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FAA glitch causes widespread US air travel delays
November 19, 2009
ATLANTA (AP) -- Air travelers nationwide scrambled to revise their plans Thursday after an FAA computer glitch caused widespread cancellations and delays for the second time in 15 months....
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AOL to cut a third of staff
November 19, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) -- AOL Inc., the struggling Internet company, is asking for 2,500 volunteers to accept buyouts, looking to cut its work force by at least a third as it prepares to spin off from Time
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AOL to lay off a third of staff
November 19, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) -- AOL Inc., the struggling Internet company, plans to cut about a third of its workers if its planned spinoff from Time Warner Inc. goes through....
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Sony chief executive outlines turnaround plan
November 19, 2009
TOKYO (AP) -- Sony said it aims to be profitable in gaming and flat-panel TVs by the fiscal year ending March 2011, pushing 3-D technology as a way to showcase its strength in entertainment and su
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2 sites selling Beatles songs to remain shut down
November 19, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Two Web sites that sold songs by The Beatles for 25 cents apiece should remain shut down indefinitely, a federal judge ruled Wednesday....
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Calif. requires TVs to be more energy-efficient
November 18, 2009
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- California regulators adopted the nation's first energy-efficiency standards for televisions Wednesday in hopes of reducing electricity use at a time when millions of Am
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Sony may not fill some e-reader orders by holidays
November 18, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Sony Corp. says some customers who pre-order its newest e-reader may not get the gadget in time for the holidays....
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Nintendo's Mario endures even as games come and go
November 18, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) -- You might call him the Mickey Mouse of video games. He's reminiscent of a doughnut, round and sweet and comforting. He's also a vessel, devoid of a real personality so you can liv
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Facebook users can help Chase find small charities
November 18, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) -- JPMorgan Chase is letting Facebook users help decide how to give away $5 million....
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Calif. requires TVs to be more energy efficient
November 18, 2009
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Power-hungry TVs will be banned from store shelves in California after state regulators adopted a first-in-the nation mandate to lower electricity demand....
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'Call of Duty' setting entertainment records
November 18, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) -- The video game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" is blasting its way into entertainment history....
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Review: $100 Palm Pixi is stylish but sluggish
November 18, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Palm Inc. is fighting harder than ever to snag a chunk of the smart phone market, and just six months after releasing the stylish Pre it's back with a lighter, more petite an
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DirecTV to appoint PepsiCo executive as CEO
November 18, 2009
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- DirecTV Group Inc. is naming the vice chairman of PepsiCo Inc. as its chief executive....
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Sony Ericsson closes NC, other sites as HQ moves
November 18, 2009
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Cell phone handset maker Sony Ericsson will move its North American headquarters from North Carolina to Atlanta and close a half-dozen sites worldwide as it retrenches agains
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UK police make 2 Trojan computer virus arrests
November 18, 2009
LONDON (AP) -- A couple suspected of helping spread some of the Internet's most aggressive computer viruses has been arrested in the English city of Manchester, police said Wednesday....
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'Uncharted 2' leads Video Game Award nominations
November 18, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) -- "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves" has seized a leading eight nominations for this year's Video Game Awards, Spike TV announced Wednesday....
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Sony Ericsson closing NC site among global cuts
November 18, 2009
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (AP) -- Cell phone handset maker Sony Ericsson is closing its North American headquarters in North Carolina as part of a global consolidation that will cut about 2,000
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California targets TVs to lower electricity demand
November 18, 2009
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- The most power-hungry television sets could soon be banned from store shelves in California as state energy regulators on Wednesday consider a first-in-the nation mandat
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Microsoft told to stop some Windows sales in China
November 18, 2009
BEIJING (AP) -- A Beijing court has ordered Microsoft Corp. to stop selling some versions of its Windows operating system in China in a licensing dispute with a local supplier....
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Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 friend Facebook
November 18, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) -- Users of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles can now brag about their achievements on Facebook....
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