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Review: TaxCut is best tax prep program
Feb 15 2006 7:12PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - As a single renter in my 20s, my taxes used to be so easy I'd do them by hand, in my pajamas, in half an hour. But this year I moved for work, got a raise and started to focus on investments.
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Experts: India must confront challenges
Feb 15 2006 6:48PM (CT)
BOMBAY, India (AP) - Language barriers, a fragmented market and strong local players in France and Germany are some challenges India's outsourcing firms need to confront if they want business opportunities from Europe, industry leaders and software experts say.
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Study: Internet users go online for fun
Feb 15 2006 6:42PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Some people go online just for the sake of it: A new study finds that on any given day, nearly a third of U.S. Internet users log on just for fun or to pass the time.
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Online game addresses gay-rights uproar
Feb 15 2006 6:41PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A gay-rights uproar in the popular "World of Warcraft" online game has spurred the game's maker to review its treatment of gay players.
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Nokia, Motorola show cellular-VoIP phones
Feb 15 2006 6:24PM (CT)
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - "Call me back on the landline" may soon sound like a quaint, turn-of-the-century instruction to the ears of many mobile phone users.
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Toshiba develops mobile-phone technology
Feb 15 2006 6:11PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Checking out the Internet buzz about a DVD, book or candy while on the go will become as easy as taking a snapshot of the bar code on a product.
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Congress chides 4 tech giants over China
Feb 15 2006 5:54PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Four U.S. high-tech companies on Wednesday found themselves branded collaborators with the Chinese government in suppressing dissent in return for access to a booming Internet market.
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Sprint Nextel music downloads hit 1M mark
Feb 15 2006 5:04PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Sprint Nextel Corp. said Wednesday that customers of its Sprint Music Store have downloaded 1 million songs since it opened Oct. 24.
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Microsoft answers EU antitrust complaints
Feb 15 2006 1:49PM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Microsoft Corp., under threat of 2 million euros ($2.38 million) a day in fines, on Wednesday answered European Union complaints that it had failed to comply with an antitrust ruling by outlining a list of its own accusations.
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Nintendo DS machine to work as portable TV
Feb 15 2006 1:20PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The Nintendo DS handheld video-game machine will work as a portable TV with a card equipped with a tuner and antenna that allows people to watch digital broadcast, the company president said Wednesday.
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Nintendo device to have Internet browsers
Feb 15 2006 1:19PM (CT)
OSLO, Norway (AP) - Opera Software AS will supply Internet browsers for Nintendo Co.'s hugely popular dual-screen handheld game device, the Norwegian company's chief executive said Wednesday.
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Gates outlines computer security efforts
Feb 15 2006 7:36AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Looking to simplify online transactions and make them safer, Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates showed off a tool that could replace the need to manually enter usernames and passwords to unlock the doors of the Internet.
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China uncovers 172 Internet piracy cases
Feb 15 2006 3:06AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China said Wednesday that a four-month crackdown uncovered 172 cases of piracy involving movies, music, games, books and software sold or shared illegally over the Internet.
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