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Verizon To Unveil Digital Media Services

Verizon said it would launch new Digital Media Services that would allow entertainment and media companies capitalize on consumers' growing appetite for live and on-demand on their smartphones, tablets and other devices.

Sharp suspends two TV panel plants as demand tumbles

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Sharp Corp has suspended production at two Japanese liquid crystal display panel plants until early May as it confronts slumping domestic demand for televisions and shortages of a gas used in panel production, the company said on Monday.
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Lawsuits to strengthen Net traffic rules possible

Public interest groups are keeping the option of lawsuits against the Federal Communications Commission on the table to fight for stronger Internet neutrality rules, an executive at a public interest law firm said on Saturday.
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How Apple earned the Midas touch

Speculation abounds as to when Apple's new iPhone will hit shelves, but the company has created such a successful dynamic surrounding its products that timing may be irrelevant.
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Apple iOS is the 'What's Next'

Speculation abounds as to when Apple's new iPhone will hit shelves, but the company has created such a successful dynamic surrounding its products that timing may be irrelevant.

DDoS Attacks Grow In Sophistication

In the wake of the attacks by the hacker collective Anonymous on Sony and on Livejournal, more attention has been focused on just what such attacks mean and how to defend against them.
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Google seals ITA deal but antitrust review looms

The Justice Department approved Google Inc's purchase of ITA Software with stiff conditions on Friday, and left the door open to a larger probe into whether Google manipulates search results to hurt rivals.
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Google's Page makes first changes to management

Google Inc CEO Larry Page streamlined decision-making in six key product groups, including social networking and mobile, as the Internet search giant revs up efforts to compete with Facebook and Apple Inc.
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House rejects FCC's 'open' Internet rules

The House of Representatives voted on Friday to reject Internet neutrality rules that were adopted last year to keep big Internet service providers from blocking certain traffic
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Google seals ITA deal; larger antitrust review looms

The Justice Department approved Google Inc's purchase of ITA Software with stiff conditions on Friday, and left the door open to a larger probe into whether Google manipulates its search results to hurt rivals.
President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of America Tretton speaks at a media briefing during the E3 at the Shrine auditorium in Los Angeles

3DS: A Babysitting Tool, Sony CEO Says

In an interview with Fortune magazine, Tretton dismisses Nintendo's latest handheld as a great babysitting tool that offers no competition to Sony's PSP.
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Toyota to cut North American output next week

Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> will start cutting production at its North American plants next week to adjust for supply disruptions stemming from the March 11 earthquake in Japan, the company said on Friday.
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Russian spy agency complains about Gmail, Skype

Russia's domestic security service called for access to encrypted communication providers like Gmail, Hotmail and Skype on Friday, saying the uncontrolled use of such services could threaten national security.
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Google, ITA decision expected Friday: sources

The Justice Department is likely to announce on Friday that Google can buy airline ticketing software company ITA Software as long as ITA's products remain available to Google's rivals, a source close to the deal said Friday.
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Google and ITA deal approved with conditions

The Justice Department approved Google Inc's purchase of ticketing software company ITA Software as long as ITA's products remain available to Google's rivals, among other conditions.

Anonymous Changes Tactics Against Sony

The hacker collective Anonymous seems to have changed tacks on its effort to pay back Sony, emphasizing that its members are on the side of consumers and gamers.
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Google, ITA deal approved with conditions

The Justice Department approved Google Inc's purchase of ticketing software company ITA Software as long as ITA's products remain available to Google's rivals, among other conditions.
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Steve Wozniak says would consider return to Apple

Steve Wozniak would consider returning to an active role at Apple, the company he co-founded, and believes the consumer electronics giant could afford to be more open than it is, he told Reuters.

Google, DoJ Near A Deal On ITA

Google and the U.S. Department of Justice may soon reach an agreement that would allow the Internet's biggest search engine to buy ITA Software, the travel data company, for $700 million.
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Graduate uses Facebook to find financial aid

LAS VEGAS (Reuters Life!) - U.S. student Devin Valencia, the first member of her family to graduate from college, hopes others will do the same with her prizewinning idea for a Facebook application for finding financial aid.

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