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<title>Cox Did Not Infringe Verizon Internet Telephony Patents: Jury</title>
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Verizon had accused Cox of infringing six patents related to Internet telephony. Verizon settled a similar suit against digital phone service provider Vonage last year for $117.5 million.   -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cox Communications did not infringe patents owned by Verizon Communications, a jury in Virginia decided on Monday.
Verizon had accused Cox of infringing six patents related to Internet telephony, but a jury at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia decid...]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Mozilla-Geode-to-Join-Google-Yahoo-For-Geolocation-Web-Services/?kc=rss">
<title>Mozilla Geode to Join Google, Yahoo for Geolocation Web Services</title>
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Mozilla Labs is set to launch a geolocation add-on called Geode in the wake of similar Web services from Google and Yahoo. This latest application development comes as location-based Web services are heating up. But what form will such services take beyond the now cliche restaurant review scenario?   -  Mozilla Labs Oct. 7 will announce Geode, a geolocation add-on for the Firefox Web browser, which will enable developers to create content tailored toward users' locations. 

In a brief note before the launch, a Mozilla spokesperson said that with Geode, a user who is looking for restaurants while ...]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/AMD-Spins-Off-Processor-Manufacturing-Facilities-to-Better-Compete-with-Intel/?kc=rss">
<title>AMD Spins Off Processor Manufacturing Facilities to Better Compete with Intel</title>
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AMD is now offering details of on its much anticipated asset smart plan, which will allow the chip maker to spin off its processor manufacturing facilities into a new company. The plans will allow AMD to trim its payroll, concentrate on engineering and designing new processors and graphics chips for PCs and server systems, and allow AMD to better compete with Intel.   -  Advanced
Micro Devices is finally detailing its long talked about asset smart
plan, which will allow the chip maker to spin off its manufacturing facilities
into a new company while allowing AMD to reduce
its financial debt and better compete against Intel.

The new manufacturing company, wh...]]></description>
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<title>5 Technology Businesses Poised to Boom in the Financial Crisis</title>
<link>http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/5-Technology-Businesses-Poised-to-Boom-in-the-Financial-Crisis/?kc=rss</link>
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Risk management, e-discovery, enterprise search, e-mail archiving, and secure and managed file transfers might all beat hard times in a recession or economic downturn in the wake of the Wall Street financial crisis. Risk management, e-discovery, enterprise search, e-mail archiving, and 
secure and managed file transfers are all positioned for a boom as the business and financial sector call on their unique services more than ever.   -  Risk management, secure and managed file transfers, e-discovery, e-mail
archiving, and enterprise search are all positioned for a boom as the business
and financial sector call on their unique services more than ever.
1. Risk management
Companies that offer risk assessment tools,
such as RSA Se...]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Data-Storage/eDiscovery-Search-and-Storage-Providers-Await-a-Litigation-Boom-Following-Financial-Crash/?kc=rss">
<title>E-Discovery Search and Storage Providers Await a Litigation Boom Following Financial Crash</title>
<link>http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Data-Storage/eDiscovery-Search-and-Storage-Providers-Await-a-Litigation-Boom-Following-Financial-Crash/?kc=rss</link>
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E-discovery providers stand to gain from the Wall Street financial crisis, as potential customers such as investors, shareholders and pension funds prepare to pursue or defend lawsuits. E-discovery firms such as Kazeon, Autonomy, Clearwell Systems, Attenex, Symantec, Seagate Technology's MetaLINCS, Iron Mountain's Stratify, LexisNexis, Recommind and some other smaller companies are in good standing to gain business from what many expect to be a surge in litigation surrounding the Wall Street financial crisis.   -  Now is a good time to be an e-discoveryware provider.
Companies such as Kazeon, Autonomy, Clearwell Systems, Attenex, Symantec,
Seagate Technology's MetaLINCS, Iron
Mountain's Stratify, LexisNexis, Recommind and some other smaller companies
stand to gain business from what many expect to be a su...]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Applications/eWEEK-Labs-Walkthrough-Lotus-Symphony-11/?kc=rss">
<title>eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Lotus Symphony 1.1</title>
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Lotus Symphony 1.1 is a freely-available office productivity suite from IBM that brings together a trio of word processor, spreadsheet and presentation applications under a Big Blue label. Symphony's interface is new, based on Eclipse, but its internals are old, based on OpenOffice.org 1.1.4; the result is a fairly good productivity suite with an interface that's much fresher-and a feature set that's more stale-than those that grace the OpenOffice.org 3.0 release I recently tested.   -    
   
  Upon firing up the Lotus Symphony 1.1 word processor application, I was impressed right away by its tabbed interface, which makes switching between different documents as well as spreadsheets and presentations as easy as shifting between tabbed pages in Firefox.
   
