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Publishers Are in a Snit Over E-Book Formats: Publishers like Penguin Group say they don't want to choose between ... http://bit.ly/bjAEiR

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Xbox 360 May Become "Hulu 360": The Xbox 360 might be taking another step toward becoming an all-encompassing ente... http://bit.ly/dwt3hx

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Hooked and Tethered: AT&T has finally bowed to the demands of users and allowed iPhone tethering under new data pl... http://bit.ly/cBsuLt

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Apple Sells Two Million iPads: In case there is any doubt that iPad is a hot seller, it took less than two months ... http://bit.ly/cw437O

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Google Gives Microsoft the Boot: Google is citing Microsoft's vulnerability to attacks as a reason to get rid of W... http://bit.ly/9DwhJg

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Building an Adobe House: Adobe has rolled out its publishing platform for the iPad. It's flagship product? The muc... http://bit.ly/cifo8u

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Facebook Privacy Critics Are Unimpressed With Changes: Facebook stopped short of making substantial changes, say g... http://bit.ly/ckldnm

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Patchwork Solution: Malicious types are attacking PCs via Adobe products, so Adobe is considering monthly updates ... http://bit.ly/aMOAAL

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Apple Tops Microsoft in Value: Apple's stock soared more than a thousand percent in the last decade. It finally pa... http://bit.ly/aNucPq

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Balmer on Apple's Rise: 'It's a Long Game': Microsoft CEO Balmer says he's not licked yet. But Apple's bigger mark... http://bit.ly/9CYaDz

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Feds Looking at Apple's Music Biz: Antitrust officials are investigating whether Apple abused its market-leader po... http://bit.ly/bww2FI

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New Flavor of Spam: Symantec issues a report on spam, taking a look at how social networking sites are being used.

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The Young and the Cautious: When it comes to protecting their online reputations and identities, young people have... http://bit.ly/cM5RID

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Google's Pac-Man Tribute Wastes a Lot of Time: How much time and money did people waste playing Pac-Man on Google ... http://bit.ly/aaMuJ1

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Netflix Rides Stream to Microsoft: Netflix is signing on with Microsoft to use the company's PlayReady technology ... http://bit.ly/asZech

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TiVo TV: Best Buy's Insignia-brand televisions will now feature software from TiVo under a deal struck between the... http://bit.ly/9qz3UE

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Carol Bartz Stretches Vocabulary With Michael Arrington: Carol Bartz gave Michael Arrington some explicit orders a... http://bit.ly/bjJKMu

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Error Costs Amazon Unit $1.6 Million: Zappos mistakenly caps every price at $50 on fast-growing discount site. The... http://bit.ly/aobx0U

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AT&T Sells Sterling Commerce To IBM: IBM will buy Sterling Commerce from AT&T for about $1.4 billion in cash.

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Zuckerberg Admits Mistakes on Facebook Privacy: In a Washington Post op-ed piece, Mark Zuckerberg admits that Face... http://bit.ly/djOQyg