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Stories by: Peter Sayer

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    LG to offer HDTVs that download movies direct from Netflix 06/01/2009 09:11:00

    LG Electronics announced a range of Internet-enabled televisions on Monday that can stream movies from the Netflix rental service. The companies will show the televisions at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week, a year after they first announced their plans to work together on a set-top box for downloading movies.
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    IE lost share to Firefox, Safari and Chrome in December 05/01/2009 07:45:00

    Web sites saw visitors deserting Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser in favor of Apple's Safari, Mozilla's Firefox and Google's Chrome in December, according to Web analytics company Net Applications.
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    Security vendors ready fix for 'Curse of Silence' SMS attack 31/12/2008 23:49:00

    A single malformed text message can prevent some Nokia smartphones from receiving further messages via SMS (Short Message Service) -- and the offending message can be sent from almost any Nokia phone, even non-smartphone models, a German security researcher demonstrated Tuesday.
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    Wireless Power Consortium to unleash electronic gadgets 19/12/2008 23:54:00

    The Wireless Power Consortium hopes to make powering portable electronic devices simpler by offering a standard way to recharge them without wires.
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    Le Web 08: Startups plan 'Facebookification' of the Web 11/12/2008 04:29:00

    If the next generation of Internet startups presenting at Le Web 08 conference in Paris have their way, the Web of the future could look like one big social-networking site.
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    MySpace extends access to user profiles with browser toolbar 10/12/2008 09:45:00

    MySpace.com users will soon be able to access their profile information through a browser toolbar that will allow its users to exchange status information with their network of friends.
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    Netbooks: small, cheap -- and fast? 02/12/2008 07:32:00

    Linux distributor Good OS and BIOS vendor Phoenix Technologies each have plans to make netbooks speedier devices, the vendors said at the Netbook World Summit in Paris on Monday.
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    Yahoo sells off comparison shopping arm Kelkoo 25/11/2008 07:38:00

    Yahoo has sold Kelkoo, the European comparison shopping service it bought in 2004 -- at a time when Microsoft is busy adding such features to its own search offering. The sale, to U.K. company Jamplant, is the first sign since CEO Jerry Yang stepped down last Monday that Yahoo is refocusing.
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    Google, Yahoo and Microsoft align against state censorship 29/10/2008 09:22:00

    Google, Yahoo and Microsoft will announce a common code of conduct relating to freedom of expression and the protection of privacy online.
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    AMD to spin off chip fabs to raise funds 08/10/2008 08:06:00

    Advanced Micro Devices plans to split into two companies, one to design chips and one to make them, while two investment funds owned by the government of Abu Dhabi will contribute new capital, it said Tuesday. AMD hopes the move will give it the resources it needs to compete effectively with Intel, which dominates the microprocessor industry.
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    AMD break-up: two voices from Europe 08/10/2008 08:37:00

    The financial world seems to be falling apart, but Advanced Micro Devices has just landed several billion dollars from two Abu Dhabi investment groups to fund "Asset Smart," a plan to spin off its chip manufacturing operations into a new company, tentatively called "The Foundry Co."
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