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'Kazaa' makers settle piracy lawsuits
Jul 27 2006 11:56PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - One of the big guns of the Wild West days of freely downloading music and movies over the Internet is going straight.
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Intel unveils new chips, slashes prices
Jul 27 2006 9:47PM (CT)
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - Intel Corp. launched its biggest product revamp in six years Thursday, unveiling 10 microprocessors that are expected to help the world's largest chip maker retake ground lost to smaller competitor Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
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Microsoft seeks to reassure analysts
Jul 27 2006 5:12PM (CT)
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer conceded Thursday there are questions about the software maker's future, but he sought to reassure financial analysts that the company can compete against Web-focused competitors.
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Judge OKs $90M 'click fraud' settlement
Jul 27 2006 5:03PM (CT)
TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) - An Arkansas judge Thursday approved a $90 million settlement between Google Inc. and advertisers who claimed the Internet search engine company improperly billed them for "clicks" that didn't lead to genuine customers seeking their products.
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Time Warner board mum on AOL plan
Jul 27 2006 4:30PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The board of Time Warner Inc. met Thursday, but the company remained silent on a plan to make more of its AOL services free in an effort to tap the Internet advertising boom.
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Microsoft: iPod clone requires investment
Jul 27 2006 3:53PM (CT)
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - Microsoft's plans to offer an iPod competitor could take up to five years of investment, but the spending is worth it in part because it will help the software maker's broader entertainment agenda, a company executive said Thursday.
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XM radio reports wider loss
Jul 27 2006 3:37PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. posted a wider second-quarter loss Thursday and again cut its full-year subscriber forecasts, but its stock rose after the loss came in below what Wall Street had been expecting.
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Pay phones suffer as cell phone use rises
Jul 27 2006 2:56PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A stroll along Ninth Avenue in Manhattan reveals an ugly picture of the state of the pay phone these days. The phones are sticky, beat up and scarred, and some don't work at all. A child's change purse is stuffed on one phone ledge, along with a large wad of wrapping plastic. On a nearby ledge, an empty bottle of tequila sits in front of a hole that once held a phone. Empty cans of malt liquor sheathed in brown paper bags are a frequent sight.
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China text-messages millions on typhoon
Jul 27 2006 11:47AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - With Typhoon Kaemi roaring toward China's crowded southeast, Dr. Yang was sealing his apartment windows against the pounding rain when his cell phone buzzed to life.
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AOL co-founder offers merger apology
Jul 27 2006 5:32AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - AOL co-founder Steve Case has offered a qualified apology for his role in architecting the online company's disastrous combination with Time Warner Inc. "Yes, I'm sorry I did it," Case said on PBS's "The Charlie Rose Show" last Friday.
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Students face 1 year in jail for hacking
Jul 27 2006 5:31AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Two students each face up to a year in jail for a prank that involved hacking into a professor's computer, giving grades to other students and sending pizza, magazine subscriptions and CDs to the professor's home.
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Militant web site touts al-Zawahri message
Jul 27 2006 5:22AM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader warned in a new taped message Thursday the terrorist group would not stand idly by while "these (Israeli) shells burn our brothers" in Lebanon and Gaza.
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