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MSNBC
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Apple Inc. said on Thursday it would begin selling movie downloads on its iTunes service on the same day as the titles are released in DVD form, under an agreement with top Hollywood studios.
Titles that will be available this week include "Juno," "Ame..
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MSNBC
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What's scary, funny and boring at the same time? It could be a bad horror movie. Or it could be the fine print on your Internet service provider's contract.
Those documents you agree to — usually without reading — ostensibly allow your ISP to watch..
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MSNBC
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Comcast Corp. will start offering faster Internet services in Minnesota's Twin Cities region on Thursday, with plans to extend that type of next-generation system to its entire service area by 2010.
The $150-a-month offering for residential customers c..
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MSNBC
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Amazon.com Inc.'s brick-and-mortar competitors have yet another reason to fear the Web: a new service that lets shoppers compare prices and buy things with a few quick taps ontheir cell phones.
Amazon TextBuyIt, which launched late Tuesday, lets people..
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SF Gate
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BlackBerry outages are rare, but when they do hit, like one did Monday that wiped out service across United States and Canada, subscribers who have become addicted to the smart phones are quick to unleash their fury.
"I'm mad — it's enough already,"..
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BusinessWeek
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The Google-owned video-sharing service is conspicuous by its absence in the mainland, and Chinese often have trouble seeing the U.S. site
By any reckoning, China should be an important new territory for YouTube. The country is the world's second-larges..
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BBC News
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The BBC must deliver an online TV catch-up service that lets users of all computers download programmes, the corporation's regulators have said.
It comes after the BBC said a download service for Mac and Linux users was not 100% definite and would depe..
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BBC News
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Germany has come up with the funds to launch its first magnetic levitation - or maglev - rail service.
The state of Bavaria is to build the high-speed railway line from Munich city centre to its airport, making it Europe's first commercial track.
Ma..
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Ars Technica
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Antispam community sites that help combat phishing scams and spam are being targeted with denial of service attacks by malware botnets presumably operated by spammers. The trend was reported last week by antispam site SpamNation.
SpamNation believes th..
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Macworld
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Universal Music Group has confirmed reports that it has altered its licensing deal with Apple's iTunes service.
The world's largest major record label last night released a statement on the matter, telling Macworld UK: "Universal Music Group has decide..
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CNET
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Auction giant eBay has launched an online classifieds service that will compete with market pioneer, Craigslist.
Kijiji, a site eBay has operated overseas for two years, is now available in about 220 cities across the United States, spokesman Hani Durz..
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MSNBC
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XM Satellite Radio experienced a second day of outages Tuesday after software problems resulted in the loss of one of the network’s four satellites, the company said.
Company officials initially expected to correct the problem Monday evening, but are..
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MSNBC
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Google is using its popular online mapping service to call attention to atrocities in the Darfur region of Sudan.
In a project with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, inaugurated Tuesday, the Internet search company has updated its Google Ear..
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New York Times
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Viacom Inc., engaged in a public battle with top Internet online video service YouTube, said on Tuesday it had agreed to offer its videos to Joost, the Internet video service created by the founders of Skype. Hundreds of hours of programming from Viaco..
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Beta News
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Microsoft has decided to shut down its MSN Music downloads site by mid-month, transitioning it to an entertainment portal. In addition, the company will redirect those looking for music downloads to either RealNetwork's Rhapsody site or its upcoming Zune..
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BBC News
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A survey of 4,000 broadband households has put PlusNet as the top provider in the UK.
The survey, conducted by broadband comparison service, Broadband Choices, asked customers to rate their internet service provider on various criteria.
Sky Broadban..
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BBC News
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Internet service providers must take concrete steps to curb illegal downloads or face legal sanctions, the government has said.
The proposal is aimed at tackling the estimated 6m UK broadband users who download files illegally every year.
The cultur..
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BBC News
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Microsoft is warning Windows Vista users that a forthcoming service pack for the operating system may stop some third-party programs working.
The software giant has released a list of programs that may be broken by the SP1 update for Vista.
Most of..
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BBC News
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Orange and T-Mobile have announced a joint pilot project of a multi-channel TV service for mobile phone users in west London in the second half of 2008.
During the trial, customers will use handsets with a technology called TDtv to receive up to 24 hig..
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MSNBC
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It was supposed to be a small gift from the federal government to Internet users. On Aug. 14, 2006, a $2-$3 per month government tax on DSL broadband service, known as the federal Universal Service Fund fee or FUSF, was dropped. The tiny savings was meant..
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