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MySpace finds 29,000 sex offenders
Jul 24 2007 11:50PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - MySpace.com has found more than 29,000 registered sex offenders with profiles on the popular social networking Web site _ more than four times the number cited by the company two months ago, officials in two states Tuesday.
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FDA: No need to flag all nanotechnology
Jul 24 2007 11:40PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Food, drugs, medical devices and cosmetics that contain minuscule engineered particles don't necessarily need special labeling to alert consumers, a federal task force recommends.
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Netflix woes deepen with plunging stock
Jul 24 2007 8:36PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Netflix Inc. frustrated investors and customers alike Tuesday as its stock price plunged to its lowest point in more than two years while its Web site was inaccessible most of the day because of unexplained technical problems.
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Apple shares fall on iPhone numbers
Jul 24 2007 7:35PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - AT&T Inc. wiped some of the glow off Apple Inc.'s iPhone on Tuesday, releasing numbers that showed fewer people than expected signed up for service in the first two days of the multimedia cell phone's release.
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Lawsuit seeks to shut down Facebook
Jul 24 2007 6:22PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The owners of a rival social networking Web site are trying to shut down Facebook.com, charging in a federal lawsuit that Facebook's founder stole their ideas while they were students at Harvard.
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EMC 2Q profit up nearly 20 percent
Jul 24 2007 5:33PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - EMC Corp. on Tuesday said its second-quarter profit rose nearly 20 percent as the data storage vendor recorded double-digit sales gains at its biggest businesses and posted its largest revenue gain in more than two years.
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EMC 2Q profit up nearly 20 percent
Jul 24 2007 5:33PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - EMC Corp. on Tuesday said its second-quarter profit rose nearly 20 percent as the data storage vendor recorded double-digit sales gains at its biggest businesses and posted its largest revenue gain in more than two years.
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Lexmark 2Q profit declines 16 percent
Jul 24 2007 3:58PM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Printer maker Lexmark International Inc. said Tuesday its second-quarter profit declined 16 percent on lower sales to consumers and higher costs, though its results managed to top Wall Street's forecast.
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Amazon.com 2Q profit more than triples
Jul 24 2007 3:42PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Amazon.com Inc.'s second-quarter profit more than tripled, boosted by strong sales of books, music and electronics worldwide. The Web retailer's stock soared 12.5 percent in after-hours trading.
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Amazon.com 2Q profit more than triples
Jul 24 2007 3:42PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Amazon.com Inc.'s second-quarter profit more than tripled, boosted by strong sales of books, music and electronics worldwide. The Web retailer's stock soared 12.5 percent in after-hours trading.
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Amazon.com 2Q profit more than triples
Jul 24 2007 3:42PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Amazon.com Inc.'s second-quarter profit more than tripled, boosted by strong sales of books, music and electronics worldwide. The Web retailer's stock soared 12.5 percent in after-hours trading.
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China, FBI bust software counterfeiters
Jul 24 2007 2:58PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Chinese police have busted up two criminal organizations and seized pirated software worth half a billion dollars, the culmination of two years of work with the FBI, officials from both countries said Tuesday.
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House panel scrutinizes file-sharing
Jul 24 2007 1:41PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A diagram of a Pentagon computer network that includes passwords to defense contractors' systems is one of hundreds of classified documents accidentally available online, a House panel was told Tuesday.
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House panel scrutinizes file-sharing
Jul 24 2007 1:41PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A diagram of a Pentagon computer network that includes passwords to defense contractors' systems is one of hundreds of classified documents accidentally available online, a House panel was told Tuesday.
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AOL buying targeted ad company Tacoda
Jul 24 2007 1:36PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Continuing its bid to rely more on advertising as Internet access subscriptions plummet, AOL said Tuesday it was buying a company that delivers targeted ads based on a visitor's browsing habits.
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Netflix's stock, Web site both go down
Jul 24 2007 12:54PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Netflix Inc.'s stock price plunged to its lowest point in more than two years Tuesday after the online DVD rental leader reported the first quarterly customer losses in its history and dimmed its earnings outlook for the rest of the year.
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Nokia buys mobile multimedia company
Jul 24 2007 11:49AM (CT)
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - Nokia Corp. said Tuesday it had bought the U.S.-based multimedia company Twango Inc. in order to help mobile phone users better organize wireless downloads and ease connections between handsets and desktop computers.
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SCI stock drops after it unveils charge
Jul 24 2007 11:33AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Shares in SCI Entertainment Group PLC, the maker of the "Tomb Raider" video games, plunged 23 percent Tuesday after the company said its full-year results will be hurt by last year's transition to the new generation of game consoles.
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Researchers seek cash for software flaws
Jul 24 2007 11:14AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - For some security researchers who uncover flaws in leading computer programs, a nod of appreciation from software companies is no longer enough.
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Researchers seek cash for software flaws
Jul 24 2007 11:14AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - For some security researchers who uncover flaws in leading computer programs, a nod of appreciation from software companies is no longer enough.
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Iraq vet shows off bionic hand
Jul 24 2007 8:58AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Iraq war veteran Sgt. Juan Arredondo can grasp tennis balls and door knobs with his left hand again, now that he's been outfitted with a bionic hand that has flexible fingers.
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Iraq vet shows off bionic hand
Jul 24 2007 8:58AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Iraq war veteran Sgt. Juan Arredondo can grasp tennis balls and door knobs with his left hand again, now that he's been outfitted with a bionic hand that has flexible fingers.
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Iraq vet shows off bionic hand
Jul 24 2007 8:58AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Iraq war veteran Sgt. Juan Arredondo can grasp tennis balls and door knobs with his left hand again, now that he's been outfitted with a bionic hand that has flexible fingers.
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Iraq vet shows off bionic hand
Jul 24 2007 8:58AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Iraq war veteran Sgt. Juan Arredondo can grasp tennis balls and door knobs with his left hand again, now that he's been outfitted with a bionic hand that has flexible fingers.
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Iraq vet shows off bionic hand
Jul 24 2007 8:58AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Iraq war veteran Sgt. Juan Arredondo can grasp tennis balls and door knobs with his left hand again, now that he's been outfitted with a bionic hand that has flexible fingers.
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AT&T reports higher 2Q income
Jul 24 2007 8:55AM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - AT&T Inc. posted a 61 percent increase in second-quarter earnings on Tuesday, lifted primarily by its buyout of BellSouth Corp. but also aided by gains in wireless subscribers and revenue.
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Researchers hack into iPhone via Web
Jul 24 2007 6:44AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Hackers could take control of an iPhone if its owner visits a doctored Web site or Internet hotspot, security researchers reported Monday.
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