2008 Jan 24
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Business
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While Wall Street has had something of a love affair with Apple's stock until very recently, it appears that they're finally catc read more »
While Wall Street has had something of a love affair with Apple's stock until very recently, it appears that they're finally catc read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Doctors treating former Indonesian dictator Suharto said Friday he could be released from intensive care within a couple days read more »
AP - Doctors treating former Indonesian dictator Suharto said Friday he could be released from intensive care within a couple days read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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Reuters - Terry Gilliam's "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," which was to shoot special effects work in Vancouver next week, read more »
Reuters - Terry Gilliam's "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," which was to shoot special effects work in Vancouver next week, read more »
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AP - More rehab for Amy Winehouse? Yes, yes, yes. The jazz-pop diva best known for refusing to enter drug rehab in her hit song en read more »
AP - More rehab for Amy Winehouse? Yes, yes, yes. The jazz-pop diva best known for refusing to enter drug rehab in her hit song en read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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Reuters - Film and television studio Lionsgateon Thursday said it reached an interim agreement with the Writers Guild of America read more »
Reuters - Film and television studio Lionsgateon Thursday said it reached an interim agreement with the Writers Guild of America read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Major U.N. Security Council powers have agreed on an incremental increase in sanctions on Iran, including a new restriction o read more »
AP - Major U.N. Security Council powers have agreed on an incremental increase in sanctions on Iran, including a new restriction o read more »
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AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday the challenges facing Colombia will only get harder if a trade deal with Wa read more »
AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday the challenges facing Colombia will only get harder if a trade deal with Wa read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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AP - Federal prosecutors on Thursday identified Broadcom Corp. co-founders Henry T. Nicholas III and Henry Samueli as "unindicted read more »
AP - Federal prosecutors on Thursday identified Broadcom Corp. co-founders Henry T. Nicholas III and Henry Samueli as "unindicted read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Still grappling with how to keep the global economy out of a crippling recession, the World Economic Forum confronted the urg read more »
AP - Still grappling with how to keep the global economy out of a crippling recession, the World Economic Forum confronted the urg read more »
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AP - Two Palestinians infiltrated a religious seminary and attacked students in a West Bank settlement before being shot dead, whi read more »
AP - Two Palestinians infiltrated a religious seminary and attacked students in a West Bank settlement before being shot dead, whi read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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Reuters - A book publisher that bought an ad on Don Imus's radio show is suing the shock jock and his former bosses at CBS Radio read more »
Reuters - A book publisher that bought an ad on Don Imus's radio show is suing the shock jock and his former bosses at CBS Radio read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Business
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Over in Japan, a 24-year-old grad student was arrested this week for writing a computer virus. There's just one problem. There' read more »
Over in Japan, a 24-year-old grad student was arrested this week for writing a computer virus. There's just one problem. There' read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Japan's whaling fleet was heading toward New Zealand-controlled waters in Antarctica, in breach of an agreement that it would read more »
AP - Japan's whaling fleet was heading toward New Zealand-controlled waters in Antarctica, in breach of an agreement that it would read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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Reuters - British soul singer Amy Winehouse, who this week appeared in video footage allegedly showing her smoking crack cocaine read more »
Reuters - British soul singer Amy Winehouse, who this week appeared in video footage allegedly showing her smoking crack cocaine read more »
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AP - Sen. Barack Obama is making some campaign promises we can be pretty sure he won't keep. Appearing Thursday on the "Late Show read more »
AP - Sen. Barack Obama is making some campaign promises we can be pretty sure he won't keep. Appearing Thursday on the "Late Show read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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AP - The woman who discovered a lifeless Heath Ledger spent nine minutes making three calls to Mary-Kate Olsen before she dialed 9 read more »
AP - The woman who discovered a lifeless Heath Ledger spent nine minutes making three calls to Mary-Kate Olsen before she dialed 9 read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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AP - Danny Glover has been convicted in Niagara Falls, Ontario, for trespassing in a hotel during a union rally in 2006. Glover, w read more »
AP - Danny Glover has been convicted in Niagara Falls, Ontario, for trespassing in a hotel during a union rally in 2006. Glover, w read more »
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AP - Dennis Quaid says his new movie shows "life imitating art." The actor, whose newborn twins were given an overdose of blood th read more »
AP - Dennis Quaid says his new movie shows "life imitating art." The actor, whose newborn twins were given an overdose of blood th read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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Reuters - A record number of readers visited U.S. online newspaper sites last year, according to figures released on Thursday, c read more »
