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Dangerous celebrity cyber searches

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Internet security company McAfee Inc. says, both tabloid fixture Megan Fox and American icon Angelina Jolie resulted in an equal number of risky download Web sites, proving cybercriminals are in the business of capitalizing on the world’s most famous faces.
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Oracle cuts CEO's base salary to $1

Software giant Oracle Corp said in a regulatory filing on Friday that it would cut the salary of its chief executive to $1 in fiscal 2010 from $1 million in the previous year.
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Hollywood playing catch-up with videogames

COLOGNE, Germany - Films and videogames would seem a match made in heaven, so why are games based on hit movies so bad? Despite sharing the same demographic of devoted fans, action, sci-fi and fantasy films rarely translate into branded videogame hits.
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China jails four for Tomato Garden Microsoft piracy

A Chinese court has jailed four people for spreading their bootleg Tomato Garden version of Microsoft's Windows XP program, in what the Xinhua news agency called the nation's biggest software piracy case.
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Daily Wrap Up - August 20 Tech

Apple is speculated to roll out a new Apple TV within the next several months, according to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster. Apple has strong incentive to build a new set-top if it decides to offer a subscription service for iTunes video.
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DivX ends dispute with Yahoo, forecasts Q3 profit

Video compression software maker DivX Inc said it settled a litigation with Yahoo Inc related to a license and distribution agreement, and forecast a third-quarter profit to reflect an increase in operating income due to the settlement.
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Microsoft files to stay Word injunction

Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it filed a motion to stay an injunction imposed by a federal court last week which threatened to halt sales of some versions of its popular Word application.
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Microsoft legal chief sees risk in Yahoo deal

Microsoft Corp has confidently described its planned search advertising deal with Yahoo Inc as a win-win, but the software company's legal chief is prepared to concede that the outcome is not certain.
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1 in 4 songs sold in U.S. is from iTunes

iTunes-purchased songs now account for 25 percent of the overall music market--both physical and digital--in the U.S., according to an NPD Group report released Tuesday.
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Electronic résumés demystified

Dear Sam: I have been applying electronically to job postings and when I cut and paste my résumé it always looks disheveled. This also happens when I insert it in the body of emails. Any help you can give me will be appreciated. - Jesse
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Palm plans for commercial application store launch

Software developers will be able to start charging for applications downloads to Palm Inc's high-profile Pre smartphone with the company's launch of an e-commerce beta program set to start in mid-September.
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Court slaps ban on some Microsoft Word sales

A U.S. federal court has ordered Microsoft Corp to stop selling some versions of its widely used Word software in the United States in two months, ruling in favor of a small Canadian firm that accused the software giant of violating its patents.
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Facebook Lite: Lighter and faster

Facebook has begun tests on a new service that is designed for mobiles and at countries that have narrowband internet connections.

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