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VoIP subscribers grow 18 percent in 3Q
Dec 8 2006 5:15PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. subscribers to Internet-based telephone services grew 18 percent to 8.2 million in the third quarter, but the growth rate slowed for a second straight quarter, according to the research firm TeleGeography.
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High-tech firms to push data-privacy law
Dec 8 2006 4:46PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Microsoft Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co. and other high-tech companies are preparing to push for data-privacy legislation next year to replace what they consider an outdated patchwork of state and federal laws that are inconsistent and burdensome.
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EU seeks navigation system comment
Dec 8 2006 10:44AM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The European Union is seeking comments on the possible uses of its planned Galileo satellite navigation system, which is being developed at a cost of about $4.8 billion to compete with the U.S. Global Positioning System.
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EU seeks navigation system comment
Dec 8 2006 10:44AM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The European Union is seeking comments on the possible uses of its planned Galileo satellite navigation system, which is being developed at a cost of about $4.8 billion to compete with the U.S. Global Positioning System.
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Group: China has most jailed journalists
Dec 8 2006 9:22AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China, which jails more journalists than any other nation, is challenging the view that information on the Internet is impossible to control, and the implications for press freedom could be far-reaching, a New York-based rights group said.
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Poll: 'IM-ing' divides teens, adults
Dec 8 2006 6:37AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Teenager Michelle Rome can't imagine life without instant messaging. Baby boomer Steve Wilson doesn't care that it even exists. They're part of an "instant messaging gap" between teens and adults. And the division is wide, says an AP-AOL survey on how Americans use or snub those Internet bursts of gossip, happy date-making and teen tragedies that young people exchange by the hour while supposedly doing homework.
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