Reuters - A record number of readers visited U.S. online newspaper sites last year, according to figures released on Thursday, c read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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Reuters - Top bidders put up a total of more than $2.4 billion on Thursday in the opening round of the Federal Communications Co read more »
Reuters - Top bidders put up a total of more than $2.4 billion on Thursday in the opening round of the Federal Communications Co read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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InfoWorld - Sun doubled its profit in the quarter ended Dec. 30, although revenue was nearly flat compared with the same period a read more »
InfoWorld - Sun doubled its profit in the quarter ended Dec. 30, although revenue was nearly flat compared with the same period a read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Business
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As part of a research project on the history of government regulation, I'm reading a 1975 book about the history of the telephone read more »
As part of a research project on the history of government regulation, I'm reading a 1975 book about the history of the telephone read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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AFP - Microsoft reported its profits surged 81 percent on record-high revenues of 16.37 billion dollars in the last three months o read more »
AFP - Microsoft reported its profits surged 81 percent on record-high revenues of 16.37 billion dollars in the last three months o read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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AP - Biotech giant Amgen Inc. reported Thursday that its fourth-quarter profits rose, topping analysts' estimates, despite governm read more »
AP - Biotech giant Amgen Inc. reported Thursday that its fourth-quarter profits rose, topping analysts' estimates, despite governm read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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Investor's Business Daily - Microsoft easily beat Wall Street's forecasts for its fiscal second quarter on Thursday thanks to stro read more »
Investor's Business Daily - Microsoft easily beat Wall Street's forecasts for its fiscal second quarter on Thursday thanks to stro read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Protesters tried to force their way into the court hearing Thursday of a white teenager charged with a shooting rampage in a read more »
AP - Protesters tried to force their way into the court hearing Thursday of a white teenager charged with a shooting rampage in a read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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PC World - The charitable Give One, Get One XO laptop program comes under fire by participants who say they've suffered chronic de read more »
PC World - The charitable Give One, Get One XO laptop program comes under fire by participants who say they've suffered chronic de read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Business
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We've been seeing more and more examples lately of content creators recognizing how they benefit from giving away their content f read more »
We've been seeing more and more examples lately of content creators recognizing how they benefit from giving away their content f read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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Playbill - Ron Rifkin, John Glover, Neil Patrick Harris, Josh Radnor and Patricia Wettig will star in Jon Robin Baitz's The Paris read more »
Playbill - Ron Rifkin, John Glover, Neil Patrick Harris, Josh Radnor and Patricia Wettig will star in Jon Robin Baitz's The Paris read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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AP - Microsoft Corp. said Thursday its fiscal second-quarter profit topped analysts' expectations and climbed 79 percent, buoyed b read more »
AP - Microsoft Corp. said Thursday its fiscal second-quarter profit topped analysts' expectations and climbed 79 percent, buoyed b read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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AP - Sun Microsystems Inc.'s fiscal second-quarter profit nearly doubled to edge past Wall Street's estimates Thursday, reflecting read more »
AP - Sun Microsystems Inc.'s fiscal second-quarter profit nearly doubled to edge past Wall Street's estimates Thursday, reflecting read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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Reuters - Stocks rose on Thursday, after government leaders agreed on a plan for tax rebates to stimulate the U.S. economy and a read more »
Reuters - Stocks rose on Thursday, after government leaders agreed on a plan for tax rebates to stimulate the U.S. economy and a read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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AP - Little, cheap and sturdy, laptops designed to bring technology to the children of developing countries are rolling out after read more »
AP - Little, cheap and sturdy, laptops designed to bring technology to the children of developing countries are rolling out after read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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Reuters - Microsoft reported a rise in quarterly profit on Thursday, boosted by strong sales of its Windows operating system, a read more »
Reuters - Microsoft reported a rise in quarterly profit on Thursday, boosted by strong sales of its Windows operating system, a read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Business
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For months there had been a lot of buzz about how Rupert Murdoch was interested in dropping the WSJ's paywall. However, as we no read more »
For months there had been a lot of buzz about how Rupert Murdoch was interested in dropping the WSJ's paywall. However, as we no read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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InfoWorld - In an effort to push mobility into thin clients, Hewlett-Packard is adding a laptop with minimal storage and wireless read more »
InfoWorld - In an effort to push mobility into thin clients, Hewlett-Packard is adding a laptop with minimal storage and wireless read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Italian Premier Romano Prodi resigned Thursday after losing a risky Senate confidence motion that obliged him to end his 20-m read more »