  However, it wasn't...]]></description>
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<title>IT Companies That Stand to Profit During the Financial Crisis</title>
<link>http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/IT-Companies-That-Stand-to-Profit-During-the-Financial-Crisis/?kc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[
Because they are providing exactly the right services at exactly the right time, enterprises in certain subsectors of IT are beginning to get busy helping clean up the Wall Street/Main Street financial debacle. Companies in e-discovery, archiving, enterprise search, risk management and secure file transfers are among those  lucky  ones.   -  Like any movement in the U.S.
macroeconomy, the current banking implosion and subsequent credit contraction
are hurting a lot of enterprises, but it also is uncovering some opportunities
for those in the right place at the right time.

As the government takes over banks such as Washington Mutua...]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Management/How-to-Shrink-Your-Waste-with-Lean-IT/?kc=rss">
<title>How to Shrink Your Waste with Lean IT</title>
<link>http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Management/How-to-Shrink-Your-Waste-with-Lean-IT/?kc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[
While lean principles and practices have been widely adopted in manufacturing over the years, their use in IT has just recently gained popularity. Lean IT is a revised way of thinking whose ultimate goal is the elimination of wasted IT resources, thereby increasing business efficiency and profits. Knowledge Center contributor Sunny Gupta explains the six steps organizations should follow to obtain Lean IT operations.   -  IT is currently undergoing a transformation reminiscent of manufacturing in the 1970s and 1980s. Its called Lean IT, which applies the lean manufacturing principles developed by the Japanese, perfected by Toyota, and leveraged by greats like General Electric  and Motorola with the same end goal: cos...]]></description>
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<title>Backscatter Spam on E-mail Security Radar</title>
<link>http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Backscatter-Spam-on-Email-Security-Radar/?kc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[
Proofpoint joins the list of vendors supporting bounce address tag validation, also known as BATV. Webroot and Cisco also support BATV in their e-mail security offerings. Earlier this year, Symantec noted the rise of backscatter spam in its monthly State of Spam report.   -  Proofpoint is launching an attack on backscatter spam, joining a chorus of voices supporting Bounce Address Tag Validation that includes Cisco and Webroot.
Backscatter spam is far from a new phenomenon. Also called non-delivery receipt spam (NDR spam), backscatter occurs when spammers put someone e...]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Applications/eWEEK-Labs-OpenOfficeorg-30-WalkThrough/?kc=rss">
<title>eWEEK Labs OpenOffice.org 3.0 Walk-Through</title>
<link>http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Applications/eWEEK-Labs-OpenOfficeorg-30-WalkThrough/?kc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[
Nine years after Sun Microsystems bought StarOffice, the resulting OpenOffice.org project is ready to roll out its 3.0 release. Enhanced format compatibility and features keep the suite ahead of sibling products such as Lotus Symphony and inch OpenOffice.org nearer to parity with Microsoft Office.   -    
   
  New in OOo Version 3 is native support for Apple's OS X. Previous OOo iterations required the X11 server to run, which made OOo a bit of a misfit on the OS X desktop.
   
