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Yahoo Inc.'s management has been feeling more optimistic about the Internet company's turnaround efforts than many investors. That's one reason the company bought 24.8 million of its common

News Corp. Web security chief to become adviser

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News Corp. said Tuesday that its chief security officer, Hemanshu Nigam, will transition to an advisory role effective May 1 so he can consult other companies on Internet safety. Nigam...

On the Call: Apple COO Tim Cook

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Before Apple Inc. started selling the iPad on April 3, some industry experts were skeptical about its potential to capture the masses' imagination. It wasn't a phone and it wasn't a...

Summary Box: Apple 2Q net income leaps 90 percent

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THE STREET: The results blew past analysts' expectations for net income of $2.45 per share on $12.04 billion in revenue, according to a Thomson Reuters poll. Investors sent shares up more...

Yahoo 1Q profit soars, revenue grows, stock falls

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Yahoo Inc. milked the recovering online advertising market and its new partnership with Microsoft Corp. to start the year with its best quarterly performance since hiring Carol Bartz to...

Google: $1.4M on 1Q lobby on China, other issues

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Google Inc. spent $1.4 million in the first quarter to lobby the federal government. Issues include its decision to stop censoring search results in China and the tussle over open Internet...

Summary Box: Google discloses government demands

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BUT NOTHING ON CHINA: Google says that information is classified as a state secret. KINDS OF DISCLOSURES: Censorship requirements, government requests to edit search results and demands...

Apple 2Q income up 90 pct, shares jump to new high

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Blockbuster iPhone sales helped Apple Inc. blow past Wall Street's expectations with a 90 percent leap in net income for the most recent quarter. Shares skyrocketed to an all-time high in...

Apple 2Q net income leaps 90 percent

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Apple says its net income in the most recent quarter jumped 90 percent, helped by strong iPhone and Macintosh computer sales. Its results blew past Wall Street's expectations. Apple...

Yahoo 1Q profit nearly triples, tops analyst views

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Yahoo's first-quarter earnings nearly tripled as the Internet company's revenue edged up for the first time in more than a year. The results released Tuesday represented Yahoo's best...

US-German airborne telescope to scan the skies

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A NASA Boeing 747 carrying a huge German-made infrared telescope is on the verge of scanning the skies for the first time after years of development. Project officials showed off the...

Colorado man loses part of finger in iPad theft

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A thief's thirst for a brand new iPad cost a Colorado man not only a much-coveted device but also two-thirds of a pinky finger. Doctors had to amputate part of Bill Jordan's left pinky...

Summary Box: Amazon sues over NC data request

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THE WORRIES: Amazon says such a disclosure would harm customers who may have bought controversial books or movies. TAX COLLECTION: Officials in North Carolina and other states, faced...

Bill to ban 'cyberbullying' in Louisiana advances

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Harassing or intimidating someone by text message, e-mail or posts on social networking sites like Facebook would be deemed "cyberbullying" and would be a crime under a bill that advanced...

Summary Box: Tech companies fear trade pact

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THE ANTICIPATION: A draft of the agreement is set for release this week. THE WORRIES: Technology companies fear the provisions could undermine various online activities.

Google discloses demands for censorship, user data

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Google is releasing a new tool designed to show where it's facing the most pressure to censor its services and turn over personal information about its users. The numbers released...

Summary Box: 10 nations raise privacy concern

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THE COMPLAINTS: The officials say Google "too often" forgets people's privacy rights as it rolls out new technologies. THE RESPONSE: Google says it doesn't do everything 100 percent...

Cellular-capable iPads to reach stores on April 30

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Apple says a second wave of iPads will reach customers' homes and U.S. stores on April 30. Apple Inc. started selling its new touch-screen tablet computer in early April. It can connect...

Man loses part of finger in Colo. iPad theft

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A man is missing his new iPad and part of his pinky finger after a robbery at a Denver shopping mall. Fifty-nine-year-old Bill Jordan says he just purchased Apple's latest must-have item

Amazon: NC bid to track taxes violates free speech

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Online retailer Amazon.com says it's taking a stand for free speech by fighting an effort by North Carolina tax authorities to identify buyers. The company says in a federal lawsuit...

