Japan Internet execs shy away from politics

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Internet entrepreneurs are downright sexy in the United States, as glossy magazines such as Vanity Fair will testify. Yet while the founders of Google and eBay's chief executives are lauded by the glitterati as much as by computer geeks, Japan's startup entrepreneurs are finding that they are far less alluring to the public than their U.S. counterparts.


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3 indicted in US for hacking into restaurant computer system

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A Ukrainian and an Estonian were among three people charged in a scheme to hack into a computer system of a US restaurant chain to steal credit card data, the Justice Department said Monday.

Use of wind energy expected to grow dramatically

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(AP) -- Two decades from now Americans could get as much electricity from windmills as from nuclear power plants, according to a government report that lays out a possible plan for wind energy growth.

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(AP) -- Clear Channel Communications Inc. and its prospective buyers are talking with banks to try to settle a dispute over whether the banks must fund promised loans for the $19.5 billion takeover, the radio and outdoor ...

HP in talks to buy EDS in deal reportedly worth $12B to $13B

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(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. is negotiating to buy information technology services provider Electronic Data Systems Corp. in a deal that could help the world's largest personal computer maker win more consulting contracts ...

Google joins effort to make more Web sites more sociable

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(AP) -- The effort to make it easier for Web surfers to connect with their friends is attracting a crowd.