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<title><![CDATA[India adds 9.22 mln mobile users in July: regulator@
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<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian mobile telecoms firms added 9.2 million users in July, taking subscribers in the world's fastest growing wireless market to nearly 300 million, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India said on Monday.

  
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<title><![CDATA[LG Elec ends 8-year PC patent row with Quanta@
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<description><![CDATA[SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's LG Electronics Inc  said on Tuesday it had agreed with Taiwan's Quanta Computer Inc  to end PC-related patent disputes that had lasted for eight years and started negotiating royalties.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Mexicans to use cell phones to pay stores and taxis@
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<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexicans will soon be able to pay for small purchases such as restaurant meals and taxi rides using their mobile telephones, the country's banks said on Monday.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Electronic Arts, Take-Two in confidential talks@
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) - Video game makers Electronic Arts Inc and Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc signed a confidentiality agreement after agreeing to hold private talks about a potential transaction, EA said on Monday.

  
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<title><![CDATA[France's Publicis to buy search unit from Google@
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<description><![CDATA[PARIS (Reuters) - Publicis is to acquire a search marketing services provider from U.S. search engine group Google Inc as part of its push into digital advertising, the French advertising company said on Wednesday.

  
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:00:36 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mexico's America Movil sets regional iPhone launch@
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<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - America Movil, the largest cell phone operator in Latin America, on Wednesday said it would begin selling Apple Inc's  iPhone this month in 10 countries within the region.

  
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<title><![CDATA[New Nissan technology deters drivers from danger@
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<description><![CDATA[YOKOSUKA, Japan (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co  
previewed on Wednesday new safety technology that goes beyond a 
warning beep if drivers veer into the path of danger, and 
actively tries to pull the car in the direction of safety.

  
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:54:48 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New Google box for offices can search 10 million files@
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<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc said on Tuesday it is an offering an upgraded version of the hardware appliance its sells to companies and government organizations for Google-style Web search of office documents.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Delta Air to have Wi-Fi access on domestic flights@
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc will soon start rolling out broadband Wi-Fi access for its entire domestic mainline fleet of more than 330 planes, the U.S. carrier said on Tuesday.

  
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:29:53 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cablevision says to explore spin-off@
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cablevision Systems Corp said on Tuesday it would hire investment banks to help evaluate a spin off at least one of its businesses, among other strategies, including buying back stock or paying out dividends, sending shares up as much as 8 percent.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Court rules in favor of new Cablevision recorder@
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court ruled that 
Cablevision Systems Corp may go forward with its plan to 
introduce a new digital video recorder service that film 
studios and television networks had said violated their 
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:44:33 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Motorola names Qualcomm COO to head cell phones@
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motorola Inc  named Sanjay Jha, Qualcomm Inc's  former chief operating officer, to head its loss making mobile devices business and become co-chief executive with Greg Brown, the company said on Monday.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Bruised South Korean government takes on "infodemics"@
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<description><![CDATA[SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's unpopular young government is having second thoughts about the benefits of running the world's most wired society.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo board wins solid shareholder backing in vote@
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<description><![CDATA[SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc's board of directors won strong backing from shareholders at its annual meeting on Friday, with Jerry Yang, the company's embattled CEO, receiving 85 percent of the vote in his favor.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo's board wins big endorsement by shareholders@
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<description><![CDATA[SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc's board of directors received strong backing from shareholders at its annual meeting on Friday, with embattled Chief Executive Jerry Yang winning an 85 percent favorable vote.

  
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:35:16 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[FCC orders Comcast to alter network management@
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<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Comcast Corp has been ordered to change how it manages its broadband network after U.S. communications regulators concluded some of its tactics unreasonably restrict Internet users who share movies and other material.

  
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:52:46 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hu stands by Games pledges, web curbs lifted@
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<description><![CDATA[BEIJING (Reuters) - President Hu Jintao said China would stand by pledges made when it was awarded the Olympics as Games officials deflected fire over Internet censorship on Friday by lifting restrictions.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Disputed Korean rocks bring banking, ring tones@
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<description><![CDATA[SEOUL (Reuters) - A furious dispute with Japan over who owns a desolate cluster of rocks has turned into a marketing opportunity for South Korean business tapping into patriotic fervor.

  
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:50:30 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nintendo Wii outsells PS3 3-to-1 in Japan in July@
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<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd's  Wii video game console outsold Sony Corp's  PlayStation 3 by more than 3-to-1 in Japan in July, a game magazine publisher said.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Hu says China stands by Games pledges, web curbs lifted@
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<description><![CDATA[BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao said his country would stand by pledges made when it was awarded the Olympics as Games officials deflected fire over Internet censorship on Friday by lifting restrictions.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Digital ad agency reaches out to old media@
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) - Avenue A/Razorfish, a digital advertising and services agency, is set to announce plans to launch a media and entertainment consulting practice, banking on business from traditional media companies that are trying to broaden their image.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Verizon workers picket as union talks near deadline@
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hundreds of Verizon Communications Inc  employees picketed at its offices around New York on Thursday, threatening to strike if the phone company and union fail to agree on a new contract by a weekend deadline.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Kleiner Perkins invests in iPhone game publisher@
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) - Venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield &amp; Byers has invested in a first round of financing for ngmoco, a publisher of games for Apple Inc's  iPhone.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Computer games could get cinema-style ratings@
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<description><![CDATA[LONDON (Reuters) - Britain could give all computer games cinema-style age ratings to protect children from increasingly realistic and violent titles, the government said on Thursday.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Motorola posts small profit as phone sales beat@
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motorola Inc  posted a small quarterly profit after more than a year of disappointing results, as it sold more mobile phones than expected due to strength in North America, sending its shares up 13 percent.

  
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<title><![CDATA[First Solar Q2 net soars past view, shares rise@
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<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Solar cell maker First Solar Inc  reported a 57 percent increase in quarterly profit on Wednesday, blowing past Wall Street estimates as higher-than-expected production from a new plant in Malaysia helped it meet surging demand.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Intel's Barrett sees no slowdown in world PC market@
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<description><![CDATA[LISBON (Reuters) - Intel Corp , the world's biggest microchip producer, expects no slowdown in global demand for personal computers despite economic problems in the United States and in other countries, Intel Chairman Craig Barrett said on Wednesday.

