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  8 Jan 06, 04:18

  Yahoo, Google to square off at CES
  
  LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news) CEO Terry Semel and Google Inc. co-founder Larry Page will square off on Friday at the Consumer Electronics Show with dueling keynote speeches as they race to develop Internet services that lure more users.
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  8 Jan 06, 04:19

  Yahoo Launches Content Service for Phones
  
  LAS VEGAS - Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news) is expanding its presence beyond the PC, moving onto Web-enabled cell phones and other mobile devices so users can access their customized content while untethered.
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  8 Jan 06, 04:20

  Chinese bloggers take political satire offline
  
  BEIJING (Reuters) - Forget loners in pajamas and slippers pouring out their hearts in anonymous solitude.
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  8 Jan 06, 04:22

  Microsoft faces backlash after blocking Chinese blogger
  
  BEIJING (AFP) - Microsoft is under the spotlight over its blocking of a prominent Chinese Internet blogger, in the latest case of a major Western technology firm helping Beijing curtail free speech.
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  8 Jan 06, 04:23

  Motorola adds Google to phones, forges Kodak pact
  
  LAS VEGAS/LONDON (Reuters) - Motorola Inc. plans to put Google Inc.'s Internet search technology into the software that runs its mobile phones and work with Kodak to make on-the-go Web surfing and photo swapping easier, the companies said on Thursday.
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  8 Jan 06, 04:24

  Asian companies challenge iPod's dominance with video players
  
  LAS VEGAS, Unites States (AFP) - Asian gadget makers at an electronics show here are showcasing portable multimedia devices, providing fresh competition to Apple's hot-selling iPod music and video player.
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  8 Jan 06, 04:25

  After long wait, line between PCs, TVs blurring
  
  LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Consumer electronics makers and computer companies, once battling for supremacy in the digital home, now say the lines are blurring as the much-heralded convergence of technologies gains momentum.
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  8 Jan 06, 04:26

  Sony Seeks a Balance for CD Copy Controls
  
  LAS VEGAS-- The recent controversy over a copy-protection system employed on music CDs from Sony BMG Music Entertainment proved to Sony Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Howard Stringer the need to carefully balance the needs of customers and the rights of artists, he said this week.
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  8 Jan 06, 04:27

  DVD Format Wars: Bad for Everyone?
  
  LAS VEGAS-- The drive to replace DVD technology with newer discs boasting greater storage capacity has come down to two major competing formats, and the coming marketplace battle will be bad for companies and users, the head of a major U.S. technology products retailer said Friday.
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  8 Jan 06, 04:29

  Intel: Brightening Channel Surfers' Lives with Viiv
  
  LAS VEGAS-- If you're a producer for a third-rate variety television show, you're not going to like PCs with Intel's Viiv logo, according to the head of the company's digital home group.
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  8 Jan 06, 04:30

  US digital camera growth seen peaking: research
  
  LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - U.S. shipments of digital still cameras are expected to peak this year as fewer consumers look to replace older film cameras, research firm InfoTrends said on Friday.
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  8 Jan 06, 04:31

  Rivals Seek Entry in HD DVD Player Market
  
  LAS VEGAS - It was supposed to be the grand unveiling of a new generation in home entertainment when Kevin Collins of Microsoft Corp. popped an HD DVD disc into a Toshiba production model and hit "play." Nothing happened.
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  8 Jan 06, 04:33

  Former Take-Two COO to return to previous job
  
  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. (Nasdaq:TTWO - news) said in a regulatory filing on Friday that its global chief operating officer gave up that post to return to his former position with the video game publisher in Europe.
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  8 Jan 06, 14:27

  In Vegas, it's all about CEXXX
  
  Special Coverage: Porn industry's love affair with technology on display at CES. Plus: Complete CES coverage.
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  8 Jan 06, 14:32

  High-Def Is the Word at Electronics Show
  
  LAS VEGAS - The wraps came off high-definition DVD players at this year's annual Consumer Electronics Show, offering the final component to replicate the movie theater experience at home.
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  8 Jan 06, 14:33

  Home Networking Meets Home Theater
  
  LAS VEGAS-- With the next major wireless standard in a holding pattern, companies are broadening the features of their Wi-Fi networking products, particularly in the area of home entertainment.
  
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  8 Jan 06, 14:35

  Now This Is Dual Core!
  
  Can't decide between a PDA and a laptop? How about both in one? DualCor's new CPC is the first device to run both full-scale
  Windows XP and Windows Mobile 5.0, and yes, there's a reason for it.
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  8 Jan 06, 14:36

  DLO Brings TV Navigation to iPod
  
  LAS VEGAS--At the Digital Experience press event at CES, we learned that Digital Lifestyle Outfitters has updated one of its best iPod accessories, and it will be called the DLO HomeDock Deluxe for iPod. The original HomeDock for iPod let you dock charge your iPod, and it provided audio and video connections to your home stereo.
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  8 Jan 06, 14:38

  Game Wave—A Console for Grandma's House
  
  Ever try to get your grandparents to play a video game? Sure, there may be a couple of Gamer Grandmas out there, but for the most part they won't even touch it. ZapIt Games recently launched their Game Wave console, putting it on sale in Canada in November. At CES, the company is announcing availability in the United States, targeting retail and online sales through playgamewave.com.
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  10 Jan 06, 00:31

  Microsoft Hires Rocker To Record Windows Vista Sounds
  
  British 1960s art-rocker Robert Fripp has been tapped by Microsoft to record the sounds which will be used in Windows Vista.
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  10 Jan 06, 00:34

  Chips In 2006: A CPU Roadmap
  
  In three years, when the entire universe of PC computing -- desktop, mobile, server -- is running on highly efficient dual-core, quad-core and eight-core CPU platforms, we'll all look back on 2006 as the year the new world of processors began.
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  10 Jan 06, 00:36

  Wal-Mart: Human Error To Blame For Offensive Link
  
  Human error is to blame for an offensive link at Wal-Mart's Web site that recommended a film about Martin Luther King Jr. to potential buyers of a "Planet of the Apes" DVD, the retail company said Friday.
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  10 Jan 06, 00:38

  A Rare Glimpse Into Richard Stallman's World
  
  Even in a special school, Richard Stallman was unique.
  
  Surrounded by students with behavioral problems – many of them with learning disabilities -- he was headed for Harvard.
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  10 Jan 06, 00:40

  TI sells sensors unit for $3 billion
  
  MANHASSET, N.Y. — Ending several months of rumors, Texas Instruments Inc. has agreed to sell its sensors and controls unit to private investment firm Bain Capital LLC for $3 billion, TI said Monday (Jan. 9).
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  10 Jan 06, 00:42

  National's Halla makes $20 million on stock options
  
  LONDON — Brian Halla, chairman and chief executive officer of National Semiconductor Corp., made in excess of $20 million in December, through stock options he exercised and then sold, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.