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Prosecutors: US network ready to aid spy ring
(AP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 9:01 PM

Artist's rendering of, from left, Patricia Mills, Michael Zottoli, and Mikhail Semenko, standing, at their appearance in federal court in Alexandria, Va., Thursday, July 1, 2010. The three northern Virginia residents are accused of being foreign agents for Russia. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren)AP - A prosecutor warned Thursday that a powerful and sophisticated network of U.S.-based Russian agents were eager to help defendants in an alleged spy ring flee the country on bail. U.S. authorities also said one defendant confessed that he worked for Russia's intelligence service and others had large amounts of cash.


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Volunteers ready but left out of oil spill cleanup
(AP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 10:17 PM

This image from video provided by BP PLC early Thursday, July 1, 2010 shows oil continuing to leak from the broken wellhead, at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/BP PLC) NO SALESAP - Many fishing boats signed up to skim oil sit idle in marinas. Some captains and deckhands say they have been just waiting around for instructions while drawing checks from BP of more than $1,000 a day per vessel. Thousands of offers to clean beaches and wetlands have gone unanswered.


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Police explain reasons for reopening Gore case
(AP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 9:02 PM

FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2009 file photo, former Vice President Al Gore speaks during the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Phoenix. Oregon authorities are reopening an investigation into a massage therapist's allegations that former Vice President Al Gore groped her at a hotel four years ago. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File)AP - Police explained Thursday why they reopened a sexual assault investigation into Al Gore, saying an extra review was needed because detectives looking into the matter last year failed to notify high-ranking officials of their decision to drop the case.


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Schwarzenegger orders min wage for state workers
(AP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 10:10 PM

AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday ordered about 200,000 state workers to be paid the federal minimum wage this month because the state Legislature has not passed a budget, but the state controller is refusing to comply.

Closing in on genes that help people live to 100
(AP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 8:47 PM

AP - The oldest among us seem to have chosen their parents well. Researchers closing in on the impact of family versus lifestyle find most people who live to 100 or older share some helpful genes.

AZ cops expect scrutiny of immigration enforcement
(AP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 8:01 PM

This image provided by the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board shows a still image taken from a training video designed for the enforcement of the new immigration law 1070 for Arizona law enforcement officials. The hour-long video and supporting paperwork will be sent to all 170 Arizona police agencies.(AP Photo/Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board)AP - Police enforcing Arizona's toughest-in-the-nation immigration law are allowed to consider if a person speaks poor English, looks nervous or is traveling in an overcrowded vehicle.


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Insanity ruling for Texas mom who dismembered baby
(AP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 6:36 PM

AP - A San Antonio woman who told authorities the devil made her mutilate and dismember her newborn was found not guilty by reason of insanity Thursday, in a deal that sends her to a state mental institution rather than to face a trial and possible prison sentence.

Prosecutor: Officer lost control in train shooting
(AP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 9:04 PM

Protesters carry a banner outside a Los Angeles Courthouse on Thursday, July 1, 2010. Closing arguments have begun in the trial of a former San Francisco Bay area transit police officer accused of murdering, Oscar Grant, an unarmed black man in an altercation on a train platform last year. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - A former San Francisco Bay area transit officer should be convicted of murder because he lost control and intentionally shot an unarmed black man on a train platform, a prosecutor told jurors Thursday.


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Ex-Justice Dept lawyer says whites' rights ignored
(AP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 6:23 PM

AP - Witnesses described an ugly scene: Two members of the New Black Panther Party threatening white voters the day Barack Obama was elected president, flinging insults like "white devil" and "you're about to be ruled by the black man, cracker."

New rules bring online piracy fight to US campuses
(AP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 5:10 PM

AP - Starting this month, colleges and universities that don't do enough to combat the illegal swapping of "Avatar" or Lady Gaga over their computer networks put themselves at risk of losing federal funding.

4 Coast Guard members charged in SD boat collision
(AP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 8:33 PM

AP - The Coast Guard filed criminal charges Thursday against four petty officers who were in a patrol boat that slammed into a civilian craft during a Christmas parade on San Diego Bay, killing an 8-year-old boy and injuring five others.

Artists design sheep wagon for the 21st century
(AP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 8:32 PM

AP - Colorado artists want to give a futuristic makeover to the rustic sheep wagons used by immigrant workers across the West.

