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Amazon Customers Can Now Instantly Watch Ad-Free Movies and TV Shows on Macs, PCs and Compatible Sony BRAVIA ...
SEATTLE, BUSINESS WIRE -- Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), today announced that customers can now instantly watch ad-free movies and television shows on Macs or PCs with Amazon Video On Demand, Amazon's digital video service offering thousands of movies and television shows.
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Microsoft cutting Xbox 360 prices in US
Microsoft Corp. is cutting the price of its Xbox 360 gaming console beginning Friday, with the cheapest version selling for $200, making it less expensive than the Nintendo Wii, which retails for $250.
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Final Glance: Internet companies
Shares of some top internet companies were mixed at the close of trading: Akamai Technologies fell $1.40 or 6.4 percent, to $20.43.
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Microsoft cutting prices of Xbox 360 consoles
Microsoft Xbox 360 game consoles are in for a price cut of $50 to $80 beginning Friday.
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Final Glance: Computers companies
Shares of some top computers companies were mixed at the close of trading: Apple Inc rose $.77 or .5 percent, to $166.96.
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Tip of the Week: Faking Text in Word
Creating a document in Microsoft Word and need to put in sample text to hold the space until the real copy arrives?
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GTSI CFO Ragan leaves for another company
GTSI Corp. , which provides computer services to government contractors, said Wednesday Chief Financial Officer Joe Ragan is leaving the company to take the same post at drilling services company Boart Longyear.
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Laptop Batteries That Give Out
My laptop battery does not hold a charge as it used to. Is there any way to improve its performance? If I do get a new battery, are those cheaper replacements made by other companies O.K.?
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Streaming Video With Silverlight
I was trying to watch a video on the Web, and was prompted to download and install something called Silverlight. What is this, and will it mess up my system?
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On Internet, You?ve Got (Paper) Mail
Exploring the joys and woes of an online mailbox whose address never changes.
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Boinx acquires PhotoPresenter slideshow creator
Boinx Software has announced its acquisition of PhotoPresenter, the picture viewer developed by Arizona Software. The product will be an addition to its line of related products including FotoMagico Express and FotoMagico Pro. PhotoPresenter will allow customers to quickly put together slide shows "literally directly out of the camera" according to Boinx CEO Oliver Breidenbach, in contrast to ...
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Former Band Director Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography
A former band director is charged with possession of child pornography. Stacy Lynn Tucker, 40, of Fayetteville pled guilty to one count possession of child pornography and also agreed to forfeit his computer.
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Hardys Photo Shoot With Cham-Pain, Sluggish Unforgiven Ticket Sales, SmackDown Preemption In New York
-- The latest issue of Fighting Spirit magazine (FSM) has an article on wrestling journeyman Marty "Cham-Pain" Garner, who started a viral campaign to be hired by either WWE or TNA. The campaign encourages fans to send emails to officials from both companies, and to bring signs to events that urge the companies to hire him.
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Finding peace as time flies by
You may remember the fear that gripped some people when a computer programmer sent an e-mail in 1995 warning of coming destruction that our nation would face as we entered the year 2000.
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Taylorsville attorney charged with 9 counts of sexual battery
TAYLORSVILLE, N.C. -- An Alexander County attorney is charged with nine counts of sexual battery. On Wednesday, NewsChannel 36 cameras were there as he turned himself in to law enforcement.
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IDIS powers scalable video security product lines with Texas Instruments digital media processor and software
Intelligent Digital Integrated Security Co., Ltd. , a leading provider of digital video surveillance solutions, announces it is utilizing Texas Instruments Incorporated's TMS320DM6446 digital media processor based on DaVinci technology for two video surveillance-focused product lines.
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Sony's New Digital Photo Frame Goes Wireless
CEDIA Booth #600) Sony today unveiled the wireless VAIO® CP1 Wi-Fi photo frame, making it easier than ever to share digital images as well as receive news and stream Internet radio in real-time.
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Chrome: Getting Microsoft's Goat
Historically there has been nothing which gets Microsoft's attention as fast as a platform for applications which threatens Windows dominance. Google's Chrome is obviously such a platform; Google can afford to challenge Microsoft; it's healthy for innovation that it does.
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Two Canada Wireless Partnerships Expected Soon
Insiders predict Globalive Communications will partner with Quebecor to share wireless spectrum that the two companies acquired in the federal government's auction.
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Report: Microsoft To Slash Xbox 360 Prices In U.S.
Acfording to published reports, Microsoft is planning to slash the retail prices of all three of its Xbox 360 models to put the gaming consoles in the reach of a broader swath of the U.S. population.
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The end nears for anonymous, prepaid users
Greece wants to invest in a new fibre optic network that will drastically upgrade its broadband and cable television capabilities, an AFP report said.
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The end nears for anonymous, prepaid users
(Associated Press via NewsEdge) International internet traffic kept growing in the last year, but at a slower rate than before, and carriers more than kept pace by adding more capacity, a research firm said.
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Microsoft Drops Xbox 360 Price; Arcade SKU Undercuts Wii
Microsoft will cut prices on its Xbox 360 models across the board this Friday, bringing the lowest-end Arcade model down to $199 -- $50 less than Nintendo's Wii, until now the least expensive current-gen home console. The standard Xbox 360 model, which includes a 60GB hard drive, will see a price cut from $349 to $299, and the HDMI-equipped 120GB will drop from $449 to $399. The Arcade, ...
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HP closes $13.9b EDS deal
(Associated Press via NewsEdge) Shares of state-owned Telekom Malaysia were lower Wednesday despite news that it had won an 11.31 billion ringgit ($3.4 billion) high-speed broadband contract from the government.
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