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China orders halt to new phone, Internet accounts in August as carriers focus on Olympics
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June 26, 2008 - 9:13 AM EST
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The government has ordered China's fast-growing phone companies to stop adding new customers in August so they can better focus on ensuring service for the Beijing Olympics, company employees said Thursday.The moratorium on new phone and Internet connections adds to sweeping measures, including traffic bans and factory shutdowns, that are meant to provide better conditions for the games, a major prestige event for the communist...
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Sony to start US movie download service for PlayStation 3 machine in summer
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June 26, 2008 - 5:17 AM EST
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Sony says it will start a movie download service for its PlayStation 3 home console this summer in the U.S.Kazuo Hirai, who heads Sony Corp.'s video game unit, said Thursday the service will be offered in Japan and Europe at later dates, although details won't be available until next month.Hirai said the company will strengthen its network services and further cut costs to achieve profitability in the Sony gaming business...
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Nintendo DS game console helps spur interest in English in Japan classrooms
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June 26, 2008 - 4:24 AM EST
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The Nintendo DS isn't just fun and games anymore for English students at Tokyo's Joshi Gakuen all-girls junior high school. The portable video game console is now being used as a key teaching tool, breaking with traditional Japanese academic methods.A giggly class of 32 seventh-graders used plastic pens to spell words like "hamburger" and "cola" on the touch panel screen _ the key feature of the hit console _ following an...
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Oracle finishes fiscal year with flourish, then dampens hopes for current quarter
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June 26, 2008 - 12:09 AM EST
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Oracle Corp. finished its fiscal year with an impressive flourish, then pulled out a wet blanket.After announcing fourth-quarter results that exceeded analyst estimates, the business software maker dampened investor sentiment late Wednesday by raising the specter of a slowdown in the traditionally sluggish summer months.The tepid outlook caused Oracle shares to drop by 3.5 percent in Wednesday's after-hours trading, dragged...
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Oracle's 4Q earnings sail past analyst estimates, but stock sinks on cautious outlook
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June 26, 2008 - 8:05 PM EST
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Oracle Corp. breezed past analysts' expectations in its fiscal fourth quarter, providing another sign of the technology industry's vitality despite the listless U.S. economy.With the impressive , Oracle joins several other major tech companies that are weathering the economic turbulence battering financial services, travel and retail."The fact that we put up these results in these times demonstrates our strategy is working,"...
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Japan wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo tests eye, touch controls for consumer electronics
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June 25, 2008 - 2:57 PM EST
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Rolling your eyes to turn up the volume of a portable music player and tapping your fingers to turn on a DVD player are among technologies Japan's top mobile carrier is testing for "wearable" gadgets.In one version, sensors and chips inside headphones detect electrical current produced by movements of the wearer's eyeballs, says Masaaki Fukumoto, executive research engineer at NTT DoCoMo."We are working on a cell phone of...
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In rural New Mexico, high school experiments with reaching students via podcast
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June 25, 2008 - 1:44 PM EST
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Students at a rural New Mexico high school made a unique pledge: Right hands raised, they promised to take care of their Zune music players.Almost all the roughly 100 students at Fort Sumner High School and 25 at South Valley Junior High in Liberty, Mo., were outfitted in February with the Microsoft Corp. gadget, which is like Apple Inc.'s iPod.The idea was that students would watch videos and listen to podcasts created or...
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Yahoo hoping Google's superior technology will make shareholders forget Microsoft's bid
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June 13, 2008 - 12:07 AM EST
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Yahoo Inc. became Microsoft Corp.'s takeover prey largely because Google Inc. established such a commanding lead in the Internet's lucrative search advertising market.But after eluding Microsoft's grasp, Yahoo is now turning to Google to help squelch a rebellion among its shareholders who believe it should have accepted Microsoft's $47.5 billion buyout offer while it was still available last month.Yahoo announced its decision...
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Yahoo reaches Google ad deal after ending talks with Microsoft, causing stock to plummet
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June 13, 2008 - 8:45 PM EST
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Yahoo Inc.'s efforts to revive takeover talks with Microsoft Corp. have reached a dead end, prompting the Internet pioneer to hire online search leader Google Inc. to handle some of its advertising sales.The news disclosed Thursday caused Yahoo shares to plunge 10 percent as investors abandoned hope that Microsoft would renew a nearly five-month quest to buy the Sunnyvale-based company.While a stock sell-off is never welcome...
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