Digital killed the video store

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The livelihood of video stores and online rentals might be numbered, now that the video-download movement is underway. The dawn of convenient video downloads of movie and television shows follows in the steps of audio music and music videos, and more companies are jumping on the bandwagon, trying to tap into a chunk of this growing industry.

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Big shareholder backs Yahoo board over Icahn

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(AP) -- One of Yahoo Inc.'s largest shareholders is supporting the re-election of the Internet company's incumbent board, delivering a significant blow to an attempted coup being led by activist investor Carl Icahn.

Web networking photos come back to bite defendants

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(AP) -- Two weeks after Joshua Lipton was charged in a drunken driving crash that seriously injured a woman, the 20-year-old college junior attended a Halloween party dressed as a prisoner. Pictures from the party showed ...

Giving learning a personal touch

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A learning system that adapts to the abilities and needs of students opens the way to a more personalised approach in delivering education electronically.

Advertisers' dream as Japanese display identifies customers

Jul 18, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet

A new high-tech Japanese electronic display can instantly identify people's sex or age range and target them with advertisements to suit them, maker NEC Corp. said Friday.

National park in Alaska tests hybrid bus

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(AP) -- For years, visitors wanting to see Denali National Park's grizzly bears, moose, sheep and caribou have had to ride school buses that polluted the air and spoiled the tranquility with their noisy, ...

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