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Apple cuts copy protection and prices on iTunes
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Phil Schiller, senior vice-president of worldwide product marketing for Apple, delivers his keynote address Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, at the Macworld Conference and Expo in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)AP - Apple Inc. is cutting the price of some songs in its market-leading iTunes online store to as little as 69 cents and plans to make every track available without copy protection.

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Even in recession, CES to have stuff worth seeing
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This undated photo provided by Nvidia Corp., a leading maker of graphics chips for computers, will be touting $199 glasses that turn compatible monitors into true three-dimensional displays, spicing up games like 'Far Cry 2,' 'Spore' and 'Left 4 Dead.' Gaming in 3-D</td></tr> <tr><td> , with and without glasses, has been possible for years, yet has never caught on. The support of a big name like Nvidia might make a difference. (AP Photo/Nvidia Corp.)AP - The recession figures to tone down the flashiness of this week's International Consumer Electronics Show, but the lineup of innovative products likely will measure up to those of past years.


Apple's Jobs has hormone imbalance, will stay CEO
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In this photo combo, Apple Inc. founder and Chief Executive Steve Jobs is seen on Sept. 17, 2007 in Berlin, Germany, left, and on Sept. 9, 2008 in San Francisco, right. Jobs, looking to end health rumors, on Monday, Jan. 5, 2009 said that a hormone imbalance is to blame for the weight loss that has prompted worries about his health. (AP File Photos)AP - Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs, a survivor of pancreatic cancer whose gau

nt appearance in the past year has alarmed the Mac and iPod lovers who look to him as an oracle, said Monday he has an easily treated hormone imbalance and will remain in charge of the company.


Logitech to cut salaried staff by 15 percent
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AP - Logitech International SA, a maker of mice, webcams and other computer peripherals, said Monday it is cutting its salaried work force by 15 percent in response to weak consumer demand amid what it expects to be an extended global downturn.
Review: 'MacHeads,' a documentary on the Mac faithful
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CNET - It's a long-established truism in technology journalism: That stories about Apple are pretty much guaranteed to do better than just about any other subject.
China issues 3G licences: government
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A visitor uses a mobile phone as he walks past Chinese brand 3G mobile phones displayed at an exhibition in Beijing. China issued long-anticipated third-generation mobile phone licences Wednesday, state media said, a move that is likely to set off a new round of investments in the world's largest cellular market.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - China issued long-awaited third-generation mobile phone licences Wednesday,

a move that will pour billions of dollars into new networks as consumers buy video- and Internet-enabled handsets.


Asus Unveils Netbook With Touchscreen That Swivels
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PC World - Asustek Computer on Tuesday unveiled its latest Eee PC netbook, with an 8.9-inch touchscreen that swivels and can even fold down to convert the device into a tablet PC.
Motorola unveils phone made from recycled bottles
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Reuters - LAS VEGAS (Reuters) Motorola Inc unveiled a cell phone made of recycled water bottles on Tuesday, hoping to cash in on the trend for environmentally friendly products.

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Gaza truce proposed after Israeli shell kills 30
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Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a street near a U.N. school, after an Israeli attack killed dozens of Palestinians, in Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. An Israeli bombardment struck outside a U.N. school where hundreds of Palestinians had sought refuge on Tuesday, the U.N. and Palestinian medics said, killing at least 30 people, many of them children whose parents wailed in grief at a hospital filled wi</td></tr> <tr><td> th dead and wounded. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)AP - France and Egypt announced an initiative to stop the fighting in Gaza late Tuesday, hours after Israeli mortar shells exploded near a U.N. school sheltering hundreds of people displaced by the onslaught on Hamas militants. At least 30 Palestinians died, staining streets with blood.


Egypt and France propose plan to end Gaza conflict
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas leaves a Security Council meeting about the situation in Gaza at United Nations Headquarters in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - A cease-fire initiative Tuesday to halt the increasingly bloody Israeli offensive in Hamas-rule Gaza won support from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on

rival sides to follow up on the proposal.


Ukraine: Russia stops sending gas to Europe
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A woman passes by a gas pipe of the gas-compressor station in the small Ukrainian city of Boyarka, near Kiev on January 4. Ukraine said Tuesday that Russia had drastically cut gas supplies to Europe and warned of AP - Ukrainian official

s said Wednesday that Russia had cut off all gas supplies through pipelines crossing Ukrainian territory, the latest move in a devastating pricing dispute between the two neighbors that has already left a number of countries without gas.


Transcript: Mumbai gunmen were commanded by phone
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AP - The gunman said into the phone, "We have three foreigners, including women." The response was plain and brutal: "Kill them," the man said. Gunshots rang out inside the Mumbai hotel, followed by a round of cheering.
Aruba prosecutor: End is near in Holloway case
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AP - Aruban prosecutors said Tuesday their investigation into the 2005 disappearance of U.S. teenager Natalee Holloway is nearing the end and appealed for anyone with information to come forward.
Bank of England meets to decide on rate cut
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The Bank of England begins a historic meeting to slash interest rates for a third month running, bringing them to their lowest ever levels as Britain readies to join a growing list of nations officially in recession.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The Bank of England begins a historic meeting on Wednesday to slash interest rates for a third month running, bringing them to their lowest ever levels as Britain readies to join a growing list

of nations officially in recession.