  OOo supports the newest version of the OpenDocument file format, ODF 1.2. The latest version of ODF includes acces...]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Can-Ruby-Rails-Make-Developers-Shine-in-a-Downturn/?kc=rss">
<title>Can Ruby, Rails Make Developers Shine in a Downturn?</title>
<link>http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Can-Ruby-Rails-Make-Developers-Shine-in-a-Downturn/?kc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[
Will specialty coding skills help developers ride out the financial crisis? Some say environments like Ruby and Ruby on Rails may enable developers to fare better in times of financial stress because they can do more with less and be more productive. Others say that argument is a stretch.   -  When the going gets tough ... well, you know the saying  the tough get
going. However, in the case of software development, in times of financial
crisis like we're in when belt-tightening begins, some developers and
development shops might be better suited to roll with the turbulent times than
...]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Deutsche-Telekom-Seeks-Stolen-Data-on-17-Million-Mobile-Users/?kc=rss">
<title>Deutsche Telekom Seeks Stolen Data on 17 Million Mobile Users</title>
<link>http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Deutsche-Telekom-Seeks-Stolen-Data-on-17-Million-Mobile-Users/?kc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[
Deutsche Telekom says it reported the theft of names, addresses, cell phone numbers, e-mail addresses and dates of birth of millions of mobile phone customers in 2006 and found no evidence the information was abused. German government investigators are analyzing potential danger from the data leak.   -  
FRANKFURT (Reuters) Thieves have hijacked sensitive
data on millions of Deutsche Telekom mobile phone customers, the German company
has acknowledged in its second major security scandal this year.
The incident stems from a theft of data in
2006 that only came to light now in a report by Der Sp...]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Motorola-Seeks-Beefed-Up-Android-Team/?kc=rss">
<title>Motorola Adding Up to 300 Android Mobile Developers</title>
<link>http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Motorola-Seeks-Beefed-Up-Android-Team/?kc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[
Reports say Motorola wants to expand its Android team from 50 to 350 developers as country's top cell phone seller seeks to find its way out of a prolonged period of slumping sales. Although Motorola has its own Java-Linux initiative, its interest in Android mobile developers could indicate the company is searching for a new direction.   -  Almost a year ago, bloggers
were speculating that Motorola was hiring  quot;scads quot; of Android
developers. Apparently, Motorola still is, as it scrambles to cash in on the
expected consumer
rush to Android, Google's Linux-based mobile operating system.  
According to several reports, Motoro...]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Applications/SAP-Saw-Sudden-DropOff-in-Software-Sales/?kc=rss">
<title>SAP Saw Sudden Drop-Off in Software Sales</title>
<link>http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Applications/SAP-Saw-Sudden-DropOff-in-Software-Sales/?kc=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[
German software maker SAP warns that its sales abruptly dropped off in September as companies cut back on computer-related spending due to the financial crisis. The announcement drove down shares of SAP and rival Oracle.   -  FRANKFURT/BOSTON (Reuters) German software maker SAP
AG warned that its sales had abruptly dropped off in the last two weeks of
September as companies cut back on computer-related spending due to the
widening financial crisis.
The announcement on Monday drove SAP
shares down 16 percent, their b...]]></description>
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<item rdf:about="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Semantic-Search-Takes-Center-Stage-for-Askcom-Hakia/?kc=rss">
<title>Semantic Search Takes Center Stage for Ask.com, Hakia</title>
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Ask.com, which has struggled to position its search engine in an era dominated by Google, retools its question-and-answer results using semantic search technologies, which look to extract the meaning behind search queries to provide more valuable results. Meanwhile, startup Hakia is trying to lure more users to its own semantic search site with an option to search what it calls credible Web sites, which are vetted by librarians and informational professionals.   -    
 
 

 

IAC-owned Ask.com retools its search user interface, replacing the bold icons with simple navigation links to help the homepage load faster.

 

