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Google localizes online maps service
Oct 5 2005 11:29PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc. is combining its popular online maps with its local search features, continuing a quest to increase its already rapidly rising advertising revenue.
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VOY starts bilingual blog service
Oct 5 2005 10:27PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - VOY, a media company that targets the growing Spanish-language market, has launched a service that allows users to create free blogs in Spanish and English.
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Apple expected to unveil video-enabled iPod
Oct 5 2005 7:58PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A new video-enabled iPod is expected to be unveiled by Apple Computer Inc. during a press conference next week _ though the maverick company is masterful at foiling such predictions.
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Health-care profession turns to games
Oct 5 2005 7:58PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - Somewhere in cyberspace, the streets are running red with blood _ but the name of this game is mercy not mayhem.
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Phone reminds Muslims of prayer time
Oct 5 2005 7:56PM (CT)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - For Muslims, it's a high-tech call to prayer. A new cellular telephone generates five automated reminders a day at prayer time, points Muslims in the direction of Mecca and contains a copy of the Islamic holy book, the Quran, in both Arabic and English.
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Battle of flat-screen techs on display
Oct 5 2005 7:54PM (CT)
CHIBA, Japan (AP) - An intensifying rivalry between Panasonic and Sharp underscores an underlying battle over the technology behind flat-screen TVs.
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Study: 32 percent of adults offline
Oct 5 2005 7:50PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Despite progress getting Americans online _ particularly through high-speed connections _ 32 percent of adults remain unconnected, some of them by choice, a new study finds.
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Battlefield robot can detect snipers
Oct 5 2005 7:49PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The maker of a track-wheeled robot used in Iraq and Afghanistan is developing a version designed to locate the source of sniper fire.
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Satellite TV for vehicles a growing fad
Oct 5 2005 7:41PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - As their average commute time rises, Americans are making their vehicles increasingly homelike, with cushy seats, multiple zones of climate control and DVD players. So it's no surprise that the next big thing in vehicle accessories is satellite television.
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REVIEW: Kit puts pictures in your pocket
Oct 5 2005 7:36PM (CT)
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - I'm preparing for my 30th high school reunion. Do I color the hair to hide the flecks of gray? Trim the beard? Don a sharkskin suit? Nah.
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Government cracks down on spyware operation
Oct 5 2005 7:28PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Government regulators are trying to shut down a company they say secretly downloaded spyware onto the computers of unwitting Internet users, rendering them helpless to a flood of pop-up ads, computer crashes and other annoyances.
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Google, Sun in challenge to Microsoft
Oct 5 2005 10:15AM (CT)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - Google Inc. took a step toward challenging Microsoft Corp.'s dominance of computer software with the announcement Tuesday of a collaboration agreement with Sun Microsystems Inc.
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Yahoo Inc. acquires Upcoming.org
Oct 5 2005 7:11AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Yahoo Inc. has acquired Upcoming.org, an online event planning site that's expected to infuse the Internet powerhouse with more content about local communities.
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