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Wired ... but frustrated (AFP)
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AFP - Need help setting up that home computer or Internet connection? Frustrated by that new cell phone? You're not alone. A survey released on Sunday found that nearly half of Americans need help from others booting up their new devices...
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Gadget survey finds many bugs can't be fixed (AP)
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AP - Gadget makers love to sell us on all the things their devices can do, whether it's letting us chat with distant friends at any time or watch movies on our commute. But can anyone fix this stuff when it breaks?
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Law professor fires back at song-swapping lawsuits (AP)
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AP - The music industry's courtroom campaign against people who share songs online is coming under counterattack.
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Can Blu-ray save Christmas for Hollywood? (AP)
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AP - Movie studio executives on Friday presented the best-case scenario for a winter holiday surge in the purchase of high-definition Blu-ray players as their best hope to keep the U.S. home video market's decline from accelerating past ...
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Where is Google voice-powered search? (CNET)
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CNET - Reporters were put into a frenzy this week when Google announced it was set to launch version two of its mobile search application for the iPhone which included the addition of voice-powered search, allowing you skip the keyboard ...
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Facebook removes Italian neo-Nazi pages (CNET)
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CNET - Facebook pulled several Italian neo-Nazi pages from its Web site following a public outcry and complaints from European regulators that the pages promoted violence against gypsies.
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Sun Microsystems slashes jobs in survival fight (AP)
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AP - The economic downturn might be pushing Sun Microsystems Inc., one of the storied names in computing, to the brink of extinction.
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In shift, Microsoft sells software online (AFP)
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AFP - Microsoft, which has made billions of dollars selling packaged software, has opened its first online store in the United States offering its ubiquitous programs for downloading.
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AMD makeover moves show limited choices in slump (AP)
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AP - Many of the problems facing Advanced Micro Devices Inc. are of its own making. But the limited choices the chip maker has for solving its troubles are symptoms of an affliction sweeping through Silicon Valley.
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Nokia sees cellphone, gear market falling in 2009 (Reuters)
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Reuters - Top handset maker Nokia Oyj said on Friday the world's mobile phone market would fall in the fourth quarter and next year as an economic slowdown crimps consumer demand around the world.
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Summary Box: Sun Microsystems slashes jobs (AP)
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AP - SUN DOWN: Still not fully recovered from the dot-com bust eight years ago, Sun Microsystems Inc. is being walloped by this economic downturn. In response the company plans to cut as many as 6,000 jobs 18 percent of its work force.
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Google Offers Search By Voice, and iPhone Gets It First (NewsFactor)
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NewsFactor - Google is pushing its voice-recognition technology to Apple's iPhone first, before devices running its own Android mobile platform.
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Sector Snap: Activision, EA decline (AP)
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AP - Shares of Activision Blizzard Inc. and Electronic Arts Inc. declined Friday after October's video game retail sales report from the NPD Group showed a disappointing performance in the music genre.
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NASA turns to open-source problem-tracking databases (CNET)
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CNET - When the Space Shuttle Endeavour launches Friday afternoon, assuming it is not delayed, the astronauts onboard and the technicians on the ground at mission control will have at their disposal new software that could streamline the...
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Web tracker NebuAd sued over privacy claims (AP)
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AP - Angry online subscribers who had their Web surfing habits tracked in detail are suing a Silicon Valley startup that created the technology and six Internet service providers that briefly used it.
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