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Nokia to launch online music store in UAE
The PC and mobile music service is scheduled to go live in December
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Calif. official calls for voting reforms
California Secretary of State Debra Bowen said open-source software should be used in elections involving electronic voting machines to protect against fraud.Speaking during a panel discussion at the EmTech technology conference, Bowen said individual counties currently are responsible for purchasing voting machines, the MIT Technology Review reported Sunday.The Democrat said the purchasing ...
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Downtown area in lockdown for hours as police wait for bomb squad arrival from Vancouver
A 36-year-old man who yelled from a Fort Street rooftop that he had a bomb and hurled a computer monitor to the street will be in provincial court Monday morning to face charges of public mischief.
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New law aims to stop metal thefts
Twelve cents for every pound of steel. Landscaper Matt Miller’s 46,000-pound backhoe fetched about $4,000 when a client hauled it to Garden Street Recycling in Fort Myers without Miller’s knowledge.
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T-Mobile, Google and G1
(The Manila Times via NewsEdge) In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the country's largest telecom company said unit PLDT Global and subsidiary PLDT Italy entered into the partnership, which combines mobile services in the Philippines and in Italy.
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T-Mobile, Google and G1
(Xinhua via NewsEdge) India's state-owned telecom operator MTNL said it will roll out 3G mobile services by the end of this year. "The tender for 750,000 lines each in Delhi and Mumbai for 3G will be floated soon," MTNL director (technical) Kuldeep Singh said.
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T-Mobile, Google and G1
A US appeals court ruled thatMicrosoft does not have to pay Alcatel-Lucent $1.5 billion in a patent infringement case, an AFP report said.
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T-Mobile, Google and G1
(Associated Press via NewsEdge) Apple is putting on sale unlocked iPhone 3G in Hong Kong, allowing people to use it with any mobile phone carrier. The move seems to depart from its previous strategy of introducing the popular device capable of 3G, through specific service providers in 22 nations.
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T-Mobile, Google and G1
China Mobile disclosed that its investment focus remained on the more attractive valuations in emerging markets, despite the higher risks involved.
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T-Mobile, Google and G1
Top Nordic telecom operator TeliaSonera had bought controlling stakes in operators in Nepal and Cambodia for around 3.2 billion Swedish crowns ($488 million), a Reuters report said.
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Pharmacy claims first with online Viagra
Men will be able to get Viagra online without having to visit their GP, in what a pharmacy claims is the first reputable joint venture with a health website.
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Child experts back internet safety moves
A "One-Stop Shop" on internet safety aimed at policing the web for children is being launched today. Some of the biggest names from industry and charities have joined forces with the government, parents and young people to help keep children safe online.
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Sparing the blushes: Pharmacy offers Viagra online to help shy patients
A pharmacy is prescribing Viagra online to offer men too embarrassed to visit their GP an alternative to buying from unregulated internet firms.
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Teddy's Week 4 AFC team tidbits
Welcome to Teddy’s weekly look at the NFL. Teddy spends every Sunday typing furiously at his laptop as he watches the games, giving you the key info that the box scores and game recaps simply don’t have.
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Calif. official calls for voting reforms
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 28 (UPI) -- California Secretary of State Debra Bowen said open-source software should be used in elections involving electronic voting machines to protect against fraud.
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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-09-29 01:30 PRESS DIGEST - South Korean newspapers - Sept 29
SEOUL, Sept 29 (Reuters) - The following is a summary of major South Korean newspapers on Monday, prepared by Reuters in Seoul. Reuters has not checked the stories and does not guarantee their accuracy.
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Wild, Sabres underway
While many of you may not be doing this right now, we might suggest tuning in to Bob Kutz and Tom Reid on 830 WCCO ( catch the stream here ), and reading Aaron Sickman's Media Relations blog as the game unfolds
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Air China Selects Corporation Service Company to Help Expand Their International Internet Presence
Air China, one of the world's leading airlines, has selected Corporation Service Company, the leading corporate identity and brand protection company, to help expand their international presence on the Internet. CSC will help Air China manage and secure their domain names across new markets and help protect its brands from infringement on the Internet.
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Firms Urged to Boost Web 2.0 Security
Three out of 10 businesses have experienced security breaches because of employees using social nets or other community services at work.
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New MacBooks could arrive shortly
A redesign of Apple's MacBook line is reportedly just around the corner that will see the laptops get the aluminium covers already sported by their MacBook Pro cousins.
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With Trojans out, who's next to take No. 1 spot?
The USA TODAY coaches poll will be released early Sunday afternoon with a new No. 1, likely the season's third different team at the top and we're still only in September. Oklahoma stands No. 2 going into a home game with No. 23 TCU. Georgia, which began the season ranked No. 1, is No. 3 going into a home game against No. 10 Alabama.
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Children's internet safety plan
The government and major technology companies form a council to promote the protection of children on the internet.
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SpaceX launches 1st commercial rocket into orbit
Sun, Sep 28, 2008 (5:27 p.m.) An Internet entrepreneur's latest effort to make space launch more affordable paid off Sunday when his commercial rocket, carrying a dummy payload, was lofted into orbit from the South Pacific.
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Microsoft adds incentives to small-business program
Microsoft has given small and mid-sized business customers more ways to earn cash to buy its software through partners by adding new products and product groups to its Big Easy program.
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Google seeks patent to break mobile subscriber shackles
Imagine asking mobile operators to compete in an auction for the chance to offer you service and then switching from one operator to the next multiple times a day to get the best rate or more bandwidth.
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