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Cell phones adopt ratings for content
Nov 9 2005 9:43PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The cell phone industry is adopting a rating system for its multimedia services to designate which music, video and gaming products are intended for adults and provide tools for parents to block access to that content.
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NYT signs up 135,000 online subcriptions
Nov 9 2005 9:15PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Times Co. said Wednesday it had signed up about 135,000 paying subscribers to its new online service that offers access to Op-Ed columns and other premium content.
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AOL privacy policy now permits targeting
Nov 9 2005 7:15PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - America Online Inc. is updating its privacy policy to outlaw a marketing tactic it has already stopped employing and to permit the targeting of ads and content based on what users do online.
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Man buys virtual space station for $100G
Nov 9 2005 7:15PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - In one of the largest sales yet of property in an online game, a Miami resident has bought a virtual space station for $100,000 and wants to turn it into a cross between Jurassic Park and a disco.
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Co. settles drug news Web site dispute
Nov 9 2005 7:14PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - An Internet newsletter devoted to the anti-obesity drug Acomplia can keep its Web site address now that it has settled with the drug's maker, Sanofi-Aventis SA.
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Yahoo in China to promote search engine
Nov 9 2005 11:23AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - The entrepreneur who runs Yahoo Inc.'s China-based Web portal has announced a new strategy based on promoting the site as a search engine, saying he's ready to spend heavily in a battle with Chinese-language search leader Baidu.com.
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Microsoft teams with AP for online video
Nov 9 2005 9:31AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Microsoft Corp. is teaming with The Associated Press to offer an advertising-supported online video news network in the first quarter of 2006, the companies announced Wednesday.
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Alleged virus spreader held without bond
Nov 9 2005 8:00AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A man has been ordered held without bond on charges of spreading electronic viruses so he could gain control over military and other computers and sell access to hackers and spammers.
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