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Google's home town to get Web access free
Aug 15 2006 11:32PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc. on Wednesday plans to offer free, high-speed Internet access to everyone in its Silicon Valley home town _ a hospitable gesture that the online search leader hopes to see spread to other parts of the country.
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AOL prepares to dig for gold _ literally
Aug 15 2006 10:02PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - AOL is preparing to dig for buried gold and platinum on property in Massachusetts owned by the parents of a man it sued for sending millions of unwanted spam e-mails to its customers.
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Dell recall stems from production flaw
Aug 15 2006 9:05PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Dell Inc.'s record-setting recall of 4.1 million notebook computer batteries raised safety concerns about the power source of countless electronic devices, but experts said the problem appears to stem from flaws in the production of the laptop batteries, not the underlying technology.
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CBS to start streaming prime-time shows
Aug 15 2006 5:11PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - CBS Television will begin showing episodes of several new and returning prime-time shows for free on the Internet, becoming the second network to do so.
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YouTube suffers outage, breaks top 50
Aug 15 2006 4:51PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The video-sharing site YouTube.com suffered an outage Tuesday, the same day a Web measurement company said the site had broken into its list of the Internet's top 50 for the first time. Few details on the outage were available.
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Nordic regulators to discuss iTunes
Aug 15 2006 12:34PM (CT)
OSLO, Norway (AP) - Nordic consumer regulators will meet in Iceland this month to discuss possible legal action against iPod-maker Apple Computer Inc. if the company does not ease restrictions that prevent songs bought at its online store from being played on rival music players.
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Google to distribute discount coupons
Aug 15 2006 8:07AM (CT)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - Google Inc. is enabling users to find and print coupons from merchants listed in the online search leader's index of local businesses, adding to a slew of free features designed to attract more traffic to its Web site.
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