End in sight, health care battle tilts Obama’s way (AP)

Mar 19

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President Barack Obama greets the audience after speaking about health care reform at the Patriot Center at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., Friday, March 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP – One by one, House Democratic fence-sitters began choosing sides Friday, and the long, turbulent struggle over landmark health care legislation tilted unmistakably in President Barack Obama’s direction



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Final health bill omits some of Obama’s promises (AP)

Mar 19

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President Barack Obama speaks about health care reform at the Patriot Center at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., Friday, March 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP – It was a bold response to skyrocketing health insurance premiums. President Barack Obama would give federal authorities the power to block unreasonable rate hikes.



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World diplomats urge resumption of Mideast talks (AP)

Mar 19

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks with U.S. special envoy for Mideast peace, George Mitchell during talks in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 19, 2010. Clinton is participating in a meeting of the Quartet of Middle East peace mediators — the U.S., Russia, the EU and the United Nations. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton suggested Friday that the United States and Israel have found a way around the worst disagreement the two allies have faced in years while international diplomats set goals for new U.S.-backed peace talks aimed at establishing an independent Palestinian state.



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Viacom, YouTube air dirty laundry in legal battle (AP)

Mar 19

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This image shows the YouTube Web site Thursday March 18, 2010, in Los Angeles. Court documents unsealed Thursday as part of a 3-year-old copyright lawsuit against the online video leader reveal YouTube founders' views on copyright, and Viacom's desire to buy the the site before getting beat out by Google. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)AP – Viacom Inc. and Google Inc.’s YouTube site began airing each other’s dirty laundry Thursday, providing a tantalizing peek at the wheeling and dealing that triggered a bitter battle over the copyright laws governing the Internet.



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Nintendo aims to get consoles in schools (AP)

Mar 19

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Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese video game designer and producer is seen during an interview with Associated Press in London, Friday, March 19, 2010. Miyamoto, the creator of such classic games as 'Mario' and the man behind Nintendo's popular Wii console, was in Britain to receive a fellowship at the GAME British Academy Video Games Award. Miyamoto says he's devoting most of his energy to turning Nintendo Co.'s DS handheld consoles into tour guides and educational aids. (AP Photo / Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP – Could Nintendo’s Mario be swapping his world of magic mushrooms and ravenous dinosaurs for the staid confines of the classroom?



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Hollywood and Bollywood join arms to fight piracy (AP)

Mar 19

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Pirated CDs and DVDs of Bollywood films are displayed for sale at a roadside stall in Ahmadabad, India, Thursday, March 18, 2010. Hollywood and Bollywood are joining arms to fight piracy, with the announcement Thursday of a coalition between the Motion Picture Association of America and seven Indian companies to tackle counterfeiting in one the world's largest film markets. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)AP – Hollywood and Bollywood linked arms Thursday to fight piracy, with the announcement of a coalition among the Motion Picture Association of America and seven Indian companies to tackle counterfeiting in one of the world’s largest film markets.



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Palm’s phone sales slump and its stock dives (AP)

Mar 19

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FILE - In This March 8, 2010 file photo, a customer uses a Palm Pre Plus at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif. Palm Inc. reports quarterly financial results Thursday, March 18. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)AP – Palm Inc. reported sales figures Thursday that showed it’s having a difficult time getting consumers to pay attention to its phones in a market dominated by iPhones and BlackBerrys. The company’s shares plunged in after-hours trading.



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Judge: Site must delay copying of broker reports (AP)

Mar 19

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AP – Settling a copyright dispute closely watched in the financial news industry, a judge on Thursday ordered a Web site to delay disseminating the stock recommendations of financial services firms long enough so that the firms can alert their clients first.
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Net produces new generation of China activists (AP)

Mar 19

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In this photo taken on Friday, March 12, 2010, people use computers at an Internet cafe in Fuyang, in central China's Anhui province. Chinese Internet users are being targeted for their budding grass-roots activism — ordinary people spreading the word about grievances from every corner of the country with postings on Twitter, microblogs and other Web sites. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP – Lin Xiuying believes her daughter bled to death after being gang-raped two years ago by a group of thugs that had ties to the police in their southern Chinese town.



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Ncomputing’s Chip Brings Windows Applications to TVs (PC World)

Mar 19

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PC World – Ncomputing on Friday announced a chip that could turn devices like TVs or set-top boxes into virtual desktops through which users can run Windows applications or access the Internet.
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Airtel says it will bring iPhone 3GS to India (Macworld.com)

Mar 19

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Macworld.com – On Friday, Bharti Airtel announced in a concisely worded press release that it had struck a deal with Apple to bring the latest version of Apple’s smartphone to India “in the coming months.”
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Smartphones not enough for carriers at CTIA (Reuters)

Mar 19

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Reuters – Smartphones may be one of the hottest areas in technology with big names like Apple and Google tussling for share, but investors are questioning the growth prospects for mobile carriers as subscriber gains slow.
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YouTube creators cashed in big on sale to Google: documents (AFP)

Mar 19

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This picture taken on January 2010 in Paris shows the internet homepage of the YouTube website. YouTube's creators walked away with hundreds of millions of dollars after the startup was bought by Google in 2006, according to documents released in a copyright brawl between Viacom and Google.(AFP/File/Loic Venance)AFP – YouTube’s creators walked away with hundreds of millions of dollars after the startup was bought by Google in 2006, according to documents released in a copyright brawl between Viacom and Google.



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The Great Nintendo DS School Invasion (PC World)

Mar 19

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PC World – Could Nintendo’s Mario and Luigi be headed for blackboards and pop-top desks after decades battling bob-ombs, chain chomps, hammer bros, and koopa troopas? Mario creator and Nintendo R&D guru Shigeru Miyamoto certainly hopes so.
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Apple sets March 27 deadline for first iPad apps (Macworld.com)

Mar 19

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Macworld.com – Most iPad developers may not yet have touched the actual device, but that doesn’t mean they haven’t been busy working away on software for Apple’s newest invention. But, according to an e-mail obtained by Macworld, if you want your iPad application to have a chance of being in the App Store for the iPad’s arrival, you’d better have it ready for Apple’s review by March 27.
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Browser Choice Boosts Downloads of Opera 10.5 (NewsFactor)

Mar 19

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NewsFactor – In the wake of the browser choice screen in Europe, Opera Software is reporting a dramatic uptick in browser downloads. The company said more than half the European downloads of Opera 10.50 have come directly from Microsoft’s choice screen since early March.
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Apple Files Patent for Mobile Social Networking (NewsFactor)

Mar 19

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NewsFactor – Apple is tapping into the social arena with plans to launch a social-networking application. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company has filed a patent with the U.S. Patent & Trade Office describing a social-network application dubbed iGroups.
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Basketball, Facebook and Gossip Are Malware Targets (NewsFactor)

Mar 19

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NewsFactor – Cybercriminals have been busy this week running scams that target Facebook users, college basketball fans, and celebrity gossip watchers. Security experts are warning about recent attacks with nasty payloads.
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Microsoft says its contentious relationship with open source is changing (InfoWorld)

Mar 19

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InfoWorld – Acknowledging the relationship between Microsoft and the open source community has been contentious, a Microsoft official Thursday nonetheless emphasized the company’s embrace of the open source paradigm, even if it was not necessarily for altruistic purposes.
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Need an iPad case? Take your pick (Macworld.com)

Mar 19

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Macworld.com – So you’ve pre-ordered your iPad, or there’ll be one with your name on it at the local Apple Store. You’ve combed apple.com/ipad more times than you can count, trying to hunt down more hidden details that Steve Jobs neglected to show off during his January keynote. But have you bought a case?
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