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09/07/2010 04:55 PM
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Google milks animated doodle mystery on Twitter
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AP - For a dozen years, Google Inc. has been occasionally swapping its everyday logo for a "doodle," a sketch celebrating holidays, inventions, artists and sporting events, and showcasing designs from contest-winning students.
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09/08/2010 09:14 AM
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Oracle plans to give Hurd $950,000 annual salary
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AP - Oracle plans to pay newly appointed President Mark Hurd a base salary of $950,000 a year. The company also says the former Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO, who was ousted by that company last month, is eligible for a fiscal 2011 bonus of as much as $10 million.
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09/05/2010 10:29 PM
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Taiwan's HTC: iPhone's `quiet' challenger
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 AP - East Asia is the world's electronics factory, yet unless they are Japanese, producers are largely anonymous. Now HTC Corp., a Taiwanese maker of smart phones, is moving out of the shadows and trying to establish its own brand name as it competes with Apple's iPhone.
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08/30/2010 03:19 PM
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Able to unplug from work while you’re on vacation?
(Ben Patterson)
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Ben Patterson - Fighting the urge to check your work e-mail while you’re on holiday doesn’t exactly qualify as the worst problem in the world; after all, it’s pretty nice to have a job at all in this tough economy, right? Then again, the pressure to hang onto a job seems to be driving more and more connected workers to stay plugged in even while they’re trying to tune out.
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08/30/2010 11:58 AM
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Mobile users still wary of being found, survey says
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Ben Patterson - Feel the need to "check in" on Foursquare or Facebook every time you saunter into a restaurant, browse the goods at your neighborhood grocery store, or cram into a rock concert? Well, if you, you’re still in the minority — and you’re also probably a guy below 40 — according to the latest research.
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09/08/2010 06:15 AM
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Extensis launches Portfolio Server 9.5
(Macworld.com)
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Macworld.com - Extensis has announced Portfolio Server 9.5, a new version of its Digital Asset Management (DAM) software, designed to help small businesses and corporate teams quickly locate and access large collections of photos, graphics, documents, and videos.
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09/08/2010 08:09 AM
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Craigslist urged to drop adult services worldwide
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AP - Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and national nonprofit organizations said Tuesday they want Craigslist to be "a model for good policy" and officially get rid of its adult services section globally.
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09/08/2010 10:06 AM
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Gamer suspended over name of W.Va. town: Fort Gay
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AP - Microsoft Corp. and the chief rules enforcer for Xbox Live are apologizing to a small West Virginia town and a 26-year-old gamer accused of violating the online gaming service's code of conduct by publicly declaring he's from Fort Gay — a name the company considered offensive.
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09/08/2010 09:05 AM
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Indian court upholds big tax bill against Vodafone
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AP - In a landmark ruling Wednesday, an Indian court said Vodafone Group Plc is liable for an estimated $2.6 billion in taxes for its 2007 acquisition of one of India's largest mobile phone companies.
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09/08/2010 07:30 AM
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Salesforce.com offers Chatter networking on mobile
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Reuters - Salesforce.com will offer mobile versions of its Chatter tool for social networking inside companies from later this year as it seeks to make its software more ubiquitous and its customers more productive.
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09/08/2010 04:39 AM
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Amazon Acquires Online Music Store Amie Street
(Mashable)
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Mashable - Amie Street, the online music community and store Amazon has invested in back in August 2007, has now been acquired by Amazon for an undisclosed amount. Starting with September 22 this year, all AmieStreet.com pages will be forwarded to Amazon.com.
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09/08/2010 05:22 AM
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Morning Brief: Amazon Acquisition, Google Search Event, Samsung Fascinate On Sale
(Mashable)
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Mashable - Morning Brief: Amazon Acquires Music Service, Google to Unveil Search Products, Samsung Fascinate Now Available
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09/07/2010 12:25 PM
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Android now powers 25 percent of mobile operating systems
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Appolicious - Android continues to poach away market share from the iPhone and other mobile platforms, now accounting for 25 percent of mobile operating systems in North America. That’s a 2 percent increase, month-over-month, and an 18.6 percent increase year-over-year.
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09/08/2010 04:41 AM
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Norton Releases 2011 Security Products
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PC World - Norton on Wednesday announced its 2011 versions of its Norton Internet Security suite and Norton Antivirus software. Norton also announced a new application--Norton Power Eraser--that is designed to remove the increasingly common fake antivirus malware.
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09/08/2010 08:10 AM
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HP Introduces Microserver for Small Businesses
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PC World - Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday announced a low-cost, entry-level server for small businesses that bundles advanced features in a small package.
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09/08/2010 04:10 AM
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Symantec: Most Hacking Victims Blame Themselves
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PC World - Just under two-thirds of all Internet users have been hit by some sort of cybercrime, and while most of them are angry about it, a surprisingly large percentage feel guilt too, according to a survey commissioned by Symantec.
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09/03/2010 05:22 PM
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Apple Browsing Share Tops Linux, Android Steals Share Everywhere
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PC World - More people browsed the Internet last month with a device running Apple's mobile operating system, iOS, than used Linux to do so. That's a first for Apple, according to NetMarketShare, a firm that produces metrics on the market share of browsers, operating systems and search engines.
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09/08/2010 03:16 AM
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Nokia N8 Release Date: End of September in the Online Shop, October 1 in UK Stores
(Mashable)
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Mashable - Nokia has announced an official launch date and pricing for its Symbian^3 smartphone, the Nokia N8. The device will be available at the Nokia Online Shop "during the last week of September," and it will appear in UK's physical stores on October 1.
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