  
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<title><![CDATA[EA loss narrows, but results short of expectations@
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<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Electronic Arts Inc  reported a narrower quarterly loss as its revenue doubled on strong sales of some video games, but its shares fell as the results were short of analyst expectations.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Sony shares hit after Q1 profit fall, M'shita jumps@
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<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares of Sony Corp  slid more than 3 percent on Wednesday after the company posted a bigger-than-expected fall in quarterly profit, while rival Matsushita Electric Industrial's  stock jumped on robust earnings growth.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Citizens want innocent taken off UK's DNA database@
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<description><![CDATA[LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's DNA database, the most comprehensive in the world, should remove details of people who are acquitted of crimes, a government-funded panel said on Wednesday.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Prenatal cell phone exposure tied to behavior@
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children whose mothers used cell phones frequently during pregnancy and who are themselves cell phone users are more likely to have behavior problems, new research shows.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Nintendo sues 5 Japan firms over game equipment@
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<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nintendo Co Ltd  said on Tuesday it had filed a lawsuit against five Japanese firms for importing and selling equipment that enables illegal game programs to be played on Nintendo's popular DS portable video game player.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Columbus debunker sets sights on Leonardo da Vinci@
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<description><![CDATA[LONDON (Reuters) - Leonardo da Vinci's drawings of machines are uncannily similar to Chinese originals and were undoubtedly derived from them, a British amateur historian says in a newly-published book.

  
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<title><![CDATA["Sunday Night Football" to be streamed on Web@
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - NBC and the NFL will stream online the complete "Sunday Night Football" season, the first time a complete NFL game has ever been available on the Web in the United States.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Former Googleers unveil Cuil, a new search engine@
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<description><![CDATA[MENLO PARK, California (Reuters) - A start-up led by former star Google engineers on Sunday unveiled a new Web search service that aims to outdo the Internet search leader in size, but faces an uphill battle changing Web surfing habits.

  
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:57:41 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Motorola Inc  will create three businesses within its home and networks mobility business to focus on the sectors' growth potential, the cell phone maker said.

  
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<title><![CDATA[LG Display to cut output by 10 pct in downturn@
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<description><![CDATA[SEOUL (Reuters) - LG Display Co Ltd , the world's No. 2 maker of liquid crystal display (LCD) screens, said on Sunday it would cut its panel output by around 10 percent until August because of weakening global demand.

  
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 27 Jul 2008 06:53:53 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Apple CEO Jobs' life not in danger: report@
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<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs, who has been dogged by investor concerns about his health, does not have recurrent cancer or a life-threatening health issue, The New York Times reported on Saturday.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Infineon CEO says in talks on Qimonda sale: report@
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<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Infineon  is in talks with private equity firms and companies about the sale of its loss-making memory chip unit Qimonda , its chief executive told a German daily.

  
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<title><![CDATA[FCC approves Sirius Satellite acquisition of XM@
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<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sirius Satellite Radio Inc's $3.3 billion purchase of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc was approved with conditions by U.S. communications regulators on Friday, clearing the way for a deal that will leave just one U.S. satellite radio service.

  
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:13:45 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Label merges software to build Fanbase@
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Billboard) - Fans of Atlantic Records acts like T.I., Shinedown and Simple Plan need only start up their computer to connect with their favorite artist, via Fanbase, a new application created by the label, Billboard has learned.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Rock titles drive revolution in games@
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<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Record first-half sales of video and computer games got a big boost from Rockstar Games' "Grand Theft Auto IV" and Activision's "Guitar Hero III."

  
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<title><![CDATA[FCC commissioners weigh XM-Sirius approval order@
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<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Members of the Federal Communications Commission were given a new draft proposal on Friday that would give conditional approval of Sirius Satellite Radio Inc's  purchase of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc , an agency source said.

  
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<title><![CDATA[India's young politicians win praise on YouTube@
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<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Thousands of users on YouTube, the popular video-sharing website, are toasting two young Indian politicians, one of them seen as a potential prime minister, after they spoke eloquently in a parliamentary debate last week.

  
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:31:46 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[It's art, for the Facebook generation@
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<description><![CDATA[SINGAPORE (Reuters) - If like many people in our technology-ruled world you can't live without Google, video games, digital media and social networking sites like Facebook, this is your kind of art exhibit.

  
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:27:16 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft says chances of Yahoo takeover negligible@
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<description><![CDATA[REDMOND, Washington (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp  Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell on Thursday described Yahoo Inc.  as "a declining asset" and all but ruled out a complete takeover of the Internet company.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft to expand Facebook ad pact: source@
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<description><![CDATA[REDMOND, Washington (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer on Thursday defended the company's need to make steep investments in its Internet business in order to compete with Google Inc and said such moves could boost its value in time.

  
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<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators reached an agreement to conditionally approve Sirius Satellite Radio Inc's  purchase of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc  as the companies said they would pay millions of dollars to settle allegations of past rule violations.

  
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) - When comedy talk show host Jimmy Kimmel acts as a pitch man for DirecTV this summer, he joins a list of celebrities the U.S. satellite television provider has engaged to promote itself as a premium brand.

  
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<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Regulators reached an agreement to conditionally approve Sirius Satellite Radio Inc's  purchase of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc  as the companies said they would pay millions of dollars to settle allegations of past rule violations.

  
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<description><![CDATA[SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Batman fans inspired by his latest box office hit can bam and kapow alongside the Caped Crusader and other superheroes with the launch of the world's first licensed massively multiplayer online comic book game.

  
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<description><![CDATA[LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's six biggest Internet providers have agreed a plan to tackle piracy within the music and film industries, pledging to send warning letters to users suspected of illegal file-sharing.

  
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc  and Nokia  late on Wednesday settled a 3-year, three-continent legal battle over patent licenses and royalties for the next 15 years.

  
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc  and Nokia  settled a three-year, three-continent legal battle on Wednesday when Nokia agreed to make an upfront payment and ongoing royalties to the U.S. technology company.

  
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<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The leader of a youth movement that swept the world this past year by encouraging Web users to share bits of their lives with selected friends, spoke on Wednesday of spreading his service across the Web, even while apologizing for past excesses.

  
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<description><![CDATA[LONDON (Reuters) - For the Olympic movement, the digital revolution is armed with a double-edged sword -- it has lured the younger generation away from sport but could open up the Olympic experience to a far wider audience.

  
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<description><![CDATA[SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp  said on Wednesday that Kevin Johnson, who as president of Microsoft's largest business division spearheaded the company's pursuit of Yahoo Inc , is leaving the software maker.

