8 February 2006 Technology News

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  22 Mar 06, 02:41

  China forces online gamers to unmask
  
  BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese gamers who frequently adopt flamboyant alter egos for their online contests will soon be forced to reveal their true identities in a bid to stop youngsters from spending too much time in the virtual world.
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  22 Mar 06, 02:42

  Google launches test version of finance site
  
  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Internet giant Google has quietly launched a test version of a financial news portal, aiming to draw users away from rivals like Yahoo and Microsoft's MSN.
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  22 Mar 06, 02:43

  Siemens, Nokia build faster T-Mobile network
  
  FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's Siemens and Finland's Nokia are equipping T-Mobile's mobile phone network to speed up third-generation services such as Internet surfing and downloading movies in Germany and Austria.
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  22 Mar 06, 02:45

  EU Urges More Broadband Internet Access
  
  BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union's executive office on Tuesday called on the governments of member nations to do more to get people online, saying only 13 percent of the union's 450 million people have broadband Internet access.
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  22 Mar 06, 02:46

  Microsoft to Boost Availability of Xbox
  
  SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday that it will significantly ramp up the availability of its Xbox 360 video-game consoles, following production problems that have made the popular game systems difficult to find on store shelves.
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  22 Mar 06, 02:48

  Chairman of Rogers Communications Resigns
  
  TORONTO - Rogers Communications Inc., Canada's largest provider of cable TV and wireless communications services, said Tuesday that Garfield Emerson is resigning as its chairman and as a longtime member of its board.
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  22 Mar 06, 02:49

  Novell Details Enterprise Road Map
  
  Novell has laid out a fresh vision for its future, highlighting several new products such as its just-released SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 operating system, and also being frank about the work left to be done.
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  3 Apr 06, 15:45

  China stands by verdict on virtual property thief
  
  BEIJING (Reuters) - China has upheld a guilty verdict and fine against a man who stole and sold players' games IDs and online equipment amid growing calls for more concrete virtual property laws, state media said on Monday.
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  3 Apr 06, 15:46

  US newspapers try to cash in on blogs
  
  CHICAGO (AFP) - With a new blog created every second, some media futurists have predicted that "citizen journalists" will be producing half of the world's news by 2021.
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  3 Apr 06, 15:51

  Chef's odyssey wins first books-from-blogs prize
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - An amateur chef's account of her attempt to cook celebrated U.S. chef Julia Child's recipes on Monday took home the first literary garland devoted to books based on blogs.
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  3 Apr 06, 15:58

  New entertainment everywhere era sets global TV trade show buzzing
  
  CANNES, France (AFP) - From the mobile phone to the Internet, portable game stations, the iconic iPod, DVD players, and of course, the television set, a new entertainment everywhere era is dawning for the TV industry.
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  3 Apr 06, 16:03

  Mapquest unveils navigation help on mobile phone
  
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - AOL unit MapQuest on Monday unveiled a mobile map service that customers can use on their cellular phones, complete with voice directions, text and maps in a bid to expand on the popularity of its Internet maps.
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  3 Apr 06, 16:11

  Hollywood studios to offer digital movies for sale
  
  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two online movie services, Movielink and CinemaNow, on Monday said they will begin selling major films such as "Memoirs of a Geisha" on the same day DVDs are sold at stores in a watershed event for Hollywood in the digital age.
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  3 Apr 06, 16:18

  Online auctions aim to benefit New Orleans musicians
  
  NASHVILLE (Billboard) - In a rare alliance, a wide range of musical artists and competing concert promoters are combining efforts in an online ticket auction to benefit Music Rising, the musical instrument replacement fund founded by U2's the Edge, producer Bob Ezrin and Gibson Guitar chairman Henry Juszkiewicz.
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  3 Apr 06, 16:24

  Netflix hopes customers will fall for "Cowboy"
  
  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Online DVD renter Netflix Inc. hopes its subscribers will fall in love this week with "Cowboy del Amor," and many other unsung movies it is quietly buying at film festivals to release in arthouse theaters.
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  3 Apr 06, 16:35

  Lost an IPod or Wallet? Look for It Online
  
  BOSTON - Maureen Silliman felt her empty pocket and gulped: Her new $300 iPod must have bounced out as she ran to catch a train. While she sobbed, her boyfriend suggested a message on the lost-and-found section of Craigslist, an online bazaar of classified ads.