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Porncasts appear on video-playing iPod
Nov 4 2005 4:38PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Purveyors of porn and entrepreneurs who spied a niche when Apple Computer Inc. unveiled its video-playing iPod are proving that sex even sells in tiny packages _ especially when it is portable.
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20-year-old charged with spreading virus
Nov 4 2005 4:24PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A young man was arrested on charges of spreading viruses to almost 400,000 military and other computers, letting him put "armies" of electronics under his control.
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Mass. fights Microsoft on document format
Nov 4 2005 2:26PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - The Revolutionary War started in Massachusetts, and now the state is firing some opening rounds in a revolt against Microsoft Corp. that seeks an open, proprietary-free format for storing electronic documents.
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Web sites weigh problem of posted threats
Nov 4 2005 2:13PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Two weeks before William Freund donned a mask and cape and fatally shot two neighbors before killing himself, members of an online forum for people with a rare mental disorder read the 19-year-old's string of violent rantings. Freund's online musings and his pre-Halloween rampage raised fresh questions about the little-policed world of Internet discussion rooms: What, if anything, should Web site gatekeepers do when users post threatening messages online?
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Microsoft to digitize 100,000 books
Nov 4 2005 1:28PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Software giant Microsoft Corp. said Friday it has signed a deal to scan and put online 100,000 books from the British Library.
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EBay founder gives $100 million to Tufts
Nov 4 2005 11:23AM (CT)
MEDFORD, Mass. (AP) - The founder of eBay donated $100 million to Tufts University to use for making loans as little as $40 to people in developing countries who want to start businesses.
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Movie biz offers deal in download case
Nov 4 2005 10:43AM (CT)
RACINE, Wis. (AP) - A man sued by the film industry after his teen grandson downloaded four movies on the family's computer has been offered a chance to settle the case by paying $4,000 in installments.
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Man is charged with infecting computers
Nov 4 2005 7:53AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A 20-year-old man was arrested Thursday on charges of infecting almost 400,000 computers operated by the U.S. military and others with viruses that helped launched electronic attacks and send spam e-mails.
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