  
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) - Video games sold in New York state must clearly label ratings for violent content under a law signed on Tuesday, which rights groups criticized as likely unconstitutional.

  
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<description><![CDATA["eCars - Now!" is a Finnish Internet community seeking to apply the collective approach taken by online collaborators like the authors of Wikipedia to start converting used petrol-fuelled cars to electric ones, with the first roll-out due this year.

  
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<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Fears that belt-tightening U.S. consumers will bruise third-quarter earnings for makers of MP3 players, cell phones and other gadgets, pummeled the stocks of consumer electronics companies like Apple Inc  and SanDisk Corp  on Tuesday, a day after they issued grim forecasts.

  
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<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Funny or Die, the Will Ferrell-fronted online humor hub, has suffered a death in the family.

  
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) - XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc  on Monday posted better-than-expected net new subscriptions for the second quarter, lifting its total to about 9.7 million, and sending shares up more than 6 percent.

  
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<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A dissident shareholder will on Monday call on Yahoo Inc to compromise and accept a mixed board of directors drawn from among company nominees and a rival slate backed by Carl Icahn.

  
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<description><![CDATA[DENVER (Billboard) - Converting to a fully digitized entertainment library is a good way to cut down on clutter in the house. So what replaces the CD rack once you do?

  
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Billboard) - Digital high-definition radio is hitting some key milestones in terms of pricing and features, but building enough momentum to spur broad consumer adoption remains a tall order.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Web pioneer Gross revitalized by green energy@
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<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In 1973, when Bill Gross was 15 and cars were lined up at every gas station in Southern California, the aspiring engineer wanted to do something about spiking energy prices.

  
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<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp , Nissan Motor Co , Matsushita Electric Industrial Co  and other Japanese companies will work together to set up common standards for lithium-ion batteries being developed to power next-generation cars, the Nikkei business daily said on Saturday.

  
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<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp  plans to produce 100,000 units a year of a new hybrid-only model slated for release in 2009 at a subsidiary in southern Japan, the Nikkei business daily reported on Saturday.

  
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<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Motorola Inc  has sued a former executive for allegedly violating a non-compete agreement and threatening to reveal its trade secrets by taking a job with Apple Inc's  iPhone division, the cell phone maker said in a lawsuit.

  
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<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - In a rare slip for Google Inc, Yahoo Inc and Microsoft Corp gained share as Google lost ground in the Web search market in June, industry data released on Friday shows.

  
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<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc, IBM and Microsoft Corp reported quarterly results on Thursday, giving investors a mixed snapshot of the health of the technology sector amid a slowing global economy.

  
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<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia  has reached high volumes in single-chip mobile phone sales, the company's head was quoted in a newspaper as saying on Friday.

  
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc  is unlikely to get into a bidding war over AOL with Microsoft Corp  because if Microsoft gets in the way, Yahoo could instead renew talks over News Corp's  Web properties, a person with knowledge of the plans said on Thursday.

  
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<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A spacecraft sent on a mission to inspect comets has filmed the Earth and its moon from 31 million miles away, making an alien's-eye view of our world.

  
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<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd  sold 666,000 units of its Wii video game console in the United States in June, becoming the country's best-selling video game console, the company said on Thursday, citing figures from market research firm NPD.

  
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc  on Thursday warned its shareholders that billionaire Carl Icahn's agenda present a "significant risk" to their investment, and reiterated that Yahoo would sell itself to Microsoft  but only under the right terms.

  
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<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's consumer chief on Thursday launched a crackdown on websites offering mobile phone services such as ringtones after a probe found most were ripping people off, notably teenagers.

  
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<description><![CDATA[SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's SK Telecom Co  said on Thursday it was not planning to buy a controlling stake in any major U.S. mobile carrier, brushing off earlier reports that it was eyeing Sprint Nextel Corp .

  
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<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Just what the television industry needs, increased competition from those wacky YouTube videos that 68 million people watch every month.

  
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<description><![CDATA[SEOUL (Reuters) - Two South Korean labs are offering pet owners the chance to clone dogs, but for those looking to bring back a beloved beagle, be ready to wait in line and have plenty of cash on hand.

  
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<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - From chilling close-ups of Heath Ledger's Joker to heart-pounding aerial photography, few summer movies have attracted filmmakers' attention like Christopher Nolan's landmark addition to the Batman franchise.

  
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<description><![CDATA[BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) - Google Inc Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said on Wednesday its YouTube unit reached a deal with Lions Gate Entertainment Inc to feature film clips from the studio on the video-sharing site.

  
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<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Microsoft Corp executive said Yahoo Inc's advertising search partnership with Google Inc would leave only one major player in the Internet search business, and said he had been told as much by Yahoo's own chief executive last month.

  
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<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sony Corp  said on Tuesday that it plans to launch in September a PlayStation 3 game console with an 80-gigabyte hard drive for $399, the same price as the PS3 with a 40-gigabyte hard drive.

  
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<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp said on Tuesday quarterly net income rose 25 percent, helped by strong sales of microprocessors used in notebook computers, and gave a revenue forecast that topped expectations.

  
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Billboard) - A new Guns N' Roses song, "Shackler's Revenge," apparently from the decade-in-the-works album "Chinese Democracy," will be included in the video game "Rock Band 2," according to a report in the New York Times.

  
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) - Palm Inc  on Monday introduced a new high-end Treo mobile phone, hoping to challenge the BlackBerry's dominance with business users, but its debut fell in the shadow of the launch of Apple Inc's  debut of its less pricey new iPhone which sold more than 1 million units over the weekend.

  
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<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp  said on Monday its Xbox 360 console will sell better than Sony Corp's  rival PlayStation 3 over the lifetime of the machines.

  
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - EBay Inc scored a major legal victory on Monday when a federal judge absolved it of responsibility for policing fake Tiffany jewelry sold on its website and held that brand owners are ultimately responsible for protecting their own trademarks.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Trina to supply cells for solar-powered plane@
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<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - For travelers weary of watching air fares tick upward due to soaring fuel prices, here's an encouraging piece of news -- a plane that can fly around the world on solar power.

