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Paul Flaherty, AltaVista creator, dies
Mar 24 2006 6:15PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Paul A. Flaherty, a computer engineer who helped create the pioneering AltaVista online search engine, has died. He was 42.
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WashingtonPost.com blogger quits
Mar 24 2006 5:37PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A new conservative blogger for washingtonpost.com resigned Friday, a day after allegations surfaced that he had plagiarized movie reviews as a journalist in college.
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Security woes hamper Microsoft release
Mar 24 2006 4:56PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - In the half-decade it has taken Microsoft Corp. to develop a new version of its Windows computer operating system, Google Inc. has blossomed from a little-watched Internet search engine to emerge as one of Microsoft's biggest threats.
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Microsoft delays release of Office update
Mar 24 2006 3:57PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Three days after saying it will delay the consumer version of its new Windows Vista operating system, Microsoft Corp. said Friday that the update to its Office business software suite also won't appear in stores until January.
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Company to pay to settle anti-spam charges
Mar 24 2006 2:50PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - An Internet marketing company that offered free movie tickets in exchange for friends' e-mail addresses agreed to pay a $900,000 fine to settle charges it violated federal anti-spam laws, authorities said Friday.
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EU leaders call for lower roaming charges
Mar 24 2006 12:15PM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - European Union leaders called Friday for mobile phone companies to reduce or eliminate fees for travelers who want to ring home from abroad, saying some of the so-called roaming charges are excessive.
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Toshiba delays high-def DVD player debut
Mar 24 2006 10:09AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Toshiba Corp. said Friday it has postponed the release of high-definition DVD players in the United States until April, a month later than planned, so that it can synchronize the sales with title releases from Hollywood studies.
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Nevada approves new mobile gambling rules
Mar 24 2006 1:46AM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Sarah Steineker, 50, is stuck to her seat. She's got a bingo game going, and the "hot ball" jackpot is up to $14,490. But thanks to mobile gambling regulations that passed the Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday, she soon may be able to take that bingo game with her elsewhere in the casino.
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