  Ask.com now presents local channel and time information right on the results page. Updated daily, Ask.com's TV listings cover nearly...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The Federal Reserve announced Tuesday a radical plan to buy massive amounts of short-term debt in a dramatic effort to break through a credit clog that is imperiling the economy.]]></description>
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<title>World stocks swoon; new rescue weighed</title>
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<description><![CDATA[As pressure built in the credit markets and stocks spiraled lower around the world on Monday, the Federal Reserve was considering a radical new plan to jump-start the engine of the financial system.]]></description>
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<title>Positions harden in Boeing strike; McNerney, unions spar over outsourcing</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Boeing has not talked directly with the International Association of Machinists (IAM) since the union's strike began more than four weeks ago. But in a memo to salaried employees still at work, McNerney said Boeing won't scramble to settle on the union's terms.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[In an unusual step, two major pharmaceuticals are allowing a Seattle lab to delve into their "molecular libraries" to find a new treatment for tuberculosis. ]]></description>
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<title>Microsoft&#x27;s Mundie gives campuses peek at tech&#x27;s future</title>
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<description><![CDATA[On a tour of five U.S. universities this week, Microsoft's top strategist, Craig Mundie, is doing what he does best: demonstrating the future.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Dendreon said Monday that Provenge, its prostate-cancer drug, improved patient survival rates — but not quite enough for the interim results it unveiled to justify an accelerated bid for Food and Drug Administration approval.]]></description>
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<title>Slowdown pushes oil below $90 Monday</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Oil prices fell below $90 a barrel Monday for the first time since February because of the economic slowdown, even though production in...]]></description>
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<title>FDIC chair seeks fee increase for insurance fund</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The head of the FDIC on Tuesday asked for an increase in premiums that will double the average paid by U.S. banks and thrifts next year...]]></description>
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<title>Lehman exec defends big bonuses</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The now-bankrupt investment bank Lehman Brothers arranged millions in bonuses for fired executives as it pleaded for a federal lifeline...]]></description>
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<title>Wall Street struggles to rebound after global rout</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Wall Street fluctuated sharply in early trading Tuesday, with investors getting some encouragement that the Federal Reserve's plan to buy...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[European stocks shed early gains Tuesday as ongoing fears about the health of the banking system, particularly in Britain, offset hopes that the world's leading central banks will follow Australia's lead and cut interest rates aggressively.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Oil prices rebounded above $91 a barrel Tuesday, a day after plunging to an 8-month low on concerns a significant slowdown in global economic growth will undermine demand for crude.]]></description>
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<title>Global stock meltdown in 3rd quarter</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Stock markets got slammed again in the third quarter, as the U.S. financial crisis reverberated around the world. All told, world markets...]]></description>
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<title>RealNetworks suspends product</title>
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<description><![CDATA[RealNetworks said Monday it had temporarily stopped distributing its DVD copying software, RealDVD, at a federal judge's request in a copyright...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Drug companies say kids under 4 should not be given cough and cold medicines.]]></description>
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<title>3 win Nobel for subatomic physics research
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<description><![CDATA[Two Japanese citizens and an American won the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for discoveries that help explain the behavior of the smallest particles of matter.]]></description>
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<title>Eli Lilly settles Zyprexa inquiries in 32 states
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<description><![CDATA[Eli Lilly & Co. said Tuesday it will pay $62 million to resolve investigations into the marketing and promotion of its antipsychotic drug Zyprexa in 32 states and Washington, D.C.]]></description>
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<title>Energy Department warns of higher heating costs
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<description><![CDATA[Although global oil prices have plummeted, the cost of heating your home this winter will be a lot more expensive, especially for households that depend on fuel oil, the Energy Department predicted Tuesday.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The European Union said Tuesday it will raise its minimum bank deposit guarantee to euro50,000 (US$68,160) as they agreed on guidelines to deal with banks in danger of collapse amid the global financial crisis.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[European stocks posted modest gains Tuesday ahead of Wall Street's opening on hopes the world's leading central banks will cut interest rates soon, possibly in a coordinated manner to deal with the world financial crisis.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The Federal Reserve is providing more details about when it will make billions of dollars in short-term loans available to squeezed banks.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[State-owned savings banks in Germany are reporting a flood of new deposits as people look for security amid the global economic crisis.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Iceland nationalized its second-largest bank Tuesday under emergency legislation and said it was negotiating a 4 billion-euro ($5.4 billion) loan from Russia to shore up the nation's finances amid a full-blown financial crisis.]]></description>
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<title>Insurance giant AIG&#x27;s role in market crisis probed
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<description><![CDATA[The government's rescue of American International Group Inc. last month is getting a critical eye from lawmakers examining the chain of events that forced a $700 billion bailout of the financial industry. Three former AIG chief executive officers, including its largest individual shareholder, Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, are scheduled to testify Tuesday before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The hearing is the second in two days into financial excesses and regulatory mistakes that have spooked stock and credit markets and heightened fears about a global recession.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Like any farmer, Iowa Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey is eager to put the pains - and the rains - of 2008 behind him.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[German carmaker Daimler AG joined GM subsidiary Adam Opel AG and the German unit of Ford Motor Company on Tuesday in announcing production cutbacks given the current financial situation.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[More than 370 penguins that mysteriously washed up on Brazil's equatorial beaches were flown south on a huge air force cargo plane and released closer to the frigid waters they call home, animal advocates said Monday.]]></description>
