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Canon revives new plant as camera sales hold firm

Japan's Canon Inc, the world's largest digital camera maker, revived on Friday plans to build a $180 million factory as demand holds firm for its high-end single-lens reflex cameras, lifting its shares 1.6 percent.

Obama urges laggards get ready for digital TV

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President Barack Obama warned Americans on Thursday who have not prepared for the June 12 transition to digital television that their TVs could go dark if they do not get a converter box soon.
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Nokia Siemens, Juniper to form carrier ethernet JV

Nokia Siemens Networks and Juniper Networks Inc said on Thursday they plan to create a joint venture aimed at the carrier Ethernet market, one of the remaining growth pockets in the shrinking telecommunications equipment market.
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Palm's Pre: a star is born?

It's no iPhone-killer, but the launch this weekend of Palm Inc's Pre could well become the brightest event this year for a gloomy industry.
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Nokia popularity fading among teens: survey

Nokia's popularity among teenagers is fading, as the world's top handset maker has failed to introduce attractive mass-market models, according to a survey by networking site Habbo Hotel.
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Sony lifts curtain on new PSP

Sony Corp unveiled on Tuesday a smaller, lighter PlayStation handled game device called the PSP Go, in a race to catch rival Nintendo in an intensely competitive mobile games arena.
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TiVo prevails in long-running EchoStar patent case

A federal judge in Texas awarded set-top box maker TiVo Inc an additional $103 million in damages plus interest on Tuesday in a long-running patent infringement dispute with DISH Network Corp and EchoStar Corp.
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Microsoft Windows 7 to hit market in October

Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday its new Windows 7 operating system will be generally available on October 22, well ahead of its original schedule and in time for the holiday shopping season.
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INQ Mobile to roll out Twitter-phone

Cell phone maker INQ Mobile plans to introduce a Twitter phone in time for the Christmas sales season, hoping to benefit from surging interest in the micro-blogging service, INQ's head told Reuters on Tuesday.
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Experts warn mobile phones face hacking threat

Accessing your bank account using your mobile phone might seem safe, but security experts say would-be hackers can access confidential information via a simple text message seemingly from your service provider.
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Slowdown, shortages in focus at Computex

A shortage of electronic components such as chips and displays threatens to derail a nascent recovery in Asia's technology sector spurred by China's stimulus plan.
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Sony Ericsson introduces Christmas line-up

Sony Ericsson introduced a new phone on Thursday that allows consumers to connect to their PlayStation3 gaming consoles, part of its Christmas line-up and its strongest sign yet of integration with parent Sony Corp.

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