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Microsoft's share of browser market slips
May 13 2005 9:04PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Microsoft Corp.'s share of the U.S. browser market has slipped below 90 percent as the Firefox browser continues to grow in popularity, according to independent tracking by WebSideStory.
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Interactive 'clickers' changing classrooms
May 13 2005 8:41PM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Professor Ross Cheit put it to the students in his "Ethics and Public Policy" class at Brown University: Are you morally obliged to report cheating if you know about it? The room began to hum, but no one so much as raised a hand.
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Microsoft tests version of tuneup service
May 13 2005 8:41PM (CT)
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - Microsoft Corp. is rolling out a test version of an all-in-one subscription service that aims to protect computer users from viruses and spyware and give them tools to make machines speedier.
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Xfire helps PC gamers round up players
May 13 2005 8:41PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - For many PC gamers, getting a group of friends together to engage in online battles in such multiplayer games as "Unreal Tournament 2004" or "Battlefield 1942" has always been a major problem. The issue was simple but annoying: Short of putting all your pals on a conference call, there was no easy way to muster them.
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Tech firms owe debt to 'Star Wars' creator
May 13 2005 10:39AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - After filming the first "Star Wars" movie with special effects far from special, George Lucas spent millions to develop a complete digital editing system to populate his sequels with armies of X-wing fighters and Gungan warriors. Then, he virtually gave it away.
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Computer problem causes false stock quotes
May 13 2005 10:32AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A computer problem at an unidentified stock trader caused erroneous, exaggerated prices to be posted to the Nasdaq Stock Market Friday morning, a spokeswoman for the Nasdaq said.
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Microsoft touts graphics on new Xbox 360
May 13 2005 9:55AM (CT)
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - Microsoft Corp. says its next version of Xbox will thrill hard-core gamers with mind-blowing graphics and lure in newcomers with free online games, slideshows, music and video chats with friends.
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Toshiba, Microsoft in cross-licensing pact
May 13 2005 6:49AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Toshiba Corp. and Microsoft Corp. have signed a patent cross-licensing pact that will enable the two companies to use each other's patents freely in the computer and audiovisual equipment sectors.
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