AP - Italian Premier Romano Prodi resigned Thursday after losing a risky Senate confidence motion that obliged him to end his 20-m read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AP - The abandoned apartment block known as the Pepsi building vanished in seconds, leaving a 30-foot-deep blast crater and a ring read more »
AP - The abandoned apartment block known as the Pepsi building vanished in seconds, leaving a 30-foot-deep blast crater and a ring read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AFP - Nuclear-armed North Korea used UN-linked bank accounts to secretly transfer funds in connection with alleged weapons sales, read more »
AFP - Nuclear-armed North Korea used UN-linked bank accounts to secretly transfer funds in connection with alleged weapons sales, read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AP - The beloved Lebanese singer Fairouz went to Damascus Thursday to perform for the first time in almost three decades, angering read more »
AP - The beloved Lebanese singer Fairouz went to Damascus Thursday to perform for the first time in almost three decades, angering read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Business
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Reuters - Retail stocks fell on Thursday as analysts said a proposed $150 billion U.S. economic stimulus package aimed at averti read more »
Reuters - Retail stocks fell on Thursday as analysts said a proposed $150 billion U.S. economic stimulus package aimed at averti read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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Reuters - Sean "Diddy" Combs -- rapper, music producer, fashion designer, business mogul, Broadway star -- has had many career-d read more »
Reuters - Sean "Diddy" Combs -- rapper, music producer, fashion designer, business mogul, Broadway star -- has had many career-d read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Business
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Reuters - Sales of previously owned U.S. homes fell more than expected in December, ending a year that brought the sharpest hous read more »
Reuters - Sales of previously owned U.S. homes fell more than expected in December, ending a year that brought the sharpest hous read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AFP - Guinea moved back into contention for an African Nations Cup quarter-final place on Thursday with a dramatic 3-2 win over Mo read more »
AFP - Guinea moved back into contention for an African Nations Cup quarter-final place on Thursday with a dramatic 3-2 win over Mo read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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AP - U.S. newspapers' online audiences grew about 6 percent last year, an industry group reported Thursday, a rare bit of good new read more »
AP - U.S. newspapers' online audiences grew about 6 percent last year, an industry group reported Thursday, a rare bit of good new read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Groping and verbal harassment is an exasperating reality for women using public transportation in this sprawling capital, whe read more »
AP - Groping and verbal harassment is an exasperating reality for women using public transportation in this sprawling capital, whe read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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AP - IBM Corp. on Thursday won EU approval for its largest acquisition ever, the $5 billion cash purchase of "business intelligenc read more »
AP - IBM Corp. on Thursday won EU approval for its largest acquisition ever, the $5 billion cash purchase of "business intelligenc read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Business
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We've been talking quite a bit lately about the news industry, all too often focusing on journalists (or former journalists) whin read more »
We've been talking quite a bit lately about the news industry, all too often focusing on journalists (or former journalists) whin read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Business
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Reuters - Stocks gained in volatile trading on Thursday, with the Nasdaq up more than 1 percent, boosted by a deal for tax rebat read more »
Reuters - Stocks gained in volatile trading on Thursday, with the Nasdaq up more than 1 percent, boosted by a deal for tax rebat read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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AP - The idea was simple: Job training centers should be as ubiquitous as gas stations, a man called freesouljah said in a video o read more »
AP - The idea was simple: Job training centers should be as ubiquitous as gas stations, a man called freesouljah said in a video o read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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FT.com - Anyone still worried that the mess at Sprint Nextel was the result of a general malaise in the US mobile market just got read more »
FT.com - Anyone still worried that the mess at Sprint Nextel was the result of a general malaise in the US mobile market just got read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Business
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Reuters - The pilots of Northwest Airlines Corp said on Thursday they would support a Northwest merger with another carrier but read more »
Reuters - The pilots of Northwest Airlines Corp said on Thursday they would support a Northwest merger with another carrier but read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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InfoWorld - U.S.-based venture capital investments reached their highest point last year since 2001 with software remaining the st read more »
InfoWorld - U.S.-based venture capital investments reached their highest point last year since 2001 with software remaining the st read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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Yahoo is in early discussions with major record labels about offering unprotected MP3s either for sale or for free as part of an a read more »
Yahoo is in early discussions with major record labels about offering unprotected MP3s either for sale or for free as part of an a read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Hundreds of Afghans chanted anti-American slogans to protest the deaths of nine policemen who local officials said were kille read more »
AP - Hundreds of Afghans chanted anti-American slogans to protest the deaths of nine policemen who local officials said were kille read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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AP - Charter Communications officials believe a software error during routine maintenance caused the company to delete the content read more »
