Information Technology
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New version of social Web browser Flock
Jun 15, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Developers of a "social" Web browser called Flock have released a new test version. Like its predecessors, the Flock 2 beta uses building blocks from Mozilla...
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MySpace wins another spammer verdict
Jun 15, 2008 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- MySpace can collect $6 million from a notorious Internet marketer accused by the popular online hangout of spamming its users. An arbitrator has ruled tha...
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Elginite's online shop offers custom invitesJun 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Dori Cappas of Elgin was a new stay-at-home mom, raising her son Jackson, about 4 1/2 years ago when she wanted to buy baptism invitations. She didn't find anything she ...
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Samsung's Instinct isn't a true iPhone cloneJun 13, 2008 11:00 pm - The parade of iPhone look-alikes continues. Soon after Apple announced the first iPhone a year ago, factories in Asia, at the behest of U.S. phone carriers, were asked t...
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EBay delays PayPal-only plans
Jun 12, 2008 11:00 pm - SYDNEY, Australia -- EBay said Friday it will postpone plans to make its PayPal system the only way to pay for deals on its auction site in Australia after the antitrust...
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Feds poised to regulate cell phone cancellation fees
Jun 12, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission laid out a plan Thursday to regulate the high fees that cellular phone companies charge consumers for...
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Yahoo seeks Google's aid after Microsoft talks die
Jun 12, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo Inc. became Microsoft Corp.'s takeover prey largely because Google Inc. established such a commanding lead in the Internet's lucrative search adve...
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Feature in new Opera browser addresses portability
Jun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A new Web browser from Norway's Opera Software ASA addresses Internet users' growing tendency to use multiple computers and devices. Opera 9.5, released Thur...
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Monster Cable goes wireless with HD kit
Jun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Monster Cable Products Inc., the company that's synonymous with expensive video and audio cables, is going wireless. On Thursday, Monster is introducing a se...
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Security hole exposes several utilities to Internet attack
Jun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO - Attackers could gain control of water treatment plants, natural gas pipelines and other critical utilities because of a vulnerability in the software tha...