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Microsoft chided over exclusive music idea
Oct 26 2005 7:57PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal judge overseeing Microsoft Corp.'s business practices scolded the company Wednesday over a proposal to force manufacturers to tether iPod-like devices to Microsoft's own music player software.
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Yahoo doubling price of music service
Oct 26 2005 7:57PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Yahoo Inc. is doubling the price of its online music subscription service for portable MP3 players, ending a short-lived promotion that sought to lure consumers from Apple Computer Inc.'s market-leading iTunes store.
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Baidu.com adds copyright disclaimer
Oct 26 2005 7:57PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The Web portal Baidu.com has added a disclaimer to its popular search engine for MP3 music sites following lawsuits accusing the company of helping visitors illegally obtain copyright music.
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China continues mobile phone growth
Oct 26 2005 6:50PM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - The world's largest cell phone market keeps growing. China had 377 million mobile phone subscribers at the end of September, or 29 for every 100 people, the government reported Wednesday.
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School orders students to remove blogs
Oct 26 2005 6:42PM (CT)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A Roman Catholic high school has ordered its students to remove their online diaries from the Internet, citing a threat from cyberpredators.
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BlackBerry maker denied High Court appeal
Oct 26 2005 4:58PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The maker of BlackBerry e-mail devices on Wednesday lost an emergency Supreme Court appeal which sought to put a long-running patent suit against the company on hold.
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U.S. seeks review of piracy enforcement
Oct 26 2005 3:54PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration, under pressure to deal with a soaring trade deficit with China, asked the Chinese Wednesday to outline what they are doing to reduce piracy of American movies, computer programs and other copyrighted material.
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Microsoft to start online book searches
Oct 26 2005 9:48AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft Corp. is diving into the business of offering online searches of books and other writings, and says its approach aims to avoid the legal tussles met by rival Google Inc.
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Gates welcomes competition with Google
Oct 26 2005 6:53AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Google Inc. is fierce competition for Microsoft Corp., but the software giant does not fear the race and plans to upgrade his search technology in the next six months, Microsoft CEO Bill Gates said in remarks published Wednesday.
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Remote control device 'controls' humans
Oct 26 2005 6:28AM (CT)
ATSUGI, Japan (AP) - We wield remote controls to turn things on and off, make them advance, make them halt. Ground-bound pilots use remotes to fly drone airplanes, soldiers to maneuver battlefield robots.
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Google gives peek at classified ad service
Oct 26 2005 6:26AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc. has unintentionally provided a sneak peek at what appears to be a looming expansion into classified advertising _ a free service that might antagonize some of the Internet search engine's biggest customers, including online auctioneer eBay Inc.
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