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Court rules man can disparage co. on Web
Apr 4 2005 10:05PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A man can disparage a hair-restoration company on a Web site using the company's name without violating copyright law, an appeals court ruled Monday.
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Google feature incorporates satellite maps
Apr 4 2005 9:53PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Online search engine leader Google has unveiled a new feature that will enable its users to zoom in on homes and businesses using satellite images, an advance that may raise privacy concerns as well as intensify the competitive pressures on its rivals.
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Demoted Sony electronics guru is outspoken
Apr 4 2005 8:32PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Ken Kutaragi, whose name is often paired with "geek" and "genius," seemed to many a logical choice to take Sony Corp.'s helm as it struggles to turn around its stumbling electronics business. He is, after all, known as "Father of the PlayStation" for siring the industry's most popular video game console.
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35,000 new stories on pope after death
Apr 4 2005 8:31PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Major news media around the world devoted 10 times as many stories to Pope John Paul II's death as they did to the re-election of President Bush, according to an analysis released Monday.
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Yahoo raises profile with Hollywood push
Apr 4 2005 8:30PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Five years ago, a handful of companies with names like Pop, Pseudo and Icebox promised a future when original shows produced for the Internet would replace traditional TV viewing. The dot-com bust deflated those grand ambitions. But the vision of creating unique, interactive multimedia programming for a generation weaned on video games is very much alive at Yahoo Inc.
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Handheld computer yet to reach the masses
Apr 4 2005 5:51AM (CT)
BANGALORE, India (AP) - Four years ago, a low-cost handheld dubbed the Simputer was touted as a way to give villagers in poorer countries access to computing power. That dream remains elusive.
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Samsung, Digeo in cable TV box deal
Apr 4 2005 5:37AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Samsung Electronics Co. will use Digeo Inc.'s next-generation Moxi Media Center technology in cable TV boxes that the companies say would rival the features of personal computers designed for living room entertainment centers.
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Computers obeying brain signals
Apr 4 2005 5:30AM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Researchers and volunteers around the world are taking early steps toward a complex but straightforward technological goal: to use electrical signals from the brain as instructions to computers and other machines, allowing paralyzed people to communicate, move around and control their environment literally without moving a muscle.
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