Information Technology
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Google takes aim at Microsoft with new Web browser
Sep 01, 2008 11:00 pm - MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- The new Web browser that Google Inc. released Tuesday is designed to expand its huge lead in the Internet search market and reduce Microsoft Cor...
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Gates Foundation makes another management change
Sep 01, 2008 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- The world's largest charitable foundation is going through another major management shift this week, but the arrival of a new CEO comes with much less fanfare...
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Apple still shines despite iPhone's bugs
Aug 29, 2008 11:00 pm - First an iPhone price cut left early buyers feeling foolish, and then came reports that some iPods were spitting sparks. Now the new iPhone 3G has been marred by bugs, ...
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Court ruling boosts video sharing
Aug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Legal analysts say a federal judge's ruling absolving a Web site of responsibility for the posting of copyrighted video clips without their owner's cons...
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Dell 2Q profit drops 17 percent, stock plunges
Aug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Computer maker Dell Inc. said Thursday its fiscal second-quarter profit fell 17 percent, hurt in part by PC price cuts. Both earnings and margins fell short of Wall Stre...
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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...