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Next version of Windows named 'Vista'
Jul 22 2005 8:25PM (CT)
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - Microsoft Corp. dropped the code name Longhorn on Friday, announcing the next version of its flagship Windows operating system will be called Windows Vista.
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Programmers: Video games need female touch
Jul 22 2005 8:21PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Tara Teich enjoys nothing more than slipping into the role of a female video game character. But the 26-year-old software programmer gets annoyed by the appearance of such digital alter egos as the busty tomb raider Lara Croft or the belly-baring Wu the Lotus Blossom of "Jade Empire."
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Doubt looms for Sanyo amid earthquake loss
Jul 22 2005 8:20PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - When a 6.8-magnitude earthquake jarred Sanyo Electric Co.'s chip-making plant in northern Japan last October, reversing the company's profit forecast to a massive loss, it was a crowning blow to an electronics giant already rattled by plunging prices and sinking stock.
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Google's shares continue to tumble
Jul 22 2005 5:56PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc. shares continued to tumble Friday amid disappointment over slowed revenue growth at the online search engine leader even as second-quarter profit more than quadrupled.
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Administration addresses copyright piracy
Jul 22 2005 11:49AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration said Friday it created a new position to coordinate government efforts to combat the foreign theft of copyrighted products.
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Microsoft stock drops after earnings gain
Jul 22 2005 9:30AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft Corp. shares continued to slump Friday, after the world's largest software maker reported fourth-quarter profits soared nearly 37 percent on brisk computer sales, continued strength in the server and tools market, and a big tax benefit.
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New spam-fighting technique criticized
Jul 22 2005 7:27AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Escalating the war on spam, a California company wants to let thousands of users collaborate to disable the Web sites spammers use to sell their wares.
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Web games to let players win cash, prizes
Jul 22 2005 7:26AM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Upcoming Web versions of "Jeopardy!" and "Wheel of Fortune" will let fans do more than sit on the couch and shout answers at their televisions.
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Google map service covers lunar surface
Jul 22 2005 7:25AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Thirty-six years to the day since Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon, Google Inc. extended its mapping service to cover the lunar surface.
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Study: Some Internet terms unfamiliar
Jul 22 2005 7:24AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Podcasting and RSS feeds may be the latest craze in high-tech circles but the general public is largely unfamiliar with the Internet terms.
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Legally downloaded music triples in 2005
Jul 22 2005 7:10AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - The number of digital music tracks legally downloaded from the Internet almost tripled in the first half of 2005 as the use of high-speed broadband connections surged around the world, the international recording industry said Thursday.
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Sony to release Web browser for PSP
Jul 22 2005 7:09AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Sony officials Thursday said the company will release a software upgrade that will let the PlayStation Portable video game system surf the Web without a cumbersome software trick.
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Video game 'mods' under scrutiny
Jul 22 2005 7:07AM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - With many video games, there's no "game over" screen, no reason to ever get bored. In a long-standing practice called "modding," fans create their own new chapters, artwork and other twists to extend the lives of their favorite games. Many game makers freely encourage the practice and give away free software tools to help.
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