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Google 4Q profit misses analysts target
Jan 31 2008 11:10PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc.'s earnings and revenue growth decelerated more than analysts anticipated during the fourth quarter, magnifying worries that the Internet search leader's moneymaking machine is bogging down as the U.S. economy teeters on the brink of recession.
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Google 4Q profit misses analysts target
Jan 31 2008 11:10PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc.'s earnings and revenue growth decelerated more than analysts anticipated during the fourth quarter, magnifying worries that the Internet search leader's moneymaking machine is bogging down as the U.S. economy teeters on the brink of recession.
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Google 4Q profit misses analysts target
Jan 31 2008 11:10PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc.'s earnings and revenue growth decelerated more than analysts anticipated during the fourth quarter, magnifying worries that the Internet search leader's moneymaking machine is bogging down as the U.S. economy teeters on the brink of recession.
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Google 4Q profit misses analysts target
Jan 31 2008 11:10PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc.'s earnings and revenue growth decelerated more than analysts anticipated during the fourth quarter, magnifying worries that the Internet search leader's moneymaking machine is bogging down as the U.S. economy teeters on the brink of recession.
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Yahoo's Semel steps down as chairman
Jan 31 2008 10:11PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Terry Semel stepped down as Yahoo Inc.'s chairman Thursday, severing his ties with the slumping Internet icon 7 1/2 months after he resigned as chief executive under shareholder pressure.
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Early winner in FCC auction: choice
Jan 31 2008 9:35PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - No matter who winds up winning a large chunk of the public airwaves, consumers aching for wireless choice won't be on the losing end.
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Early winner in FCC auction: choice
Jan 31 2008 9:35PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - No matter who winds up winning a large chunk of the public airwaves, consumers aching for wireless choice won't be on the losing end.
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Finger-thin cables tie Internet together
Jan 31 2008 9:19PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The lines that tie the globe together by carrying phone calls and Internet traffic are just two-thirds of an inch thick where they lie on the ocean floor.
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Electronic Arts swings to 3Q loss
Jan 31 2008 7:32PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. said Thursday it swung to a loss in the third quarter, hurt by restructuring charges and the way it accounts for online-enabled games.
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Electronic Arts swings to 3Q loss
Jan 31 2008 7:32PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. said Thursday it swung to a loss in the third quarter, hurt by restructuring charges and the way it accounts for online-enabled games.
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Mine safety agency OKs wireless tracker
Jan 31 2008 6:59PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal mine-safety regulators on Thursday said they approved the first wireless-tracking system to locate miners trapped underground.
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Mine safety agency OKs wireless tracker
Jan 31 2008 6:59PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal mine-safety regulators on Thursday said they approved the first wireless-tracking system to locate miners trapped underground.
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Motorola may spin off or sell phone unit
Jan 31 2008 6:24PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Struggling cell-phone maker Motorola Inc. said Thursday it is considering separating the handset unit from its other businesses in an effort to snap a deep slump that has followed its meteoric success with the Razr.
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Motorola may spin off or sell phone unit
Jan 31 2008 6:24PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Struggling cell-phone maker Motorola Inc. said Thursday it is considering separating the handset unit from its other businesses in an effort to snap a deep slump that has followed its meteoric success with the Razr.
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GPS maker sees phone as its future
Jan 31 2008 6:11PM (CT)
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) - Garmin Ltd., the nation's leading maker of satellite-powered navigational devices, is getting into the wireless phone business with a handset that incorporates GPS.
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Orascom plans phone service in NKorea
Jan 31 2008 6:03PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Egyptian wireless company Orascom plans to invest up to $400 million in a new mobile phone network in North Korea, one of the world's poorest and most tightly controlled societies.
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AT&T wireless networks disrupted
Jan 31 2008 5:27PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - AT&T Inc. said service for customers with Web-enabled wireless phones in the Midwest and Southeast was restored to normal Thursday.
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Amazon buying Audible.com for $300M
Jan 31 2008 5:12PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Web retailer Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday it will buy online audio book seller Audible Inc. for $300 million in a bid to expand its reach in digital audio content.
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Amazon buying Audible.com for $300M
Jan 31 2008 5:12PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Web retailer Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday it will buy online audio book seller Audible Inc. for $300 million in a bid to expand its reach in digital audio content.
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Sony profit up 25 pct in third quarter
Jan 31 2008 5:06PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Sony's PlayStation game business stopped losing money for the first time in six quarters, helping the company to post a 25.2 percent jump in October-December profit.
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Sony profit up 25 pct in third quarter
Jan 31 2008 5:06PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Sony's PlayStation game business stopped losing money for the first time in six quarters, helping the company to post a 25.2 percent jump in October-December profit.
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Spint Nextel may have big write-down
Jan 31 2008 4:21PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Sprint Nextel Corp., the nation's third-largest wireless provider, said Thursday it will have to write off a significant chunk of the remaining value of its 2005 purchase of Nextel Communications Inc. and several affiliates, reflecting the continued struggles of its wireless operations.
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Court rules for TiVo in patent dispute
Jan 31 2008 3:20PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld TiVo Inc.'s claims that Dish Network Corp. infringed on one of its patents, skyrocketing TiVo's shares more than 30 percent.
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Court rules for TiVo in patent dispute
Jan 31 2008 3:20PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld TiVo Inc.'s claims that Dish Network Corp. infringed on one of its patents, skyrocketing TiVo's shares more than 30 percent.
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Sweden claims site violates copyrights
Jan 31 2008 1:14PM (CT)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - A Swedish prosecutor filed charges Thursday against the organizers of popular file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, saying it has helped millions of users worldwide violate copyrights.
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Air your security gripes on TSA blog
Jan 31 2008 7:40AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Frustrated by long airport-security lines? Certain those screeners aren't paying attention? Wondering why your grandma always gets frisked? The federal government wants to hear _ or at least read _ your gripes at the "Evolution of Security" blog the Transportation Security Administration introduced Wednesday. And it promises those complaints and suggestions won't vanish into thin air.
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Damaged cables cut Internet in Mideast
Jan 31 2008 7:38AM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Internet outages disrupted business and personal usage across a wide swathe of the Middle East on Wednesday after two undersea cables in the Mediterranean were damaged, government officials and Internet service providers said.
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Cost cuts push Lenovo profit up 198 pct.
Jan 31 2008 5:41AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Lenovo Group, the world's No. 4 personal computer maker, said Thursday that profit in its third fiscal quarter rose 198 percent and forecast strong sales this year despite a possible U.S. economic slowdown.
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Myanmar arrests blogger, watchdog says
Jan 31 2008 12:28AM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Myanmar's junta has stepped up surveillance of the Internet, arresting one blogger who wrote about the stifling of free expression in the military-ruled nation, a media advocacy group said.
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