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Portal strategy is key to interest in AOL
Oct 13 2005 8:28PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A year ago, America Online Inc. was seen as an ailing dinosaur of the dial-up era, its Internet access business fading fast. Now that it's tapping into the online advertising boom by opening up its content to anyone who wants it, AOL is a hot property being courted by powerhouse suitors including Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Comcast Corp.
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Japan to offer VoIP for cell phones
Oct 13 2005 7:39PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan is readying a new network for cell phones that will allow people to connect to the Internet to talk over the phone more cheaply and transmit data more quickly.
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Apple introduces video iPod, TV deals
Oct 13 2005 7:38PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - After revolutionizing the way people listen to music with the popular iPod, Apple Computer Inc. is trying to do the same with video.
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You can tour ancient Rome _ virtually
Oct 13 2005 7:38PM (CT)
ROME (AP) - Forget the dusty guidebooks and the crumbling ruins. An exhibition amid the Roman Forum invites visitors to don 3-D glasses and watch the alluring dance of a slave who has been dead for two millennia, or stroll through the streets of ancient Rome with the click of a mouse.
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Comcast, Google may acquire part of AOL
Oct 13 2005 4:01PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Comcast Corp., the country's largest cable TV company, is teaming up with Internet search leader Google Inc. in talks about taking a stake in Time Warner Inc.'s AOL Web portal, a person familiar with the discussions said.
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Analysts see positives with IT companies
Oct 13 2005 1:10PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - With earnings-reporting season in full swing, analysts are seeing some positive signs for information technology companies.
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Gates: Computer science grads in demand
Oct 13 2005 1:08PM (CT)
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - Computer science graduates will be in greater demand than ever over the next 15 years, Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates says.
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Myanmar uses filters for private intranet
Oct 13 2005 12:23PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Myanmar uses Internet software filters from a U.S. company to essentially create a private intranet for the country, allowing it to monitor e-mail and block sites from opposition groups, university researchers have found.
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Rakuten requests merger with TBS TV
Oct 13 2005 9:21AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's biggest online shopping mall Rakuten Inc. emerged the top shareholder in a major TV broadcaster on Thursday, as burgeoning Internet ventures increasingly target media companies for takeovers.
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