Mayor Daley lays out strict gun rules for Chicago
(AP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 7:32 PM

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley speaks during a news conference, Thursday, July 1, 2010 in Chicago. Daley introduced what the city says is the most comprehensive gun ordinance in the United States. Daley said the ordinance would include a ban on gun shops in the city and prohibit guns from anywhere except inside the owner's home. That would mean owners couldn't bring a gun into a garage, yard or porch. The ordinance would bar gun ownership for anyone convicted of a violent crime or with two or more convictions for drunken driving. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - With the city's gun ban certain to be overturned, Mayor Richard Daley on Thursday introduced what city officials say is the strictest handgun ordinance in the United States.


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Remnants of Alex drench northern Mexico, 2 die
(AP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 5:47 PM

A man works in front of a damaged house after Hurricane Alex hit the area in what is known as Playa Bagdad, about 22 miles (37 km.) east of Matamoros, northeastern Mexico, on the border with Texas,Thursday, July 1, 2010. Hurricane Alex ripped off roofs, caused severe flooding and forced thousands of people to flee coastal fishing villages.(AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - The sprawling remains of Hurricane Alex drenched much of northern Mexico on Thursday, paralyzing the major city of Monterrey. At least two people were killed when dry rivers roared to life and highways turned into rushing streams.


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Cyprus hunts for alleged Russian spy paymaster
(AP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 6:53 PM

Undated handout photo released from the Cyprus police on Thursday, July 1, 2010, showing alleged Russian spy Christopher Robert Metsos, 54, who they are looking for after he skipped bail and vanished. Metsos, who identified himself as a Canadian citizen, is wanted in the US on charges that he supplied money to a spy ring that authorities say operated under deep cover in America's suburbs. Metsos was arrested Tuesday in Cyprus as he tried to board a flight for Budapest, Hungary, but a Cypriot judge freed him on euro27,000 (US$33,000) bail, and he has now gone missing but is thought to still be on the Mediterranean island. (AP Photo/Cyprus Police, HO)AP - Russian money and influence have long made a splash on this Mediterranean resort island where a suspected spy paymaster vanished after being allowed to walk free on bail.


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Nets, Knicks woo NBA superstar LeBron James
(AP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 6:24 PM

Free agent basketball player LeBron James, left, is driven out of the IMG building in downtown Cleveland, after meeting with representatives of the New Jersey Nets and the New York Knicks basketball teams on Thursday, July 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Jason Miller)AP - It's a flirtatious courtship, media frenzy and global event rolled into a package unprecedented in sports history.


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Parents urge Ore. stepmother to 'cooperate fully'
(AP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 6:13 PM

FILE -- In a June 11, 2010 file photo Terri Horman and Kaine Horman, the father of missing 7-year-old Kyron Horman, stand together at a press conference at Brooks Hill Historical church in Portland, Ore. Court documents show Kaine Horman filed a petition Monday June 28, 2010 to dissolve his marriage to the boy's stepmother. (AP Photo/Greg Wahl-Stephens/file)AP - The biological parents of a missing Oregon boy pleaded Thursday for his stepmother to cooperate with investigators.


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Organizers: Wash. legal pot measure won't qualify
(AP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 7:46 PM

Douglas Hiatt throws up his arms as he talks about a signature campaign for an initiative to legalize marijuana for adults falling short Thursday, July 1, 2010, in Seattle. Hiatt, one of the campaign's leaders, said that the effort to get Initiative 1068 on the ballot has fallen short by about 40,000-50,000 signatures of about 241,000 required. Initiative 1068 would remove all state penalties for marijuana possession, cultivation, use and sale. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)AP - An initiative to legalize marijuana for adults in Washington state will not qualify for the fall ballot, an organizer said Thursday.


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Lawmakers pass $20M settlement for kidnapped girl
(AP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 7:43 PM

People Magazine's cover shows freed kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard on the cover in 2009. California lawmakers on Thursday approved a 20-million-dollar compensation payout to Dugard, who was held imprisoned by a paroled sex offender for nearly two decades before being freed last year, state officials said.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AP - A woman who bore two children while being held prisoner for nearly two decades will receive $20 million from the state of California after claiming parole officers failed to do their job and find her while monitoring a convicted rapist.