Palin set to take stand in Tenn. hacking trial

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A former college student charged with hacking Sarah Palin's e-mail account fears some jurors in heavily Republican East Tennessee could be dazzled when the conservative star testifies. ...

10 nations tell Google of privacy concern on Buzz

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Officials from Germany, Canada, France and seven other countries are raising privacy concerns to Google over the online search leader's fumbled foray into social networking along with other

Pa. district took 56,000 images on student laptops

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A suburban school district secretly captured at least 56,000 webcam photographs and screen shots from laptops issued to high school students, its lawyer acknowledged Monday. "It's clear...

Privacy officials tell Google of concern over Buzz

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Officials from Germany, Canada, France and seven other countries are raising privacy concerns to Google's CEO over the online search leader's fumbled foray into social networking along with

Survey: Teens love cell phones; schools, not quite

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Teenagers have embraced text messaging as their main form of communication, but mobile phones are often a source of tension with parents and schools, a new survey found. The frequency...

Low-power version of Bluetooth coming for watches

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A new version of the Bluetooth wireless technology could expand what can be done by watches, toys, home sensors, medical monitors and other devices that typically have been limited in their

Tech companies fear implications of trade pact

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Companies across the technology industry are bracing for this week's release of a draft of a trade agreement that they fear could undermine all sorts of online activities. The agreement...

Report: China hackers stole key Google program

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The New York Times is reporting that computer hackers stole a program that controlled access to most of Google's services when they attacked the Internet company late last year. The...

Summary Box: IBM's net income jumps 13 percent

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WHAT IT MEANS: With a broad array of products and services and a global footprint, IBM is seen as a bellwether for the broader tech sector. Its results could mean businesses are starting to

IBM optimistic amid signs of tech spending rebound

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IBM Corp. said Monday its first-quarter profit jumped 13 percent, and the company offered evidence that corporate technology spending is rebounding after the recession. IBM said it...

Summary Box: Facebook profiles to pages

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THE CHANGES: No longer will links to those pages appear in a separate section lower down. They will be part of users' lists of activities and other interests. WHAT ABOUT SLEEPING?:...

Facebook profiles to play up brand and band pages

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Facebook is revamping users' profiles to emphasize the pages for bands, books and businesses that millions have become fans of on the world's largest online social network. Currently,...

Telvent closes private placement of $200M in notes

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Information technology provider Telvent said its private placement of $200 million in debt closed Monday. The company sold $200 million of 5.5 percent senior subordinated convertible...

Ex-NYPD officer goes on trial over cyclist clash

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The video started as a tourist's souvenir of a trip to Times Square and ended up in the spotlight at a former police officer's trial. The July 2008 footage drew more than 2.1 million...

IBM's earnings indicate tech spending picking up

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IBM Corp.'s first-quarter results show signs that the recovery in corporate technology spending is picking up speed. IBM said Monday its earnings for the first three months jumped 13...

Earnings Preview: Qualcomm to report 2Q results

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Qualcomm Inc., a maker of chips and software for cell phones, reports its fiscal second-quarter results after the stock market closes on Wednesday. WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Qualcomm's stock...

Facebook revamps user profiles to play up pages

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Facebook is revamping users' profiles to emphasize the pages for bands, books and businesses that millions have become fans of on the world's largest online social network. Currently,...

Millions spent on malaria but problems remain

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Health groups have spent more than a billion dollars and bought millions of bednets to fight malaria, and 20 African countries have increased their bednet coverage at least fivefold, new...

Court takes up public employees' privacy case

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The Supreme Court appears likely to rule against public employees who claimed a local government violated their privacy by reading text messages they sent on their employers' account. ...

Harsh Amazon reviewer unmasked as author's wife

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A reviewer signed as "Historian" posted some savage reviews on Amazon's Web pages, but had a weakness for one writer, celebrated author and Russia expert Orlando Figes. Historian has now

Flyp, experimental online magazine, to close

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Flyp Media, an online magazine startup that tried innovative approaches to Web journalism, says it has lost its financing and can't stay afloat on advertising revenue. Flyp (pronounced...

Tribeca looks to expand notion of film festival

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When the British director Mat Whitecross was growing up in Oxford, only so many films would make it to his local cinema. Most of the intriguing movies he read about playing at film...