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UC-Berkeley leads cybersecurity consortium
Apr 11 2005 9:57PM (CT)
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Experts from a consortium of colleges will lead a far-reaching effort to keep the nation's computer data safe from cyberattack, the National Science Foundation announced Monday.
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Microsoft to show off new Xbox on MTV
Apr 11 2005 8:46PM (CT)
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - Microsoft Corp. will offer video game fans a first peek at the new version of its Xbox game console during a half-hour MTV broadcast, part of a marketing deal.
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Laptop-triggered mines heading to Iraq
Apr 11 2005 8:45PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. troops in Iraq will soon be able to lace their defensive perimeters with a high-tech, multi-pronged version of one of the most effective weapons in their enemy's playbook: the remote-controlled bomb.
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Microsoft to pay Gateway to end dispute
Apr 11 2005 8:44PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft Corp. will pay computer maker Gateway Inc. $150 million over four years to end a long-running legal dispute, and Gateway says it will use the money to market and develop products that run Microsoft software.
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News cos. support reporters in Apple case
Apr 11 2005 7:02PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - More than a half-dozen news organizations are supporting three online journalists who published articles about a top-secret technology product that Apple Computer Inc. says was protected by trade secret laws.
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Internet users more accepting of spam
Apr 11 2005 1:12PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - We're not any less annoyed by spam. We're just more accepting of it. So says a study released Sunday by the Pew Internet and American Life Project.
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First convicted spammer gets 9 years
Apr 11 2005 1:10PM (CT)
LEESBURG, Va. (AP) - He was once considered among the top 10 spammers in the world, using the Internet to peddle pornography and sham products and services like the "FedEx refunding processor," prosecutors say. Convicted in the nation's first felony case against illegal spamming, Jeremy Jaynes, 30, on Friday was sentenced to nine years in prison for bombarding Internet users with the junk e-mails.
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Disney plans broadband offerings for kids
Apr 11 2005 1:07PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Walt Disney Co. is expanding its broadband offerings for kids, adding activities for preschoolers and planning a second multiplayer online game aimed at teens.
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NYC subway gets a computerized facelift
Apr 11 2005 12:39PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A subway train rattles halfway into Manhattan's Union Square station and shudders to a halt. Over a crackle of static, a voice on the PA system announces congestion ahead and says it will be several minutes before service resumes.
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AOL, XM Satellite announce new partnership
Apr 11 2005 12:27PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and America Online Inc. are planning to add some of the satellite service's programming to AOL's radio offerings in a bid to bring a sample of paid radio to a wider audience, while boosting traffic at AOL's signature site.
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