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Videoconferencing on rise with immigrants
Mar 31 2006 7:58PM (CT)
BAY SHORE, N.Y. (AP) - For a moment, Marta Jaramillo-Ospina didn't recognize the faces on the sleek, flat-screen TV. But the smiling, waving figures quickly brought a look of recognition, then surprise, then joy, to her face.
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Microsoft warns against outside fixes
Mar 31 2006 7:58PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - When Microsoft Corp. researchers learned recently that a software flaw had been made public and could prompt Internet attacks, the company ordered a team to devote all its time to fixing the flaw and making the repair work with other products.
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Apple Corps tightly guards Beatles' legacy
Mar 31 2006 7:58PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Apple Corps Ltd., is like a doting parent when it comes to The Beatles, looking after their interests and promoting their recordings, but it also makes sure no one tries to mess with the band's legacy.
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Lawmaker: Yahoo unit had role in jailing
Mar 31 2006 5:24PM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - A Hong Kong lawmaker said Friday he has complained to a government privacy commission that Yahoo Inc.'s local affiliate provided evidence to convict a Chinese reporter sentenced to 10 years in prison for leaking state secrets.
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Digital music softens drop in album sales
Mar 31 2006 3:36PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Global sales of digital music are continuing to rise, generating revenues of $1.1 billion for record companies last year and softening an overall slump in music sales, the industry said Friday.
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Verizon adopts ad model for Yellow Pages
Mar 31 2006 1:35PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Google Inc. needed just five years to build a business with more than $6 billion in annual revenue, thanks to a cutting-edge advertising model where merchants bid for ad placement and only pay if someone clicks on their ad. Now, Verizon Communications Inc. is bringing a similar model to a staid corner of the advertising business: the printed "Yellow Pages."
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EU lets Sony, NEC set up joint venture
Mar 31 2006 12:45PM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - EU regulators on Friday cleared Sony Corp. and NEC Corp. to set up an optical disk-drive joint venture.
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Toshiba starts selling high-def DVD player
Mar 31 2006 7:30AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Toshiba began selling the first players using the next-generation HD DVD video format Friday, beating the rival Blu-ray disc format to market in a high-stakes competition to deliver theater-quality movies to living rooms.
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China shutters online store XyMarket.cn
Mar 31 2006 1:06AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Shanghai authorities have shut down an online store named for a downtown market notorious for selling counterfeit products.
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Wash. Website owner wins free speech case
Mar 31 2006 12:44AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - The state Supreme Court ruled Thursday a trial judge overreached his authority when he restricted a man from posting information on a Web site.
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