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Multimillion-dollar verdict against RIM overturned
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:15PM August 09, 2012 CommentTORONTO (AP) — A U.S. judge has overturned a multimillion-dollar patent-infringement verdict against BlackBerry maker Research In Motion.
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Google's interactions with federal regulators
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:28PM August 09, 2012 CommentGoogle has had several interactions with U.S. regulators in recent years. On Thursday, the Federal Trade Commission announced a record fine to settle a case over whether unauthorized changes Google made to privacy settings in Safari Web browsers violated an agreement prohibiting the company from misleading consumers.
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HP to absorb record quarterly loss of nearly $9B
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:11PM August 09, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Hewlett-Packard Co. on Wednesday said that it will take a massive charge against its earnings for the latest quarter, leading to a record loss of nearly $9 billion.
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T-Mobile loses subscribers, smartphones flat
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:16AM August 09, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — The long slide of T-Mobile USA continued in the latest quarter, as the country's No. 4 cellphone company lost subscribers and struggled to sign people up for smartphones.
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Facebook has new email address for phishing scams
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:34AM August 09, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Facebook has created an email address for people to report scams.
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Facebook pressured to remove page deemed racist
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:41AM August 09, 2012 CommentCANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Facebook is under pressure in Australia to take down a page that insults Aborigines with the government accusing the social networking company of using its U.S. base to avoid Australian anti-discrimination laws.
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Review: The beat goes on in Sony's 'Sound Shapes'
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:39AM August 09, 2012 CommentThe platform game abides. It may have the least appealing name imaginable — see, your character has to jump between platforms — but in recent years the genre has attracted the interest of a whole posse of young game designers. With hits like "Fez," ''Braid" and "Limbo," the platformer is enjoying the kind of attention it hasn't drawn since the heyday of "Super Mario Bros."
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Wis. boy, 17, is the fastest texter in America
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:13PM August 08, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — A 17-year-old boy who says he has "abnormally fast thumbs" has been named the fastest texter in America for the second year in a row.
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Gabby Douglas gets most attention at NBC website
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:14PM August 08, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Gabby Douglas is golden when it comes to online popularity, too.
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Obama may act to stop infrastructure cyberattacks
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:03PM August 08, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is weighing plans to use its executive power to press U.S. businesses to better protect critical industries from potentially crippling computer attacks, after Congress failed to pass such legislation last week.
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Google to include people's Gmail in search results
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:38PM August 08, 2012 CommentSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is creating an information bridge between its influential Internet search engine and its widely used Gmail service in its latest attempt to deliver more personal responses more quickly.
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Source: NYTimes to sell About to Answers for $270M
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:10PM August 08, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — The New York Times Co. has agreed to sell its troubled online information service, About.com, to rival Answers.com for $270 million, or two-thirds what the Times paid for it in 2005, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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New app lets riders hail a NYC cab by smartphone
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:37PM August 08, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Hailing a taxi on a New York street is going high-tech — with a smartphone application.
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Mighty Mouse: Investors flock to safety of Disney
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:32PM August 08, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — These are happy times in the Magic Kingdom.
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Liberty Media plans Starz spinoff
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:39PM August 08, 2012 CommentENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Liberty Media Corp. on Wednesday said that it will spin off its Starz cable channels into a separate company, continuing a series of financial machinations in the Liberty family, which is controlled by cable magnate John Malone.
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Facebook, ACLU: Clicking 'Like' is free speech
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:18PM August 08, 2012 CommentNORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Attorneys for Facebook and the American Civil Liberties Union want a federal appeals court to rule that clicking "Like" on the social networking site is constitutionally-protected free speech.
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AT&T workers in 3 states launch short strike
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:57AM August 08, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — More than 20,000 AT&T workers in California, Nevada and Connecticut have gone on a brief strike to protest what the union called harassment by the company.
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HP Raises Outlook, Boots Head of Services
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:21AM August 08, 2012 Comment
A Hewlett Packard laptop with Windows Vista running is on display at Best Buy store in Mountain View, Calif.
NEW YORK (AP) — Hewlett-Packard Co. on Wednesday said that it will take a massive charge against its earnings for the latest quarter, but that results excluding charges were better than expected.
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Starbucks to accept Square mobile payments
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:02AM August 08, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks Corp. will soon be the first national chain to let customers pay with Square's mobile payment application.
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NASA mission gives a peek of rover's Mars journey
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:26PM August 07, 2012 CommentPASADENA, Calif. (AP) — NASA's latest adventure to Mars has given the world more than just glimpses of a new alien landscape.
