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Google earnings disappoint and shares drop 8 percent
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc (GOOG.O) reported a weaker-than-expected 35 percent rise in net profit as the company blamed lower returns from managing its huge cash pile rather than softening sales of online advertising.
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IBM profit tops targets, forecast up
BOSTON (Reuters) - IBM (IBM.N) reported a 22 percent rise in quarterly profit, blowing past Wall Street targets and raising its 2008 forecast, as emerging markets used its services, software and equipment to expand, and larger countries turned to technology to save money.
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European regulators crack down on Intel
Antitrust regulators in Europe expanded their investigation of Intel Corp. Thursday by charging the world's largest microprocessor-maker with illegally pushing rival Advanced Micro Devices out of retail stores in the 27-nation European Union. Santa Clara's...
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Google, Microsoft Slide; Profit Misses Show Demand Is Cracking
July 18 (Bloomberg) -- Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. slid in extended trading after reporting lower-than-expected profits, signaling that the slowing economy may be weighing on demand for computer-related products.
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Obama raises $52M in June, setting torrid new pace
WASHINGTON - Though he's raking in the cash so far, Barack Obama's decision to forgo public funds for the fall campaign means he must keep up his torrid pace -- a tall order that will tax his time, test his Internet support and require the help of Democratic donors who once wished for his defeat.
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Google shares tumble 8% on earnings report
In a rare financial hiccup, Google Inc. said that second-quarter profits climbed 35 percent, falling short of loftier Wall Street expectations and sending its shares down 8 percent. Coming against the backdrop of a souring economy, the report raised concerns...
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Satyam Computer Q1 Consolidated Net Soars 45%
(RTTNews) - Friday, Satyam Computer Services stated that the consolidated profit after minority interest soared 45% to Rs.547.70 crores from Rs.378.32 crores in the corresponding quarter of last year. Total income grew to Rs.2, 653.95 crores from Rs.1, 893.39 crores in the year ago quarter.
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Microsoft profit outlook misses view, shares fall
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) posted a quarterly profit and outlook below Wall Street expectations on Thursday, citing "tough" economic conditions, and its shares fell 6 percent.
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EU says Intel engaged in more unfair competition
BRUSSELS (AFP) - The European Commission said on Thursday it suspected US chip giant Intel of fresh instances of unfair competition.
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iPhone 3G and firmware 2.0: one week later
Filed under: Cellphones We know it's been a whirlwind week of either: a) patiently sitting outside your local Apple store, b) losing touch with family, friends, and significant others while buried knee-deep in your new phone / firmware , or c) desperately trying to ignore the iPhone. But it's time to come up for air and take stock. We're all aware that things didn't go quite as ...
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Wii becomes top-selling video game console in US
Participants play tennis on a Nintendo Wii in June in New York. Nintendo said Thursday that its globally popular Wii has become the top-selling video game console in the United States, a crown coveted by rivals Microsoft and Sony.
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Vancouver Island city first to be 3-D mapped by Google
Nanaimo has another reason to maintain its title of capital of Google Earth. The Internet-based application that surfers use to view any portion of the globe is using the city in promotional material to let the world now about the new, three-dimensional version of its software.
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"I have been using Mac OS X as my primary OS for almost a year now, but last night I switched back . What spurred it is that my Mac OS X partition crashed and it wouldn't boot back into the OS - I used rescue tools and drive scanners but it appears that the partition just disappeared.
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Bloxx joins Internet Watch Foundation
Web filtering company Bloxx has become a member of the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), joining around 80 members in their battle against illegal online content.
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Economic worries loom over Google's 2Q earnings
Google Inc. has successfully tackled a lot of complex problems during its first decade in business, but even the Internet search leader may be hard pressed to find a way to sustain its rapid earnings growth amid a sputtering economy in the United States and parts of Europe.
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Nashua Recycling Center to accept old electronics
NASHUA -- City residents and small businesses can bring their electronic waste to the Nashua Recycling Center again Saturday. ... - By KYLE STUCKER Staff Writer
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Australian Bicycling Coach Charged With Raping Pa. Teen
Authorities say an Australian cycling coach in Pennsylvania for a junior cycling championship is accused of raping a teen he met online.
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System: Microsoft Xbox 360 Also available for: Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS
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LOUD3R Offers a BETT3R Way To Discover News
Filtering through the noise to find news on discovery sites can be daunting. Social bookmarking sites like Digg and Reddit have been doing very well, and memetrackers, like Techmeme, are also growing in popularity. The newest trend in discovery tools, it seems, is semantic search engines, like Powerset (recently bought by Microsoft) and [...]
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County launching fiber-optic network
A new fiber-optic network getting its ceremonial kickoff this morning won’t mean faster Internet for Carroll County residents, but it should mean improved communications among public agencies and cost savings for the county government.
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Dolan fires back at NHL tactics
Jim Dolan still views the mandated uniformity of team Web sites and restrictions on individual clubs' Internet sales and broadcasts as illegal restraints of trade.
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McGuinty indulges his inner geek at Silicon Knights
The geek factor was off the scale. Premier Dalton McGuinty talked everything video games during his long tour through the Silicon Knights facility, a successful Microsoft-published video game developer in the heart of downtown St. Catharines.
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Glitch Halts Medicaid Workers' Paychecks
Glitches in a new Medicaid computer system have left many workers who care for Florida's poor and disabled without paychecks for the past three weeks.
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