AP - Charter Communications officials believe a software error during routine maintenance caused the company to delete the content read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Business
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Reuters - Stocks gained on Thursday as results from Qualcomm Inc and other companies sparked some optimism about corporate prof read more »
Reuters - Stocks gained on Thursday as results from Qualcomm Inc and other companies sparked some optimism about corporate prof read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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Could wiki-wisdom be wrong? Maybe the Internet isn't about freedom, information and community. Maybe it's really about entrepreneu read more »
Could wiki-wisdom be wrong? Maybe the Internet isn't about freedom, information and community. Maybe it's really about entrepreneu read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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Reuters - After years of watching Osama bin Laden in grainy television footage, audiences have a chance to see a less chilling v read more »
Reuters - After years of watching Osama bin Laden in grainy television footage, audiences have a chance to see a less chilling v read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Business
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Reuters - The biggest rogue trader scandal in history hit Societe Generale on Thursday as the French bank accused a junior emplo read more »
Reuters - The biggest rogue trader scandal in history hit Societe Generale on Thursday as the French bank accused a junior emplo read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Kenya's president and his chief rival held talks Thursday for the first time since last month's disputed election, under inte read more »
AP - Kenya's president and his chief rival held talks Thursday for the first time since last month's disputed election, under inte read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AFP - Arsenal strikers Emmanuel Adebayor and Nicklas Bendtner have escaped sanction from the Football Association over a clash dur read more »
AFP - Arsenal strikers Emmanuel Adebayor and Nicklas Bendtner have escaped sanction from the Football Association over a clash dur read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AP - The Gaza border crisis caused another sharp flap Thursday in Egyptian-Israeli relations, with Egypt angrily accusing Israel o read more »
AP - The Gaza border crisis caused another sharp flap Thursday in Egyptian-Israeli relations, with Egypt angrily accusing Israel o read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Business
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Many people seem to think that capitalism is only about money. It leads to bizarre and incorrect claims suggesting that behavior read more »
Many people seem to think that capitalism is only about money. It leads to bizarre and incorrect claims suggesting that behavior read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Brazil will try to combat deforestation in the Amazon by sending extra federal police and environmental agents to 36 cities a read more »
AP - Brazil will try to combat deforestation in the Amazon by sending extra federal police and environmental agents to 36 cities a read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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AFP - Rambo is lining up with Republican hopeful John McCain in the battle for the White House which could see him slug it out wit read more »
AFP - Rambo is lining up with Republican hopeful John McCain in the battle for the White House which could see him slug it out wit read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Business
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AP - French bank Societe Generale said Thursday it has uncovered a 4.9 billion euro ($7.14 billion) fraud one of history's bigg read more »
AP - French bank Societe Generale said Thursday it has uncovered a 4.9 billion euro ($7.14 billion) fraud one of history's bigg read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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Reuters - News Corp Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch said on Thursday he would not make all online Wall Street Journal content fre read more »
Reuters - News Corp Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch said on Thursday he would not make all online Wall Street Journal content fre read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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The world music market fell 10 percent in 2007, faster than in 2006, but digital music sales continued to soar, rising 40 percent, read more »
The world music market fell 10 percent in 2007, faster than in 2006, but digital music sales continued to soar, rising 40 percent, read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Israel's Holocaust memorial launched an Arabic version of its Web site Thursday, including vivid photos of Nazi atrocities an read more »
AP - Israel's Holocaust memorial launched an Arabic version of its Web site Thursday, including vivid photos of Nazi atrocities an read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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Reuters - New James Bond film "Quantum of Solace" sees the British super spy out for revenge on a mission that takes him to Aust read more »
Reuters - New James Bond film "Quantum of Solace" sees the British super spy out for revenge on a mission that takes him to Aust read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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AP - Funeral arrangements for Heath Ledger have been completed and his relatives were expected to arrive in New York on Friday, a read more »
AP - Funeral arrangements for Heath Ledger have been completed and his relatives were expected to arrive in New York on Friday, a read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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AP - Trey Anastasio spent two days in an upstate New York jail last week for missing a counseling session required after he pleade read more »
AP - Trey Anastasio spent two days in an upstate New York jail last week for missing a counseling session required after he pleade read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AFP - The world's two largest memory chip manufacturers will work together to develop next-generation semiconductors so South Kore read more »
