Information Technology
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Netflix resumes normal shipping after 3-day glitch
Aug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Online DVD rental leader Netflix Inc. resumed normal shipments Friday after its distribution centers were crippled by three days of severe technical pro...
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New magazine-sharing site may violate copyrights
Aug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The magazine industry, already facing a decline in newsstand sales and falling ad revenue, is being besieged by a new foe: digital piracy. A fledgling Web si...
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New BlackBerry expected within month in North America
Aug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - TORONTO -- The new BlackBerry model should be coming to North America within a month now that Research In Motion Ltd. has started selling it in Germany and Chile. The Bl...
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Intel PCs to wake up for phone callsAug 13, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Intel Corp. is unveiling new technology that will let computers wake up from their power-saving sleep state when they receive a phone call over the Internet....
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Whiz looks to manage fantasy football leagues through Facebook
Aug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO - By the time he graduated from MIT, Jeff Ma already had led a life many guys dream about. His card-counting prowess at blackjack tables during wild weeken...
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Researchers turning car's exhaust into power
Aug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - WARREN, Mich. -- The stinky, steaming air that escapes from a car's tailpipe could help us use less gas. Researchers are competing to meet a challenge from the U.S. Depa...
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Intel's new chip to be called Core i7
Aug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Intel Corp. said Sunday it plans to sell its new generation of chips for desktop computers under the established "Core" brand, with the first chip...
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Hacker indictment greeted with muted response
Aug 09, 2008 11:00 pm - LAS VEGAS - Federal authorities are calling it the largest hacking and identity theft case yet. But last week's indictments of 11 people who allegedly plundered millions...
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Google feels its investment in AOL is crumbling
Aug 08, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO - In an assessment that could lead to a substantial charge against its future profits, Google Inc. believes its $1 billion investment in advertising partne...
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Reporters booted from conference for hacking
Aug 07, 2008 11:00 pm - LAS VEGAS -- With thousands of hackers milling around the Black Hat convention here, and widespread snooping on the public Wi-Fi network, one place was supposed to be of...