  
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<title><![CDATA[EU's Reding set to propose slashing cost of texts@
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<description><![CDATA[BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The cost of sending a text message from the bar or the beach when mobile phone users are outside their home state in the European Union will be cut by 70 percent from next year under new plans, an EU source said.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Gartner lowers handset market growth forecast@
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<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI (Reuters) - Research firm Gartner said it cut its forecast for cellphone market growth in 2008 to 10-11 percent as a global economic slowdown started to crimp demand in the second quarter.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Samsung Elec to invest $1 bln in memory chips@
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<description><![CDATA[SEOUL (Reuters)- Samsung Electronics , the world's largest maker of memory chips, said on Monday it would invest 1.05 trillion won ($1.05 billion) in 2008 to upgrade its memory lines.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Telekom Austria in talks to cut 1,700 jobs: paper@
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<description><![CDATA[VIENNA (Reuters) - Telekom Austria  is in talks with unions to cut 1,000 of 9,000 jobs in its wireline unit this year and up to 700 more in 2009, Austrian daily newspaper Die Presse reported over the weekend.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Beijing warns drivers to stay off Olympic roads@
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<description><![CDATA[BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing has warned drivers that might consider violating Olympic traffic restrictions that they will be caught by a high-tech surveillance network, but offenders will receive only modest fines, local media reported on Monday.

  
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<description><![CDATA[DUBAI (Reuters) - Emirates Telecommunications Corp  (Etisalat) said on Sunday it would give subscribers special roaming rates in Egypt and Saudi Arabia in a move that could drive revenues of the largest publicly traded Arab telecom firm.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft cuts Xbox 360 price, releases new model@
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<description><![CDATA[SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp  cut on Sunday the price of its best-selling Xbox 360 Pro model with a 20 gigabyte hard drive to $299 from $349.

  
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<title><![CDATA[RedOctane execs on a roll with "Guitar Hero"@
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<description><![CDATA[DENVER (Billboard) - There were a lot of questions surrounding the "Guitar Hero" videogame when it first came out. Would gamers agree to pony up extra money for the special guitar-shaped controller needed to play it? Would the music industry agree to license master tracks? Would the addition of downloadable content be successful?

  
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<title><![CDATA["Madden Football" marks 20 years with new offerings@
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Billboard) - With the "John Madden Football" videogame franchise nearing its 20th anniversary, publisher Electronic Arts is pulling out all the stops to celebrate the occasion.

  
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<title><![CDATA["Madden Football" marks 20 years@
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Billboard) - With the "John Madden Football" videogame franchise nearing its 20th anniversary, publisher Electronic Arts is pulling out all the stops to celebrate the occasion.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Ex-Hewlett Packard VP pleads guilty to IBM theft@
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<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former Hewlett Packard Co  vice president pleaded guilty to stealing trade secrets while he worked for IBM  and admitted sharing the data with Hewlett Packard, the Justice Department said on Friday.

  
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:01:48 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New iPhone snapped up@
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<description><![CDATA[WELLINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc's new iPhone made its hotly awaited debut on Friday with buyers storming stores in Asia and queues forming in Europe, although network problems marred the launch in the United States.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Canadian customers say iPhone is worth the wait@
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<description><![CDATA[TORONTO (Reuters) - Neither rain nor controversy discouraged a hardy band of gadget lovers who lined up for up to 16 hours on a downtown street to become among the first in Canada to buy Apple Inc's iPhone 3G on Friday.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Apple hits activation snags with some new iPhones@
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) - Many eager U.S. buyers of Apple Inc's new iPhone left stores on Friday frustrated because their new gadgets did not work due to problems activating service.

  
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<title><![CDATA[New iPhone 3G puts Apple in the game@
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<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Apple Inc.'s new iPhone 3G and accompanying App Store is set to put the company known for technology innovation into another lucrative space -- gaming.

  
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<description><![CDATA[LONDON/WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc's new iPhone made its hotly awaited debut on Friday, with buyers storming stores in Asia and queues forming in Europe and the United States.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Apple's new iPhone snapped up in Asia and Europe@
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<description><![CDATA[LONDON/WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Apple's new iPhone made its hotly awaited debut on Friday, with buyers storming stores in Asia and queues forming in European cities.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Apple's new iPhone lights up Asian shelves@
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<description><![CDATA[TOKYO/WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Apple's new iPhone made its hotly awaited debut on Friday in Asia as buyers, many of whom had camped in line for days, stormed outlets to get their hands on the latest gadget to hit shelves.

  
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:51:01 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Murdoch says News Corp, Yahoo tie-up very unlikely@
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<description><![CDATA[SUN VALLEY, IDAHO (Reuters) - News Corp's Rupert Murdoch said it was "very unlikely" his company would be involved in any Yahoo Inc. transaction and said Yahoo and Microsoft would not end up with any deal.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Holiday titles, price cuts in focus at game show@
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<description><![CDATA[TOKYO/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - As top video game makers gather next week in Los Angeles for the E3 trade show, they will be touting hot titles, new online offerings and, potentially, console price cuts to drum up gamers' support.

  
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<title><![CDATA[DOJ drops criminal probe into Apple options@
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<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has decided not to file charges against Apple Inc , leader Steve Jobs and other current or former executives in a probe of backdated employee stock options, lawyers for the people targeted in the investigation said on Wednesday.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Nokia says 9 more firms sign up for Symbian pact@
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<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nine more firms, including telecom operators "3" and TIM, have lined up to support the new open mobile software alliance Symbian Foundation, the world's top cellphone maker, Nokia, said on Thursday.

  
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<title><![CDATA[New iPhone lures black market buyers across Asia@
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<description><![CDATA[BANGKOK/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The new iPhone looks set to be a huge hit in Asia countries where it goes on sale on Friday, but the sleek smartphone is already in high demand in black markets from Shanghai to Bangkok.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Faster, cheaper iPhone to draw crowds around globe@
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) - The new iPhone is expected to attract hordes of buyers when it goes on sale on Friday in more than 20 countries, helping Apple Inc handily beat its target to sell 10 million of them by the end of 2008.

  
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<description><![CDATA[SUN VALLEY, Idaho (Reuters) - The summer U.S. box office is sizzling due to hits like "Hancock" but Hollywood leaders focused on the chilling effects of industry change brought on by labor strife, fragmentation and new technology at the annual retreat of moguls this week.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Broadcom, Qualcomm fight over mobile phone patent@
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<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chip makers Broadcom Corp  and Qualcomm Inc  sparred in an appeals court on Wednesday over patents used to make cell phones that offer Internet and other multimedia features.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Fans line up in Asia 2 days before new iPhone launch@
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<description><![CDATA[TOKYO/WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Seeking to be one of the world's first to grab the new-generation iPhone, fanatical Apple  fans around Asia are queuing up two days before its launch, undiscouraged by rain or freezing temperatures.

