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Bleak outlook for economy as growth slows

WASHINGTON The economy is still growing, just not by much. And until that changes, don't look for the jobs to come back. Americans spent less, and businesses thought twice about restocking their shelves in the past three months, making for a sluggish
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Intel may be destined for iPhone, iPad

Will Intel chips land in the iPhone and iPad? They may if reports are correct that Intel is on the verge of buying Germany-based Infineon's wireless chip unit. A from both Europe and U.S.-based newspapers have been hinting at an imminent Intel-Infineon
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Cisco Halt Exposes Flaw as NYSE Amex Handles Nasdaq...

By Nina Mehta July 30 (Bloomberg) -- The five-minute halt in Cisco Systems Inc. yesterday highlighted a flaw in how NYSE Amex executes orders it cant fill on its book at the best price. Cisco stopped trading for five minutes following a 100- share
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So You Dont Really Have to Say Goodbye

Any parent knows the mixed-up emotions of putting a kindergartener on the school bus. What if you could send a scrap of your voice along for the ride? Thats what led Sheila Wright, a former Chrysler engineer turned stay-at-home mom, to come up with the
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Nokia Siemens seeks private equity boost

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Microsoft gets dirty with Gmail cloud cash fight

Microsoft is so committed to the cloud that it's throwing everything at rivals like Google to crack open the door on sales and gain momentum online. Chief operating officer Kevin Turner painted a rosy future for Microsoft in the cloud for Wall Street
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Alcatel-Lucent's revenue drops, but operating loss... 6:31 AM

By Peter Sayer Alcatel-Lucent's second-quarter revenue fell 2.4 percent year on year, dragged down by slow sales in fixed-line network equipment and terrestrial optical networks, but the company reduced costs, cutting its operating loss by two-thirds
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Alcatel-Lucent Confirms 2010 Outlook; Shares Rise 12:08 PM

By Matthew Campbell (Closes shares starting in second paragraph.) July 30 (Bloomberg) -- Alcatel-Lucent SA, Frances largest telecommunications equipment maker, confirmed full-year margin targets after posting an operating profit in the second quarter.
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Cisco Halt Exposes Flaw as NYSE Amex Handles Nasdaq... 12:11 AM

By Nina Mehta July 30 (Bloomberg) -- The five-minute halt in Cisco Systems Inc. yesterday highlighted a flaw in how NYSE Amex executes orders it cant fill on its book at the best price. Cisco stopped trading for five minutes following a 100- share
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Rare ruling favors Intel pricing policy

A preliminary ruling found that Intel's pricing practices did not hurt consumers, snapping a long legal losing streak for the chipmaker. In a 112 page opinion, a special master for the U.S. District Court in Delaware recommended that the court deny class
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On the road: Renault Clio Renaultsport 200

It's like Thierry Henry in his pomp, only without the shoulder shrugs and glaring sulks OK, when I was driving a Renault Clio the World Cup happened to be on. And to take the minor coincidence a little further, the World Cup was on and France
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Microsoft to challenge Google-Yahoo Japan deal

So guess what Microsoft thinks of Yahoo Japan's decision to swap it out for Google as main search partner? Yeah, not too happy about it. And it's going to do all that it can to thwart the deal. "We plan to present evidence to the Japanese FTC explaining
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Surprise! Microsoft's Xbox 360 Kinect impresses

The company's motion-based controller has the goods to revolutionize traditional console gaming. But will Kinect take off or collect dust? When Microsoft announced plans for a motion-based controller 13 months ago, many gamers -- myself, included --
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Microsoft rushes fix for Windows shortcut hole

A fast-spreading virus that exploits a .lnk Windows hole prompted Microsoft to announce a patch for release next week. (Credit: Microsoft) Microsoft plans to release a patch on Monday for a flaw involving how Windows handles shortcut files, after seeing
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Surprise! Microsoft's Xbox 360 Kinect impresses