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Protesters end sit-in at closing Cleveland church
(AP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 6:42 PM

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35 people killed in bomb blasts at Pakistan shrine
(AP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 9:54 PM

Family members of victims comfort each others after suicide bombers attacked a popular Muslim shrine in the Pakistan city of Lahore late Thursday night July 1, 2010, killing more than 30 people and wounding 175 others, the city's top official said. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)AP - Two suicide bombers struck a popular Muslim shrine in Pakistan's second largest city, killing 35 people and wounding 175 others in the second major attack in Lahore in a month.


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Cyprus hunts for alleged Russian spy paymaster
(AP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 6:53 PM

Undated handout photo released from the Cyprus police on Thursday, July 1, 2010, showing alleged Russian spy Christopher Robert Metsos, 54, who they are looking for after he skipped bail and vanished. Metsos, who identified himself as a Canadian citizen, is wanted in the US on charges that he supplied money to a spy ring that authorities say operated under deep cover in America's suburbs. Metsos was arrested Tuesday in Cyprus as he tried to board a flight for Budapest, Hungary, but a Cypriot judge freed him on euro27,000 (US$33,000) bail, and he has now gone missing but is thought to still be on the Mediterranean island. (AP Photo/Cyprus Police, HO)AP - Russian money and influence have long made a splash on this Mediterranean resort island where a suspected spy paymaster vanished after being allowed to walk free on bail.


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Clinton arrives in Ukraine on pro-democracy tour
(AP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 10:19 PM

AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has arrived in Ukraine to begin a tour designed to promote democracy in post-Soviet states.

Remnants of Alex drench northern Mexico, 2 die
(AP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 5:47 PM

A man works in front of a damaged house after Hurricane Alex hit the area in what is known as Playa Bagdad, about 22 miles (37 km.) east of Matamoros, northeastern Mexico, on the border with Texas,Thursday, July 1, 2010. Hurricane Alex ripped off roofs, caused severe flooding and forced thousands of people to flee coastal fishing villages.(AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - The sprawling remains of Hurricane Alex drenched much of northern Mexico on Thursday, paralyzing the major city of Monterrey. At least two people were killed when dry rivers roared to life and highways turned into rushing streams.


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Australia drops contentious 40 percent mining tax
(AP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 10:04 PM

AP - Australia's government on Friday dropped plans for 40 percent tax on booming mining company profits, defusing a damaging row with big business and clearing the way for national elections to be called at any time.

Taliban Guerrillas Adjusting to U.S. Marine Strategies
(Time.com)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 8:20 PM

Time.com - TIME's Jason Motlagh reports alongside U.S. Marines as they deal with enemy guerrillas who continue to adjust to shifts in American strategy

New Liverpool boss calls for time to deliver
(AFP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 9:39 PM

Liverpool's new manager Roy Hodgson attends a press conference at the team's Anfield stadium in Liverpool. Hodgson has been handed an instant boost as the new Liverpool manager after being told he will not have to sell prize assets Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres, despite the club's financial difficulties.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Roy Hodgson has pleaded with Liverpool to give him the time to transform the club's fortunes after admitting he faces a sizeable challenge in turning them into a major force once again.


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Iraq: Key figures since the war began
(AP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 4:00 PM

AP - October 2007: 170,000 at peak of troop buildup.

Guatemalan gov't warns of conspiracy against it
(AP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 7:47 PM

AP - Guatemala's government accused opponents Thursday of conspiring against it, and claimed they could be preparing to oust President Alvaro Colom.

Iran leader to visit Nigeria as it takes UN post
(AP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 7:28 PM

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves to the media as he sits at the start of his press conference at the presidency, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 28, 2010. Ahmadinejad said Iran will postpone any talks with the West over its nuclear program until late August to 'punish' world powers for imposing tougher sanctions against Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Nigeria this weekend as the West African nation assumes the rotating presidency of the United Nations' security council, an Iranian diplomat said Thursday.


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Australia backs down on mining tax
(AFP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 10:21 PM

A reclaimer loads a conveyor with high grade iron ore at a Rio Tinto mine in Western Australia's Pilbara region. Australia on Friday backed down on a hefty 40 percent tax on mining, with new Prime Minister Julia Gillard slashing the rate and scope of the levy that had threatened to cost her government re-election.(AFP/Rio Tinto/File/Christian Sprogoe)AFP - Australia on Friday backed down on a hefty 40 percent tax on mining, with new Prime Minister Julia Gillard slashing the rate and scope of the levy that had threatened to cost her government re-election.


