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eBay reports 40 percent surge in 3Q
Oct 19 2005 11:47PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Shares of eBay Inc. tumbled after the online auction pioneer posted strong third-quarter profits but offered a reduced outlook that failed to impress Wall Street.
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Google mapping service in age-old dispute
Oct 19 2005 8:59PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc.'s popular online mapping service has become entangled in a long-running territorial dispute between China and Taiwan.
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Marketers must adopt spam-fighting tech
Oct 19 2005 8:14PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A trade group for marketers is requiring its members to adopt a spam-fighting technology that could help improve the chances of their legitimate pitches getting through.
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Airport fight extends to Wikipedia
Oct 19 2005 8:08PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - An eye-gouging fight between American Airlines and Southwest Airlines over air service in northern Texas has spilled over to an online encyclopedia.
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PRODUCT REVIEW: Pen reads and talks
Oct 19 2005 8:01PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - This Christmas, how about getting a pen that reads what your kids write then barks it out through a loudspeaker? Ok, maybe that doesn't sound so appealing at first, but the Fly Pen is a really smart toy.
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Court stops 'legal' file sharing site
Oct 19 2005 7:59PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal court has temporarily banned a Los Angeles-based Web site from claiming that its service lets users legally share copyrighted files, the government said Wednesday.
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Publishers sue Google over scanning plans
Oct 19 2005 7:59PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Just weeks after a leading authors' organization sued Google Inc. for copyright infringement, the Association of American Publishers has also filed suit against the search engine giant's plans to scan and index books for the Internet.
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Google drops 'Gmail' name in Britain
Oct 19 2005 7:59PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Google Inc. dropped the "Gmail" tag from the logo and new account addresses of its free e-mail service in Britain on Wednesday, bowing to the demands of a small British company that claims the U.S. giant has infringed its trademark.
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HP Pressures Blu-Ray on new DVD
Oct 19 2005 7:51PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hewlett-Packard Co., a major backer of the Blu-ray high-definition DVD format, is urging that it be more consumer-friendly in a bid to forestall a lengthy and costly war with a competing standard.
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Record revenues drive jump in E-Trade
Oct 19 2005 4:02PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Profits at online financial services company E-Trade Financial Corp. climbed more than 35 percent in the third quarter as customer transactions rose along with the stock market and the company expanded its banking and loan businesses.
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FCC accused of doing poor job on E-rate
Oct 19 2005 7:53AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lax oversight by federal regulators has helped waste millions of dollars in a government program that aims to connect schools and libraries to the Internet, according to a congressional investigation.
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