The company's motion-based controller has the goods to revolutionize traditional console gaming. But will Kinect take off or collect dust? When Microsoft announced plans for a motion-based controller 13 months ago, many gamers -- myself, included --
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Microsoft to challenge to Google-Yahoo Japan deal

So guess what Microsoft thinks of Yahoo Japan's decision to swap it out for Google as main search partner? Yeah, not too happy about it. And it's going to do all that it can to thwart the deal. "We plan to present evidence to the Japanese FTC explaining
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Microsoft to challenge to Google-Yahoo Japan deal

So guess what Microsoft thinks of Yahoo Japan's decision to swap it out for Google as main search partner? Yeah, not too happy about it. And it's going to do all that it can to thwart the deal. "We plan to present evidence to the Japanese FTC explaining
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Microsoft licenses security technology from Cryptography Research

Microsoft has entered a licence agreement to use security technology from Cryptography Research to protect against differential power analysis (DPA) attacks. Cryptography Research discovered DPA attacks, which analyse the power consumption fluctuations
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Buzz Out Loud 1281: Microsoft gets serious about tablets. Again. (podcast)

Steve Ballmer admits Apple knows a thing or two about tablets. The U.K. government says it's sticking with IE 6 despite the entire world saying it's full of security holes. And the U.S. Congress, realizing it's out of money, wants to bring Internet
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AMD, GlobalFoundries, and the Intel gap

When AMD spin-off GlobalFoundries broke ground on its fab in upstate New York last year, the chip manufacturer boasted it was "closing the gap" on Intel. "We were a year behind Intel at the 45nm node, and that difference will be cut significantly at the
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Microsoft cries foul on Yahoo!-Google Japan deal

Microsoft will try to stop Yahoo! from hooking up with Google in Japan. Bing daddy Microsoft told The Reg it will object to Yahoo! Japan's alliance with Google, announced this week, in a presentation to Japan's Fair Trade Commission. A Microsoft
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Alcatel-Lucent Soars Despite Wider Loss

July 30 (Bloomberg) -- Alcatel-Lucent SA, France?s largest telecommunications equipment maker, confirmed full-year margin targets after posting an operating profit in the second quarter. The shares surged 11 percent in Paris trading, the biggest gain
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Microsoft goes on the road with Kinect

Microsoft is taking the Kinect for Xbox 360 to the Great British Unwashed, giving gamers an opportunity to try the upcoming hands-free motion sensor before its release on August 20. Starting tomomorrow, Microsoft has a summer base in Covent Garden called
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Microsoft Street Slide: Street View done properly

Leaving aside the creepy privacy aspects, Street View is one of Google's most valuable services. The ability to familiarise yourself with somewhere strange, before you arrive, is genuinely useful. Or rather, it is in theory. Unfortunately, unless you've
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Microsoft's Mobile Morass, Part 1

If sales and financial performance say anything, Microsoft has generally corrected its desktop OS course with Windows 7. But the company's growth in mobile appears seriously stunted. The technology it's building into Windows Phone 7 may make it some
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Ivy Bean

, who has died aged 104, became an internet personality after moving into a residential care home in Bradford. She gained a fanbase on the social networking sites Facebook and Twitter with her tales of daytime television viewing, rare and relished
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Microsoft should starve on radical penguin diet

Open...and Shut When the mouthpiece of American capitalism calls a company a dog, it's time to re-evaluate that company's chances. In Wednesday's Wall Street Journal, columnist Holman Jenkins, Jr asks if "Steve Ballmer is a failed CEO?" then forecasts
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U.S. should seek world cooperation on cyber security, says ex-CIA director

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Defcon contest rattles nerves at FBI, security groups

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Is this high-tech bridge the safest in America?

3 years after Minneapolis bridge collapse, replacement bridge boasts high-tech safety Bridge designer: "There's a lot of truth" to speculation the new bridge is nation's safest 13 people killed in August 1, 2007, collapse raised safety concerns about
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