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Facebook to boost staff by 50% in 2009: report

Online social networking site Facebook is looking to expand its staff by as much as 50 percent this year, its chief executive Mark Zuckerberg told Bloomberg news agency in an interview dated August 20.

Nokia to enter PC industry with first netbook

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The world's top cellphone maker Nokia said on Monday it would start to make laptops, entering a fiercely competitive but fast-growing market with a netbook running Microsoft's Windows operating system.

NASA clears shuttle for launch

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NASA said Sunday they have cleared space shuttle Discovery for liftoff Tuesday, adding that the weather looks promising.
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Apple says Google Voice app alters iPhone

IPhone maker Apple Inc told U.S. regulators it has not approved Google Inc's Voice application, which could challenge the wireless industry's giants, because it interferes with the iPhone user experience.
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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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SEC drops backdating probe against former Pixar CFO

U.S. securities regulators have dropped a stock options backdating investigation against former Pixar Animation Studios Chief Financial Officer Ann Mather, according to a letter obtained by Reuters on Friday.
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Daily Wrap Up - August 21 Tech

A majority of college-bound students getting reading for the coming school semester are a preferring to steer away from Mac laptops, a new study reveals. Instead, students are leaning toward affordable netbooks from a variety of manufacturers, according to Retrevo, a consumer electronics website, that conducted the study.
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Yahoo wins court ruling over webcasting fees

A federal appeals court in New York ruled that a Yahoo Inc Internet radio service is not required to pay fees to copyright holders of songs it plays, a defeat for Sony Corp's BMG Music.
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Macs not super desirable among students this year

A majority of college-bound students getting reading for the coming school semester are a preferring to steer away from Mac laptops, a new study reveals.Instead, students are leaning toward affordable netbooks from a variety of manufacturers, according to Retrevo, a consumer electronics website, that conducted the study.While 49 percent of students will buy full-sized Windows laptops, 34 percent will purchase netbooks. That places Mac's at the very bottom with only 17 percent of students...
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Yahoo unit wins webcasting ruling

A federal appeals court in New York, in a victory for Yahoo Inc, on Friday ruled that a webcasting service that provides users with individualized Internet radio stations need not pay licensing fees to copyright holders of the recordings it plays.
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China Mobile keen on deals with Taiwan firms

China Mobile, the world's largest mobile carrier, aims to sign a series of deals with key Taiwanese firms this week, helping them gain access into China's rapidly growing telecoms market.
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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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News Corp eyes online news consortium: report

In an effort to combat falling advertising revenue, News Corp executives have been proposing the formation of a consortium with other publishers to charge for news distributed on the Internet and on portable devices, the Los Angeles Times reported on its website.
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Fujitsu quadruples forecast, unloads Fanuc shares

Fujitsu Ltd , Japan's biggest IT services firm, nearly quadrupled its annual net profit forecast after it unloaded shares in industrial robot maker Fanuc Ltd for 89 billion yen ($945 million), parrying speculation that it needs to raise capital.
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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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New technology gives LED displays a twist: study

U.S. researchers said on Thursday they have found a way to make large-scale flexible display screens that can be stretched to fit the contours of a bus yet are transparent enough so riders can see out windows.
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LED display technology gets a twist

U.S. researchers said on Thursday they have found a way to make large-scale flexible display screens that can be stretched to fit the contours of a bus yet are transparent enough so riders can see out windows.
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AT&T sued by agency for age discrimination

AT&T Inc has been sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which accused the largest U.S. phone company of age discrimination for refusing to rehire previously retired workers over age 40.
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Flu fighters battle pandemic online

The world is gripped by a flu pandemic and it's up to you to stop it -- that is, if you choose to play a new game developed by a Dutch medical center and available online for free.
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AT&T sued by U.S. agency for age discrimination

AT&T Inc has been sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which accused the largest U.S. phone company of age discrimination for refusing to rehire previously retired workers over age 40.
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New technology key to gaming sector in downturn

Luring new audiences by moving away from traditional gaming consoles is more crucial than ever as the downturn curbs consumer spending in a sector once seen as recession-proof, analysts and executives said.
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Apple's Steve Jobs got rejected

Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs was reportedly rejected two years ago by former Palm Inc. CEO Ed Colligan when he asked for an agreement between the two companies that required them to not poach each other's workers.
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MySpace to buy Web music service iLike

News Corp's MySpace said on Thursday it has agreed to buy music recommendation service iLike, as the once-hot social networking site tries to reinvent itself as an entertainment portal.

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