UN talks: Rich nations must make big emission cuts
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Wealthy nations would commit to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the next decade, and the world should strive to nearly eliminate them _ or at least cut them in half _ by 2050 under a draft agreement...
Apple countersues Nokia over phone patents
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Apple Inc. is suing cell phone maker Nokia Corp. for patent infringement, a countermove to Nokia's earlier suit against technologies used in Apple's iPhone. Apple's lawsuit claims Nokia is infringing on 13 of Apple's...
Nat'l Semiconductor drops on market share concerns
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Shares of chip maker National Semiconductor Corp. dropped Friday despite its strong fiscal second-quarter results as investors worried about the company's market-share losses. National Semiconductor reported earnings...
Swedish service performs your last online wishes
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Sunniva Geertinger was devastated when her boyfriend took his life early this year. To make matters worse, his Facebook account proved almost impossible to put to rest, haunting her like a ghost with new wall-posts...
Internet users lured to voice views on health bill
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Internet users looking for gift cards and other free merchandise are being steered to Web pages inviting them to send e-mails to Congress expressing their views on President Barack Obama's push to reshape the country's...
Stolen e-mails embolden climate change skeptics
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At a critical time, the uproar over stolen e-mails suggesting scientists suppressed contrary views about climate change has emboldened skeptics _ including congressional Republicans looking to scuttle President Barack...
Craigslist founder says eBay reneged on promises
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Internet auctioneer eBay Inc. began reneging on its promises to Craigslist shortly after taking a minority interest in the online classifieds site, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark testified Thursday. Newmark said he...
November video game sales fall 8 percent to $2.7B
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Americans reached into their pockets _ though not as deep as last year _ to spend $2.7 billion on video games in November, according to figures reported Thursday by market researcher NPD Group. That's a nearly 8...
Microsoft may speed up to $150M in Yahoo payments
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Microsoft Corp. may accelerate up to $150 million in reimbursements due Yahoo Inc. if their proposed Internet search partnership is approved by regulators. The new timetable disclosed Thursday was among the minor...
Nobel Prizes honor a record 5 women in 2009
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A record five women were among the 13 people awarded Nobel Prizes on Thursday, including a writer who depicted life behind the Iron Curtain and two American researchers who showed how chromosomes protect themselves from...
Yahoo adds another touch of Twitter to search
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Yahoo is including more Twitter messages in its search results to give people a better sense about what's happening on the Web. Thursday's expansion is the latest move to underscore the growing importance of Twitter's...
National Semiconductor beats 2Q earnings estimates
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Semiconductor maker National Semiconductor Corp. beat analysts' earnings and sales estimates for its fiscal 2010 second quarter. The company reported net income of $47 million, or 20 cents per share, on $345 million in...
Stuck Mars rover struggles with faulty wheel
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A faulty wheel on the Mars rover Spirit is complicating efforts to free it from a sand trap where it has been stuck for the past eight months. NASA said Thursday it will continue to run tests to see if there's any...
New fossils shed light on evolution of dinosaurs
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Newly described dinosaur fossils from New Mexico are helping scientists better understand the early development of these ancient creatures. The 6-to-12 foot-long, meat-eating creature, Tawa hallae, is described in...
AOL finally regains independence from Time Warner
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AOL resumed life as an independent Internet company Thursday as it completed its spinoff from Time Warner Inc. and closed the book on one of the most disastrous business combinations in history. AOL shares fell 15...
GAO: FCC must improve wireless industry oversight
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Federal regulators receive tens of thousands of customer complaints about wireless services every year, but don't do enough to follow up or protect consumers who have problems with their mobile carriers, government...
Ciena shares tumble on wider-than-expected 4Q loss
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Shares of Ciena Corp. tumbled 11 percent Thursday after the computer networking equipment maker posted a wider-than-expected loss for its fiscal 2009 fourth quarter and full year as costs offset strong revenue results. ...
Launch of NASA sky-mapping spacecraft delayed
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NASA has delayed the launch of its sky-mapping spacecraft because of a problem with a steering engine. The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE for short, was scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Air Force...
Decade of tweets, friends and hands across the Web
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Picture a preschooler running through a grassy field next to her house, pretending she's holding a friend's hand. That was my attempt at social networking, way back when I made up an imaginary playmate after my best...
AOL gets independence from Time Warner on Thursday
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AOL is becoming an independent Internet company again. With the company's spinoff from Time Warner Inc. complete, AOL's stock is set to officially begin trading Thursday. AOL CEO Tim Armstrong plans to ring the opening...
Atom smasher catches 1st high-energy collisions
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The world's largest atom smasher has recorded its first high-energy collisions of protons, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. Physicists hope those collisions will help them understand suspected phenomena such as dark...
China urges deep soul-searching for US on climate
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The U.S. and China exchanged barbs Wednesday at the Copenhagen climate talks, underscoring the abiding suspicion between the world's two largest carbon polluters about the sincerity of their pledges to control...
Facebook change gives users more privacy controls
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Facebook is changing its privacy settings to give users more control over who sees the information they post on their personal pages. Beginning Wednesday, the networking Web site is taking the rare step of requiring...
Variety to begin charging for Web access Thursday
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The Hollywood trade newspaper Variety is putting its Web site behind a "pay wall" starting Thursday _ reserving its online content for paid subscribers and hoping its advertisers will stick around despite the smaller...
FairPoint delays filing Ch. 11 reorganization plan
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FairPoint Communications Inc. wants more time to file its bankruptcy reorganization plan. The troubled telecommunications company said Wednesday, a day before its filing deadline, that it will submit the plan by Jan....
