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REVIEW: Serious rumble for the video gamer
Sep 29 2005 8:01PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - In an effort to deliver the ultimate sensory experience, most top video games marry earthshaking sounds with high-quality graphics. It's a goal that often falls a bit short.
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Toshiba delays launch of HD DVD players
Sep 29 2005 7:59PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In an apparent tactical retreat in the high-stakes battle for the next generation of video discs, Toshiba Corp. has delayed the U.S. launch of the first players supporting its HD DVD format.
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U.S. insists on keeping control of Web
Sep 29 2005 7:59PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - A senior U.S. official rejected calls on Thursday for a U.N. body to take over control of the main computers that direct traffic on the Internet, reiterating U.S. intentions to keep its historical role as the medium's principal overseer.
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Chip helps electric outlet go broadband
Sep 29 2005 7:58PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The common electric socket will serve as your home's connection to broadband with a new chip developed by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. _ doing away with all the Ethernet cables or the hassle of hooking up to a wireless network device.
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Subway authorities eye iPod-friendly maps
Sep 29 2005 7:58PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It seemed like such a great idea: digitally shrink maps of major subway systems and put them online so people can download them to their iPods for free.
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Kodak ships computer-free wireless camera
Sep 29 2005 7:58PM (CT)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - After a summer-long delay, Eastman Kodak Co. has begun shipping the first digital camera with Wi-Fi wireless technology to e-mail photos directly to friends and family without a computer.
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Yahoo accused of stealing trade secrets
Sep 29 2005 7:42PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A Silicon Valley technology company is suing Yahoo Inc. for allegedly stealing trade secrets by hiring away 13 key engineers who had nearly completed its interactive speech technology project.
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Some web telephones can't re-use numbers
Sep 29 2005 4:08PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Kirsten Dixson was proud to be an early adopter when she signed up her career coaching business for Internet-based telephone service earlier this year.
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Apple: Small number of iPod Nanos flawed
Sep 29 2005 10:57AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Display screens crack easily on a small number of iPod Nano digital music players, Apple Computer Inc. acknowledged Wednesday, saying it would replace flawed units.
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Review: Recording Web radio, TiVo style
Sep 29 2005 7:39AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Want to take your favorite radio shows with you on your portable music player? A few new software packages that record Internet radio make that possible. They all aim to be "TiVo for radio," but the comparison is not quite deserved _ none of them is as easy to use as a TiVo.
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Google ends boycott of News.com
Sep 29 2005 7:22AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc.'s boycott of News.com appears to have ended quietly, less than three months after company executives told the technology news site that they would stop speaking with its reporters for a year.
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Google to build campus on NASA property
Sep 29 2005 7:21AM (CT)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - Google Inc. said Wednesday that it has signed an agreement to develop up to 1 million square feet on a NASA research center in the heart of Silicon Valley.
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U. of Ga.: Hacker may have student info
Sep 29 2005 6:06AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - The University of Georgia said a computer hacker may have accessed the names and Social Security numbers of at least 1,600 current and former employees.
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