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Firms offer technology for Katrina effort
Sep 4 2005 11:51PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - High-tech companies in Silicon Valley and elsewhere are offering money, equipment and expertise to help with the recovery effort and reconnect survivors in areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
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High-tech parking meters rake in coins
Sep 4 2005 8:33PM (CT)
PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (AP) - In this seaside town, parking meters don't grant those magical few minutes on someone else's dime. Each time a car pulls away from a space, the meter automatically resets to zero.
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Firms testing Web-based immigration check
Sep 4 2005 3:49PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Many Americans focus on the border when they consider the fight against illegal immigration. But some experts say the real battle should be in the workplace to stop the hiring of people without work visas.
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Online advertisers turning to pay-per-call
Sep 4 2005 1:41PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Personal-injury lawyer Frank Frasier wants the world to know about his business but didn't think much of the search-based Internet advertising that's all the rage these days. Potential clients wouldn't learn much about him through it, he figured, and he really can't tell if they have a case without speaking with them directly.
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More parents going high-tech to track kids
Sep 4 2005 12:15PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - In this case, it isn't Big Brother who's watching _ it's Big Mother (or Father). Increasingly, parents are using high-tech methods to track everything from where their children are and how far they are driving to what they buy, what they eat and whether they've shown up for class.
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Kazaa case reaches climax in Australia
Sep 4 2005 12:39AM (CT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - A long-running court battle between Australia's record industry and file-swapping giant Kazaa reaches a climax Monday, when a judge is to rule on whether the peer-to-peer network is no different from a photocopier or is a giant "engine of copyright piracy."
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