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UC libraries join Google Inc. project
Aug 8 2006 11:39PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The University of California is joining Google Inc.'s book-scanning project, throwing the weight of another 100 academic libraries behind an ambitious venture that's under legal attack for alleged copyright infringement.
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Digium Inc. secures $13.2M in funding
Aug 8 2006 11:38PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Matrix Partners is investing $13.2 million in Digium Inc., the creator and coordinator of Asterisk, a popular open-source software platform for business phone systems that's based on Linux and Internet Protocol.
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Sprint Nextel to form network with WiMax
Aug 8 2006 9:42PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Sprint Nextel Corp., the nation's third-largest cellular provider, said Tuesday it will use an emerging technology called WiMax to build a new high-speed wireless network.
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Sprint phones to offer MLB games audio
Aug 8 2006 7:29PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Baseball fans will soon be able to use their cell phones to take them out to the ballgame. Sprint reached an agreement with Major League Baseball Advanced Media, the sport's Internet wing, to make audio of radio broadcasts available to its subscribers' mobile phones for $5.99 a month.
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Navy competition tests underwater robots
Aug 8 2006 7:13PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Facing an exodus of institutional brain power as baby-boomer scientists retire, the Navy is turning to a younger pool of talent for its underwater robotics program.
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Microsoft releases 12 security fixes
Aug 8 2006 5:04PM (CT)
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday released 12 security fixes for its Windows operating system and Office business software.
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Nokia agrees to buy Loudeye for $60M
Aug 8 2006 4:00PM (CT)
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - Nokia Corp. said Tuesday it has agreed to buy U.S.-based digital music distributor Loudeye Corp. for about $60 million as the world's No. 1 cell-phone maker seeks to grab a larger share of the growing digital mobile music market.
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Delta asks to outsource tech maintenance
Aug 8 2006 2:59PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Delta Air Lines Inc. asked a bankruptcy judge Tuesday to let the nation's third-largest carrier use IBM Corp. rather than its own employees to maintain its computer systems.
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Sony to launch a new wireless handheld
Aug 8 2006 7:21AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Hoping to tap into the growth of wireless networks across college campuses, other public spaces and within homes, Sony Corp. will announce Tuesday a new pocket-sized gadget for instant messaging and other Internet-based communications.
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Survey: Consumers lose to online schemes
Aug 8 2006 6:50AM (CT)
YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) - The State of the Net survey by Consumer Reports projects that American consumers lost more than $8 billion over the last two years to viruses, spyware and various schemes.
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