  
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<title><![CDATA["Rock Band" ready to roll out second edition@
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Billboard) - "Guitar Hero" won't be the only music videogame to launch its sequel in time for the holidays.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Activision shareholders approve Vivendi deal@
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<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Activision Inc  shareholders approved a deal on Tuesday to merge with French telecommunications and media group Vivendi SA's  games unit, creating a public company called Activision Blizzard.

  
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<title><![CDATA[iPhone UK websites swamped before Friday launch@
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<description><![CDATA[LONDON (Reuters) - Apple's  new iPhone sold out online in Britain ahead of its Friday launch, defying general consumer gloom as the country's economy threatened to tip over into its first recession in more than a decade.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Nortel plans Asia push, but it may be a tough slog@
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<description><![CDATA[TORONTO (Reuters) - Nortel Networks Corp  plans aggressive growth in the Asia-Pacific region over the next two to three years, hoping to capitalize on demand for network gear and services in rapidly growing markets such as India and China.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Canada's spectrum auction nears end@
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<description><![CDATA[TORONTO (Reuters) - A government auction of wireless spectrum aimed at bringing fresh competition to Canada's cellphone market has reached its final stretch, with total bids reaching more than C$4 billion ($3.9 billion) so far -- about twice the amount expected.

  
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<title><![CDATA[EA says has complied with FTC request on Take-Two@
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<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc  said on Tuesday it has complied with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's request for additional information related to its takeover offer for rival Take-Two Interactive Software .

  
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) - Business software maker VMware Inc  on Tuesday said President and Chief Executive Diana Greene is stepping down and will be immediately replaced by Paul Maritz.

  
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<description><![CDATA[(Reuters) - Animated-movie studio DreamWorks Animation SKG has chosen chipmaker Intel Corp over previous supplier Advanced Micro Devices to supply chips and other technology for its big computer-animation operations, The Wall Street Journal said.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Square Enix launches its first iPod game@
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<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese videogame maker Square Enix Co Ltd said on Tuesday it had launched its first game for Apple Inc's iPod, broadening its target hardware to the top-selling media player.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Pioneer says to launch Blu-ray recorders this year@
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<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese consumer electronics maker Pioneer Corp  said on Tuesday it plans to launch Blu-ray DVD recorders by the end of the year, taking aim at a rapidly growing market after the end of a bitter format battle.

  
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<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Any deal between Yahoo Inc and Time Warner Inc's AOL division would be unlikely to be struck before Yahoo's annual meeting on August 1, a person familiar with the negotiations said on Monday.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Alcatel-Lucent appeals loss of $1.5 billion award@
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<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Appeals court arguments in a battle over MP3 digital music patents between Alcatel-Lucent  and Microsoft Corp  focused Monday on a joint development pact struck nearly two decade earlier.

  
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<description><![CDATA[DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp is rushing to finish the production version of its Chevy Volt and plans to unveil a showroom-ready model of the heavily touted electric car in September, people familiar with the project say.

  
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<description><![CDATA[BOSTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - From online courses to kid-friendly laptops and virtual teachers, technology is spreading in America's classrooms, reducing the need for textbooks, notepads, paper and in some cases even the schools themselves.

  
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<description><![CDATA[SEOUL (Reuters) - These days when customers walk into electronics stores, the first question they ask is how much electricity the fridge, washing machine or laptop computer they are contemplating buying consumes.

  
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<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (Reuters) - Kawasaki Heavy Industries  decided to cancel its plan to spend 10 billion yen ($94 million) to build a new industrial robot plant as auto and microchip makers curb capital investments, the Nikkei business daily said.

  
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<description><![CDATA[SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean flat screen maker LG Display Co  and two smaller Taiwanese rivals are set to post profits for the second quarter that more than trebled thanks to strong demand for TVs and tight supplies of PC panels.

  
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:13:06 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean flat screen maker LG Display Co Ltd  and two smaller Taiwanese rivals are set to post profits for the second quarter that more than trebled thanks to strong demand for TVs and tight supplies of PC panels.

  
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<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese private broadcaster TV Asahi Corp aims to ally with an information technology and telecoms firm by the end of the year and is open to a capital tie-up, its president said.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Court order on YouTube user data fans privacy fears@
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge's order to Google Inc to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom Inc sparked an outcry on Thursday from privacy advocates in the midst of a legal showdown over video piracy.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Ask.com closes acquisition of Dictionary.com@
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<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Ask.com, the Web search unit of IAC/InterActiveCorp, has closed an all-cash deal to acquire Lexico Publishing Group LLC, the owner of popular reference sites Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Economy casts pall on Sun Valley media fest@
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) - The deteriorating U.S. economy and slumping stock prices will frame discussions among top media and technology executives at the 26th annual Allen &amp; Co confab in Sun Valley, Idaho, next week.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Sony PS3 catching up to Wii in Japanese sales@
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<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd's  Wii game console once again outsold Sony Corp's  PlayStation 3 in Japan in June, but its lead is fading, a game magazine publisher said.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Nokia, Telenor sign Internet services deal@
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<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI (Reuters) - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia said on Thursday it had signed a cooperation agreement with Norwegian telcom group Telenor for its "Ovi" Internet services platform.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Nintendo Wii outsells Sony's PS3 in Japan in June@
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<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd's  Wii game console outsold Sony Corp's  PlayStation 3 for the seventh consecutive month in Japan in June, a game magazine publisher said.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Mozilla claims Guinness Record for downloads@
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<description><![CDATA[(Reuters) - Mozilla, developer of open-source Web browser Firefox, said on Wednesday it set a new Guinness World Record for the largest number of software downloads in 24 hours.

  
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<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force is sending its top-of-the-line F-22 Raptor fighter jet across the Atlantic for the first time, showcasing its capabilities even as it remains off limits for export and its production line is threatened at home.

  
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<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc have been holding separate talks with other potential media partners after their negotiations with each other broke down, sources familiar with the companies' thinking said on Wednesday.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Google in deal with Brazil to fight child porn@
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<description><![CDATA[BRASILIA (Reuters) - Internet search company Google signed
an agreement with Brazilian public prosecutors on Wednesday to
help combat child pornography on its social networking site
Orkut, an accord that the company believes is the first of its
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<description><![CDATA[(Reuters) - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia 
 and InterDigital  agreed to drop patent 
cases in the British courts against each other, sending the 
wireless technology firm's stock up as much as 7 percent.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Mexico phone competition to heat up with numbers war@
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<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexicans can switch telephone 
operators without having to change their phone number beginning 
this weekend, a measure that will heat up competition in an 
industry dominated by billionaire tycoon Carlos Slim.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Cablevision ups HD in battle with satellite, FiOS@
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cablevision Systems Corp  will 
give customers another 15 free high-definition channels as it 
faces stiffer competition from satellite TV providers and 
Verizon Communications Inc .

