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Apple cut prices of Apple TV

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Apple Inc. discontinued its 40GB Apple TV and cut the price of its 160GB model $100 to $229 on Monday. However, critics are arguing that Apple TV won't see any real success until it opens up to Web video beyond iTunes despite price cuts.
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Oracle plans first Sun database computer

Oracle Corp has developed a computer with Sun Microsystems Corp, the hardware company it is buying for $7 billion, under a brand that it has exclusively sold with Hewlett-Packard Co.
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A Tale of Two iPods, And Why The Touch Has No Camera

Apple's decision not to include a camera in the new iPod Touch is somewhat surprising. After all, there is already a perfect camera for the job, and it sits inside the iPhone. That Apple included a video camera inside the iPod Nano makes this more inexplicable still - the Apple of today is clearly happy to put cameras into its media players (unlike the first iPhone, whose camera was so poor we thought it was just a petulant capitulation to cellphone norms).
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Motorola to launch Google phone

Motorola Inc on Thursday said it would launch a new cell phone that uses Google software and seeks to tap into the popularity of online social networks like Facebook.
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New iPods disappointing at Steve Job's return event

Apple's new iPod lineup, unveiled by Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs on his first public appearance since his liver transplant, disappoins investors as it didn't add as many new features as some analysts predicted, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.
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Frail-looking Steve Jobs returns to Apple stage

A frail-looking Steve Jobs stepped back into the spotlight for the first time in nearly a year on Wednesday, unveiling new and cheaper iPods for Apple Inc and drawing a standing ovation.
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iPhone OS 3.1 available for download now!

Steve Jobs made an appearance at Apple's highly anticipated 09/09/09 event today in San Francisco where several new announcements were made, including a new iPod and iPhone OS 3.1 which is now available and ready to download now for free.
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MSC Software gets offer from private equity firm

MSC Software Corp, a simulation and software services company, said it received an offerfrom a private equity firm that topped an earlier offer from Symphony Technology Group, sending its shares up as much as 7 percent.
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Nokia to skip operator tailoring for Linux phones

Nokia Oyj plans to skip tailoring software of its upcoming top-of-the-range model N900 to different operators, raising the risk some carriers, who focus on integrating their own software, could refuse to offer the model.
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Microsoft Russian antitrust probe closed

Russia's state anti-monopoly service, FAS, said on Monday it had closed a probe into Microsoft as it had found no violations of antitrust laws over cutbacks in supply of the Windows XP operating system.
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Microsoft Russian anti-trust probe closed

Russia's state anti-monopoly service, FAS, said on Monday it had closed a probe into Microsoft as it had found no violations of anti-trust laws over cutbacks in supply of the Windows XP operating system.
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Microsoft says Russia watchdog found no violation

Microsoft said on Monday that Russia's state anti-monopoly service, FAS, has not found any violations of anti-trust laws over cutbacks in supplies of its Windows XP operating system within Russia.
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Got a dream but no cash? The Internet can help

Chris Waddell wants to climb Kilimanjaro in a wheelchair; George Del Barrio wants to make a film in Cambodia; Jeff Edwards wants to write a book about a science fiction writer: they want you to fund their dreams.
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Apple iPod updates expected, Jobs show uncertain

Apple Inc's media extravaganza next week is being greeted with unusual calm, as it is uncertain if charismatic CEO Steve Jobs will appear and investors have nothing much to bet on apart from new iPods with cameras.
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EU opens in-depth probe into Oracle, Sun deal

European Union antitrust regulators launched an in-depth probe on Thursday into Oracle Corp's $7 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc on concerns the deal could dent competition in the database market.
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EU probes Oracle bid for Sun

European Union antitrust regulators launched an in-depth probe on Thursday into Oracle's $7 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems on concerns the deal could dent competition in the database market.
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Need 10,000 Facebook fans? That'll be $1,167

A company called uSocial has been offering a service that sells Twitter followers to people at a set rate, and announced Thursday that it will start selling friends on Facebook.
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Not enough Facebook friends? Buy them

Who says you can't buy friends? An Australian online marketing company is selling friends and fans to Facebook members after offering a similar service to Twitter users.

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