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Sony, Toshiba seek unified DVD format
Apr 20 2005 11:30PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Sony Corp. and Toshiba Corp. said Thursday they are in negotiations about how to resolve their competing next-generation optical disk formats, aiming to give consumers a unified video technology.
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DSW data theft much larger than estimated
Apr 20 2005 8:25PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Thieves who accessed a DSW Shoe Warehouse database obtained 1.4 million credit card numbers and the names on those accounts _ 10 times more than investigators estimated last month.
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Qatar to use robots as camel riders
Apr 20 2005 8:25PM (CT)
DOHA, Qatar (AP) - With the reins in one hand and a whip in the other, the purple-jerseyed rider prodded a camel around the track. But this jockey wasn't the usual underfed boy. The jockey was a robot.
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Opera Software upgrades hacker defenses
Apr 20 2005 8:25PM (CT)
OSLO, Norway (AP) - Better security and the automatic scaling of Web pages to fit screens of any width are among the features included with a new browser released by Opera Software ASA on Tuesday.
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Sony to allow sale of virtual goods
Apr 20 2005 8:25PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - The maker of the popular online fantasy game "EverQuest II" has reversed its long-standing ban on selling virtual characters and items for real money.
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Review: VoIP offers low-cost phone service
Apr 20 2005 8:25PM (CT)
SALINAS, Calif. (AP) - When I signed up for Internet phone service from Vonage in 2003, the company's reputation for quality, reliable connections had finally accorded respectability to a technology previously associated with weird beeps, echoes and static. I needed a low-cost second phone line and, I admit, my inner geek was intrigued by VoIP, or Voice over Internet Protocol. The basic plan cost $27 a month and included unlimited local and regional calls, an allotment of domestic minutes and lo
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AOL steps up effort to fight phishing scams
Apr 20 2005 8:25PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - America Online Inc. is stepping up efforts to fight e-mail "phishing" scams by more aggressively blocking Web sites that masquerade as legitimate financial institutions requesting passwords and account information.
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Google launches personal history feature
Apr 20 2005 8:25PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc. is experimenting with a new feature that enables the users of its online search engine to see all of their past search requests and results, creating a computer peephole that could prove as embarrassing as it is helpful.
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Activists push to recycle 'e-waste'
Apr 20 2005 8:25PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - When Earth Day dawned in 1970, optimistic environmentalists predicted emerging technologies would help reduce the nation's reliance on coal, oil, insecticides and other pollutants.
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