  
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<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's telecoms ministry does not see any security risk from Research In Motion's popular BlackBerry e-mail service and has no plans to shut the service, a top government official said on Wednesday.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Schools in Cyprus to punish mobile phone users@
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<description><![CDATA[NICOSIA (Reuters) - Pupils in Cyprus are set to face tough 
penalties if they bring mobile phones to school.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Sony's U.S. gadget demand good despite rising costs@
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<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Sony Corp  is seeing little or no sign of softer demand among U.S. consumers for its range of digital TVs, cameras and computer goods despite a weakening economy, a top regional executive said on Tuesday.

  
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<description><![CDATA[(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is preparing a new bid for Yahoo Inc's search business and has approached other media companies about joining it in a deal that would effectively lead to Yahoo's breakup, the Wall Street Journal said.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Judge says no to Akamai request for Limelight ban@
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<description><![CDATA[BOSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge has denied Akamai Technologies Inc's request that she permanently ban Limelight Networks Inc from selling services that a jury ruled violate an Akamai patent, Limelight said on Tuesday.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Laptops banned in Bhutan assembly over gaming fears@
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<description><![CDATA[THIMPU, Bhutan (Reuters) - The national assembly in newly democratic Bhutan has stopped lawmakers from bringing laptop computers into the house for fear they might spend their time playing computer games.

  
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<description><![CDATA[PARIS (Reuters) - A court in France ordered eBay Inc to pay 38.6 million euros ($61 million) to luxury goods group LVMH for allowing the sale of counterfeit goods on its online auction site.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Ballmer becomes lone voice at Microsoft's helm@
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<description><![CDATA[SEATTLE (Reuters) - Steve Ballmer has been CEO at Microsoft Corp for eight years, but he will finally get to move into the corner office vacated by Bill Gates, the college friend who brought him to the company nearly three decades ago.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Apple's Complete My Album emerges as marketing tool@
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<description><![CDATA[DENVER (Billboard) - Releasing a single for digital download before an album's debut is about as standard these days as making it available to radio.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Activision launches Aerosmith-only "Guitar Hero"@
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<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Aerosmith fans can finally get their chance to step into the shoes of Steven Tyler and Joe Perry as video game developer Activision Inc  released its Guitar Hero: Aerosmith game on Friday.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Bill Gates bids a teary farewell to Microsoft@
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<description><![CDATA[REDMOND, Washington (Reuters) - Bill Gates said a teary goodbye on Friday to Microsoft Corp, the software maker he built into the world's most valuable technology company based on the ambitious goal of placing a computer on every desk and in every home.

  
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. court upholds new FCC video franchising rules@
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<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday handed a victory to new competitors in the subscription television business like Verizon Communications Inc  and AT&amp;T Inc , upholding new federal rules designed to ease their entry into local communities.

  
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<title><![CDATA[He said, she said: Which is it? Facebook asks@
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<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Social network site Facebook will press members to declare whether they are male or female, seeking to end the grammatical device that leads the site to refer to individual users as "they" or "themself."

  
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<title><![CDATA[Oracle damages in SAP case could top $1 bln: filing@
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<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Damages sought by software maker Oracle Corp  could top $1 billion in an intellectual property lawsuit it has brought against arch-rival SAP AG , according to a court filing.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo reorganizes businesses under Decker@
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<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc unveiled on Thursday the third phase of an extended reorganization, bolstering the operational control of President Sue Decker, as the company hones its independent strategy after rebuffing Microsoft Corp.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Icahn calls on Microsoft to hold out on Yahoo deal@
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<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dissident shareholder Carl Icahn renewed pressure on Yahoo Inc to strike a merger deal with Microsoft Corp and replace Chief Executive Jerry Yang in his latest proxy filing on Thursday.

  
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<title><![CDATA[California to drivers: Drop the cell phone, dude@
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<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Next week California will try to wrest cell phones from the hands of drivers, telling everyone from movie starlets and dot-com millionaires to surfers and soccer moms that conversations behind the wheel must be on a headset.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Napster faces proxy battle from three shareholders@
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three shareholders of digital music service Napster Inc are seeking election to the board, saying current management had not been aggressive enough in battling rival Apple Inc and Internet piracy.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Gates leaves Microsoft to focus on philanthropy@
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<description><![CDATA[SEATTLE (Reuters) - Sensing the start of a personal computer revolution, Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard University in 1975 to start Microsoft Corp and pursue a vision of a computer on every desk and in every home.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft to buy Portuguese mobile software company@
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<description><![CDATA[LISBON (Reuters) - Microsoft  has agreed to buy Portuguese mobile software company MobiComp in the U.S. software giant's biggest-ever investment in Portugal, Microsoft's chief in Portugal said on Thursday.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Playing a video game? No, it's health therapy@
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<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Video games are known to improve hand-eye coordination but can they help someone quit smoking or lose weight?

  
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<title><![CDATA[Radiohead releases live video album on iTunes@
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<description><![CDATA[LONDON (Billboard) - Radiohead has released a live video album exclusively on iTunes to coincide with the band's run of U.K. outdoor concerts.

  
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<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp  said it would make a strong push into networked electronics and video download services and aim for the top spot in LCD TVs as the firm seeks to make the most of its hardware and software assets for growth.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Charter suspends ad program over privacy fears@
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cable television operator Charter Communications is suspending a program that would offer advertisers ways to target pitches at people based on what they search for on the Internet.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Internet-based care aids blood pressure control@
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Advice and medications delivered via the Internet, along with home blood pressure (BP) monitoring, lets people with high blood pressure get their condition under control, researchers have report in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Radio frequency identification in hospitals could pose risks@
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<link><![CDATA[http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/technologyNews/~3/319678804/idUSL2451111220080625]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[LONDON (Reuters) - Radio frequency identification chips (RFID) used to track and trace products could cause critical care medical devices such as pacemakers and ventilators to fail, Dutch researchers said on Tuesday.

  
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<title><![CDATA[China's famed Shaolin temple kick starts online store@
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<description><![CDATA[SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's Shaolin Temple, the birthplace of kung fu and the star of many martial arts films, has set up an online store to flog its wares.

