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Roku adds more 'channels' of video and other digital content
Software update coming in next two weeks
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Wolverton: Suggestions for a tech-happy holidays
Looking for holiday gift ideas? Tech Files columnist Troy Wolverton has some suggestions for the gadget-hounds in your life.
Books for the techies on your list
Black Friday deals on social media
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Genetic love matches go cheek swab to cheek swab
Companies say cheek swabs can help pinpoint good match
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Law firms in legal dispute over keyword ads on Google, Bing
MILWAUKEE — A lawsuit in Wisconsin is bringing a fresh challenge to the practice of paying for keywords on Google and other search engines to boost one company's link over a rival's.
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Microsoft's cloud computing system is growing up
Software moving away from programs installed on PCs
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Tech books for your holiday shopping list
By Michael Liedtke Associated Press Your holiday shopping list probably includes gadgets, games and gizmos that illustrate how technology is changing the way we work, play and communicate.
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Law firms in legal dispute over keyword ads on Google, Bing
MILWAUKEE — A lawsuit in Wisconsin is bringing a fresh challenge to the practice of paying for keywords on Google and other search engines to boost one company's link over a rival's.
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Nook e-readers sold out for holidays
NEW YORK — Consumers who haven't yet ordered Barnes & Noble's electronic book reader, the Nook, won't see one before Christmas.
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Oracle's $7.4B Sun Microsystems deal: EU extends review deadline
BRUSSELS — European Union regulators said Friday that they have extended until Jan. 27 a deadline to wrap up their antitrust review of Oracle's planned $7.
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Google, Authors Settlement Gets Preliminary Approval (Update1)
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Judge grants preliminary OK for online plan
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Yahoo jumps on Twitter bandwagon to improve search
Yahoo is jumping on the Twitter bandwagon in its latest attempt to get people to use its Internet search engine more frequently.
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Google's Chrome OS to be ready for 2010 holidays
Google expects lightweight computers powered by its new operating system to be on sale in time for next year's holiday season.
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Google adding automatic captions to YouTube videos
WASHINGTON — Think of it as closed captioning for the new media world. Google said Thursday it is beginning to add automatic, machine-generated captions for videos on its YouTube site.
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Intel, AMD agree to get along
sjohnson@mercurynews.com at Technology
Can Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, Silicon Valley's version of the long-squabbling Hatfields and McCoys, really get along?
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Nintendo's Mario endures in new release even as games come and go
NEW YORK — You might call him the Mickey Mouse of video games. He's reminiscent of a doughnut, round and sweet and comforting.
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California adopts first-in-nation rules to cut energy use by new TVs
New TV sets sold in California must reduce electricity consumption 33 percent by 2011 and 49 percent by 2013.
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Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 connect to Facebook
NEW YORK — Users of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles can now brag about their achievements on Facebook.
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'Uncharted 2' leads Video Game Award nominations
NEW YORK — "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves" has seized a leading eight nominations for this year's Video Game Awards, Spike TV announced Wednesday.
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South Korean regulator approves Apple's iPhone
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's telecommunications regulator cleared the way Wednesday for the launch of Apple's iPhone amid reports the hit device could reach consumers late next week.
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Microsoft told to stop some Windows sales in China
AP Business Writer BEIJING — A Beijing court has ordered Microsoft to stop selling some versions of its Windows operating system in China in a licensing dispute with a local supplier.
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Strach: 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2' one of best first-person shooters ever
The visuals are stunning, the action is gripping and the musical score is perfect. And nearly every object in the game is "physics enabled," which gives it a realistic appearance and a degree of interactivity.
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Microsoft's cloud computing system is growing up
SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. leads its industry in part because a vast army of outside computer programmers design software that only runs on its Windows operating system.
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Gift Guide: Adventures in the video game aisle
The video game aisle can be intimidating for aspiring Santas who haven't touched a joystick since "Pong.
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T-Mobile resumes sale of Sidekicks after Microsoft server meltdown
NEW YORK — T-Mobile USA resumed selling Sidekick phones Tuesday, more than a month after a server meltdown at Microsoft caused contact numbers, pictures and other personal information to disappear from many of the phones.
