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Microsoft releases Windows Vista preview
Feb 22 2006 8:24PM (CT)
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - Microsoft Corp. is giving businesses a preview of Vista, the next version of its flagship Windows operating system.
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Review: Purse-sized laptops have appeal
Feb 22 2006 8:24PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Nobody wants to lug around a 10-pound laptop anymore, but while computer makers scramble to roll out models that are ever smaller and lighter, nobody has stopped to ask just how small is too small.
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Google, EarthLink team up on Wi-Fi bid
Feb 22 2006 8:24PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc. is joining EarthLink Inc. in a bid to build a wireless network in San Francisco that would offer basic Internet access for free and charge about $20 per month to surf the Web at higher speeds.
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Man gets 8 years in data theft case
Feb 22 2006 7:32PM (CT)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A Florida man was sentenced Wednesday to eight years in prison in a computer theft case involving more than 1 billion records that Acxiom Corp., a data-management company, collected in its work for large corporations.
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R.I. bank unveils touch-and-go bank cards
Feb 22 2006 6:23PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A regional bank is offering touch-and-go banking in which customers can hold debit cards next to an electric reader instead of swiping the cards.
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Online game ID theft victimizes thousands
Feb 22 2006 4:16PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - More than 220,000 South Koreans have been victims of online identity theft in connection with a popular Web-based fantasy game, a sign of growing problems with information protection in one of the world's most wired countries.
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Dutch labor union launches Net option
Feb 22 2006 4:14PM (CT)
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - To attract new members, a Dutch union has launched an Internet-based version of itself with reduced benefits for a tiny fraction of its usual dues.
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EU proposes creating technology institute
Feb 22 2006 4:10PM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The European Union wants to create a rival to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, reflecting fears that academic standards are slipping and Europe will no longer be able to compete globally.
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Internet users oppose storage of queries
Feb 22 2006 4:06PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Most Americans are uncomfortable with the fact that Internet search engines record their users' queries, according to a survey released Wednesday that examined perceptions about federal authorities' demands for such records.
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U.S. issues rejection in BlackBerry case
Feb 22 2006 3:34PM (CT)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The U.S. patent office on Wednesday issued its first of several anticipated final rejections of patents held by NTP Inc. related to Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry device, two days before a judge will hear arguments on an injunction on the wireless e-mail service.
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Microsoft rivals file antitrust complaint
Feb 22 2006 12:25PM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - A group of Microsoft Corp.'s rivals filed a complaint with the European Commission on Wednesday, alleging its business practices threatened to deny real choice among competing software products.
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Gartner: Server sales up sharply in 2005
Feb 22 2006 3:42AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Worldwide server shipments jumped 12.7 percent in 2005 while revenues increased 4.5 percent to $51.68 billion as companies turned to lower-end _ and less expensive _ systems for their computing needs, the research firm Gartner Inc. reported.
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Google hires web pioneer Larry Brilliant
Feb 22 2006 3:40AM (CT)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - Google Inc. has hired online pioneer and veteran philanthropist Larry Brilliant to run a charitable foundation that's trying to fulfill the Internet search engine leader's promise to make the world a better place.
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