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H-P to Brandish Tech Credentials

11. March 2010 - 5:33
H-P, known to consumers mostly as a printer specialist, is seeking to recast itself as a broader tech company with a new ad campaign featuring rapper Dr. Dre, comedian Rhys Darby and the slogan "Lets Do Amazing."
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Sony Details New Motion Controller

11. March 2010 - 5:29
Sony provided new details of a forthcoming motion controller for its PlayStation 3 videogame console, another entry in a field pioneered by Nintendo.
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Social-Media Updates Could Spell Trouble

11. March 2010 - 3:54
Some employees are over-sharing on social-media sites, causing embarrassment and possible financial harm to small enterprises.
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A Less Boisterous IPO Mood

11. March 2010 - 3:49
Ten years after Nasdaq hits its peak on the eve of the technology crash, a cautious mood still prevails among Silicon Valley investors.
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Google Reaches Books Deal With Italy

11. March 2010 - 3:47
Google struck a deal with the Italian government to digitize up to one million books held in the National Libraries in Rome and Florence.
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China Mobile to Buy Bank Stake

11. March 2010 - 3:04
China Mobile said it agreed to buy a 20% stake in Shanghai Pudong Development Bank for $5.83 billion as the mobile operator seeks to expand into mobile payment services.
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Google Sees Outcome to China Talks

11. March 2010 - 2:40
Eric Schmidt said his company expects to soon conclude talks with the Chinese government over the fate of its search engine and business in China.
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Europe Experiments With Book Scans

11. March 2010 - 2:18
While Google remains in legal limbo with its effort to put books online in the U.S., such digitizing is moving ahead in different places in Europe under several experimental programs.
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CA to Buy Nimsoft for $350 Million

11. March 2010 - 0:57
CA said it would pay $350 million in cash to acquire privately-held Nimsoft, a move underscoring the business software maker's efforts to expand its sales with smaller and mid-sized companies.
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Verizon to Have 4G Handset in 2011

11. March 2010 - 0:42
Verizon Wireless expects to offer its first next-generation 4G handset in mid-2011, about six months earlier than the company had said before.
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Tech Start-ups Cope With Data Flood

10. March 2010 - 20:51
A number of technology companies on the Next Big Thing list aim to help businesses deal with data overload.
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Sony Plans TV, 3-D Push

10. March 2010 - 16:33
The electronics giant will shift to "attack" mode by ramping up unit production and attempting to shore up market share, despite trailing rivals planning earlier 3-D models.
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Home Buyers Check Out Apps

10. March 2010 - 16:12
Just in time for the spring house-hunting season, smart-phone applications that provide information to home buyers are proliferating.
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Hynix Creditors Pick Stake-Sale Managers

10. March 2010 - 9:52
Creditors of Hynix Semiconductor have selected six lead managers for the sale of a roughly 7% stake in the chipmaker, raising hopes that the sale would happen sooner than expected.
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Tokyo Exchange Warns Fujitsu

10. March 2010 - 8:49
Fujitsu said it received a verbal warning from the Tokyo Stock Exchange regarding a change in the explanation of its former president's resignation.
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Intel Fosters Apps for Netbooks

10. March 2010 - 6:29
Apple's app store dominates the smart-phone space, but Intel and PC makers like Dell and Acer see a chance to use a similar software store to defend an important new market—netbooks.
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Cable Companies Petition FCC

10. March 2010 - 5:49
Cable operators are petitioning the FCC to prohibit broadcasters from yanking channels during fee negotiations, as happened in the recent Cablevision-Disney dispute over ABC.
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From Fame to Flamed-Out

10. March 2010 - 2:22
Tech-fund mavens like Ryan Jacob and Garrett Van Wagoner were media darlings during the late 1990s. Then the boom went bust. Where are they now?
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Cisco Touts Faster Web Router

10. March 2010 - 1:01
Cisco unveiled a piece of equipment for the core of the Internet it says can transmit three times as much data as its current hardware, though its introduction won't directly translate into faster connections for consumers.
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Venture-Capital Firms Struggle

9. March 2010 - 20:10
The technology bubble popped a decade ago, but the venture-capital industry that helped finance the boom stayed largely intact. Now venture-capital firms are going through their own brutal culling.
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