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County considers free Wi-Fi for residents
Apr 28 2006 5:46PM (CT)
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. (AP) - The perks of living in Suffolk County include gorgeous beaches and beautiful people in the Hamptons. Another one could arrive next year: free Internet access for its 1.5 million residents.
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Google fails to make inroads in S. Korea
Apr 28 2006 3:33PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Google Inc. has seeped into many aspects of online life across the globe, but the Internet search engine has failed so far to make any notable inroads in one of the world's most-wired countries: South Korea.
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Vonage more than doubles IPO expectations
Apr 28 2006 12:19PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Vonage Holdings Corp., the country's largest Internet telephone service, on Friday more than doubled the amount it expects to raise in its initial public offering and reported record subscriber growth.
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EU judges asked to toss out Microsoft fine
Apr 28 2006 11:07AM (CT)
LUXEMBOURG (AP) - The record antitrust fine levied against Microsoft Corp. by the European Commission should be tossed out, or at least greatly reduced, because the punishment outweighed the infraction, company lawyers said Friday.
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Japan electronics makers see some recovery
Apr 28 2006 11:05AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - For several years, Japanese electronics makers have been fighting to stay competitive after being hammered by a price slump and the challenge from low-price rivals. Their earnings reports this week shows the effort is paying off.
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Some NPR, Christian radio hearing Stern
Apr 28 2006 9:38AM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - Some commuters hoping to ease into their day with National Public Radio or Christian broadcasts are hearing shock jock Howard Stern instead.
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Roll over, Aibo: Meet S.Korea's robot dog
Apr 28 2006 9:28AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Roll over, Aibo, there's a new robot dog in town. A South Korean company is stepping into to the gap left by Sony's decision to end production of its mechanized canine Aibo with a new robot hound that can recognize spoken commands and act as a watchdog with a camera built into its snout.
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Microsoft to launch Windows XP in Africa
Apr 28 2006 9:23AM (CT)
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Microsoft Corp. is targeting Africa with a lower-priced version of the Windows operating system that will work on cheaper machines and have Africa-themed screensavers and background wallpaper among its features.
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CEO of co. that owns Kazaa in Sydney court
Apr 28 2006 8:09AM (CT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - The chief executive of the company that owns the Kazaa file-sharing network on Friday denied hastily selling her multimillion dollar Sydney mansion and sending the proceeds to the tax haven of Vanuatu to make sure record company lawyers could not get their hands on it.
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NTT DoCoMo sees 18 pct. yearly profit drop
Apr 28 2006 7:47AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's largest cell-phone carrier, NTT DoCoMo Inc., said Friday its yearly net profit fell 18 percent on lower sales and warned of a further slide in profits ahead amid intensifying competition in Japan's mobile-phone market.
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MIT Web page upsets Chinese students
Apr 28 2006 1:41AM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology took down a history course Web page after Chinese students complained about a 19th century wood-print image of Japanese soldiers beheading Chinese prisoners.
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