AFP - The world's two largest memory chip manufacturers will work together to develop next-generation semiconductors so South Kore read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Business
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AP - Democratic and Republican congressional leaders reached a tentative deal with the White House Thursday on tax rebates startin read more »
AP - Democratic and Republican congressional leaders reached a tentative deal with the White House Thursday on tax rebates startin read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AFP - A tiny windswept British island with just 110 inhabitants might be hard to spot on most maps but its one restaurant it has s read more »
AFP - A tiny windswept British island with just 110 inhabitants might be hard to spot on most maps but its one restaurant it has s read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Business
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Reuters - The biggest rogue trader scandal in history hit Societe Generale on Thursday as the French bank accused a junior emplo read more »
Reuters - The biggest rogue trader scandal in history hit Societe Generale on Thursday as the French bank accused a junior emplo read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Business
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Reuters - The White House and the Democratic-led Congress have reached a tentative deal on a $150 billion economic stimulus plan read more »
Reuters - The White House and the Democratic-led Congress have reached a tentative deal on a $150 billion economic stimulus plan read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Business
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Reuters - Ford Motor Co posted a sharply narrower fourth-quarter loss on Thursday after cutting costs but forecast a net loss f read more »
Reuters - Ford Motor Co posted a sharply narrower fourth-quarter loss on Thursday after cutting costs but forecast a net loss f read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AP - The U.N.'s top human rights body on Thursday condemned Israeli military action in Gaza and the West Bank. read more »
AP - The U.N.'s top human rights body on Thursday condemned Israeli military action in Gaza and the West Bank. read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Business
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A year ago, we noted how ridiculous it was that Congress was allowing Rep. Howard Berman to run the Congressional subcommittee de read more »
A year ago, we noted how ridiculous it was that Congress was allowing Rep. Howard Berman to run the Congressional subcommittee de read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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PC World - Educational institutions will increase spending on open-source software and services over the next few years, but that read more »
PC World - Educational institutions will increase spending on open-source software and services over the next few years, but that read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AFP - The United States said Thursday it has raised its concerns with Zimbabwe over a political opponent's arrest which it called read more »
AFP - The United States said Thursday it has raised its concerns with Zimbabwe over a political opponent's arrest which it called read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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AP - "Working with Heath was one of the purest joys of my life. He brought to the role of Ennis more than any of us could have ima read more »
AP - "Working with Heath was one of the purest joys of my life. He brought to the role of Ennis more than any of us could have ima read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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NewsFactor - Several Web 2.0 tools unveiled by IBM have advanced the growing options for business-based social networking and data read more »
NewsFactor - Several Web 2.0 tools unveiled by IBM have advanced the growing options for business-based social networking and data read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Business
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Reuters - Morgan Stanley is cutting about 1,000 jobs in the coming week, part of efforts to trim costs ahead of what it expects read more »
Reuters - Morgan Stanley is cutting about 1,000 jobs in the coming week, part of efforts to trim costs ahead of what it expects read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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Reuters - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc said on Thursday it will release the highly anticipated "Grand Theft Auto IV" video read more »
Reuters - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc said on Thursday it will release the highly anticipated "Grand Theft Auto IV" video read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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AP - After undergoing a series of cancer surgeries, Roger Ebert says he'll have yet another operation. read more »
AP - After undergoing a series of cancer surgeries, Roger Ebert says he'll have yet another operation. read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AP - In a blast of harsh rhetoric, China lashed out Thursday at the Dalai Lama and critics of Beijing's support for Sudan, saying read more »
AP - In a blast of harsh rhetoric, China lashed out Thursday at the Dalai Lama and critics of Beijing's support for Sudan, saying read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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AP - Scottish writer and standup comedian A.L. Kennedy has won Britain's Costa Book of the Year Award for her novel about a World read more »
AP - Scottish writer and standup comedian A.L. Kennedy has won Britain's Costa Book of the Year Award for her novel about a World read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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Reuters - AT&T Inc , the exclusive U.S. carrier for Apple Inc's iPhone said on Thursday it ended 2007 with "just at or slightly read more »
Reuters - AT&T Inc , the exclusive U.S. carrier for Apple Inc's iPhone said on Thursday it ended 2007 with "just at or slightly read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Business
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Reuters - Stocks edged up on Thursday, extending a steep late-day rally in the previous session that was sparked by optimism abo read more »
Reuters - Stocks edged up on Thursday, extending a steep late-day rally in the previous session that was sparked by optimism abo read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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Reuters - An Australian teenager who hosted a wild party that caused a near-riot after 500 guests saw his Internet invitation ha read more »
