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"Grand Theft Auto" sales top $500 mln in 1st week 7 May 08, 20:50 ET Reuters - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc scored over $500 million in global sales of its criminal action game "Grand Theft Auto 4" in its first week, making it one of the most lucrative entertainment launches in history. more Apple inks Latin American deal for iPhone 7 May 08, 20:44 ET AP - In another step in the worldwide march of Apple Inc.'s iPhone, the top mobile phone operator in Latin America said Wednesday that it has inked a deal to bring the multimedia gadget to more than a dozen countries starting later this year. more Hackers' posts on epilepsy forum cause migraines, seizures 7 May 08, 19:29 ET AP - Computer attacks typically don't inflict physical pain on their victims. more Mozilla: Firefox Plugin Shipped With Malicious Code 7 May 08, 19:20 ET PC World - Mozilla warned Wednesday that a malicious program inserted adware code into a Firefox plugin that has been downloaded... more Hackers Join Social Network Craze With 'House Of Hackers' 7 May 08, 19:00 ET TechWeb - InformationWeek - GnuCitizen's site promotes exchanging ideas through elite circles and tiger/red teams, but frowns on all criminal activities. more Microsoft Satellite Map Project Sued Over Name 7 May 08, 18:50 ET PC World - Microsoft's TerraServer-USA satellite imagery project has been slapped with a trademark lawsuit from a small North Carolina... more Yahoo Behind Them, Microsoft Sends Out Feelers To Facebook 7 May 08, 18:49 ET TechWeb - InformationWeek - In October, Microsoft took a $240 million stake in Facebook, which valued the start-up at $15 billion. more Clearwire Venture Promises New Kinds of Services 7 May 08, 18:30 ET PC World - The WiMax joint venture between Sprint and Clearwire could be good news for end-users, who might soon be able to choose from a... more Hitachi Ships Latest Mobile Hard Drive 7 May 08, 18:10 ET TechWeb - InformationWeek - Besides notebooks, the 7K320 can be used in compact desktops, gaming systems, blade servers, and video surveillance systems. more Studios win $111 million judgment against TorrentSpy.com 7 May 08, 17:47 ET AP - The six major Hollywood studios have won a $111 million judgment for copyright infringement against the shut-down file-sharing Web site TorrentSpy.com. more Comcast mulling Net usage cap to discourage 'excessive' use 7 May 08, 17:42 ET AP - Comcast Corp., the nation's second-largest Internet service provider, is considering setting an official limit on the amount of data that subscribers can download per month and charging a fee for those who go over. more Review: Mint shows me the money, and that's half the battle 7 May 08, 17:30 ET AP - Confession: I've never balanced a checkbook or devised a realistic budget. I'm too impatient to follow through with manual record-keeping when all the transactions are digital. more Research firm cuts into Sony claims for super-thin TV 7 May 08, 17:20 ET AP - A Sony TV with novel display technology that has drawn rave reviews for image quality may actually last little more than half as long as the company claims, according to a test by a private research firm. more Broadband service over power lines in Texas to shut down 7 May 08, 16:47 ET AP - Goodbye, broadband over power lines. We hardly knew you. more Web Attack Worm Infecting Hapless Sites 7 May 08, 16:42 ET PC World - Run this quick check to see if your company site has been hit by this ongoing attack. more AMD Jumps to 12-core Chip, Skips 8-core Chip Plans 7 May 08, 16:40 ET PC World - Advanced Micro Devices plans to release processors with 12 cores, which changes its product road map and kills earlier plans... more Internet Archive Challenges FBI's Secret Records Demand 7 May 08, 16:40 ET PC World - The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has withdrawn a secret demand that the Internet Archive, an online library, provide... more HTC's Touch Diamond Won't Touch iPhone 2.0 7 May 08, 16:38 ET NewsFactor - Consumers wanting a touch-screen, Web-browsing, 3G-capable phone don't have to wait for the rumored 3G iPhone. HTC's new Touch Diamond matches -- some would say "copies" -- the features on Apple's breakthrough device while offering the speedy connections of 3G networks. more Google looking golden again after challenging stretch 7 May 08, 16:36 ET AP - It's hard to believe Google Inc. actually looked vulnerable just two months ago. The Internet search leader's stock had plummeted 45 percent from its peak. And its two biggest rivals, Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc., appeared poised to combine forces and launch a double-barreled attack. more EBay to Turn on Feedback System Changes 7 May 08, 16:20 ET PC World - EBay will roll out a host of changes to its feedback mechanism this month globally, including the controversial elimination of... more Joint Sprint, Clearwire network could boost consumer power 7 May 08, 16:15 ET AP - Sprint Nextel Corp. has finally rounded up the financial backing it needs to build a faster wireless network. But for consumers and the electronics industry, speed may be the least important thing about the new network. more Windows XP SP3 Now Available For Public Download 7 May 08, 14:59 ET TechWeb - InformationWeek - The service pack contains all the updates issued since SP2 was released in 2004, as well as new elements, including several borrowed from Vista. more Fake MP3 Trojan Detected On 27% Of PCs 7 May 08, 14:30 ET TechWeb - InformationWeek - McAfee Avert Labs says more than half a million of the adware programs disguised as media files have been detected in less than a week. more Flying saucers, tiny helicopters compete in British war game 7 May 08, 14:14 ET AP - Emotion-detecting robot cars will face off against eavesdropping flying saucers in the English countryside when scientists, academics and schoolchildren compete later this year to design the next generation of military equipment. more HP labs