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<title>Pfizer continues realigning with 3 new units
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<description><![CDATA[Pfizer Inc., continuing its drive to create more focused business units, told employees worldwide Tuesday it is replacing its current geographic divisions with new ones focused on primary care, specialty care and operations in emerging markets.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Shares in Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC plunged 39 percent in early trading on Tuesday, as investors worried the British government is not doing enough to boost banks' balance sheets in the financial crisis.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A U.N. agency on Tuesday called for an urgent review of agriculture and biofuel subsidies and trade barriers, saying their removal would increase opportunities for developing countries to take advantage of rising biofuel demand.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Aer Lingus Group PLC is planning up to 1,500 job cuts, Ireland's SIPTU trade union said Tuesday.]]></description>
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<title>A look at toys making this season&#x27;s hot lists
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<description><![CDATA[Industry experts are beginning to unveil the list of what they believe will be hot toys for the holiday season. Here are a few that made both Timetoplaymag.com's "Most Wanted" list and Toy Insider's "Hot 20."]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. said Monday it will receive a $2.5 billion investment from Allianz SE.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Australia's central bank cut its official interest rate by a bigger-than-expected 1 percentage point Tuesday to ease credit concerns amid a global financial turmoil, cheering investors around the region and lifting Australian stocks into positive territory]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Bank of America Corp. on Monday reported third-quarter results earlier than planned, revealing a wider-than-expected profit drop and plans to boost capital by selling $10 billion stock and halving its dividend.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Facing a lawsuit over deceptive mortgage practices, Bank of America Corp. is agreeing to pay more than $8 billion to modify hundreds of thousands of loans to keep people from losing their homes.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[As Wall Street reeled and global markets plunged, President Bush on Monday said the U.S. economy is going to be "just fine" in the long run. But he cautioned that the massive rescue plan will take time to work.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[China's Cabinet vowed a complete overhaul of the scandal-ridden dairy industry Monday, pledging to inspect every link from the farm to the dinner table to try to restore public trust in Chinese-made food products.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Commodities prices tumbled broadly Monday on growing expectations that the financial crisis pummeling world markets will dramatically reduce global demand for energy and raw materials. Gold prices shot up as investors' faith in stock markets dimmed further, touching off a desperate dash for safe alternative investments.]]></description>
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<title>Consumers likely to shop cautiously for toys
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<description><![CDATA[Will financial-market turmoil be the Grinch this Christmas?]]></description>
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<title>Credit markets still tight as stocks plunge
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<description><![CDATA[The jammed credit markets barely budged Monday as governments around the world scrambled to prop up their failing banks and investors waited for details on how, exactly, the Treasury will go about buying $700 billion of U.S. banks' mortgage assets.]]></description>
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<title>Deadlines set for designating polar bear habitat
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<description><![CDATA[The federal government will designate "critical habitat" for polar bears off Alaska's coast, a decision that could add restrictions to future offshore petroleum exploration or drilling.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Wall Street joined in a worldwide cascade of despair Monday over the financial crisis, driving the Dow Jones industrials to their biggest loss ever during a trading day. Even a big afternoon rally failed to keep the Dow from its first close below 10,000 since 2004.]]></description>
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<title>ECB, euro nations try to soothe volatile markets
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<description><![CDATA[European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet called Monday for calm in the continent's jittery markets, saying they are overestimating risks and the euro-zone central bank stood ready to provide all the liquidity needed for as long as necessary.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Eli Lilly & Co.'s winning bid of more than $6 billion for cancer drugmaker ImClone Systems means a billion-dollar payday for former rival bidder Bristol-Myers and vindication for corporate raider and ImClone Chairman Carl Icahn.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Individual European governments issued a flurry of deposit guarantees to shore up their banks but fell short of any coordinated action Monday to deal with the crisis sweeping financial markets, even as stock markets crashed and the euro sank to its lowest level for over a year.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The government is weighing a bold plan to buy massive amounts of unsecured short-term debts in a dramatic effort to break through a credit clog that is imperiling the economy.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[The Federal Reserve has granted approval for Japan's largest bank to purchase a stake in U.S. investment giant Morgan Stanley.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[WHAT'S UP: Retailers are expected to report dismal same-store sales figures on Wednesday, providing the first full gauge of consumer behavior since the financial meltdown began. The only bright spots will be discounters and wholesale clubs as customers focus on bare-bone essentials.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[So you think junior is a little too lead-footed when he drives the family car? Starting next year, Ford Motor Co. will give you the power to do something about it.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Recurrent violence in oil-rich parts of Nigeria may provide a sobering lesson for oil companies hoping to work in Iraq - a place that is much more dangerous despite the fact that attacks are at their lowest level in more than four years.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson turned to a familiar source when he picked a director for the government's $700 billion bailout program: his former Wall Street firm, Goldman Sachs.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Starbucks Corp. is facing another complaint from the National Labor Relations Board alleging that the gourmet coffee chain engaged in unfair labor practices by firing a barista in Michigan.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[WHAT HAPPENED: Indianapolis-based drug maker Eli Lilly & Co. is buying the biotech firm ImClone Systems Inc. for more than $6 billion.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Wachovia, Citigroup and Wells Fargo on Monday agreed to a standstill of all formal litigation activity - a sign that the banks and the Federal Reserve are working feverishly to reach an agreement over the fate of Wachovia.]]></description>
