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Survey: More parents playing video games
Jan 26 2006 10:49PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - In a sign that video games are becoming more popular as family entertainment, a national survey released Thursday indicates joysticks aren't just for kids.
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Activists aid woman in music piracy case
Jan 26 2006 9:10PM (CT)
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - Patricia Santangelo just wanted to save money, but the mother of five quickly realized that acting as her own lawyer against the music companies accusing her of illegal downloading was a big-time money-burner.
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Philip Morris to stop supplying dealers
Jan 26 2006 8:08PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Philip Morris USA will stop supplying cigarettes to illegal Internet and mail order dealers as part of an agreement with attorneys general for 37 states and territories, New York officials said Thursday.
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AOL wins $5M judgment against spammer
Jan 26 2006 8:07PM (CT)
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A man who sent billions of junk e-mails hawking online college degrees, sexually explicit Web sites and "generic Viagra" must pay more than $5 million in penalties to America Online Inc., a federal judge ruled.
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EU: Microsoft may still face fine threat
Jan 26 2006 1:51PM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Microsoft Corp.'s new offer to let competitors examine some of the blueprints to its Windows operating system may not end the threat of daily $2.36 million fines in the European Union's antitrust case, an EU spokesman said Thursday.
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U.N. lends backing to the $100 laptop
Jan 26 2006 9:16AM (CT)
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) - The United Nations on Thursday lent its support to a project which aims to ship inexpensive, hand-cranked laptops to school-aged children worldwide.
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Google praised, chided for sanitized site
Jan 26 2006 5:29AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Google's decision to filter sensitive topics from Web searches in China is a major triumph for the regime's campaign to have the Internet censor itself, observers said Thursday, amid mounting criticism of the move.
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FTC: Identity thieves targeting children
Jan 26 2006 3:05AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Identity thieves are increasingly targeting children. Identity theft complaints involving youngsters under 18 have nearly doubled since 2003, up from 6,512 to more than 11,600 last year, the Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday.
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Microsoft to launch Internet research lab
Jan 26 2006 12:20AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft Corp. is creating a research lab devoted solely to developing Internet technology, as part of efforts to move products to market faster and better compete with rivals such as Google Inc.
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