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U.S. to probe contractor's Web tracking
Dec 29 2005 11:19PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Unbeknown to the Bush administration, an outside contractor has been using Internet tracking technologies that may be prohibited to analyze usage and traffic patterns at the White House's Web site, an official said Thursday.
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Intel to unveil new branding strategy
Dec 29 2005 9:42PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Intel Corp. is launching a new corporate and brand identity that will include a reworked company logo, a change in its ubiquitous "Intel Inside" stickers and a shift away from the Pentium name for its microprocessors.
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Court OK sought for proposed settlement
Dec 29 2005 6:02PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - A proposed settlement of lawsuits against Sony BMG Music Entertainment would let consumers receive free music downloads to compensate them for Sony including flawed software on millions of CDs, lawyers said Thursday.
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Google founders help finance indie film
Dec 29 2005 6:01PM (CT)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - Google Inc. co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page are making their first foray into the movie business, helping to finance a friend's independent film.
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Digital maps going beyond the roads
Dec 29 2005 3:05PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - You can pull up satellite and aerial images, discover neighborhood jazz clubs and check the latest traffic conditions. You can even get some rail schedules and, hopefully one day, tips on foot and bike trails through parks.
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S. Korea to send notices via mobile phones
Dec 29 2005 11:50AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea will begin sending legal notices _ including indictments _ to people through mobile phones instead of ordinary mail next year.
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Backer of Microsoft challenge steps down
Dec 29 2005 11:49AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts' tech adviser is resigning after leading the state to embrace an open, nonproprietary electronic data format that challenges Microsoft Corp.'s dominant Office suite of business software.
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PlayStation graffiti ads spark controversy
Dec 29 2005 10:38AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Sony Corp. scouted out an unusual place to advertise its PlayStation Portable before the holidays: the side of an abandoned building in a gritty North Philadelphia neighborhood.
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NSA Web site places 'cookies' on computers
Dec 29 2005 7:24AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The National Security Agency's Internet site has been placing files on visitors' computers that can track their Web surfing activity despite strict federal rules banning most of them.
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