| As music sales slow, digital market offers hope
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 Reuters - Ever since Apple's iTunes store launched in 2003, the digital music market has received an annual Christmas gift in the form of a sales boost, as consumers unwrap new iPods and gift cards for the holidays.
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| New OS Reaches for the Clouds
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PC World - Good OS has introduced a new operating system for the Internet era called "Cloud," which is the successor to company's Linux-based gOS that Wal-Mart introduced in a line of Everex desktops last fall. The Everex computers were pulled from the shelves only months later after Wal-Mart cited a "tepid customer response."
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| China's NetDragon Teams With EA on Online Game
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PC World - Chinese game developer NetDragon Websoft plans to work with U.S. digital game maker Electronic Arts (EA) to create a multiplayer online game based on EA's Dungeon Keeper series of digital games.
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| London Hospitals Nearly Back Online After Worm Infection
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PC World - Three London hospitals whose computer systems were infected with a relatively old worm are now almost back online.
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| Britney Spears: More Interesting than Barack Obama?
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PC World - Just when you thought she had disappeared into relative obscurity, Britney Spears is back. On Yahoo's recently-released list of the top 10 searches of 2008, Britney Spears takes the cake. In this election year, Spears managed to beat out president-elect Barack Obama, who came in at number 3, as the most sought-after search topic of the past year.
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| 'Social Mobile' Applications: The Missing Book
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PC World - If you were thinking of designing or building a Web site, you'd be in luck.
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| AWS Offers Online Database Service for Free
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PC World - Amazon Web Services (AWS) has opened its online database service for public beta testing and said a certain level of usage will be free, at least for now.
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| Microsoft and Yahoo Dismiss Report of Search Deal
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PC World - Microsoft and Yahoo have dismissed a report that they're once again in discussions to sell Yahoo's online search business for $20 billion.
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| Microsoft Releases Next Wave of Windows Live Services
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PC World - Microsoft has released a new wave of Windows Live services that adds more social-networking qualities to its set of online services.
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| Netbooks Dominate Cyber Monday on Amazon
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PC World - Netbooks dominated the Computers & PC hardware bestsellers list on Amazon.com on Cyber Monday in the U.S., the biggest online shopping day of the year.
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| Memo to Microsoft: Enough With The Bribery
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PC World - Microsoft is trying to sweeten the deal in its bribery -- er, sorry, promotion -- to get you to use its Live.com search engine. The company has just announced plans to make its Cashback program even more instant. Am I the only one getting tired of this?
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| Report: Former AOL CEO Miller Trying to Buy Yahoo
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PC World - Jonathan Miller, the well-respected former AOL CEO, has been talking for months to potential investors interested in buying all or part of Yahoo, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
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| Yahoo up on reports of new takeover bid
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 AFP - Yahoo shares gained more than seven percent on Wall Street on Tuesday amid reports former AOL chief executive Jonathan Miller was trying to raise money to purchase the Internet company.
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| Yahoo shares climb on hopes for $30B takeover bid
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AP - Yahoo Inc.'s stock rallied Tuesday on a report that AOL's former chief executive believes he can raise enough money in a worsening recession to buy the struggling Internet company for as much as $30 billion.
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| Ex-AOL boss looking to raise cash for Yahoo bid
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 Reuters - Former AOL Chief Executive Jonathan Miller is seeking as much as $30 billion from investors to buy all or part of Yahoo Inc, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, boosting shares of the Web search engine by 7 percent.
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| Telcos, groups draw up national broadband strategy
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CNET - Telecom and tech companies joined with labor unions, public interest groups, and other organizations Tuesday to issue a "call to action" (PDF) for a national broadband strategy.
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| Finland slammed by Euro rights court on two counts
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 AFP - Finland violated the right to respect for private life by failing to balance Internet privacy needs with child protection laws, the European Court of Human Rights said Tuesday.
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| UK Prosecutors Investigate BT Over Online Ad System
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PC World - British prosecutors are investigating whether incumbent operator BT illegally tested an online advertising system without users' consent.
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| Mumbai Terrorism, Worm Warning, Holiday Woe
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PC World - A wave of coordinated terrorist attacks across Mumbai late Wednesday dominated the news this week, with bloggers and people using Twitter helping to get information to families and friends of those affected. Multinational technology companies are not expected to change their business strategies as a consequence of the stunning attacks, which targeted westerners.
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| Malware is Getting Smarter, CA Warns
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PC World - Online attacks will be dominated by smarter malware and bots targeting Web users ranging from gamers and social network users to the elderly and unsuspecting parents.
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