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<title>A.M.D. to Split Into Two Operations</title>
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<title>Seeking Broader Reach for Social Web Sites</title>
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<description><![CDATA[As the Web becomes a more social place, media companies are trying to make it easier to share links, add comments to articles and extend online identities.    
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<title>DealBook: Venture Capitalists Are Hearing Footsteps</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Venture capitalists are optimists by nature. But these days, even some of the sunniest venture investors are having dark moments of the soul.    
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<title>A Conversation With Joseph Derisi: Computers + Biology = Virus Detector</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Joseph DeRisi, a molecular biologist and biochemist, helped invent the ViroChip, which accelerates the ability of researchers to diagnose viral infections.    
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<title>EBay Trims Its Work Force and Makes Acquisitions</title>
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<description><![CDATA[EBay said it would lay off 10 percent of its workers and pay $1.35 billion for the Web payment firm Bill Me Later and two Danish classified advertising companies.    
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<title>Battling Corruption as the Sheriff at Siemens</title>
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<description><![CDATA[For many years, corruption was extensive at Siemens. It is Peter Y. Solmssen’s task to root it out.    
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<title>The Future of Reading: Using Video Games as Bait to Hook Readers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Publishers, authors and even libraries are embracing video games to promote books to young readers.    
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<title>Advertising: Google Deal With Yahoo Draws More Opposition</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Resentment and fear of Google’s power is growing among some of the biggest players in the advertising industry.    
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<description><![CDATA[A start-up company called Complete Genomics says it will start charging $5,000 next year to determine a person’s complete genetic blueprint.    
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<description><![CDATA[The suggestion was meant as a slap at LIN TV, which owns 15 stations that were, until Thursday, retransmitted to Time Warner Cable’s customers.    
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<title>Small Name in TVs Has Big Plans</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Vizio has grabbed almost 10 percent of the United States market in part by pricing LCD TVs at less than the better-known brands.    
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<title>Digital Domain: Can&#x2019;t Open Your E-Mailbox? Good Luck</title>
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<description><![CDATA[What would you do if you logged onto your e-mail and received an unfamiliar message: “User name and password do not match”?    
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<description><![CDATA[Can the venture capitalists at Kleiner Perkins reduce our dependence on oil, help stop global warming and make a lot of money at the same time?    
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<description><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs and investors believe the question is when, not if, the country’s cradle of innovation will be hurt.    
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<description><![CDATA[Microsoft described the move as a vote of confidence in the European economy and in the company’s ability to close the gap with Google.    
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<title>Nintendo Promises to Ship More of Wii for Holidays</title>
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<description><![CDATA[With the holiday shopping season approaching, Nintendo said it was increasing shipments of Wii machines in an effort to avoid the supply problems that cost the company sales last year.    
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<description><![CDATA[A panel of federal judges ruled to renew the current royalty rate for CDs and other physical recordings, while setting rates for the first time for downloads, ring tones and other services.    
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<title>Two Online Health Site Operators to Announce a Merger</title>
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<description><![CDATA[In a deal valued at $300 million, Revolution Health Network plans to announce a merger with Waterfront Media, a publisher that owns several health Web sites.    
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<description><![CDATA[Freescale Semiconductor said it was exploring strategic options for its cellphone chip business and intends to complete a sale or joint venture in the coming months.    
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<description><![CDATA[NPR's Cheryl Corley talks to News & Notes' tech contributor Mario Armstrong about Google's smart phone, the recently launched NPR Community social network, and how both presidential campaigns are developing high-tech ways to connect their voters.]]></description>
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<title>McCain, Energy And The Environment</title>
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<description><![CDATA[High gas prices have pushed energy issues higher up on the agendas of both presidential campaigns. Sen. John McCain's senior domestic policy advisor Douglas Holtz-Eakin describes his candidate's approach.]]></description>
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<title>Learning How Stuff Works From The &#x27;Factory Floor&#x27;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Marshall Brain, an engineer-turned-TV-host, takes viewers behind the scenes to see what goes into producing common consumer products &mdash; from tennis balls, to escalators, to frozen pizza.  His show "Factory Floor" airs on The National Geographic Channel.]]></description>
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<title>Our Digital Lives, Monitored By A Hidden &#x27;Numerati&#x27;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Many people generate an immense amounts of digital data during a single day &mdash; often without a second thought. But Stephen Baker, a senior writer at BusinessWeek, warns that the information generated is being monitored by a group of entrepreneurial mathematicians.]]></description>
