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Microsoft, Google in battle to win over students

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3 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

As they plunged into a project on ancient Egypt this fall, Jay Martino's Cupertino (Calif.) Middle School students probably didn't realize they were on the front lines of a high stakes battle between Google and Microsoft.

P&G to stop e-coupons for Kroger loyalty cards

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8 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Procter & Gamble Co. is getting a digital divorce from Kroger Co., severing the online coupon program the two Cincinnati-based companies began two years ago.

Intel hit with more antitrust charges in FTC suit

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Dec 16, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 0

(AP) -- The Federal Trade Commission piled on new antitrust charges against Intel Corp. on Wednesday, seeking to end what it described as a decade of illegal sales tactics that have crippled rivals and kept ...

Brussels welcomes Oracle's concessions in Sun bid

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Dec 14, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

The EU's competition watchdog on Monday welcomed concessions made by US business software giant Oracle over its bid for Sun Microsystems, saying the deal is now likely to be approved.

Hollywood hopes an ensemble cast boosts Blu-ray

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Dec 13, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- Although prices for some Blu-ray players dropped below $100 this holiday season, customers are hesitating to jump into the next-generation video format. Even people who already own Blu-ray players ...

Patenting melon juice? Not if India gets its way...

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Dec 11, 2009 | 5 / 5 (8) | 0

Fed up with foreign companies patenting traditional medicine from India, the country's top scientific body is compiling a giant database of everything from yoga positions to medicinal fruit juice.

Apple countersues Nokia over phone patents

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Dec 11, 2009 | 2 / 5 (5) | 2

(AP) -- Apple Inc. is suing cell phone maker Nokia Corp. for patent infringement, a countermove to Nokia's earlier suit against technologies used in Apple's iPhone.

Whitman pledges not in Craigslist contract

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Dec 11, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Assurances that former eBay CEO Meg Whitman gave Craigslist's officials before eBay bought into the online classifieds company were never put in writing, the founder of Craigslist acknowledged Friday.

Gov't misconduct may unravel Broadcom fraud case

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Dec 11, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- When the federal government revealed it had launched a massive investigation of some of Broadcom Corp.'s top executives for backdating stock options, it sent a shock wave through the business world.

Taiwan says no to Tiger Woods-style animated news

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Dec 11, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

(AP) -- Taiwanese regulators have turned down an application for a television license from a Hong Kong company whose local affiliate conquered the Internet earlier this month with a fanciful video of golf ...

Craigslist founder says eBay reneged on promises

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Dec 10, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- The founder of the online classifieds site Craigslist says he began having concerns with eBay shortly after the online auction site took a minority stake in his company.

November video game sales fall 8 percent to $2.7B

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Dec 10, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Americans reached into their pockets - though not as deep as last year - to spend $2.7 billion on video games in November, according to figures reported Thursday by market researcher NPD Group.

Japan's Panasonic wins control of ailing Sanyo

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Dec 10, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Panasonic Corp. announced Thursday it had secured a controlling stake in smaller rival Sanyo Electric Co. in a 4.6-billion-dollar takeover that revamps Japan's troubled electronics industry.

AOL finally regains independence from Time Warner

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Dec 10, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

(AP) -- AOL resumed life as an independent Internet company Thursday as it completed its spinoff from Time Warner Inc. and closed the book on one of the most disastrous business combinations in history.

Adobe founders bound together by friendship as well as profits

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Dec 10, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

I can't imagine there is any more room for awards on the mantels at John Warnock's and Chuck Geschke's homes. The Adobe co-founders have been honored by trade groups, engineering societies, magazines and universities. But ...

AOL going public after Time Warner divorce

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Dec 09, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

AOL finalized its divorce from Time Warner on Wednesday, ending one of the most disastrous marriages in corporate history and leaving the Internet pioneer facing an uncertain future.

5 top publishers plan rival to Kindle format

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Dec 08, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (4) | 2

(AP) -- Five of the nation's largest publishers of newspapers and magazines plan to challenge Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle electronic-book reader with their own digital format that would display in color and work on a variety ...

Cisco going from Internet plumber to platform

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Dec 08, 2009 | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 0

Cisco chief executive John Chambers said Tuesday that the computer switching colossus is changing from the Internet's "plumber" to a platform and provider of products for online work and leisure.