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Toshiba Q3 profit jumps, maintains outlook

Toshiba Corp posted 37.46 billion yen ($456.3 million) in operating profit for October-December, compared with 14.49 billion yen in the same period the previous year, on healthy sales of NAND flash memory used in smartphones and tablet computers.

Toshiba Q3 profit more than doubles on smartphone

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Japan's Toshiba Corp's quarterly profit more than doubled, driven by a boom in sales of NAND flash memory chips and liquid-crystal displays used in tablets and smartphones but it stuck with its full-year outlook.
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Now, a social network for travelers?

A new travel community, TouristInfo 2.0, launched in December 2010, is off to a great beginning as the site has been observing active participation from tourism professionals, tourists, tour operators, hotels and more.
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Study: App Users Click Ads By Mistake

A Harris Interactive survey found that nearly half of mobile app users said they were more likely to accidentally click an ad than do so intentionally.
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U.S. review of Huawei/3Leaf under way

Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co's $2 million deal for 3Leaf Systems is being reviewed by an inter-agency committee, the company said on Friday.
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Microsoft shares fall on Windows, PC weakness

Microsoft Corp shares fell more than 4 percent to a six-week low on Friday, dragging down much of the tech sector, as investors fretted about the strength of the company's core Windows franchise and the broader threat to personal computers from tablets.
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Wikileaks spin-off group launches new site

A group led by the former deputy to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange launched a new site to aid whistleblowers on the sidelines of the Davos meeting of the global business elite Friday.
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Microsoft shares fall; tablet worries abound

Microsoft Corp shares fell 3.5 percent on Friday as its better-than-expected profit was overshadowed by worries it is failing to cope with threats from hot areas like tablet computing.
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Amazon margins squeezed by costs, shares plunge

Amazon.com investors got a wake-up call on Thursday when the world's biggest online retailer said its profit margins were sliding as it spends money on massive new distribution centers and acquisitions.
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Samsung profit to recover after quarterly drop

Booming demand for smartphones and tablets will help Samsung Electronics Co post better results this year after the world's No.2 mobile phone maker reported its weakest profit in six quarters.
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White House eyes spectrum for public safety

The White House will support legislation ensuring a block of airwaves are used for public safety rather than going to commercial wireless providers, a senior administration official said on Thursday.
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Microsoft beats Street but consumer worries linger

Microsoft Corp surprised Wall Street with a better-than-expected profit, but its shares stayed flat as investors expressed concern about the weakness of computer sales amid a faltering U.S. recovery.

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