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Apple recalls 1.8 million Sony batteries
Aug 24 2006 10:00PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Ten days after Dell's record-setting notebook battery recall, Apple Computer Inc. told its customers Thursday to return 1.8 million batteries that could cause their Mac laptops to overheat and catch fire.
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IBM to provide network to monitor cattle
Aug 24 2006 5:06PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - IBM Corp. is teaming up with a Utah company that offers a remote system to transmit the body temperature of cattle to ranchers, dairy farmers, feedlot owners and government regulators.
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U.K. officials to probe iSoft accounting
Aug 24 2006 4:21PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - British financial regulators will investigate the accounting of iSoft PLC, the struggling software developer that was once part of Big Four accounting firm KPMG, the company said Thursday.
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Sun buys Hewlett, Packard cutout for $6G
Aug 24 2006 4:12PM (CT)
MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) - Wall Street values Hewlett-Packard Co. at $98 billion. Its rival, Sun Microsystems Inc., values Hewlett and Packard at a mere $6,000.
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Nev. OKs IGT license for mobile gambling
Aug 24 2006 4:04PM (CT)
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Slot machine giant International Game Technology was approved Thursday by Nevada regulators to compete in an emerging market for hand-held, mobile gambling devices.
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TiVo to provide DVR software to Cox
Aug 24 2006 4:03PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - TiVo Inc. Thursday said it had agreed to provide cable company Cox Communications with software for digital video recorders.
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Microsoft releases near-finished browser
Aug 24 2006 4:00PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft Corp. released a near-final version of its Internet Explorer 7 browser Thursday, and the company said the free Web-surfing software is on track for completion by the end of the year.
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AOL to sell movies, shows through portal
Aug 24 2006 3:58PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - "Hitch," "24" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" are among the movies and television shows that AOL will sell through its new video portal under deals the Internet company has forged with major Hollywood studios.
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TiVo discusses KidZone with ministers
Aug 24 2006 3:37PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - TiVo is looking to religious leaders to get the word out about a new feature that helps parents control the TV shows their children watch.
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Group develops video-display technology
Aug 24 2006 2:53PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - Researchers have developed a video-display technology that can produce an unlimited range of colors by flexing tiny artificial "muscles" that generate different shades by expanding and contracting in response to electricity.
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Sony, Dell ordered to probe battery woes
Aug 24 2006 1:41PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's trade ministry on Thursday ordered Sony Corp. and Dell Inc. to investigate the trouble involving Sony batteries that caused Dell to recall 4.1 million laptop computers last week because they were at risk of catching fire.
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German railway offers cell-phone tickets
Aug 24 2006 10:32AM (CT)
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Germany's national railway on Thursday launched a service that allows passengers to buy tickets with their Internet-capable cell phones.
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Logitech unveils new cordless laser mice
Aug 24 2006 6:46AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Computer accessory maker Logitech International SA is introducing a mouse with a free-spinning motorized scroll wheel it believes will help people more efficiently race through pages on their computer screens.
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Apple to pay $100M to settle 5 lawsuits
Aug 24 2006 2:06AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Apple Computer Inc.'s agreement to pay $100 million to rival Creative Technology Ltd. settled five patent lawsuits over iPod technology that had threatened to block imports of the popular digital music player, which are manufactured abroad.
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