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Yahoo names PayPal's Thompson as CEO

Yahoo Inc named PayPal President Scott Thompson as its chief executive on Wednesday, hoping the well-regarded Internet technology and e-commerce expert will replicate his success at eBay Inc and turn around the struggling company.

ICANN to Expand Top-Level Domains Despite Critics

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ICANN, an independent body responsible for organizing the Internet, plans to press ahead with plans to expand the number of possible website addresses despite criticism from industry and concerns from some law enforcement groups.

Cisco shelves home telepresence amid company revamp

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Network equipment maker Cisco Systems has decided to pull the plug on umi, a home video conferencing system it once touted as a quality alternative to popular video chat service Skype -- as it continues with its restructuring plans.
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Samsung to post strong Q4 on record smartphone sales

Samsung Electronics, the world's top maker of memory chips and smartphones, is set to report a robust quarterly profit rise on Friday, starting 2012 on an upbeat note aided by record-smashing sales of smartphones.
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Acme Packet forecasts weak Q4; shares fall

Acme Packet Inc forecast a fourth quarter that lagged analysts' estimates and cut its 2011 outlook on concerns of crippled capital spending budgets at its telecommunication customers in North America.
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AT&T to pay TiVo to settle patent dispute

AT&T Inc has agreed to pay TiVo Inc a minimum of $215 million and additional monthly licensing fees to settle a patent infringement dispute related to recording live TV.
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Micron jumps on report of DRAM consolidation

Shares of Micron Technology Inc jumped as much as 11 percent on a report that one its biggest competitors, Elpida Memory, may merge with Toshiba Corp, in a sign of consolidation in an industry hurt by cut-throat competition.
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RIM close to stripping CEOs of chairmanship: report

Research In Motion is close to a decision on stripping its co-chief executives of their other shared role as chairman of the board, a newspaper said on Tuesday, a change that could meet a key demand from angry and disillusioned investors.
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Facebook, Citibank Change the Rewards Game

This Tuesday, Citi launched a Facebook application that allows its customers to team up in order to use their points for charity, a group gift or personal goal. The Citi Facebook app builds on the function that Citi released last year that allows customers to transfer there points to others via the bank's homepage.
RIM close to stripping co-CEOs of chairman role

RIM close to stripping co-CEOs of chairman role

Research In Motion is close to a decision on stripping its co-chief executives of their other shared role as chairman of the board, a newspaper said on Tuesday, a change that could meet a key demand from angry and disillusioned investors.
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Barclays upgrade Micron, shares jump

Shares of Micron Technology Inc climbed as much as 11 percent after Barclays Capital raised the chip devices maker's stock to overweight, even as the brokerage downgraded five other stocks from the sector, including Intel Corp.
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JP Morgan upgrades Cisco to overweight;shares rise

Investment bank JPMorgan upgraded its recommendation for Cisco Systems to overweight and raised its price target for the network equipment maker on expectations of a rebound in public sector spending and improved margins in 2012.
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RIM close to picking new chair: report

Research In Motion is on the verge of stripping its co-chief executives of their other shared role as chairman of the board, a Canadian newspaper reported on Tuesday, raising hopes among investors in the struggling BlackBerry maker.
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Barclays cuts Intel, Applied Materials to equal weight

U.S. semiconductor stocks are in for a volatile 2012 as inventory correction extends into the first quarter, and an industry recovery due only in the second half, Barclays Capital said and downgraded five stocks, including Intel Corp.
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iOS 5 Untethered Jailbreak: Pod2g Disappoints A5 Users in Recent Blog Post

Pod2g, the French hacker of the Chronic Dev-team, who said he would be working full-time on the A5 jailbreak and transferred all the responsibilities of the A4 untethered jailbreak to the Chronic Dev-team, to help him focus on the declared task, recently updated his blog. Unfortunately, to the disappointment of A5 users, there is no mention of the new jailbreak in the post.
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What Will Apple Announce at NYC Media Event?

Ever since it has been reported that Apple will hold an important media event in New York City later this month, tech geeks have been wondering what the company is going to announce at the event.
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iPad 3 Features, Release Date Rumors Gaining Traction: What Are the Expectations?

Other than the newly released iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak for A4 devices, another issue that is creating much buzz around the tech world these days is Apple's next generation iPad aka iPad 3. The device, which is highly expected to launch towards the end of this month, is rumored to arrive in two sizes and have a set of enhanced features.
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Samsung Galaxy S3: 3D Version Expected

Samsung Galaxy S3, expected to be the next flagship smartphone from the South Korean electronics company, is rumored to have a 3D version besides the regular HD version.

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