Ground war drives up civilian casualties
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AP - The rising civilian death toll in Israel's campaign in Gaza highlights the pitfalls of Israel's powerful army using lethal force against often invisible Hamas guerrillas taking cover among civilians.
Gunmen attack TV station in northern Mexico

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Satyam Computer head quits, falsified accounts
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AP - The chairman of India's Satyam Computer Services Ltd. quit Wednesday after admitting the company's profits had been inflated for several years, sending shares of the software services provider plunging by more than 70 percent.
Apple to sell copy protection-free songs
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New Apple iPod Nanos are seen during an unveiling in San Francisco, California September 5, 2007. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)Reuters - Apple Inc has reached a deal with major record labels to sell digital songs without the copy protection software that had prevented fans from sharing music bought from its iTunes store, the maker of the iPod and iPhone said on Tuesday.


VMware Taps Borland CEO for Chief Operating Officer
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PC World - Virtualization giant VMware has named Borland Software CEO Tod Nielsen to the newly created position of chief operating officer, in the latest chapter of a VMware management shakeup that began with the ouster in July 2008 of co-founder and CEO Diane Greene.
Apple to sell all iTunes music without anti-piracy software
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Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Philip Schiller announces the new MacBook Pro 17 inch laptop as he delivers the keynote address during the MacWorld Conference at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. Apple also announced that every song in its iTunes library will be available without anti-piracy software by April.(AFP/Getty Images/Justin Sullivan)AFP - Apple on Tuesday said every song in its iTunes l

ibrary will be available without anti-piracy software by April.


Apple Releases New '09 Version of iLife at Macworld
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NewsFactor - Apple showed a new version of its iLife package Tuesday at the Macworld Conference & Expo, now taking place in San Francisco. iLife is a suite of software programs included with a new Mac, and provides tools such as iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, iWeb and iDVD. The newest iLife requires Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
Apple disappoints--no Jobs or big news at Macworld
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New Apple iPod Nanos are seen during an unveiling in San Francisco, California September 5, 2007. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)Reuters - Apple Inc said on Tuesday said it was dropping copy protection from songs sold on the Internet and debuted its slimmest 17-inch laptop yet, but with no dramatic products or master pitchman Steve Jobs, the company's final Macworld performance disappointed Wall Street.e7755900e663a6a8e8e048b835b460

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Apple cuts copy protection and prices on iTunes
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Phil Schiller, senior vice-president of worldwide product marketing for Apple, delivers his keynote address Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, at the Macworld Conference and Expo in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)AP - Apple Inc. is cutting the price of some songs in its market-leading iTunes online store to as little as 69 cents and plans to make every track available without copy protection.

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Serbia struggles to root out copyright piracy
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A street vendor displays the newest illegally produced video games and movies in downtown Belgrade in December 2008. Hundreds of thousands of illegally produced and sold CDs or DVDs seized in police raids have been destroyed in recent months, with officers targeting several AFP - At makeshift s

talls in underground passages, peddlers hawk copied films, music and software from briefcases, ready to make a hasty getaway in Serbia's crackdown on rampant copyright piracy.


AMD: Creating a New Laptop Category
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PC World - Netbooks have their appeal--tiny budget machines with just enough oomph to run Windows XP. Ultraportables have horsepower in spades, but they cost too much to suit some people. This year we're going to see a whole new category of notebook take shape that falls somewhere between ultraportables and netbooks--and AMD is hot to have its processors on board.
No Clear Sign of Settlement in Oracle-SAP Suit
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PC World - A document filed last week by SAP indicates there may be no quick settlement to its rancorous legal entanglement with rival enterprise software maker Oracle, even though SAP admits that some of Oracle's claims about its former subsidiary TomorrowNow are true.
Revamped FileMaker Pro 10 Arrives with New Design
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NewsFactor - As Macworld gets under way, FileMaker has announced a new version of its database software: FileMaker Pro 10. The new product line also includes FileMaker Pro 10 Advanced, FileMaker Server 10, and FileMaker Server 10 Advanced.
Palm To Launch Nova OS, and Maybe a Smartphone
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NewsFactor - Palm's next-generation Nova operating system has been in the works for more than a year and is expected to be released this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Also rumored is one more surprise -- a new smartphone using Nova.
Yahoo! bringing Internet to Samsung television sets
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South Koreans walk past a logo of Samsung Electronics at the company's headquarters in Seoul. Yahoo! and Samsung on Monday said they will put the California firm's software to work linking the South Korean electronics giant's televisions to the Internet.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)AFP - Yahoo! and Samsung

on Monday said they will put the California firm's software to work linking the South Korean electronics giant's televisions to the Internet.


Intel, Adobe Want to See Flash on TV Screens
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