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Magazine shuns ads for in-game trades
Jan 18 2006 7:08PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - PC Gamer, the country's largest magazine of its kind, will stop taking ads from companies involved in the trade of virtual objects and characters from online role-playing games.
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Students want operator to settle claims
Jan 18 2006 7:03PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Students sued by the recording industry for using the now-defunct i2hub online file-sharing network are demanding that its operator pay to settle music copyright-infringement claims.
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Carriers submit bids to wire NYC subways
Jan 18 2006 6:58PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Several major wireless carriers submitted bids Wednesday to wire 277 New York subway stations for cell phone use, including one proposal that involves four of the nation's biggest carriers forming an alliance.
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Maglev elevators set to debut in Japan
Jan 18 2006 6:46PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Elevators controlled by magnetic levitation are set to debut as early as 2008, promising speedier, quieter and more comfortable lifts.
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Report: China Net population hits 111M
Jan 18 2006 6:40PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's Internet population, already the world's second largest after the United States, has risen to 111 million, state media reported.
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High-tech prison to open in Netherlands
Jan 18 2006 6:30PM (CT)
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - A high-tech prison opening this week where inmates wear electronic wristbands that track their every movement and guards monitor cells using emotion-recognition software.
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Hackers attack U.K. student's Web site
Jan 18 2006 5:57PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - A Web site that earned an enterprising British student $1 million suffered a crippling attack by ransom-seeking hackers.
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RIM: BlackBerry shutdown may hurt U.S.
Jan 18 2006 4:11PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Research In Motion Ltd. says its BlackBerry e-mail device is so critical that a court-ordered shutdown of U.S. service could threaten public safety and business productivity.
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Maine touts recycling computer monitors
Jan 18 2006 3:59PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A first-in-the-nation law went into effect Wednesday in Maine, requiring makers of televisions and computer monitors to pick up the tab to recycle and safely dispose of their products once they are discarded.
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Survey finds Google is strong in China
Jan 18 2006 8:52AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - A survey of Chinese Web surfers found U.S.-based search giant Google in an unexpectedly strong position to challenge domestic rival Baidu.com, according to results released Wednesday.
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Court bars tirade on Malaysian Web site
Jan 18 2006 8:03AM (CT)
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - A court told a disgruntled car owner he cannot chronicle the alleged defects of his Malaysian-made Perodua and his tirade against the car maker on a personal Web site.
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