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MySpace hit with online predator suits
Jan 18 2007 11:21PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Four families have sued News Corp. and its MySpace social-networking site after their underage daughters were sexually abused by adults they met on the site, lawyers for the families said Thursday.
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Analysts: Apple luster still strong
Jan 18 2007 7:53PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - With iPod sales still soaring, Apple Inc. reaped record profit during the holiday quarter and stands to remain a Wall Street darling despite issuing a second-quarter forecast that fell below analyst expectations.
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Analysts: iPhone prices may go down
Jan 18 2007 7:25PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Apple Inc. will have plenty of room to eventually reduce the retail price of its upcoming iPhone, according to preliminary gross margin estimates by a market research company.
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Neteller exits; online gambling won't
Jan 18 2007 7:06PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Though payment processor Neteller PLC is the latest and largest such company to pull out of the lucrative but illegal U.S. online gambling market, industry observers said other e-wallet sites would come forward to take its place.
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Credit cos. watchful after TJX breach
Jan 18 2007 5:53PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Banks and credit card companies scrambled to notify their customers to watch for fraudulent activity after TJX Cos., parent of retailers Marshalls and T.J. Maxx, disclosed thefts of customer data from its computer system.
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Landline phone ownership drops sharply
Jan 18 2007 5:35PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans with traditional landline telephones has declined sharply over the past three years _ a trend with ramifications for phone surveys that inform policy and market research.
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Review: The watch tells who's calling
Jan 18 2007 3:56PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Among consumer gadgets, watches are an odd category. The most expensive and prestigious watches aren't the ones with the most functions or the most up-to-date chips _ they're the ones that do the least, in as old-fashioned a way as possible. Just think of mechanical Rolexes.
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LG's new phone resembles iPhone
Jan 18 2007 3:11PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's LG Electronics Co. said Thursday it will start selling next month a new mobile phone that incorporates a buttonless touch-screen resembling the much-hyped iPhone from Apple Inc.
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Lawyer: Plea offered to Dunn in HP case
Jan 18 2007 2:09PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - State prosecutors offered to drop felony charges against former Hewlett-Packard Co. Chairwoman Patricia Dunn and the four other defendants in the company's boardroom spying scandal if they agree to plead guilty to a misdemeanor, a defense lawyer said Thursday.
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Skype to launch domestic calling plans
Jan 18 2007 2:42AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The Internet phone service Skype is introducing new domestic calling plans for 24 countries, plus Hong Kong, where users will pay a monthly subscription and a connection fee but no per-minute charges.
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Review: Alltel Celltop program simplified
Jan 18 2007 2:40AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It remains to be seen whether the iPhone can bring Apple's simplifying magic to the mobile torture known as using the Internet on a cell phone.
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EBay heightens security precautions
Jan 18 2007 1:24AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Executives at eBay Inc. are touting security as their top priority in 2007 after an internal survey showed that online scammers may be denting the company's reputation.
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