year of free service on a two-year contra...
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Some eBay sellers frustrated with rule changes
Aug 22, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Some people who sell things on eBay.com are fed up with new rules the company has been imposing in hopes of making the auction site more attractive to online...
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Microsoft site makes digital photos into panoramas
Aug 20, 2008 11:00 pm - SEATTLE _ Digital cameras have liberated awe-struck travelers and proud parents from worrying about the price of film processing. But showing off those megapixels of mem...