AT&T: Tighter control of cell data usage ahead
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IPhone users who jam the airwaves by watching video on their devices will be put on tighter leashes, an AT&T Inc. executive said Wednesday. The carrier has had trouble keeping up with wireless data usage, leading...
Review: Barnes & Noble reader is dual-screen mess
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The e-book reading device is the gadget gift of the season. Both Sony and Barnes & Noble have sold out of their new models, and new buyers will have to wait until January for delivery. So why are e-book readers...
Atom smasher catches 1st high-energy collisions
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The world's largest atom smasher has recorded its first high-energy collisions of protons, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. Physicists hope those collisions will help them understand suspected phenomena such as dark...
A social networking timeline
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Milestones in social networking over the past decade: 2002 _ Friendster launches and becomes a social networking force until MySpace and the more buttoned-up LinkedIn hit the scene in 2003 and slowly gain more...
Decade of tweets, friends and hands across the Web
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Picture a preschooler running through a grassy field next to her house, pretending she's holding a friend's hand. That was my attempt at social networking, way back when I made up an imaginary playmate after my best...
AT&T boosts top broadband speed in 3 markets
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AT&T Inc. is boosting its top available broadband speeds in Austin, Texas, San Antonio and St. Louis in preparation for a wider rollout. The new U-verse High Speed Internet Max Turbo tier will provide downloads at...
Summary Box: Facebook's new privacy controls
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HOLDING BACK: Facebook is altering its privacy settings to make it easier for its 350 million users to decide who can see the posts, photos and other information they share on the site. WHY NOW: Facebook users have...
EU regulator `optimistic' about Oracle resolution
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The European Union's top antitrust official said Wednesday she was "still optimistic" that regulators could resolve a bitter dispute over an EU investigation into Oracle Corp.'s planned takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc....
Google says Utah company behind online scam
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Google Inc. says a Utah company is using its name to defraud consumers. The Internet leader filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against Pacific WebWorks Inc., a Salt Lake City company that claims it pays people thousands...
Study: 2nd drug to treat cattle deadly to vultures
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A second drug used to treat cattle for pain could be deadly to endangered vultures and should be prohibited as part of a campaign to prevent their extinction, according to a study released Wednesday. Millions of...
Google bundles coverage from NY Times, Wash. Post
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Internet search leader Google Inc. is teaming up with The New York Times and The Washington Post in its latest attempt to help out the ailing newspaper industry. The new project, called "Living Stories," debuted...
Geminid meteor shower to peak this weekend
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The year's best meteor shower is coming to North America. Weather permitting, the peak time to view the Geminid (jem-uh-nid) meteor show will be around midnight Sunday Eastern time when up to 140 meteors per hour could...
Texas Instruments raises 4Q profit, sales targets
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Texas Instruments Inc. raised its fourth-quarter profit and sales outlook on Tuesday, citing an improving market for chips used in cell phones and other electronic gadgets like hard disk drives and video game consoles. ...
Hubble spies never-before-seen galaxies
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The refurbished Hubble Space Telescope has spotted the oldest galaxies yet, scientists reported Tuesday. A newly installed wide field camera on Hubble this summer captured several thousand never-before-seen galaxies,...
EMI joins Universal-backed music video site Vevo
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Music videos from Norah Jones, Coldplay, Katy Perry and other artists under EMI Group PLC are headed to an online music video venture, Vevo, set to launch Tuesday with a gala in New York. EMI's videos on Vevo will join...
5 top publishers plan rival to Kindle format
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Five of the nation's largest publishers of newspapers and magazines are teaming up to challenge Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle electronic-book reader with their own technology that would display in color and work on a variety...
App in the hand finds birds in bushes as you roam
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When Jory Langner finds time for a field trip during an upcoming visit to Washington, he won't have to ask local birders where to find candidates to add to his life list of birds sighted. All he'll have to do to is...
EU antitrust chief slams senators on Oracle deal
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The European Union's antitrust chief said Tuesday that U.S. senators who pressed her to approve Oracle Corp.'s takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc. should stop interfering in Europe's affairs and prioritize U.S. health...
MySpace buys imeem music site for under $1 mln
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MySpace's online music venture with recording labels completed its purchase of song streaming site imeem on Tuesday, scooping up its 16 million users and mobile phone applications for less than $1 million. In a blog...
Time Warner Cable to Comcast: Integration not easy
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The chief executive of Time Warner Cable Inc. offers this warning to Comcast Corp. on its purchase of a controlling stake in NBC Universal: Mixing content and distribution is harder to accomplish than it looks. Glenn...
How fake sites trick search engines to hit the top
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Even search engines can get suckered by Internet scams. With a little sleight of hand, con artists can dupe them into giving top billing to fraudulent Web sites that prey on consumers, making unwitting accomplices of...
YouTube chief says ad sales soaring
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YouTube's chief executive says ad sales are soaring, but there is still no word on whether the popular video-sharing site is making money. Chad Hurley, a YouTube co-founder, spoke in Jerusalem Tuesday at a launching...
Despite bumps, new `Zelda' game picks up steam
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It's easy to take a series like "The Legend of Zelda" for granted. The first game arrived on the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987, and with more than a dozen releases over 23 years, even the most dedicated "Zelda"...
Google search results to include 'real-time' data
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Fresh information from blogs, news sites, Twitter and other popular hangouts will appear in Google's search results more quickly as the company aims to give people a more comprehensive look at what's happening on the...
NBC chief says more cash going to broadcast shows
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NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker said Monday the company is putting more money into its network broadcast programming, calling it a "mistake" that it hadn't invested more over the past few years. Control of the...