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<title>Google&#x27;s Android Software Debuts On New Phone</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The long-awaited "Google phone" has arrived. The G1 phone carries Google's Android software and runs on T-Mobile networks. Though its touch screen and online integration make the G1 analogous to Apple's iPhone, the Android platform is open for use by multiple phone developers.]]></description>
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<title>World Of Text Messaging Explored</title>
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<description><![CDATA[L-O-L. P-9-1-1. Don't know those abbreviations? Then you're probably not a teen with extra-nimble thumbs addicted to text messaging. The students at Chicago's Curie High School talk about the world of texting.]]></description>
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<title>Google Is Calling. Will You Answer?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Google's entry into the mobile phone universe is an industry milestone that is likely to heat up competition between  Apple, Google, Nokia and Microsoft. The Android phone offers software developers an open door for innovation. And consumers will get a phone that analysts say is similar to Apple's iPhone.]]></description>
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<title>Google, T-Mobile Unveil New Phone</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Everyone is calling it the Google Phone. In fact, Google has teamed up with T-Mobile to put its Android software on the phone unveiled Tuesday. T-Mobile said it will sell the phone, which is competing with the iPhone, for $179 with a two-year contract.]]></description>
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<title>A How-To Guide For Identity Theft (And Protection)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[E-mail, online banking, social networking and other Internet conveniences make life easier every day.  But the added convenience doesn't come without increased vulnerability. In September, hackers found their way into Sarah Palin's personal e-mail account, leaving many Internet users wondering if their privacy could be compromised as well.]]></description>
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<title>Missile Defense System Aimed At Potential Threats</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A $60 billion missile defense system targets the potential threat from nations with intercontinental ballistic missile technology. Critics say much of the system will not work in the event of an actual attack.]]></description>
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<title>Cars set to get parental controls</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Ford is to introduce a key-based security system that limits what younger drivers can do to the family car.]]></description>
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<title>DVD copying software gets pulled</title>
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<description><![CDATA[RealNetworks is being pursued by six movie studios over software that makes copies of DVD films so they can be played on a PC.]]></description>
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<title>Oyster card hack details revealed</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Dutch researchers reveal details of how they managed to copy the radio chips used on London's Oyster card.]]></description>
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<title>Search engine Ask gets a facelift</title>
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<description><![CDATA[In a bid to claw back some users from Google, search site Ask is re-launching its front page.]]></description>
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<title>Europeans sought over hack attack</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The FBI is seeking a British man and his German accomplice over attacks on web shops selling satellite TV equipment.]]></description>
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<title>eBay to slash workforce by 1,000</title>
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<description><![CDATA[EBay, the world's largest online auction site, is set to cut 1,000 jobs - 10% of its workforce -  with many more under threat. ]]></description>
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<title>Music stars unite to seek control</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Acts including Robbie Williams and Radiohead join a coalition to try to gain ownership and control of their music from record labels.]]></description>
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<title>China &#x27;spying on Skype messages&#x27;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Chinese officials are censoring messages sent through the internet service Skype, Canadian researchers say.]]></description>
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<title>Obama uses iPhone to win support</title>
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<description><![CDATA[US Democratic candidate Barack Obama launches an application that could turn the iPhone into a political recruiting tool.]]></description>
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<title>Get your up-to-date fix of blog posts about all things digital</title>
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<title>User or loser</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Bill Thompson on the importance of a good interface]]></description>
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<title>Web of love</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Dating sites show a world of difference among couples]]></description>
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<title>Kosher calls</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Ultra-orthodox Jews struggle with new technology]]></description>
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<title>Domestic bliss</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/programmes/click_online/7649335.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Gadgets to put the fun in functional]]></description>
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<title>Virtual dogfight</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Real planes race simulations in the Spanish sky
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<title>Football focus</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Gamers get a chance to be a virtual football star]]></description>
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<title>Music downloads avoid rate hike</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A veiled threat to shut Apple's iTunes store recedes as a row over royalty rates is resolved.]]></description>
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<title>Prizes for Live Search regulars</title>
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<description><![CDATA[To boost use of its search page Microsoft is offering free prizes to regular users.]]></description>
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<title>Nokia unveils new music service</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Nokia announces details of its Comes With Music unlimited download service, and a new handset that will support it.]]></description>
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<title>iTunes store shutdown feared</title>
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<description><![CDATA[As royalty rates for digital music are to be set this week comments emerge from Apple about a possible closure of iTunes. ]]></description>
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<title>Google &#x27;Goliath&#x27; Microsoft says</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Microsoft's boss says his firm is a "David" to Google's "Goliath" after its failure to grasp the importance of internet search.]]></description>
