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Google wins 'typosquatting' dispute
Jul 8 2005 8:16PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - An Internet arbitrator has awarded Google Inc. the rights to several Web site addresses that relied on typographical errors to exploit the online search engine's popularity so computer viruses and other malicious software could be unleashed on unsuspecting visitors.
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group blasts video game over sex content
Jul 8 2005 7:58PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A media watchdog group on Friday denounced the maker of the hugely popular video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" over graphic sexual content that allegedly exists in the game and can be unlocked with an Internet download.
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Probe of online investigation firms sought
Jul 8 2005 5:32PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A privacy rights advocacy group has asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether Web sites advertising investigative services capable of digging up personal information such as phone call records are violating federal laws.
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Redstone: Age of media conglomerate over
Jul 8 2005 3:40PM (CT)
SUN VALLEY, Idaho (AP) - Sumner Redstone, one of the great empire-builders of the media world, on Friday said he had no regrets about his decision to break up Viacom Inc., the massive media company that owns MTV, CBS and the Paramount movie studio.
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Sasser worm creator's sentence suspended
Jul 8 2005 3:37PM (CT)
VERDEN, Germany (AP) - The teen creator of the "Sasser" Internet worm, which caused millions of dollars in damage worldwide, won't be going to jail despite his conviction Friday on charges including computer sabotage.
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Bloggers learn price of telling too much
Jul 8 2005 2:33PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Blogs are everywhere _ increasingly, the place where young people go to bare their souls, to vent, to gossip. And often they do so with unabashed fervor and little self-editing, posting their innermost thoughts for any number of Web surfers to see.
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Media honchos consider online strategies
Jul 8 2005 2:12PM (CT)
SUN VALLEY, Idaho (AP) - As they work to come to grips with the Internet, entertainment moguls have a very clear goal: don't let what happened to the music industry happen to the rest of the entertainment industry.
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Germany clears biometric passports plan
Jul 8 2005 7:46AM (CT)
BERLIN (AP) - Germany's upper house of parliament on Friday approved a plan to introduce passports with biometric data, clearing the way for the country to start issuing the documents in November.
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Review: Video camera not good for photos
Jul 8 2005 7:11AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Gadgets have been getting smaller as they get better, and such is certainly the case with video cameras, whose heft has dropped dramatically over the years. But there's such a thing as TOO small, as I found with the powerful but pint-sized Everio GZ-MC500 from JVC.
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