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Nuclear lab develops powerful dust rag
Mar 2 2007 10:40PM (CT)
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) - This is one cleaning that could pass anybody's white-glove test. A high-tech dust rag developed by a research chemist at a nuclear weapons plant can pick up potentially deadly beryllium particles that are 20 times smaller than what can be seen with the naked eye. Its inventor, Ron Simandl, says it could be used to mop up industrial accidents or wipe down semiconductor "clean rooms."
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BBC-YouTube pact seen as 'win' for both
Mar 2 2007 10:07PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - The British Broadcasting Corp. began showing excerpts from its news and entertainment programs on the YouTube video-sharing Web site Friday, becoming the first international broadcaster to ink a major deal with the Google Inc.-owned portal.
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Zander got $13.2M from Motorola in '06
Mar 2 2007 6:59PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Motorola Inc. Chief Executive Ed Zander received $13.2 million in compensation in 2006, according to a proxy statement filed Friday, for a year in which the cell-phone maker boosted sales and market share but saw profits decline under pressure from rivals.
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Qwest's Anschutz to sell most of stake
Mar 2 2007 5:51PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Qwest Communications International Inc. founder Philip Anschutz has agreed to sell all but a handful of his remaining shares in the company, according to filings with federal regulators.
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Qwest's Anschutz to sell most of stake
Mar 2 2007 5:51PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Qwest Communications International Inc. founder Philip Anschutz has agreed to sell all but a handful of his remaining shares in the company, according to filings with federal regulators.
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IBM, American Air parent in $217M deal
Mar 2 2007 3:41PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - AMR Corp., the parent of American Airlines, is hiring International Business Machines Corp. to perform some of its personnel chores in a $217 million deal that will run for 7 1/2 years, the companies said Friday.
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IBM, American Air parent in $217M deal
Mar 2 2007 3:41PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - AMR Corp., the parent of American Airlines, is hiring International Business Machines Corp. to perform some of its personnel chores in a $217 million deal that will run for 7 1/2 years, the companies said Friday.
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Microsoft wins round with Alcatel-Lucent
Mar 2 2007 3:39PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Speech coding technology used in several Microsoft Corp. applications does not infringe on an Alcatel-Lucent SA patent, a federal judge decided Thursday.
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Microsoft wins round with Alcatel-Lucent
Mar 2 2007 3:39PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Speech coding technology used in several Microsoft Corp. applications does not infringe on an Alcatel-Lucent SA patent, a federal judge decided Thursday.
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Dell 4Q earnings, revenues drop
Mar 2 2007 11:05AM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Dell Inc.'s fourth-quarter profits plunged 33 percent because of weak sales of laptops and notebooks, and the computer maker still faces an unresolved federal accounting probe, customer service complaints, several shareholder lawsuits and stiff competition from rivals.
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Dell 4Q earnings, revenues drop
Mar 2 2007 11:05AM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Dell Inc.'s fourth-quarter profits plunged 33 percent because of weak sales of laptops and notebooks, and the computer maker still faces an unresolved federal accounting probe, customer service complaints, several shareholder lawsuits and stiff competition from rivals.
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Teen who posted `Catch me' on Web caught
Mar 2 2007 9:21AM (CT)
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) - A 16-year-old fugitive believed to have posted a "Catch me if you can" message on his MySpace Web page was captured Friday, three days after his escape from a detention center, an official said.
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Teen who posted `Catch me' on Web caught
Mar 2 2007 9:21AM (CT)
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) - A 16-year-old fugitive believed to have posted a "Catch me if you can" message on his MySpace Web page was captured Friday, three days after his escape from a detention center, an official said.
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Lenovo recalls 205,000 laptop batteries
Mar 2 2007 5:01AM (CT)
RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) - Chinese PC maker Lenovo Inc. recalled about 205,000 laptop computer batteries made by Japan's Sanyo Electric Co., warning that they could overheat and cause a fire.
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Sony, Immersion settle PlayStation suit
Mar 2 2007 3:31AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Sony Corp. and Immersion Corp. said Thursday they have settled their long-simmering patent dispute over the vibration technology that shakes video game controllers, and will work together to bring the so-called "rumble" function back to PlayStation products.
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Sanyo defends batteries in Lenovo recall
Mar 2 2007 1:05AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Sanyo Electric Co. defended laptop computer batteries that it made and were subject to a worldwide recall on Friday, saying the problem resulted from strong external impact to the battery and was not a problem with the batteries "themselves."
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Plug pulled on Ground Zero Webcam
Mar 2 2007 12:06AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The view of ground zero just got a little smaller. The agency that oversaw the redesign of the World Trade Center site on Thursday stopped posting on its Web site hourly images from a camera pointed at ground zero.
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