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Companies pursue game console supremacy
Nov 21 2006 7:54PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The game-console war is officially under way with the sold-out launches of Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii, but there are still a lot of battles to fight _ and dragons to slay.
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New AOL chairman sees parallels with TV
Nov 21 2006 6:48PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The incoming head of AOL said Tuesday he left a 31-year career at NBC for the chance to transform the online business into a formidable rival to television and other traditional media.
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Micron's Appleton wins desert road race
Nov 21 2006 6:44PM (CT)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Steve Appleton, the chief executive of a leading chip maker, has added desert road race champion to his moonlighting resume of stunt-plane pilot and motocross racer: He won his vehicle class in a grueling off-road race down Mexico's Baja Peninsula.
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Clerics in India dismiss Quran ringtones
Nov 21 2006 6:44PM (CT)
LUCKNOW, India (AP) - Muslim clerics at a leading seminary in India have asked people to refrain from using verses from the Quran as ringtones for their mobile phones, saying the practice was un-Islamic.
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Free software bypasses attachment limits
Nov 21 2006 6:44PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - There's a new way to send large movie, music and other files without worrying about whether the e-mail systems can handle large attachments.
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Sony: Consoles can aid medical research
Nov 21 2006 6:43PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - The new PlayStation 3 isn't all about entertainment. That's the message Sony Corp. is trying to convey in announcing that the new game consoles _ as powerful as supercomputers _ can help Stanford University researchers analyze complex human protein structures and perhaps find cures for cancer, Alzheimer's and other ailments.
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Judge tosses out suit against Craigslist
Nov 21 2006 6:43PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit against Craigslist, saying the online classified site is protected from liability even if the housing ads it carries are discriminatory.
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Australian copyright proposal criticized
Nov 21 2006 6:43PM (CT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Critics of a copyright proposal in Australia are warning that serious penalties could result from the use of iPod music players and video-sharing sites like YouTube, even if all you're doing is showing yourself singing along to your favorite song.
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Review: Pepper Pad PC for couch potatoes
Nov 21 2006 3:42PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - It seems like a great idea: making a computer that's somewhere between the size of a cell phone and a laptop, for people to carry around and surf the Web.
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