  
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<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (Reuters) - Nokia Corp  will add public wireless LAN access to its handsets in Japan in a bid to keep pace with smaller Japanese rivals that already provide such network connections.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo shares yo-yo with reports on Microsoft talks@
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Shares of Yahoo Inc rose as much as 11 percent on Tuesday, reversing earlier declines, after contradictory reports on whether buyout talks with Microsoft Corp were heating up again.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Virgin Mobile offers $79.99 call plan; shares fall@
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<link><![CDATA[http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/technologyNews/~3/319078939/idUSN2435763920080624]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) - Virgin Mobile USA  on Tuesday unveiled an unlimited calling plan for $79.99 a month that undercuts similar offerings from larger rivals like AT&amp;T  by $20.

  
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<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp  was criticized on Tuesday for being slow to resolve problems in the technical documentation it was required to provide to rival software makers as part of its 2001 antitrust settlement.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Mobile phone battery dead? Try dancing@
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<description><![CDATA[LONDON (Reuters) - What do you do if you're stuck in a field at a pop festival but there's trouble ahead because your mobile phone's battery is about to run out?

  
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<title><![CDATA[European 3G subscriptions seen topping 100 million@
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<description><![CDATA[AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - European mobile carriers have crossed the 100 million mark with subscribers on their third-generation networks, market research firm Informa Telecoms and Media said.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Matsushita seen sizing up OLED TV market@
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<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial Co  is finalizing plans to mass-produce 37-inch organic light-emitting diode TVs in three years, aiming to overtake rivals in the next-generation flat-TV race, the Sankei Shimbun daily reported on Tuesday.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Nokia to buy Symbian@
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<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia will pay $410 million for the remaining shares in UK-based Symbian and make its software royalty-free to boost phone sales and respond to new rivals such as Google.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Google to offer audience measures for advertisers@
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<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc  will offer advertisers a free media planning tool to help them locate target audiences on the Web, a company spokesman said on Monday, posing a challenge to existing Web measurement firms.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Google's cell phone plans hit delays, Journal says@
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<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Mobile phones under development by Google Inc  and its partners face slipping delivery schedules, with the first phones not likely to arrive until late 2008, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

  
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<title><![CDATA[McCain calls for $300 million prize for car battery@
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<description><![CDATA[FRESNO, California (Reuters) - Republican John McCain said on Monday if elected president he would challenge American experts to develop a futuristic battery to power cars and win a $300 million prize.

  
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:59:46 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI (Reuters) - The number of personal computers in use around the world has surpassed 1 billion, with strong growth in emerging markets set to double the number of PCs by early 2014, research firm Gartner said on Monday.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Nokia buys social networking site Plazes@
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<description><![CDATA[HELSINKI (Reuters) - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia said on Monday it has agreed to buy social networking start-up Plazes as part of its major push into offering Internet services.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Google's mobile phone plans hit delays: report@
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) - New mobile phones being developed by Google Inc  and more than 30 partners based on software called Android will arrive in the fourth quarter, a schedule that some cellular carriers and program makers are struggling to meet, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

  
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<title><![CDATA[FCC sides with cable in Verizon dispute@
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<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission voted on Friday to bar Verizon Communications Inc from marketing to customers to talk them out of a decision to switch their phone service to cable, a source at the agency said on Friday.

  
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. judge upholds Alcatel award in Microsoft case@
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<description><![CDATA[SEATTLE (Reuters) - A U.S. judge upheld a jury's ruling for $368 million in damages against Microsoft Corp  for violating patents held by Alcatel-Lucent .

  
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo exec exits unnerving, reorganization awaited@
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<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Resigning Yahoo Inc managers appear to be voting with their feet on the future of the Web company.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo execs leaving; reorg planned: reports@
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<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A number of senior Yahoo Inc executives are leaving the Web company as it looks to improve earnings and convince investors it is worth at least as much as a bid it rejected from Microsoft Corp, reports said on Thursday.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft rules out slew of Internet buys - report@
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's  CEO said the company will not seek to make a spate of other Internet acquisitions in the wake of its failed bid for Yahoo Inc , the Financial Times reported on Friday.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Big-screen giant Imax eyes digital future@
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<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Imax Corp. is going digital.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Watch superheros fight evil -- on your mobile phone@
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<description><![CDATA[TOKYO (Reuters) - After taking on the big and small screens, comic book heroes like Spiderman and Superman may soon be appearing on an even smaller screen -- your mobile phone.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo planning reorganization: report@
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<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc  is considering a 
reorganization to centralize its mail, search and homepage 
divisions into a global product organization, the Wall Street 
Journal reported on Thursday, quoting people familiar with the 
matter.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Spy bill could shield phone firms from suits@
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<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. telephone companies that cooperated with President George W. Bush's warrantless domestic spying program could be shielded from lawsuits under a electronic spy bill finalized on Thursday by congressional and White House negotiators.

  
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<title><![CDATA[One in three IT staff snoops on colleagues: survey@
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<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT (Reuters) - One in three information technology professionals abuses administrative passwords to access confidential data such as colleagues' salary details, personal emails or board-meeting minutes, according to a survey.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard to reorganize printer business@
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co  will reorganize its printer operations, trimming its five business units to three in a bid to become more efficient, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Telco CTOs see Web traffic growth as key challenge@
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<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Chief technology officers of top U.S. phone companies say dealing with growing Internet traffic is a key challenge, as they work on preventing services like video downloading from bogging down the network.

  
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. doctors making slow shift to digital records@
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<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO (Reuters) - Only a fraction of American doctors have switched from conventional paper records to electronic health records, with most citing cost as the biggest stumbling block, a national survey showed on Wednesday.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo-Google deal faces scrutiny: antitrust experts@
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<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google Inc and Yahoo Inc  face intense U.S. Justice Department scrutiny of their deal to share some advertising revenue, and the heat will likely increase under a new administration, antitrust experts said.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley says Apple's iPhone sales may double in '09@
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<description><![CDATA[(Reuters) - Morgan Stanley raised its price target on Apple Inc  shares to $210 from $185, saying it expects the company's iPhone unit sales to double in 2009 at the new $199 price point.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Video game sales on winning streak, study projects@
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<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The video game industry is expected to shoot from $41.9 billion in global sales last year to $68.3 billion in 2012, a compound annual growth rate of 10.3 percent and better than all other media sectors except for online advertising and access.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Google sees benefits in Yahoo "experiment": exec@
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<description><![CDATA[SEOUL (Reuters) - Internet service leader Google Inc believes its recent advertising deal with Yahoo Inc will be beneficial as Yahoo tries to become more profitable, a key Google executive said on Wednesday.

