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AMD tightlipped on company's future (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News - May 8 2008 16:36
AP - Grappling with major layoffs and a stock price that's been chopped nearly in half since last year, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. kept new details about its turnaround plans close to the vest Thursday in a very brief annual meeting with shareholders.




Video games don't create killers, new book says (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News - May 8 2008 16:57
Reuters - Playing video games does not turn children into deranged, blood-thirsty super-killers, according to a new book by a pair of Harvard researchers.

Intel buys license for Sweden-wide WiMax network (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News - May 8 2008 16:52
AP - Intel Corp. dove further into the cellular business on Thursday, becoming one of the winners in Sweden's auction of licenses for nationwide wireless broadband.

"Grand Theft Auto" sales top Hollywood movie
Source: Reuters - May 7 2008 20:30
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Criminal action game "Grand Theft Auto 4" scored over $500 million in global receipts its first week in release, selling over 6 million units to become one of the most lucrative entertainment launches in history.


New prosecutor jobs to target online predators (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News - May 7 2008 12:01
AP - The Justice Department said Wednesday it will spend $5 million to create 43 new jobs for prosecutors targeting online sexual predators of children.

MTV owner Viacom reports 33 pct 1Q profit rise (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News - May 2 2008 12:52

In this Jan. 9, 2008 file photo, attendees play the video game Rock Band on the Xbox 360 at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Entertainment company Viacom Inc. on Friday, May 2, 2008 reported a 33 percent rise in first-quarter earnings, lifted by stronger sales of the 'Rock Band' video game. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Strong sales of the video game "Rock Band" helped lift first-quarter earnings 33 percent at the entertainment company Viacom Inc., a major cable network operator which owns MTV and Nickelodeon.



Federal judge sets formula for Internet music royalties (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News - May 1 2008 00:56

In this April 27, 2008 file photo, a giant inflatable pig scrawled with the words 'Don't Be Led To the Slaughter' floats over the crowd during Roger Waters' headlining set on the third day of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)AP - A federal court on Wednesday established a formula for determining the Internet royalties owed to thousands of music composers, writers and publishers by three major online services — Yahoo Inc., AOL and RealNetworks Inc.



Man gets prison for sending spam e-mails
Source: USATODAY.com - Apr 30 2008 12:10
A Colorado man accused of sending hundreds of thousands of spam e-mails has been sentenced to 21 months in prison after pleading ...


Reports: DNA tests link bones to children of last Russian czar
Source: USATODAY.com - Apr 30 2008 08:55
DNA tests carried out by a U.S. laboratory prove that bone fragments exhumed last year belong to two children of Russia's last ...


Albert Hofmann, father of LSD, dies in Switzerland
Source: USATODAY.com - Apr 30 2008 08:14
Albert Hofmann, the father of the mind-altering drug LSD whose medical discovery inspired and arguably corrupted millions in ...


Toddlers coming of digital age
Source: USATODAY.com - Apr 29 2008 20:12
Tot toy marketing giants from Disney to Fisher-Price are nudging preschoolers as young as 3 years old to put down their sippy ...


Warner Bros. targets youth with two new sites
Source: USATODAY.com - Apr 29 2008 08:59
Warner Bros. is launching two websites to capture new ad revenue and a younger generation of viewers, the company said Monday.


CollegeHumor site finds ad niche in sponsorships
Source: Reuters - Apr 28 2008 00:10
NEW YORK (Reuters) - CollegeHumor.com's founders want to help their audience members fulfill "their stupidest wish ever" -- maybe a machine to dress them in the morning or a chute from their bedroom to the front door.


Microsoft 2009 outlook rosy, but investors trip on near-term (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News - Apr 25 2008 00:17

Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft Corp., talks to the crowd of scientists as the keynote speaker for the seventh annual Institute for Systems Biology International Symposium in Seattle in this April 21, 2008, file photo. Microsoft Corp. is expected to report fiscal third-quarter earnings, Thursday, April 24, 2008.  (AP Photo/Kevin P. Casey, File)AP - Microsoft Corp. is looking ahead to a strong fiscal 2009, with or without Yahoo.



Greenhouse plan could damage ozone
Source: USATODAY.com - Apr 24 2008 16:28
The rule of unintended consequences threatens to strike again.


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