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Groups laud Yahoo for closing chat rooms
Jun 23 2005 9:11PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Family advocacy groups lauded Yahoo Inc. on Thursday for closing its chat rooms to clean up areas that allegedly were used to prey on children.
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EBay encourages sellers to build Web sites
Jun 23 2005 8:47PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Eager to find new sources of income and keep its sellers from striking out on their own, eBay Inc. launched a new service Thursday that encourages small- and medium-sized sellers to build Web stores that operate independent of the e-commerce powerhouse.
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Library internet access better than ever
Jun 23 2005 6:54PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Virtually every U.S. public library now offers free Internet access but most ration it, inhibiting the ability of lower-income families to benefit from the Information Age.
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Security fix installed after breach
Jun 23 2005 6:50PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - The operations center for a credit card processing firm whose security was breached by a hacker, exposing 40 million accounts to possible fraud, has put new security software in place.
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Technology finding new ways to pay
Jun 23 2005 6:46AM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Quicker. More secure. More fun. Stores, credit card companies and banks are giving consumers new ways to pay in the latest evolution of cashless payments.
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Windows minus media player not big seller
Jun 23 2005 6:42AM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - In Microsoft's new operating system _ Windows XP N _ the "N" stands for "Not with Media Player." But it might as well stand for "No Thanks." PC makers and distributors are holding back from buying the new alternative version of Windows XP that Europe's competition commissioner ordered Microsoft Corp. to offer as part of the punishment in the software maker's long antitrust battle with the European Union.
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File-swapping may be here to stay
Jun 23 2005 6:42AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Four years after it shuttered the original Napster with a legal assault, the recording industry is taking a different approach to online file-swapping: If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
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EBay eyes international markets
Jun 23 2005 12:46AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - From his home in Shanghai, China, Wang Yun runs a business selling stamps and coins to customers globally. In the United States, Birgit Conlen ships peanut butter, kids toys and hot-dog mustard to buyers in Europe and Asia.
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