  
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<title><![CDATA[New funding values LinkedIn at $1 billion@
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<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - LinkedIn, an online destination for professional networking, raised $53 million from investors in a fourth round of financing, giving the company an estimated valuation of just over $1 billion, LinkedIn Chief Executive Dan Nye said.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Hit by fuel price, which way will motorists turn?@
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<description><![CDATA[LONDON (Reuters) - With oil prices near $140 a barrel, motorists are starting to look seriously at both alternative fuels and electric vehicles as a way to be able to keep driving their cars.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Verizon mulls alternatives to all-fiber FiOS@
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<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - U.S. telecommunications company Verizon Communications Inc  is considering alternatives to employing an all-fiber network for its FiOS high-speed Internet and video service after 2010, its chief technology officer said on Tuesday.

  
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:04:33 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Skype's latest puts focus on watching who you call@
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<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Web communications leader Skype begins public testing on Wednesday of a new version of its software for making free or low-cost phone calls that aims to make casual video chatting more common.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft to open European search tech center@
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it planned to open a search technology center (STC) in Europe as part of its plan to accelerate investments in Live Search.

  
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:55:07 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Japanese-Swedish handset maker Sony Ericsson  said on Tuesday it projected strong demand for the global handset industry in the second quarter and the second half of this year. "We had a slightly slower start to the year due to some economic downturn in Western Europe and due to overstocking in channels in Q4, which meant inventories were higher going into 2008. That was a short-term issue," Sony Ericsson's head of global marketing James Marsha

  
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<title><![CDATA[Adobe outlook disappoints, shares fall@
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<description><![CDATA[BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. design software maker Adobe Systems Inc  issued a revenue outlook that disappointed some investors on Monday, sending its shares down 2.6 percent.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Alcatel signs $1 billion deal with China Mobile@
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<description><![CDATA[PARIS (Reuters) - French telecoms equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent  said it had signed a $1 billion agreement with China Mobile  to provide mobile communication equipment and services.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Hynix to buy 9.5 pct of ProMOS in $168 mln deal@
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<description><![CDATA[SEOUL/TAIPEI (Reuters) - Hynix Semiconductor Inc , the world's No.2 memory chip maker, said on Tuesday it would buy about 9.5 percent of ProMOS Technologies  for $168 million, expanding a strategic partnership with its Taiwan rival.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Nokia unveils two new business phones@
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<description><![CDATA[LONDON (Reuters) - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia  unveiled two new phone models aimed at corporate clients on Monday, revamping its somewhat aging offering to business customers.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Bosch, Samsung SDI to form hybrid car battery JV@
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<description><![CDATA[SEOUL (Reuters) - Robert Bosch and Samsung SDI have signed a contract to form a hybrid electric vehicle battery joint venture to boost their presence in the next-generation energy business, Samsung said on Monday.

  
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motorola Inc , the No. 3 mobile phone maker, said on Friday it would roughly halve the size of its research labs to about 300 people as it plans to halt some projects and move at least 180 people to other units.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft offered $9 bln for Yahoo stake, search deal@
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<description><![CDATA[SEATTLE/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - When Yahoo Inc turned down the latest offer from Microsoft Corp this week, it walked away from $9 billion in cash and $1 billion a year in additional operating profit, Microsoft said on Friday.

  
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<description><![CDATA[SEATTLE/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp offered Yahoo Inc $1 billion in cash to buy its search business in a deal that would have delivered $1 billion in additional annual operating income to Yahoo, a source familiar with Microsoft's thinking said on Friday.

  
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) - Media conglomerate Time Warner Inc withdrew its bid to buy the Weather Channel after refusing to raise its offer, a source familiar with the negotiations told Reuters on Friday, leaving as the remaining bidder an investor group that includes NBC Universal.

  
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) - Media conglomerate Time Warner Inc withdrew its bid to buy the Weather Channel due to price, a source familiar with the negotiations told Reuters on Friday.

  
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:42:01 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Manners still matter when you're poking on Facebook@
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<description><![CDATA[LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Should you reject a friend on MySpace? How do you ward off an old lover on Facebook?

  
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<title><![CDATA[MySpace plans redesign for next week@
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp's MySpace plans to launch a global redesign next week in an attempt to widen its demographic and boost user engagement on the site, the social networking site said on Friday.

  
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<description><![CDATA[SEOUL (Reuters) - When tens of thousands of Koreans converged in the center of Seoul on Tuesday for a mass protest against the new president, many were clutching two vital items: a candle and a mobile phone loaded with snazzy features.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Video game addicts are not shy nerds@
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<description><![CDATA[SYDNEY (Reuters) - Playing video games for hours on end may be bad for your health, but, according to an Australian study, it doesn't mean you are a lonely nerd and won't damage your social skills.

  
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<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States retains its global preeminence in science and technology, with a big boost from foreign students, scientists and engineers, a RAND Corporation report issued on Thursday said.

  
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<description><![CDATA[LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - The European Commission will issue guidelines for the telecoms industry on ensuring a fair return on investment and sharing infrastructure, the European Union executive's telecoms chief said on Thursday.

  
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<title><![CDATA[Jillian Michaels brings fitness know-how to Wii@
    Reuters: Technology News]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[SAN DIEGO (Hollywood Reporter) - Game publisher Majesco Entertainment has announced a partnership with celebrity fitness trainer Jillian Michaels for an exercise-themed video game for the Nintendo Wii.

  
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. retains global science, tech preeminence: study@
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<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States retains its global preeminence in science and technology, with a big boost from foreign students, scientists and engineers, a RAND Corporation report issued on Thursday said.

  
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:25:23 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Google CEO talks of good, evil and monopoly fears@
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<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc year-old iPhones, which prominently feature a Web browser.

  
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:11:07 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Disney banking on custom Blu-ray features@
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<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Live, onscreen chat functions for future installments of such titles as "Lost" and "High School Musical" are among the next-generation extras Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has up its sleeve.

  
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:23:26 +0200]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ford says government help needed to develop plug-ins@
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<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co  is confident it has the expertise to design a plug-in hybrid, but it would need U.S. government help to get that done and to bring one to market, which it does not expect any time soon