Verizon Communications
hideVerizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) is an American broadband and telecommunications company and a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. It was formed in 2000 when Bell Atlantic, one of the Regional Bell Operating Companies, merged with GTE. Prior to its transformation into Verizon, Bell Atlantic had merged with another Regional Bell Operating Company, NYNEX, in 1997. The name is a portmanteau of veritas and horizon. The company's headquarters are located at 140 West Street, 10007 in Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, New York City.
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Comcast unveils online viewing of cable TV shows
Dec 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Comcast subscribers can now watch several cable TV shows and movies on the Internet.
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As shuttle's career nears an end, NASA turns focus to satellites
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Dec 26, 2009 |
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NASA heads into 2010 with the bittersweet assignment of retiring the space shuttle after nearly three decades. But that's not all the agency has planned: There are also launches of three new satellites aimed at better understanding ...
Comcast settles data discrimination lawsuit
Dec 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Comcast will pay up to $16 million to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing the cable TV operator of delaying certain Internet traffic.
Researchers develop revolutionary technology for manufacturing micro-scale devices
Dec 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cranfield University has developed new technology that could significantly reduce the manufacturing costs of complex devices such as electronic noses that sniff out explosives and dangerous chemicals and ...
Efficient new wireless system can save 10 percent of bandwidth
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Driven by fast-growing use of smart phones and Internet videos, wireless communication among Americans is expanding so rapidly that a tsunami of megabytes could soon threaten to overwhelm the bandwidth available.
Social networking changing the way we travel
Dec 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Isahrai Azaria is heading to Austin, Texas, in February, and thanks to Facebook, she already has 40 acquaintances, an invitation to go water tubing, and a line on the best vegetarian lunch place in ...
Stern's threat to quit Sirius could be empty talk
Dec 21, 2009 |
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(AP) --Howard Stern is threatening to leave Sirius XM Radio Inc. now that the shock jock and the satellite radio provider are getting set to enter contract talks in 2010.
Samsung Launches M5650 Music Phone
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Dec 21, 2009 |
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Samsung Electronics today unveiled the Samsung M5650, a music-focused addition to its popular lineup of full touch screen handsets for young mobile users.
Maine to consider cell phone cancer warning
Dec 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A Maine legislator wants to make the state the first to require cell phones to carry warnings that they can cause brain cancer, although there is no consensus among scientists that they do and industry leaders dispute ...
Google gets digital foothold in France
Dec 20, 2009 |
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Despite fierce resistance to Google's plans to digitise the world's books, observers say it is well placed to start scanning Europe's cultural treasures -- beginning in France, where the US giant got a digital ...
Hollywood adds money, talent to made-for-Web shows
Dec 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Web sites that buy original video clips often pay so little that "The Bannen Way," a flashy crime thriller debuting online, looked destined to be made poorly if it could be made at all.
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