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Teachers rejects Maple Leaf Foods rights plan
(Reuters)
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 5:03 PM

Reuters - Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, the largest stakeholder of Maple Leaf Foods, said on Wednesday it would oppose the Canadian food processor's adoption of a shareholder rights plan, used by companies to protect against takeovers.

Australia strikes deal with miners on super tax: PM
(AFP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 7:16 PM

New Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, pictured in June, on Friday announced a compromise deal with major mining companies over a 40 percent super tax on resource profits that helped topple her predecessor.(AFP/File/William West)AFP - New Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Friday announced a compromise deal with major mining companies over a 40 percent super tax on resource profits that helped topple her predecessor.


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Britain warns against 'premature' Afghanistan withdrawal
(McClatchy Newspapers)
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 6:59 PM

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Britain warned Wednesday against a "premature" withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops from Afghanistan as the U.S.-led international force suffered its highest monthly death toll of the nearly nine-year-old war.

L'Oréal trial: heiress Bettencourt's tax shelters, gifts alienate belt-tightening French
(The Christian Science Monitor)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 4:15 PM

The Christian Science Monitor - French celebrity scandals like the one now enveloping Liliane Bettencourt, heir of the L’Oréal fortune and the world’s third-richest woman – are typically arcane soap operas of power, family, politics, sex, and money. Even by the standards of France, though, the Bettencourt affair is maxing the genre.

Spy Ring: Why Moscow Admit the Suspects Were Russian?
(Time.com)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 8:20 PM

Sketch shows five of the 10 detained alleged spy suspects in a New York courtroom on June 28. A suspect in the Russia spy saga cracked after his arrest, confessing he was a Russian agent and pledging greater loyalty to the Kremlin than to his own son, US prosecutors said Thursday.(AFP/File/Shirley Shepard)Time.com - When U.S. authorities arrested 10 people accused of spying for Russia, Moscow denied any knowledge of them. But now Russia is claiming the suspects as its own


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Thousands of Gazans Trek to Cairo for Medical Treatment
(OneWorld.net)
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 6:49 PM

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Google says China partially blocks search service
(AP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 3:55 PM

FILE - In this March 23, 2010 file photo, a surveillance camera is seen in front of the Google China headquarters in Beijing, China. Google Inc. said one of its Web search features was blocked in China on Thursday, July 1, 2010 as the company awaited Beijing's decision on whether to renew its operating license in their latest skirmish over censorship. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)AP - A Google search feature was blocked in China on Thursday, the company said as it awaited Beijing's decision on whether to renew its operating license amid tensions over censorship.


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Google books $700M buyout of travel software maker
(AP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 7:31 PM

In this photo taken April 9, 2010, Google sign at Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Google Inc. plans to buy travel technology company ITA Software Inc. in a $700 million deal that would enable the Internet search leader to steer more of the airline reservations booked on the Web. The all-cash deal announced Thursday July 1, 2010, signals Google's intention to challenge flight-comparison services that are ITA customers, including Kayak, FareCompare, Hotwire and Microsoft Corp.'s Bing Travel. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Google Inc. plans to buy travel technology company ITA Software Inc. in a $700 million deal that would enable the Internet search leader to steer more of the airline reservations booked on the Web.


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New rules bring online piracy fight to US campuses
(AP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 5:10 PM

AP - Starting this month, colleges and universities that don't do enough to combat the illegal swapping of "Avatar" or Lady Gaga over their computer networks put themselves at risk of losing federal funding.

E-book reader price war underway as Kindle gets upgrade
(Christopher Null)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 2:58 PM

Christopher Null - Now that e-book readers have become mainstream — and now that they have the Apple iPad to contend with — the inevitable has happened. A full-on price war is underway, primarily with Amazon and Barnes & Noble duking it out to see who’ll face off with Apple in the main event.