Reuters - An Australian teenager who hosted a wild party that caused a near-riot after 500 guests saw his Internet invitation ha read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Japan's top mobile phone carrier NTT DoCoMo is partnering with search engine Google to provide Internet searches and other se read more »
AP - Japan's top mobile phone carrier NTT DoCoMo is partnering with search engine Google to provide Internet searches and other se read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AFP - The government on Thursday unveiled controversial plans to extend the length of time terrorism suspects can be held by polic read more »
AFP - The government on Thursday unveiled controversial plans to extend the length of time terrorism suspects can be held by polic read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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AP - AT&T Inc., the nation's largest telecommunications company, earned $3.1 billion during the fourth quarter on gains in its wir read more »
AP - AT&T Inc., the nation's largest telecommunications company, earned $3.1 billion during the fourth quarter on gains in its wir read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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InfoWorld - AT&T's revenue was up 2.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2007, largely driven by increases in mobile phone and broad read more »
InfoWorld - AT&T's revenue was up 2.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2007, largely driven by increases in mobile phone and broad read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AP - A retired police colonel who went into hiding to avoid a 10-year prison sentence in a human rights case dating from the dicta read more »
AP - A retired police colonel who went into hiding to avoid a 10-year prison sentence in a human rights case dating from the dicta read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Kenya's president and its main opposition leader met Thursday for the first time since the disputed Dec. 27 presidential vote read more »
AP - Kenya's president and its main opposition leader met Thursday for the first time since the disputed Dec. 27 presidential vote read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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Reuters - Rambo is coming to get theater audiences this week with Sylvester Stallone back on the big screen as the touch-as-nail read more »
Reuters - Rambo is coming to get theater audiences this week with Sylvester Stallone back on the big screen as the touch-as-nail read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AFP - The victims of the latest floods in Mozambique may take longer to put their lives back together than those caught in the dev read more »
AFP - The victims of the latest floods in Mozambique may take longer to put their lives back together than those caught in the dev read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Business
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An associate editor at PC Mag emailed in a link to an opinion piece by PC Mag Editor-in-Chief Lance Ulanoff complaining that the read more »
An associate editor at PC Mag emailed in a link to an opinion piece by PC Mag Editor-in-Chief Lance Ulanoff complaining that the read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Fears of world recession briefly took a back seat Thursday at the World Economic Forum, where leaders from Afghanistan, Pakis read more »
AP - Fears of world recession briefly took a back seat Thursday at the World Economic Forum, where leaders from Afghanistan, Pakis read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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AP - "Quantum of Solace" is the title of the new James Bond film, the 22nd Bond adventure. read more »
AP - "Quantum of Solace" is the title of the new James Bond film, the 22nd Bond adventure. read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Business
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FT.com - The FTSE 100 on Thursday shrugged off news of a EU5bn fraud at Société Générale to move sharp read more »
FT.com - The FTSE 100 on Thursday shrugged off news of a EU5bn fraud at Société Générale to move sharp read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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Wednesday marked the beginning of the end of an eBay era. The online auctioneer announced that Meg Whitman will step down as presi read more »
Wednesday marked the beginning of the end of an eBay era. The online auctioneer announced that Meg Whitman will step down as presi read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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Reuters - Australian actor Heath Ledger, who was found dead in his New York apartment, was edgy and anxious during his Christmas read more »
Reuters - Australian actor Heath Ledger, who was found dead in his New York apartment, was edgy and anxious during his Christmas read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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AP - A massage therapist who discovered a lifeless Heath Ledger in his Manhattan apartment made her first call to Mary-Kate Olsen, read more »
AP - A massage therapist who discovered a lifeless Heath Ledger in his Manhattan apartment made her first call to Mary-Kate Olsen, read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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AP - To many who saw Heath Ledger in the last months of his life, the actor appeared to be happy, healthy and excited "in a gre read more »
AP - To many who saw Heath Ledger in the last months of his life, the actor appeared to be happy, healthy and excited "in a gre read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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Several Web 2.0 tools unveiled by IBM have advanced the growing options for business-based social networking and data mashups. On read more »
Several Web 2.0 tools unveiled by IBM have advanced the growing options for business-based social networking and data mashups. On read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Egypt began trying to control the masses of Palestinians flooding in from the Gaza Strip Thursday, stopping some from moving read more »
AP - Egypt began trying to control the masses of Palestinians flooding in from the Gaza Strip Thursday, stopping some from moving read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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AP - Nintendo's profit for the first nine months of the fiscal year nearly doubled from the previous year, propelled by booming sa read more »