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<title>Minogue wins digital music gongs</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Kylie Minogue scoops two gongs at the BT Digital Music Awards, which took place at The Roundhouse in London.]]></description>
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<title>Words of wisdom from Woz</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/7641182.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Find your passion, follow your heart and don't let a lack of money stop you.  Words of wisdom from Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.]]></description>
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<title>A tour of the greenest museum</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/7630591.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[A peek at the world's most eco- friendly museum]]></description>
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<title>New vision for computing in Africa</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/programmes/click_online/7623147.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hi-tech help for the blind in Africa
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<title>Ofcom sets out stall for fast net</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The price of next-gen broadband should reflect how much it costs to invest in it, says regulator]]></description>
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<title>Secrets of new Star Wars game</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_7624000/7624618.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Secrets of the new Star Wars game]]></description>
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<title>Mobiles combat polio in Kenya</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/7619473.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mobiles help combat Kenyan polio outbreak]]></description>
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<title>Satellite images aid polar voyage</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/7605901.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Satellite imaging system helps polar navigation.]]></description>
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<title>A guide to Large Hadron Collider</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7543089.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[An introduction to the world's biggest physics experiment]]></description>
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<title>Google: Now we are 10</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/7599342.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[As Google turns ten it looks to its next decade]]></description>
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<title>Conference cull</title>
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<description><![CDATA[How communities help Bill Thompson stay informed]]></description>
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<title>Are paper&#x27;s days numbered?</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/7604186.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Bill Thompson says the writing is on the wall for paper]]></description>
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<title>How not to monitor mobiles</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/7558271.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Bill Thompson is worried that the methods we are using to keep kids safe on mobiles have stopped being useful.]]></description>
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<title>Going for online gold</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Bill Thompson is keeping an eye on the Olympics but isn't interested in medal winners]]></description>
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<title>The importance of being there</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/7507797.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Regular columnist Bill Thompson says the virtual world still needs a lot of work if it is to replace the real world. ]]></description>
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<title>Making punishment fit the crime</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Regular columnist Bill Thompson wonders about the punishment that should be meted out to copyright infringers.]]></description>
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<title> Changing the way we think</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/7459182.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[Bill Thompson asks if the web changes how we think]]></description>
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<title>Why the future is in your hands</title>
<link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/7250465.stm</link>
<description><![CDATA[The humble mobile phone looks set to become a multimedia, multi-function monster as more features are crammed inside it.]]></description>
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<title>The mobile future is calling</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Developers are being urged to unleash their creativity and make the mobile future a reality and bring the world to everyone's phone.]]></description>
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<title>Google on Android&#x27;s future</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Google's director of mobile platforms explains his vision for Android, a new operating system for mobiles.]]></description>
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<title>Pupils reveal mobile snapshot</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Students at a school in Tynemouth carry out a survey of mobile phone use as apart of the BBC's School Report project.]]></description>
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<title>Nokia morphs itself from within</title>
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<title>Getting more from Moore&#x27;s Law</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A look at some of the technologies that could allow the silicon industry to deliver faster, cheaper chips.]]></description>
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<title>Future directions in computing</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A look at the future computing technologies which will go beyond Moore's Law.]]></description>
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<title>The man behind Moore&#x27;s Law</title>
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<description><![CDATA[BBC News interviews Gordon Moore, the man whose "law" has driven the computer revolution.]]></description>
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<title>Shazam enters new era</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Oct 6 - The mobile music discovery service has seen a surge of new users after broadening its offering to work seamlessly with social networks.

  
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<title>Solar clothes</title>
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<title>Ring ring, bling bling</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Oct. 3 - Ring ring, bling bling; NIntendo's latest player, 3D reality, and a hybrid motorbike.

  
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<title>Nokia aims to take bite out of Apple</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Oct 3 - The world's largest mobile handset maker is launching a 'free' music package and its first touch phone in a challenge to Apple's dominance of the digital music market.

  
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