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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 Studios win $111 million judgment against TorrentSpy.com 7 May 08, 20:22 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 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 Yahoo, Microsoft: Off Again ... on Again? 7 May 08, 18:40 ET PC World - Just when it seemed that their stormy relationship had ended, Yahoo and Microsoft may end up reconciling and coming to terms... 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 Dell Launches Virtualization-Optimized Servers 7 May 08, 17:04 ET TechWeb - InformationWeek - The PowerEdge R805 and R905 are available with either VMware ESXi 3.5 or Citrix XenServer Dell Express Edition hypervisors preinstalled. 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 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Challenges FBI's Secret Records Demand 7 May 08, 16:40 ET PC World - The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has withdrawn a secret demand that the Internet Archive, an online library, provide...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 Sun Unveils JavaFX for Rich Internet Applications 7 May 08, 16:37 ET NewsFactor - Sun Microsystems gave developers at its JavaOne conference their first glimpse of JavaFX -- a family of products it announced last year that promise to enable developers to create rich Internet applications that run on a variety of platforms. 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 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 Review: Mint shows me the money, and that's half the battle 7 May 08, 14:59 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 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 Cablevision buys Sundance Channel for almost $500M 7 May 08, 14:24 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 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 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 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 Grand Theft Auto IV video game tops $500M in 1st-week sales 7 May 08, 12:22 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 Indigo home automation software supports new devices 7 May 08, 11:30 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 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 Bill Gates says Microsoft going 'independent' way 7 May 08, 07:33 ET AP - Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said Wednesday the company isn't pursuing other deals following the withdrawal of its $47.5 billion takeover bid for Yahoo. 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 Pope goes digital to better connect with youth 7 May 08, 04:57 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 Wired SKorea battles Web of rumours over US beef 7 May 08, 03:39 ET AFP - South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak, the leader of one of the world's most wired nations, is facing a barrage of online scaremongering and criticism over his decision to resume US beef imports. 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 Ad firm Spot Runner lands $51 million in funding 7 May 08, 00:58 ET Reuters - Internet advertising company Spot Runner, which serves local advertisers seeking television ad spots, received $51 million in a fourth round of funding that helps it expand to Europe and Latin America. more

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