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Streaming music service Spotify basks in praise

At first glance, Spotify isn't much different from other on-demand streaming music services. It includes roughly the same library of songs, pays the same per-stream licensing fees for music and contends with the same poor ad-sales environment.

Federal jury says music downloader owes $1.92 Mln

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The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) could soon be $1.92 million richer after a federal jury Thursday ruled a Minnesota mother of four who downloaded 24 songs violated music copyrights.
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Apple CEO received liver transplant: report

Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs underwent a liver transplant operation about two months ago and is expected to return to work by the end of June, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.
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Activision says may stop supporting Sony PS3: report

Activision Blizzard Chief Executive Bobby Kotick said in a published report on Friday it may stop making video games for Sony's PlayStation 3, the No. 3 console in the United States, due to high costs and poor sales.
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Iraqi launches nation's first e-shopping site

An Iraqi IT expert has set up the country's first e-shopping website for trading anything from cars to game consoles, hoping to build a business that may one day cater for locals and foreign investors alike.
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Salesforce CEO jabs at Microsoft cloud moves

Salesforce.com Inc's outspoken chief executive took a few jabs at Microsoft Corp's lumbering efforts to build up its cloud computing services on Thursday, on a visit to the world's largest software company's home town.
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Songbird 1.2 debuts new features

Open source browser and jukebox Songbird on Friday said its new music player 1.2 version features new library organization, and a two way iTunes media function that can easily be synced to Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch.
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Google China ordered to block porn access

China's Internet watchdog on Friday ordered Google to stop overseas websites with pornographic and vulgar content from being accessed through its Chinese-language search engine.
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Eight percent admit to downloading video illegally

Eight percent of all consumers in Britain, France, Germany and the United States admit to downloading video illegally from the Internet, according to a survey, showing the scale of the ongoing fight against piracy.
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Smaller crowds greet new iPhone from Apple

The latest iPhone hit stores on Friday with new features and faster speeds, drawing some fans but not the crowds that had swarmed Apple and AT&T stores at previous iPhone launches.
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RIM outlook disappoints, sending shares lower

Research In Motion offered investors an outlook on Thursday that fell short of some expectations, sending the BlackBerry maker's stock sliding 5 percent even as the company reported a higher quarterly profit that topped forecasts.
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Google translation tool aims to improve Iran info access

Google Inc released a tool that translates Internet blogs, news articles and text messages from English to Persian, and vice-versa, in a move the firm said will improve access to information amid the turmoil and media restrictions following Iran's disputed election.
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Beijing seeks volunteers to monitor Internet: Xinhua

The city of Beijing will recruit tens of thousands of volunteers to monitor the Internet, state media said on Friday, echoing decades of mobilizing senior citizens and other volunteers to patrol its neighborhoods.
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LCD TV sales outlook raised for 2009: DisplaySearch

Global LCD TV sales volume is expected to increase by 21 percent this year, faster than a previous forecast, helped by strong sales in developed markets and China's stimulus spending program, speeding up the transition to flat-screen TVs, DisplaySearch said.
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Sony CEO says restructuring steps on track

Sony Corp Chief Executive Howard Stringer said the loss-making Japanese electronics conglomerate's turnaround efforts, which include job cuts, plant closures and a management reshuffle, are advancing well.
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South Korea says Qualcomm licensing unfair: source

South Korea's antitrust authorities have charged telephone maker Qualcomm Inc with unfair licensing terms, in addition to charges the company has acknowledged, a source briefed on the matter said on Thursday.
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NASA launches Lunar Mission

NASA launched its first moon shot in ten years Thursday, sending up a pair of unmanned science probes from Cape Carneveral that will help determine where astronauts could land and set up camp in years to come.
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RIMM earnings out, 1Q revenue up

Research In Motion Ltd., the maker of BlackBerry smart phones, forecast second-quarter profit and sales that may fall short of analysts’ estimates, causing the shares to slip 6 percent in extended trading.
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Microsoft takes on Symantec, McAfee in security

Software giant Microsoft Corp is launching a free PC security service next week in what could be the biggest challenge to date for anti-virus companies with billions of dollars in annual revenue.
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RIM profit rises but shares sink on outlook

Research In Motion on Thursday offered investors an outlook that fell short of some expectations, sending the BlackBerry maker's stock sliding even as the company reported a higher quarterly profit that topped forecasts.
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Microsoft putting investment behind search: CEO

Microsoft Corp is willing to invest up to 10 percent of its operating income in its Internet search business for up to five years, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday, as its Bing search engine starts to gain ground with Web surfers.
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RIM 1Q revenue up, in line with expectations

Research In Motion Ltd., the maker of BlackBerry smart phones, forecast second-quarter profit and sales that may fall short of analysts’ estimates, causing the shares to slip 6 percent in extended trading.
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Doh! Homer gives driving directions

Woo hoo! You have reached your destination! Homer Simpson, star character of U.S. cartoon show The Simpsons, is ready to take you where you want to go.

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