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Experts: Ban won't stop online gambling
Oct 24 2006 7:39PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Gamblers may look over their shoulder now, but experts say a new Internet gambling ban won't keep bettors from ponying up, just turn them on to overseas payment services out of the law's reach.
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Hacker targets iPod, iTunes restrictions
Oct 24 2006 7:38PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A hacker known for cracking the copy-protection technology in DVDs claims to have unlocked the playback restrictions of Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod and iTunes music products and plans to license his code to others.
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Microsoft to offer Vista upgrade coupons
Oct 24 2006 6:27PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - People who buy certain Windows personal computers this holiday season will be offered free or heavily discounted coupons to upgrade to Microsoft Corp.'s new operating system, Windows Vista, under a program designed to spur sales despite Vista's delay, Microsoft said Tuesday.
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Mozilla releases new version of Firefox
Oct 24 2006 6:10PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The Mozilla Foundation released on Tuesday an updated version of its popular, free Web browser, Firefox, which features improved search functions and more protection against spyware.
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Computer beats fastest text messenger
Oct 24 2006 4:41PM (CT)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Ben Cook's fingers flurried so fast you couldn't see what he was doing until he had done it. But when the cell-phone screens cleared, the world's fastest text messenger was handed his first head-to-head defeat Tuesday: a voice-recognition computer had bested his record time on a complicated 27-word message.
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Amazon.com 3Q earnings fall
Oct 24 2006 4:02PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Internet retailer Amazon.com said Tuesday that third-quarter earnings fell by more than a third, but the company still managed to beat analysts' expectations.
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Amazon.com 3Q earnings fall
Oct 24 2006 4:02PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Internet retailer Amazon.com said Tuesday that third-quarter earnings fell by more than a third, but the company still managed to beat analysts' expectations.
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Amazon.com won't provide search details
Oct 24 2006 3:25PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - As expected, online retailer Amazon.com Inc. has objected to providing details about its book search feature to rival Google Inc., which says it needs them to fight copyright infringement allegations from a group of authors and book publishers.
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New law on Web gambling may hurt poker
Oct 24 2006 3:14PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Observers say the recently enacted U.S. law that bans gambling online could cut into the number of entrants to the planet's richest card game _ the World Series of Poker.
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