director seeks more help from academia 7 May 08, 14:07 ET AP - Trying to boost the output of its research labs, Hewlett-Packard Co. wants to get more help from scientists in universities. more Embarcadero buys CodeGear 7 May 08, 13:40 ET InfoWorld - CodeGear, the development tools unit of Borland Software, has been acquired by Embarcadero Technologies. more OpenOffice 3.0 Public Beta Released 7 May 08, 13:12 ET PC Magazine - OpenOffice.org said Wednesday that it had made the beta version of OpenOffice 3.0 available for download. On tap: a better "Start Center," and improvements in the Calc spreadsheet application. more Cablevision buys Sundance Channel for almost $500M 7 May 08, 13:03 ET AP - Cablevision Systems Corp. is buying the Sundance Channel, a cable network founded by Robert Redford, for $496 million, the New York-area cable TV company announced Wednesday. more France Télécom Waiting for Next-gen IPhone to Change Pricing 7 May 08, 13:00 ET PC World - France T more Plattner: On-demand ERP Delay Has Silver Lining 7 May 08, 12:50 ET PC World - Although SAP has slowed down the rollout of its on-demand ERP (enterprise resource planning) offering Business ByDesign, that... more Microsoft to hook up with Parallels 7 May 08, 12:24 ET InfoWorld - Parallels Desktop for Mac will be made available as part of the Microsoft Expression Professional Subscription. more Take-Two's Grand Theft Auto IV tops $500M in 1st-week sales 7 May 08, 11:52 ET AP - Video-game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. said Wednesday that sales of its popular and eagerly anticipated title "Grand Theft Auto IV" reached more than $500 million in its first week of availability. more Inventor of 'Practical Transistor' Dead at 91 7 May 08, 11:11 ET PC Magazine - Morgan Sparks, who helped make the transistor a reality, passed away this week at his daughter's home. He was 91. more Hacker Kept On NDS Payroll After Accused Of Piracy 7 May 08, 10:19 ET TechWeb - InformationWeek - A high-ranking News Corp. official testified Tuesday that he kept two hackers on the payroll for years after one of them was accused of infiltrating the security system of rival satellite television company Dish Network. more Indigo home automation software supports new devices 7 May 08, 09:30 ET Macworld.com - Perceptive Automation on Wednesday announced Indigo 3.0, a new version of their home automation software for Mac OS X. Indigo 3 costs $179.95l; version 2.0 users can upgrade for free. A 30-day trial version is available. more Microsoft Improves Word for the Blind 7 May 08, 09:16 ET PC Magazine - Microsoft today joined with Sonata Software Ltd. and the Digital Accessible Information System (DAISY) Consortium to launch an initiative to make Word documents more accessible to blind and print-disabled users. more European Commission Considers SMS Roaming Price Cap 7 May 08, 08:00 ET PC World - Caps on the price of sending an SMS from a mobile phone while abroad came a step closer Wednesday, when the European... more Google Filing Says Verizon Will Shaft Customers 7 May 08, 07:55 ET PC Magazine - Google last week questioned whether or not Verizon Wireless would actually implement open access requirements on recently acquired c-block spectrum, a notion Verizon quickly dismissed as political rhetoric from the online search engine. more 'It's the Wild West' now for Web video 7 May 08, 06:40 ET USATODAY.com - HOLLYWOOD - - What's the best way to seduce a star into joining your online venture? "Leave your lawyer at home," says Chuck D, founding member of seminal rap group Public Enemy and guiding force behind the all-things-hip-hop site RapStation.com. "Too often I'm approached by people who don't really try to understand what we're aiming for." more Sprint, Clearwire to build national Wi-Max network 7 May 08, 06:40 ET USATODAY.com - NEW YORK - Sprint and Clearwire are forming a new company to build a nationwide "WiMax" wireless network, with the goal of offering advanced wireless Internet services to millions beginning next year, people with direct knowledge of the situation say. more Flickr rules in photo sharing, as video tiptoes in 7 May 08, 06:39 ET USATODAY.com - Jonathan Racasa of West Covina, Calif., used to share his photos online on Shutterfly, but he wasn't sure anyone was really seeing them. He switched to Yahoo's Flickr and hasn't looked back. more Microsoft Won't Pursue Other Partnerships, Says Gates 7 May 08, 06:00 ET PC World - Microsoft won't be pursuing tie-ups or takeovers to replace its failed Yahoo bid, Bill Gates said in Tokyo on Wednesday. more Bill Gates: Microsoft going 'independent' way 7 May 08, 05:22 ET AP - Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates says the company isn't pursuing other deals following the withdrawal of its $47.5 billion takeover bid for Yahoo. more YouTube Launches Site for India 7 May 08, 04:40 ET PC World - Google's video sharing subsidiary YouTube launched an Indian version of its site YouTube on Wednesday. more AP sources give inside look at Microsoft's raised Yahoo bid 7 May 08, 04:04 ET AP - Just how serious was Microsoft Corp. about raising its bid to $47.5 billion for slumping Internet pioneer Yahoo Inc.? more May's Coolest Gadgets 7 May 08, 01:00 ET PC World - If the new products we've seen in the last few weeks are anything to go by, we're in for a great year gadget-wise. more Pope goes digital to better connect with youth 7 May 08, 00:36 ET Reuters - Pope Benedict will text message thousands of young Catholics on their mobile phones during World Youth Day in Sydney in July, hoping going digital will help him connect better with a younger audience. more Cisco 3Q profit beats views, shares rise 7 May 08, 00:29 ET AP - After seeing Cisco Systems Inc.'s market value plunge $50 billion over the past six months, investors were relieved that the networking equipment maker managed to weather U.S. economic turbulence better than expected in its fiscal third quarter. more

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