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Amazon launches text-message shopping
Apr 1 2008 11:35PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Amazon.com Inc.'s brick-and-mortar competitors have yet another reason to fear the Web: a new service that lets shoppers compare prices and buy things with a few quick taps on their cell phones.
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Amazon launches text-message shopping
Apr 1 2008 11:35PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Amazon.com Inc.'s brick-and-mortar competitors have yet another reason to fear the Web: a new service that lets shoppers compare prices and buy things with a few quick taps on their cell phones.
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Mobile commerce is Japan's e-commerce
Apr 1 2008 11:01PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Screams erupted from 22,000 young women in frothy prints, boots, really short shorts and glittery jewelry whenever a model _ dressed similarly _ waltzed down the runway in a Tokyo stadium.
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Mobile commerce is Japan's e-commerce
Apr 1 2008 11:01PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Screams erupted from 22,000 young women in frothy prints, boots, really short shorts and glittery jewelry whenever a model _ dressed similarly _ waltzed down the runway in a Tokyo stadium.
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Mobile commerce is Japan's e-commerce
Apr 1 2008 11:01PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Screams erupted from 22,000 young women in frothy prints, boots, really short shorts and glittery jewelry whenever a model _ dressed similarly _ waltzed down the runway in a Tokyo stadium.
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Mobile commerce is Japan's e-commerce
Apr 1 2008 11:01PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Screams erupted from 22,000 young women in frothy prints, boots, really short shorts and glittery jewelry whenever a model _ dressed similarly _ waltzed down the runway in a Tokyo stadium.
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Mobile commerce is Japan's e-commerce
Apr 1 2008 11:01PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Screams erupted from 22,000 young women in frothy prints, boots, really short shorts and glittery jewelry whenever a model _ dressed similarly _ waltzed down the runway in a Tokyo stadium.
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Australia cancels broadband deal
Apr 1 2008 10:39PM (CT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - The Australian government has terminated a 958 million Australian dollar ($869 million) agreement with a Singapore-backed consortium to build a rural broadband network, officials said Wednesday.
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Nokia tablet to use Sprint WiMax network
Apr 1 2008 8:05PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Sprint Nextel Corp.'s new ultrafast cellular data network is getting some support from Nokia Corp., which said Tuesday it is going to launch a Web-browsing "tablet" for the WiMax network as it goes live this summer.
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Nokia tablet to use Sprint WiMax network
Apr 1 2008 8:05PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Sprint Nextel Corp.'s new ultrafast cellular data network is getting some support from Nokia Corp., which said Tuesday it is going to launch a Web-browsing "tablet" for the WiMax network as it goes live this summer.
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Microsoft file format gets ISO signoff
Apr 1 2008 7:22PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - The format Microsoft Corp.'s Office 2007 programs use to save documents was approved as an international standard Tuesday, a step the company touted as proof it is willing to make once-proprietary technology work openly with competing programs.
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Microsoft file format gets ISO signoff
Apr 1 2008 7:22PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - The format Microsoft Corp.'s Office 2007 programs use to save documents was approved as an international standard Tuesday, a step the company touted as proof it is willing to make once-proprietary technology work openly with competing programs.
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CNet dissidents outline turnaround plan
Apr 1 2008 4:12PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Dissident shareholders belittled CNet Networks Inc.'s leadership as incompetent and lackadaisical in its latest efforts to steer the slumping technology news and entertainment company in a new direction.
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CNet dissidents outline turnaround plan
Apr 1 2008 4:12PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Dissident shareholders belittled CNet Networks Inc.'s leadership as incompetent and lackadaisical in its latest efforts to steer the slumping technology news and entertainment company in a new direction.
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IBM federal ban tied to contract it lost
Apr 1 2008 4:08PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - IBM Corp.'s ban from all new federal work stems from an $84 million Environmental Protection Agency contract the company lost last year and is protesting.
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Time is right for Linux PCs to emerge
Apr 1 2008 3:23PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The free Linux operating system handles big tasks like running supercomputers and ATMs. Now Linux has a chance to finally crack Microsoft Corp.'s hold on computing's most visible domain _ mainstream PCs _ because of the rise of innovative, inexpensive machines.
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FCC chairman rejects Skype petition
Apr 1 2008 3:08PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Federal Communications Commission should reject a petition by eBay Inc.'s Skype division to require wireless operators to allow any device on their networks, the agency's chairman said Tuesday.
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Computer bug eats Ind. students' grades
Apr 1 2008 2:18PM (CT)
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A computer malfunction wiped out a month's worth of grades at three high schools and one middle school, giving struggling students a second chance but dismaying others.
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Computer bug eats Ind. students' grades
Apr 1 2008 2:18PM (CT)
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A computer malfunction wiped out a month's worth of grades at three high schools and one middle school, giving struggling students a second chance but dismaying others.
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Sprint to sell iPhone-like device
Apr 1 2008 1:32PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Sprint Nextel Corp. on Tuesday said it is betting heavily on a touch-screen phone that appears to be the closest thing the U.S. market has seen to Apple Inc.'s vaunted iPhone.
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Microsoft upgrades Windows Mobile
Apr 1 2008 11:30AM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday showed off an update to its Windows Mobile software for "smart" phones, a category where it is facing substantial competition from Research in Motion's BlackBerry and Apple's iPhone.
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Microsoft upgrades Windows Mobile
Apr 1 2008 11:30AM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday showed off an update to its Windows Mobile software for "smart" phones, a category where it is facing substantial competition from Research in Motion's BlackBerry and Apple's iPhone.
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NZ man convicted in cybercrime ring
Apr 1 2008 8:54AM (CT)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - A New Zealand man accused of leading an international cybercrime network was convicted Tuesday of computer hacking after pleading guilty to six charges.
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Reports: Samsung wife to be questioned
Apr 1 2008 8:04AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Special prosecutors probing alleged corruption at Samsung Group plan to summon the wife of the conglomerate's chairman for questioning, news reports said Tuesday.
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Reports: Samsung wife to be questioned
Apr 1 2008 8:04AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Special prosecutors probing alleged corruption at Samsung Group plan to summon the wife of the conglomerate's chairman for questioning, news reports said Tuesday.
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Sony to offer movies on AT&T phones
Apr 1 2008 6:36AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Sony Pictures Television says it will become the first Hollywood studio to offer full-length movies by cellphone.
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Finland's foreign minister ousted
Apr 1 2008 6:27AM (CT)
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - Finland's foreign minister was ousted Tuesday by his conservative party over a text message scandal involving an erotic dancer.
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