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YouTube tries to help media find free 'citizen journalism' videos
SAN FRANCISCO — YouTube is trying to help shrinking newsrooms expand their video coverage without increasing their payrolls.
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Twitter to scrap controversial Suggested Users List
The microblogging site will trade in the much-maligned Suggested Users List for a "more relevant" tool, says a co-founder.
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Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder, has non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Paul Allen, Microsoft's co-founder, has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and is undergoing chemotherapy.
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Univision to make shows available on YouTube
LOS ANGELES — Univision, the biggest Hispanic broadcaster in the U.S., said Monday its shows will be coming to YouTube in the new year.
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Intel raising its dividend 12.5 percent
Intel Corp., the world's biggest chip company, says it will raise its dividend by 12.5 percent starting next year.
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Cisco raises bid for Tandberg to $3.4 billion
NEW YORK (AP) — Cisco Systems Inc. said today it raised its bid for Norway's Tandberg ASA after only a fraction of Tandberg shareholders agreed to Cisco's initial offer.
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Switching cell phones takes emotional toll
After building a long relationship with a mobile device, starting over can be soul-wrenching.
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Sezmi offers a new kind of TV service
Sezmi, a Silicon Valley startup that's pioneering a new type of TV service, is opening up a public test of its system today in the Bay Area and Los Angeles.
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Geeky 'tweeters' to report on space shuttle launch
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Fingers will be flying when space shuttle Atlantis blasts off today: About 100 of NASA's geekiest fans will be on hand, pecking away at iPhones, BlackBerrys, laptops and other Twittering gadgets.
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Keeping an eye on your home from far away
By Melissa Kissler Dutton
Tools include video feed, e-mail alerts
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Web-based e-mail features come to desktop software
E-mail has taken a full circle. Over the years, Web-based e-mail services have gotten much better, sporting many features once available only with the e-mail programs that reside on the computer desktop.
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Tech Test Drive: PSPgo
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The new UMD-less PSPgo is a device that has the attention of many gamers — and game makers. It's a sleek redesign of the PSP but with a higher price tag and some interesting issues that may or may not work out well for Sony.
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Tech Test Drive: Energy-efficient HDTVs
Reviews of Samsung UN55B8500, LG 47LH90, Sharp LC-46LE700UN.
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O'Brien: Ellison and Oracle may have met their match in Europe
Observers are making comparisons between Oracle's current antitrust fight in Europe over the Sun deal and the battle five years ago over PeopleSoft. But there are enough differences to reach an easy conclusion: Oracle should back down and find a ...
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Microsoft brings more Web data to Bing results
By Jessica MintzAssociated PressSEATTLE — Microsoft's Bing search service will pull more information and tools from other Web sites as the company tries to distinguish itself as part of its challenge to market leader Google.
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Intel names Douglas Melamed as top lawyer
Intel, the world's largest maker of microprocessors, said Friday that it named Douglas Melamed as its top lawyer.
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Swiss privacy watchdog to sue Google over Street View
GENEVA — Google's unstoppable drive to map and photograph the world has run into an immovable object — Switzerland's strict tradition of personal privacy.
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YouTube to support 1080p high-definition videos
LOS ANGELES — YouTube says starting next week it will support the same high-resolution video that can now be seen on flat screen TVs.
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Google, book publishers to reveal new settlement
The future of Google's plans to sell millions of books online could begin to take shape today.
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O'Brien: Intel's taken a crucial step
But Intel CEO Paul Otellini has his work cut out restoring Intel's image. His legacy depends on it.
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Facebook, Google officials give Vatican lessons about the Web
VATICAN CITY — Vatican officials and Catholic bishops are getting a lesson on the Internet from Facebook, Wikipedia and Google executives as the church struggles to get its message out in the digital age.
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Google, Yahoo call for expanded online drug ads
WASHINGTON — Google, Yahoo and other Web companies joined the pharmaceutical industry Thursday in urging federal regulators to make it easier to pitch drugs in online advertisements.
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Intel to pay chip rival Advanced Micro Devices $1.25B in antitrust settlement
Intel is paying $1.25 billion to Advanced Micro Devices, its largest rival in the market for computer processors, to settle all antitrust and patent suits, the companies said today.
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