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Group: Yahoo aided crackdown on dissident
Feb 8 2006 11:11PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A Yahoo Inc. unit provided information that led to an eight-year prison sentence for a Chinese dissident, an advocacy group for journalists said Wednesday, which would be at least the second time the company has aided Chinese authorities in their crackdown on protesters.
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Toy cos. to push high-tech items at fair
Feb 8 2006 10:56PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - If children didn't get their fill of high-tech toys during the 2005 holiday season, they should brace themselves for more wizardry later this year.
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Web sites hawking phone records shut down
Feb 8 2006 7:29PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Following a wave of negative publicity and pressure from the government, several Web sites that peddled people's private phone records are calling it quits.
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Japanese company tests snow rescue robot
Feb 8 2006 7:24PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Enryu's 15-foot arms are powerful enough to lift a small passenger car, and its hands are almost as dexterous as a human's. And come next year, the 5-ton, 11.5-foot robot may soon be helping communities across Japan reach avalanche sites and clear snow.
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IFC to air short movies on its Web site
Feb 8 2006 7:24PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Budding filmmakers will have a new outlet for their work when the Independent Film Channel begins airing short movies initially produced for its Web site.
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Thailand blocks page promoting king bio
Feb 8 2006 7:24PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thai communications authorities have blocked a Web page, run by a U.S. university publisher, that promotes an unauthorized biography of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
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Google battles broadband provider fee
Feb 8 2006 8:39AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Internet giant Google said Tuesday that the wide variety of Web sites might shrink if broadband providers like AT&T start charging companies for premium access to high-speed networks.
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