AP - Nintendo's profit for the first nine months of the fiscal year nearly doubled from the previous year, propelled by booming sa read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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AP - Record companies' revenue from digital music sales rose 40 percent to $2.9 billion over the past year, but the growth is stil read more »
AP - Record companies' revenue from digital music sales rose 40 percent to $2.9 billion over the past year, but the growth is stil read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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HOUSTON -- AT&T announced Wednesday that it will boost Internet speeds for customers of its phone, television and Internet service read more »
HOUSTON -- AT&T announced Wednesday that it will boost Internet speeds for customers of its phone, television and Internet service read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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AP - City officials asked a judge to ban members of the Mob Piru street gang from being able to congregate in a neighborhood of Co read more »
AP - City officials asked a judge to ban members of the Mob Piru street gang from being able to congregate in a neighborhood of Co read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Business
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We spend a lot of time here at Techdirt beating up on large media companies for their poor media strategies. For a long time, est read more »
We spend a lot of time here at Techdirt beating up on large media companies for their poor media strategies. For a long time, est read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga have agreed to meet for the first time since the disputed Dec read more »
AP - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga have agreed to meet for the first time since the disputed Dec read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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Reuters - Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi will brave a confidence vote in the Senate on Thursday despite expectations that h read more »
Reuters - Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi will brave a confidence vote in the Senate on Thursday despite expectations that h read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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Reuters - Turkey's Islamist-rooted ruling AK Party and a key opposition party agreed on Thursday to cooperate to lift a ban on t read more »
Reuters - Turkey's Islamist-rooted ruling AK Party and a key opposition party agreed on Thursday to cooperate to lift a ban on t read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AP - A top Israeli defense official said Thursday that Israel wants to relinquish all responsibility for the Gaza Strip, including read more »
AP - A top Israeli defense official said Thursday that Israel wants to relinquish all responsibility for the Gaza Strip, including read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AP - A suicide bomber killed an Iraqi police chief and two other officers Thursday after they toured the site of the wreckage of a read more »
AP - A suicide bomber killed an Iraqi police chief and two other officers Thursday after they toured the site of the wreckage of a read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Nine Afghan policemen were killed Thursday during an anti-Taliban operation by U.S.-led coalition troops in central Afghanist read more »
AP - Nine Afghan policemen were killed Thursday during an anti-Taliban operation by U.S.-led coalition troops in central Afghanist read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AP - The rate of Amazon deforestation rose sharply during the last five months of 2007 as land was cleared for soy and cattle, pro read more »
AP - The rate of Amazon deforestation rose sharply during the last five months of 2007 as land was cleared for soy and cattle, pro read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Iran received a sixth shipment of nuclear fuel Thursday from Russia, destined for a power plant being constructed in the sout read more »
AP - Iran received a sixth shipment of nuclear fuel Thursday from Russia, destined for a power plant being constructed in the sout read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Egyptian officials began trying to control the masses of Palestinians flooding from the Gaza Strip Thursday, stopping some fr read more »
AP - Egyptian officials began trying to control the masses of Palestinians flooding from the Gaza Strip Thursday, stopping some fr read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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Reuters - Israel would like to sever its remaining connections with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip after militants blasted open read more »
Reuters - Israel would like to sever its remaining connections with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip after militants blasted open read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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Reuters - Sales of music fell at a faster rate in 2007 than 2006 despite digital sales soaring, and the gatekeepers of the Web m read more »
Reuters - Sales of music fell at a faster rate in 2007 than 2006 despite digital sales soaring, and the gatekeepers of the Web m read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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Reuters - China's broadcast watchdog has slammed a provincial station for ignoring an order to remove sexually explicit televisi read more »
Reuters - China's broadcast watchdog has slammed a provincial station for ignoring an order to remove sexually explicit televisi read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AFP - An Australian girl spontaneously switched blood groups and adopted her donor's immune system following a liver transplant in read more »
AFP - An Australian girl spontaneously switched blood groups and adopted her donor's immune system following a liver transplant in read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AP - A suicide bomber struck officials fleeing an ambush at the site of a blast in Mosul that killed at least 18 civilians and wou read more »
AP - A suicide bomber struck officials fleeing an ambush at the site of a blast in Mosul that killed at least 18 civilians and wou read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AP - French bank Societe Generale has uncovered a $7.14 billion fraud that, combined with a write-down from its subprime exposure, read more »
