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Data lost on 650,000 credit card holders
Jan 17 2008 10:47PM (CT)
PLANO, Texas (AP) - Personal information on about 650,000 customers of J.C. Penney and up to 100 other retailers could be compromised after a computer tape went missing. GE Money, which handles credit card operations for Penney and many other retailers, said Thursday night that the missing information includes Social Security numbers for about 150,000 people.
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Nintendo tops video game sales in 2007
Jan 17 2008 8:31PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Fueled by the success of Nintendo Co.'s Wii and Microsoft's "Halo 3," more video games were sold in the U.S. in 2007 than in any other year, with retail sales hitting $17.94 billion, according to the NPD Group.
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Seagate 2Q profit jumps by $263 million
Jan 17 2008 7:25PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Fueled by insatiable consumer and business demand for storage, hard-drive maker Seagate Technology's fiscal second-quarter earnings nearly tripled as shipments rose 20 percent year over year, the company said Thursday.
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Major shareholder wants Comcast CEO out
Jan 17 2008 7:19PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - One of the largest shareholders of Comcast Corp. is upset with the cable operator's flagging stock price and wants the chief executive ousted.
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Major shareholder wants Comcast CEO out
Jan 17 2008 7:19PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - One of the largest shareholders of Comcast Corp. is upset with the cable operator's flagging stock price and wants the chief executive ousted.
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AMD posts wider 4Q loss on charges
Jan 17 2008 6:37PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Still bleeding from a costly acquisition of a graphics chip company, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. slashed the value of that company by $1.6 billion in the fourth quarter _ but, with sales of microprocessors surging, managed to post a much narrower loss than analysts feared it would.
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IBM's forecasts strong earnings
Jan 17 2008 6:09PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - International Business Machines Corp. told Wall Street to raise its 2008 estimates Thursday, further boosting a stock that was already buoyed by strong fourth-quarter earnings.
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Google.org to disburse more than $26M
Jan 17 2008 4:55PM (CT)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - Google Inc.'s philanthropic arm is making more than $26 million in new grants and investments in organizations and companies devoted to causes that the Internet search leader believes will help make the world a better place.
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Seagate 2Q profit jumps by $263 million
Jan 17 2008 4:33PM (CT)
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - Hard drive maker Seagate Technology said Thursday its fiscal second-quarter earnings jumped by 188 percent as shipments rose 20 percent year over year.
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Seagate 2Q profit jumps by $263 million
Jan 17 2008 4:33PM (CT)
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - Hard drive maker Seagate Technology said Thursday its fiscal second-quarter earnings jumped by 188 percent as shipments rose 20 percent year over year.
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EU may cut cost of texting, mobile data
Jan 17 2008 3:34PM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Europeans are paying high prices to send cell-phone text messages or use mobile Internet services outside their own country, the EU's telecoms chief said Thursday, just months after the EU capped roaming charges for calls.
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New cyber-security rules for power cos.
Jan 17 2008 3:33PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal regulators on Thursday approved the first cyber-security standards for the nation's electric industry, following growing concerns about the power grid's vulnerabilities.
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UK says it wants to tackle Net terror
Jan 17 2008 3:30PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Britain's top law-and-order official wants extremist content off the Web, saying Thursday she intends to deny Islamist ideologues the use of a key recruitment tool.
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Time Warner links web prices with usage
Jan 17 2008 1:53PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Time Warner Cable will experiment with a new pricing structure for high-speed Internet access later this year, charging customers based on how much data they download, a company spokesman said Wednesday.
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Time Warner links web prices with usage
Jan 17 2008 1:53PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Time Warner Cable will experiment with a new pricing structure for high-speed Internet access later this year, charging customers based on how much data they download, a company spokesman said Wednesday.
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Companies launch gadget buyback services
Jan 17 2008 6:53AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - We think a lot about getting new gadgets, but not so much about getting rid of old ones. The result: old cell phones, defunct laser printers and Pentium III computers gathering dust.
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Oracle to buy BEA for $7.85 billion
Jan 17 2008 3:30AM (CT)
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. (AP) - Business software maker Oracle Corp. agreed Wednesday to buy BEA Systems Inc. for about $7.85 billion, a compromise price that ends a months-long dispute over the value of the company that pioneered Web services software.
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Oracle to buy BEA for $7.85 billion
Jan 17 2008 3:30AM (CT)
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. (AP) - Business software maker Oracle Corp. agreed Wednesday to buy BEA Systems Inc. for about $7.85 billion, a compromise price that ends a months-long dispute over the value of the company that pioneered Web services software.
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