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Napster posts smaller 3Q deficit
Feb 6 2008 7:17PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - With a 15 percent jump in revenue from subscriptions, online music retailer Napster Inc. said Wednesday it spent less and lost much less in its third quarter than a year earlier.
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Cisco shares sink on forecast
Feb 6 2008 6:52PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Cisco Systems Inc.'s second-quarter profit matched Wall Street's subdued expectations, but shares of the world's largest Internet networking supplier plunged on signs that economic jitters will continue to hurt sales growth.
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Yahoo CEO hoping to thwart Microsoft
Feb 6 2008 4:44PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang told employees Wednesday that the struggling Internet pioneer is still examining ways to avoid a takeover by rival Microsoft Corp.
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IAC loses $369.9M on mortgage woes
Feb 6 2008 4:39PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp lost $369.9 million in the fourth quarter, on a big writedown at its mortgage referral business, tax expenses and costs in anticipation of the proposed spinoff of four businesses.
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Pill-sized camera can be swallowed
Feb 6 2008 4:27PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Technology that doctors expect will help detect precancerous cells faster and less painfully also could someday take cameras to parts of the body where no camera has gone before.
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Music companies sue China's Baidu, Sohu
Feb 6 2008 4:22PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Music companies have started a new fight with China's Internet industry over piracy, filing lawsuits accusing popular Web sites Baidu.com and Sohu.com of aiding illicit online copying, an industry group said Wednesday.
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Future unclear as AOL ad growth at low
Feb 6 2008 4:17PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - AOL had its slowest quarter of advertising growth since beginning its ambitious transformation into an ad-focused Internet business, increasing uncertainty about AOL's future especially as Microsoft Corp. boosts its ambitions in the same arena.
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Video chat software introduces recording
Feb 6 2008 3:57PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A new version of video chat software ooVoo released this week allows users to record chats, perhaps to post them to video-sharing sites like YouTube or just to keep them for posterity.
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Review: Meade MySky educates, entertains
Feb 6 2008 3:04PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Exploring the mysteries of the universe from the comfort of a lawn chair just got easier, thanks to a handheld sidekick from Meade Instrument Corporation.
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Review: Meade MySky educates, entertains
Feb 6 2008 3:04PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Exploring the mysteries of the universe from the comfort of a lawn chair just got easier, thanks to a handheld sidekick from Meade Instrument Corporation.
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New cable taking new route after Web cut
Feb 6 2008 2:57PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - After Internet disruptions and slowdowns engulfed a large swath of the Middle East and India, a new, more resilient cable is being laid in the Mediterranean Sea between Egypt and France, a spokesman for the cable-owner FLAG Telecom said Wednesday.
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Dish Network president steps down
Feb 6 2008 2:33PM (CT)
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - Dish Network Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Charlie Ergen will take over the duties of president after Carl Vogel resigned for personal reasons.
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Dish Network president steps down
Feb 6 2008 2:33PM (CT)
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - Dish Network Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Charlie Ergen will take over the duties of president after Carl Vogel resigned for personal reasons.
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UN: mobile haves to overtake have-nots
Feb 6 2008 1:08PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - The number of mobile phone users will overtake the number of nonusers this year for the first time, according to the U.N. telecoms agency.
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UN: mobile haves to overtake have-nots
Feb 6 2008 1:08PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - The number of mobile phone users will overtake the number of nonusers this year for the first time, according to the U.N. telecoms agency.
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Better margins boost France Telecom 2007
Feb 6 2008 1:05PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - France Telecom SA said Wednesday that 2007 net profit rose 52 percent on better margins and lower taxes, with its mobile phone businesses fueling sales.
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Blackberry maker pings Hill on patents
Feb 6 2008 11:25AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Research in Motion Ltd., the Canadian company that makes the BlackBerry smart phone, spent $890,000 in 2007 to lobby the federal government on patent reform.
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Blackberry maker pings Hill on patents
Feb 6 2008 11:25AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Research in Motion Ltd., the Canadian company that makes the BlackBerry smart phone, spent $890,000 in 2007 to lobby the federal government on patent reform.
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