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South Korea regulator probes Qualcomm
Jan 4 2007 7:08PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's antitrust regulator said Thursday it has launched a full-scale investigation into alleged unfair market practices by U.S. wireless technology company Qualcomm Inc.
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Cisco to pay $830 million for IronPort
Jan 4 2007 7:05PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Cisco Systems Inc. said Thursday it has agreed to pay $830 million in cash and stock to acquire privately held IronPort Systems Inc., a maker of anti-spam and antivirus security products.
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Studios OK movie downloads technology
Jan 4 2007 7:04PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hollywood studios have approved a new technology and licensing arrangement that should remove a major obstacle consumers now face with burning movies they buy digitally over the Internet onto a DVD that will play everywhere.
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Warner Bros. DVD will play rival formats
Jan 4 2007 5:31PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Warner Bros. is set to introduce a high definition DVD disc that can hold films and TV shows in rival and incompatible formats, the latest sign that the yearlong format war is long from over.
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YouTube ordered to block video in Brazil
Jan 4 2007 4:36PM (CT)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - A Brazilian judge has ordered YouTube to find a way to stop Brazilians from viewing steamy footage of supermodel Daniela Cicarelli and her boyfriend on the highly trafficked video-sharing site, court officials said Thursday.
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Company's vote machine test questioned
Jan 4 2007 3:56PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A company widely used across the country to test electronic voting machines has been temporarily barred by federal officials from certifying new machines.
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Company's vote machine test questioned
Jan 4 2007 3:56PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A company widely used across the country to test electronic voting machines has been temporarily barred by federal officials from certifying new machines.
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Virgin Mobile: 4.6 million subscribers
Jan 4 2007 3:31PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Virgin Mobile USA reported Thursday it finished 2006 with 4.6 million wireless subscribers, an increase of 600,000 since the last update in April by the youth-oriented cell phone provider.
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Virgin Mobile: 4.6 million subscribers
Jan 4 2007 3:31PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Virgin Mobile USA reported Thursday it finished 2006 with 4.6 million wireless subscribers, an increase of 600,000 since the last update in April by the youth-oriented cell phone provider.
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Cingular raises pay-as-you-go text rate
Jan 4 2007 2:52PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Cingular Wireless is raising the text messaging rate for customers without a monthly texting plan to 15 cents per message sent or received, an increase of 5 cents.
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Cingular raises pay-as-you-go text rate
Jan 4 2007 2:52PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Cingular Wireless is raising the text messaging rate for customers without a monthly texting plan to 15 cents per message sent or received, an increase of 5 cents.
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Tourist city sues sites over hotel taxes
Jan 4 2007 2:48PM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - The Ozarks tourist town of Branson is suing 15 Internet travel companies, including Travelocity and Expedia, claiming unpaid back taxes on hotel room bookings.
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Tourist city sues sites over hotel taxes
Jan 4 2007 2:48PM (CT)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - The Ozarks tourist town of Branson is suing 15 Internet travel companies, including Travelocity and Expedia, claiming unpaid back taxes on hotel room bookings.
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Hybrid technology to speed laptop start-up
Jan 4 2007 12:16AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Patience may be a virtue, but when it comes to getting faster boot-up times for computers, no one will complain. That's why a new industry alliance is promoting a hybrid technology to speed the start-up process for laptops.
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A's Beane joins board of NetSuite Inc.
Jan 4 2007 12:12AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Renowned for building one of baseball's most successful teams on a shoestring budget, Oakland Athletics executive Billy Beane will test his business acumen by joining the board of NetSuite Inc. _ a rising Silicon Valley company backed by computer software mogul Larry Ellison.
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