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Microsoft, Google settle over employee
Dec 22 2005 10:54PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft Corp. said late Thursday it had reached a settlement with rival Google Inc. and former employee Kai-Fu Lee, ending a legal battle that had exposed behind-the-scenes rancor between the companies.
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College launches cell phone film contest
Dec 22 2005 9:55PM (CT)
ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) - An Ithaca College dean is encouraging students to instead think small _ and she's offering a $5,000 prize to do it. The school has invited high school and college students across America to submit a 30-second movie shot entirely with a cell phone.
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France lawmakers endorse file-sharing
Dec 22 2005 7:40PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - A French government crackdown on digital piracy backfired Thursday as lawmakers rebelled by endorsing amendments to legalize the online sharing of music and movies instead of punishing it.
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Judge agrees to block new video game law
Dec 22 2005 4:31PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A federal judge has agreed to temporarily block a new California law banning the sale or rental of violent video games to minors.
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Santa goes high tech on the Internet
Dec 22 2005 1:04PM (CT)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Santa Claus is going high-tech as more children and parents are able to reach the jolly old elf online.
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Apple's Web site among fastest growing
Dec 22 2005 8:07AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Driven largely by the popularity of the iTunes music service and software, Apple Computer Inc.'s Web site was the fastest growing last month among the major brands, according to a study by Nielsen/NetRatings.
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Web boosts Bethlehem's woodcarving trade
Dec 22 2005 5:07AM (CT)
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) - Anton Shomali can carve a wooden figurine of the biblical Joseph in three hours, and he doesn't need a model.
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Congress sets 2009 deadline for digital TV
Dec 22 2005 2:18AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Digital television offers the promise of super-sharp pictures and better sound, and there's now a firm deadline for broadcasters to complete the transition to all-digital signals.
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