AP - French bank Societe Generale has uncovered a $7.14 billion fraud that, combined with a write-down from its subprime exposure, read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Sulfuric acid leaked into the water supply from a chemical factory in central China, poisoning at least 26 villagers, authori read more »
AP - Sulfuric acid leaked into the water supply from a chemical factory in central China, poisoning at least 26 villagers, authori read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Business
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Over the last few years, it's been well documented that there's plenty of money to be made in using patents to shakedown companie read more »
Over the last few years, it's been well documented that there's plenty of money to be made in using patents to shakedown companie read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Business
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Reuters - Societe Generale has uncovered a fraud by one of its traders which will have a 4.9-billion-euro ($7.16 billion) negati read more »
Reuters - Societe Generale has uncovered a fraud by one of its traders which will have a 4.9-billion-euro ($7.16 billion) negati read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Former Vice President Al Gore and U2 front man Bono offered measured praise Thursday for efforts in tackling climate change a read more »
AP - Former Vice President Al Gore and U2 front man Bono offered measured praise Thursday for efforts in tackling climate change a read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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AP - Calling eBay Inc. her "baby," outgoing chief executive Meg Whitman is promising a smooth transition to a new corporate leader read more »
AP - Calling eBay Inc. her "baby," outgoing chief executive Meg Whitman is promising a smooth transition to a new corporate leader read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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AP - Last.fm has been a popular Internet music player, despite rarely playing exactly the music you want. read more »
AP - Last.fm has been a popular Internet music player, despite rarely playing exactly the music you want. read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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AP - YouTube is expanding its mobile service to include virtually all of the videos available on its Web site, hoping to widen its read more »
AP - YouTube is expanding its mobile service to include virtually all of the videos available on its Web site, hoping to widen its read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's trip to Colombia accompanied by Democratic lawmakers is the latest, and highest-profile read more »
AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's trip to Colombia accompanied by Democratic lawmakers is the latest, and highest-profile read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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Reuters - Popular video Web site YouTube.com is opening up its service to run on millions more phones which are capable of using read more »
Reuters - Popular video Web site YouTube.com is opening up its service to run on millions more phones which are capable of using read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AFP - An Australian girl spontaneously switched blood groups and adopted her donor's immune system following a liver transplant in read more »
AFP - An Australian girl spontaneously switched blood groups and adopted her donor's immune system following a liver transplant in read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Business
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Reuters - Ford Motor Co is set to announce up to 13,000 new job cuts after agreeing with the United Auto Workers union on terms read more »
Reuters - Ford Motor Co is set to announce up to 13,000 new job cuts after agreeing with the United Auto Workers union on terms read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AP - A roadside bomb struck a police patrol Thursday in Baghdad, killing two officers and wounding five other people. read more »
AP - A roadside bomb struck a police patrol Thursday in Baghdad, killing two officers and wounding five other people. read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Technology
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AFP - Amid rousing applause and cheers, seniors in a retirement complex in the Washington suburbs have hopped onto the videogame c read more »
AFP - Amid rousing applause and cheers, seniors in a retirement complex in the Washington suburbs have hopped onto the videogame c read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Entertainment
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AP - Steve Coogan is the toast of Sundance. The British actor stars in the biggest acquisition of the film festival, "Hamlet 2," a read more »
AP - Steve Coogan is the toast of Sundance. The British actor stars in the biggest acquisition of the film festival, "Hamlet 2," a read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Business
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Reuters - Citigroup Inc is abandoning its plans to open as many as 100 U.S. branches a year, The Wall Street Journal said on Th read more »
Reuters - Citigroup Inc is abandoning its plans to open as many as 100 U.S. branches a year, The Wall Street Journal said on Th read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 World
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AFP - A Canadian businessman providing dental aid to impoverished North Koreans has been detained for more than two months in the read more »
AFP - A Canadian businessman providing dental aid to impoverished North Koreans has been detained for more than two months in the read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Business
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AP - China's economy grew by a blistering 11.2 percent in the fourth quarter, propelling annual growth to its fastest rate in 13 y read more »
AP - China's economy grew by a blistering 11.2 percent in the fourth quarter, propelling annual growth to its fastest rate in 13 y read more »
Date : 24 Jan 2008 Business
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A few months back we covered Ask.com's AskEraser feature, which was touted as a way of enhancing user privacy by allowing them to read more »
A few months back we covered Ask.com's AskEraser feature, which was touted as a way of enhancing user privacy by allowing them to read more »