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Taiwan's Acer eyes Chinese rival
Mar 30 2007 11:19PM (CT)
HSICHIH, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan's Acer Inc. wants to be known as the Ferrari of personal computers. Seeking to climb past Chinese rival Lenovo to become the world's No. 3 PC maker, Acer has tied up with the iconic Italian automaker to convey to consumers that its computers have a special sleekness to them _ a distinction, it hopes, that separates its machines from the plain boxes of other manufacturers.
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Microsoft: Attacks on Windows flaw rise
Mar 30 2007 6:45PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Hackers stepped up attacks Friday on computers running some versions of Windows, a day after Microsoft disclosed a hole related to the mouse cursor. Microsoft Corp. sent out a security advisory Thursday warning customers that a vulnerability in ".ani" files _ used to change the cursor into an hourglass while a program works, or into a dancing animal or other animation on specially designed Web sites _ was allowing hackers to break into computers and install malicious software.
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Construction on online back alley halted
Mar 30 2007 6:45PM (CT)
LISBON, Portugal (AP) - A key Internet oversight agency put the brakes on plans to construct an online red-light district, rejecting for a third time a proposal to create a voluntary ".xxx" address for pornographic Web sites.
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Construction on online back alley halted
Mar 30 2007 6:45PM (CT)
LISBON, Portugal (AP) - A key Internet oversight agency put the brakes on plans to construct an online red-light district, rejecting for a third time a proposal to create a voluntary ".xxx" address for pornographic Web sites.
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Construction on online back alley halted
Mar 30 2007 6:45PM (CT)
LISBON, Portugal (AP) - A key Internet oversight agency put the brakes on plans to construct an online red-light district, rejecting for a third time a proposal to create a voluntary ".xxx" address for pornographic Web sites.
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Experts: Take-Two coup a governance win
Mar 30 2007 4:08PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The shareholder uprising that threw out nearly the entire board of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. was a victory for investors who are fighting for new leadership at troubled companies, corporate governance experts said Friday.
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Experts: Take-Two coup a governance win
Mar 30 2007 4:08PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The shareholder uprising that threw out nearly the entire board of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. was a victory for investors who are fighting for new leadership at troubled companies, corporate governance experts said Friday.
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WTO rebuffs U.S. on Internet betting ban
Mar 30 2007 11:24AM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - The U.S. has failed to change its ban on Internet betting to comply with a World Trade Organization ruling that said the legislation unfairly targets offshore casinos, the global trade body said Friday.
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Text messaging blocked in Cambodia
Mar 30 2007 10:50AM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Cell phone text messaging will be blocked during this weekend's local elections in Cambodia, where the government is imposing a two-day "tranquility period" to keep voters from being inundated with campaign messages.
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Text messaging blocked in Cambodia
Mar 30 2007 10:50AM (CT)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Cell phone text messaging will be blocked during this weekend's local elections in Cambodia, where the government is imposing a two-day "tranquility period" to keep voters from being inundated with campaign messages.
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Dell: Audit found evidence of misconduct
Mar 30 2007 4:54AM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - In the most serious admission yet of the extent of Dell Inc.'s financial woes, the company's internal audit committee said it has found a number of accounting errors and evidence of misconduct in its months-long review of previous earnings statements.
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Brazil offers Internet access to Indians
Mar 30 2007 2:48AM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Brazil's government said it will provide free Internet access to native Indian tribes in the Amazon in an effort to help protect the world's biggest rain forest.
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Chinese cell phone makers make U.S. push
Mar 30 2007 12:14AM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Two Chinese cell phone makers are looking to crack the U.S. market, both stressing fashion to make their statement but pursuing divergent strategies to make their mark.
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