HP finalizes Palm deal, teases 'future' WebOS phones and tablets
(Ben Patterson)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 2:51 PM

Ben Patterson - Palm's innovative WebOS mobile platform is poised to make a comeback — complete with "robust" new smartphones, netbooks and even a tablet — according to HP's announcement Thursday that it has completed its approximately $1.2 billion acquisition of the pioneering smartphone maker.

Nimoy and Saldana give Yoostar film karaoke a whirl
(AFP)
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 11:02 PM

Actors Leonard Nimoy and Zoe Saldana attend the launch event of Yoostar 2 at the 2010 E3 Expo in Los Angeles, on June 16. Star Trek legend Nimoy and new-generation star Saldana put their acting skills to the test in a Yoostar AFP - Star Trek legend Leonard Nimoy and new-generation star Zoe Saldana on Wednesday put their acting skills to the test in a Yoostar "film karaoke" videogame.


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Disney acquires iPhone game maker Tapulous
(AP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 8:59 PM

FILE - This undated screen shot released by Tapulous shows a new finger-tapping music application for the iPhone called 'Tap Tap Revenge: Metallica.' The Walt Disney Co. said Thursday July 1, 2010 it acquired Tapulous, to bolster its ability to create mobile games and gain another toehold in Silicon Valley.(AP Photo/Tapulous, File) ** NO SALES **AP - The Walt Disney Co. said Thursday it acquired Tapulous, the maker of the popular iPhone play-along music game Tap Tap Revenge, to bolster its ability to create mobile games and gain another toehold in Silicon Valley.


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U.S. video game sales down 5 percent in May - NPD
(Reuters)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 7:38 PM

Reuters - Sales of video game software and equipment in the United States fell 5 percent in May, industry tracker NPD said on Thursday, dragged down by sagging demand for game consoles.

Disney buys iPhone game maker Tapulous
(Reuters)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 6:51 PM

Reuters - Walt Disney Co said on Thursday it has acquired startup iPhone app developer Tapulous, as the company continues its push into mobile games.

Google Buys Travel Software Firm ITA
(PC Magazine)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 1:52 PM

PC Magazine - Forget social networking. Is Google Air the search engine giant's next big thing? Not quite, but Google has shelled out $700 million to acquire ITA, a Boston-based software company that specializes in organizing airline data like flight times, availability, and prices.

DirecTV, Panasonic Partner On Dedicated All-3D Channels
(PC World)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 1:50 PM

PC World - NEW YORK - So what will your new 3D-capable TV be good for once the World Cup is over? Panasonic and DirecTV provided at least part of the answer Thursday with the launch of three new all-3D DirecTV channels.

Remains of the Day: Up, up, and away!
(Macworld.com)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 7:30 PM

Macworld.com - Despite its reception issues, the iPhone 4 is still flying high—in some cases, literally. Also, Steve Jobs is never too busy to e-mail a concerned user, and it looks like he’d rather be doing that than rubbing elbows with media moguls. Read on for the remainders for July 1, 2010.

Disney acquires iPhone app pioneer Tapulous
(Appolicious)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 3:06 PM

Appolicious - Tapulous, one of the most commercially successful iPhone app developers since the launch of the App Store two years ago, was just acquired by Disney (DIS) for an undisclosed sum.

Google plans to buy travel software co ITA for $700 million
(Reuters)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 8:12 PM

Reuters - Google Inc plans to buy one of the Web's key providers of airline travel software for $700 million, potentially raising new antitrust concerns for the world's largest Internet search engine.

Dell Gains Virtualization Muscle With Scalent Buy
(PC World)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 6:30 PM

PC World - Dell is purchasing Scalent, a provider of server-virtualization management software, Dell announced on Thursday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Security glitch exposes WellPoint data again
(AP)
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 2:49 PM

AP - WellPoint Inc. has notified 470,000 individual insurance customers that medical records, credit card numbers and other sensitive information may have been exposed in the latest security breach of the health insurer's records.

IBM endorses Firefox as in-house Web browser
(AFP)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 5:44 PM

A screen displays the logo of the web browser Firefox. Technology giant IBM wants its workers around the world to use free, open-source Mozilla Firefox as their window into the Internet.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Technology giant IBM wants its workers around the world to use free, open-source Mozilla Firefox as their window into the Internet.


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Google Buys ITA for $700M to Boost Travel Search
(PC World)
Thursday, July 01, 2010 7:06 PM

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