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Latest Article Posted 3:06 PM EDT 27/10/06

Wal-Mart TV tunes up targeted ads

File photo of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. headquarters in a Bentonville, Ark. AP

In-store screens to show product ads that can be tailored to the clientele


Britain criticizes U.S. on-line gambling ban

Prepares to host international summit


Virginia man jailed for copyright infringement

Grant T. Stanley, 23, gets 5-months for role in BitTorrent site


BGM selling stake in Workopolis.com

Site one of largest job recruitment services

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Display your photo collection exactly as you want

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Controversial game offers more than expected

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User injured by spark from Sony-made battery

Fujitsu spokesman says spark caused minor burns on user's hand

Microsoft profit beats Wall Street expectations

Quarterly earnings rise 11% with profit of 35 cents per share

Newspapers are urged to reach out to Web

Panel of on-line journalists advise editors conference readers will not longer settle for replica of what is delivered on the doorstep

Squeamish judges blamed in child-porn cases

Refusing to view evidence, many deliver lax sentences, top Ontario prosecutor says

Mozilla releases Firefox 2.0

New version upgrades spam, phishing defences

‘DVD Jon' claims to have cracked iPod, iTunes restrictions

Effort could free users from some restrictions placed on digital music as well as pit the 22-year-old against Apple's lawyers

eBay Canada launches French site

Buyers can now search in French and English; sellers use 'Francais' toggle to add a free second-language subtitle

Microsoft plays Santa with Vista upgrade

Company promises low-cost or even free upgrades for operating system and Office 2007 to help boost Christmas sales

Google provides tools for tailor-made search engines

Free service allows other Web sites to limit range of material they want to include in search indexes; rank importance of specific pages

Sony apologizes for battery recall

Company says improvements in production, design and inspection have been made to prevent a recurrence


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RadioShack posts 3Q loss

Higher costs, lower sales reverses year-ago profit

ImClone appoints Carl Icahn as chairman

Interim CEO Joseph Fischer resigns

Google stock price rides wave of investor euphoria to new high

Company's market value briefly passes $150-billion


PERSONAL TECH

Features: Treasure hunt

Database lets Holocaust survivors, heirs look for looted treasures

Recording label asks aspiring pop stars to upload demos

Parlophone opening on-line portal to accept music files

Conventional TVs disappearing from shelves
as flat screens grab market share

Ye olde cathode-ray boob tube may soon be extinct


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Open Season

A tie-in that falls flat despite some positive potential

Desperate Housewives

Desperately boring until I started breaking into the neighbours' houses


SCIENCE

Thieves discover dentists' tombs in Egypt

Arrest of tomb robbers lead archeologists to graves of three royal dentists

Canadian astronaut chats with Bush

Steve MacLean and rest of the Atlantis crew meet discuss their shuttle mission with Bush

A sobering setback in stem-cell research

Researchers essentially cure rats of a Parkinson's-like disease but brain tumour grow in every animal treated

 

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