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Sony CEO dismisses price cut chatter on PlayStation

Sony Corp Chief Executive Howard Stringer brushed off concerns that the PlayStation 3 video game console is too expensive, and said the company is unlikely to sell parts of its business amid the recession.

Webcasters, music industry agree on royalties

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Artists and record labels reached an agreement on Tuesday with Internet radio companies over royalty rates, resolving a dispute that dates back more than two years over how to divvy up revenue from streaming music on the Web.
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Daily Wrap up July 7 - Tech

Microsoft Corp., which has been fined 1.68 billion euros ($2.34 billion) in European Union antitrust cases, is in preliminary talks to settle two additional probes before EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes leaves office, four people familiar with the negotiations said.
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Chinese go online to vent ire at Xinjiang unrest

Chinese are venting their anger online after ethnic violence in the Muslim region of Xinjiang left at least 156 dead but are playing a cat-and-mouse game with censors who appear to be removing some posts and blogs.
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Midday Minute - Tech July 7

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have successfully devised a way to guess a person's Social Security number using statistical analysis. Armed with your date of birth and the state in which you were born, it's now possible to generate a quite small set of digits that are likely to contain your actual SSN.
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Dell launches digital forensics service for police

Dell Inc, the world's second-biggest maker of personal computers, launched a package of hardware, software and services on Tuesday designed to help police convict more criminals as digital evidence proliferates.
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Sony to enter netbook market with new Vaio

Sony Corp said on Tuesday it plans to launch a new Vaio laptop that will sell for around 60,000 yen ($629) in Japan in August, making an entry into the fast-growing netbook market.
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Week ahead in Tech (July 7-11)

Yahoo to launch new search note feature on Tuesday that lets Yahoo searchers take and save notes as they visit various websites.
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Sony to enter netbook PC market with new Vaio

Sony Corp said on Tuesday it plans to launch a new Vaio laptop that will sell for around 60,000 yen ($629) in Japan in August, making an entry into the fast-growing netbook market.
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Justice Deptartment eyeing telecom probe: report

The U.S. Justice Department has begun looking at big telecom companies such as AT&T Inc and Verizon Communications to try to determine if they have abused their market power, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Monday.
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U.S. Justice Dept eyeing telecom probe: report

The U.S. Justice Department has begun looking at big telecom companies such as AT&T Inc and Verizon Communications to try to determine if they have abused their market power, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Monday.
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Daily Wrap up July 6 - Tech

Netscape founder Marc Andreessen said in an interview that he expects Facebook's revenue to be in excess of $500 million in 2009, and estimates that in five years, it'll be well into the billions.
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Facebook 2009 revenue pegged at $500 Mln

Netscape founder Marc Andreessen said in an interview that he expects Facebook's revenue to be in excess of $500 million in 2009, and estimates that in five years, it'll be well into the billions.
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Ubisoft to open Toronto studio

French videogame maker Ubisoft Entertainment SA is set to open a Toronto studio that will create 800 jobs over 10 years, the Ontario government said on Monday.
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U.S. Justice Dept said eyeing telecom giants

The U.S. Justice Department has begun looking at big telecom companies to try to determine if they have abused their market power, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Monday.
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NEC looks to resume overseas cellphone sales

NEC Corp, grappling with a steep drop in mobile phone sales in Japan, said on Monday it could resume overseas sales of cellphones next year, three years after losses forced it to pull out of China and Europe.
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Midday Minute - Tech July 6

Best Buy, known as a vendor of giant televisions, is moving towards a new market by selling electric-powered scooters, bicycles and Segway transporters.
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EMC raises offer for Data Domain to $33.50

EMC Corp boosted its bid to buy specialty storage maker Data Domain Inc by more than 10 percent to $33.50 per share, raising the stakes in a bidding war with rival NetApp Inc. .
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Week ahead in Tech (July 6-11)

3Com Corp is scheduled to report second quarter on Thursday, Jul 9, before the start of trading. Consensus analyst estimates are for EPS of $0.05, down from $0.09 in the year-ago period. Revenues are also expected to fall to $295 million, down 8% from the $321 million 3Com reported in fiscal Q4 2008.
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China tightens Web screws after Xinjiang riot

China clamped down on the Internet in the capital of China's northwestern region of Xinjiang on Monday, in the hope of stemming the flow of information about ethnic unrest which left 140 people dead.
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Oldest Bible made whole again online

The surviving parts of the world's oldest Bible were reunited online Monday, generating excitement among scholars striving to unlock its mysteries.

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