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Navteq charts growth of digital maps
Jul 27 2007 11:14PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Getting lost is getting rarer nowadays, and any yahoo with a keyboard or a GPS device can find precise directions or pinpoint the location of an out-of-town landmark. Now drivers hooked on digital maps are looking for more than just streets and turns. They want ever more accurate and up-to-date points of interest such as restaurants, gas stations, hotels, theme parks and more. For digital mapmakers like Navteq Corp., it's up to road teams like Ann McNeil and Rich Joyce to deliver.
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eBay can continue using 'Buy It Now'
Jul 27 2007 10:26PM (CT)
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - A federal judge Friday denied a request from a small Virginia company to stop the online auction powerhouse eBay Inc. from using a feature that allows shoppers to purchase items at a fixed price.
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EU charges Intel with monopoly abuse
Jul 27 2007 6:04PM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - EU regulators said Friday they have charged Intel Corp. with monopoly abuse for blocking rival computer chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s access to customers.
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Papers losing real estate ads to online
Jul 27 2007 6:03PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It's bad enough that a cratering housing market is leading to a slump in real estate advertising at newspapers, as a dreary series of earnings reports showed this week.
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Papers losing real estate ads to online
Jul 27 2007 6:03PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It's bad enough that a cratering housing market is leading to a slump in real estate advertising at newspapers, as a dreary series of earnings reports showed this week.
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YouTube preps video fingerprinting
Jul 27 2007 5:52PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Google Inc.'s YouTube hopes recognition technology will be in place in September to stop the posting of copyrighted videos on the popular Web site, a lawyer Friday told a judge presiding over copyright lawsuits.
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Report warns against too many 'Net rules
Jul 27 2007 6:53AM (CT)
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Kazakhstan and Georgia are among countries imposing excessive restrictions on how people use the Internet, a new report says, warning that regulations are having a chilling effect on freedom of expression.
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Toshiba quarterly profit jumps fivefold
Jul 27 2007 4:17AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Profit at Toshiba Corp. jumped fivefold in the April-June quarter on brisk sales of personal computers and semiconductors, the company said Friday.
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Robots clear waterways of deadly mines
Jul 27 2007 3:42AM (CT)
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) - As it slowly moves in the shallow water along a beach, the robot splashes its fins like a small child playing in the surf. But the prototype device has a serious mission: destroying mines that could kill Marines and Navy SEALs as they come on shore. Such technology is considered the future of underwater bomb detection.
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