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CompUSA, the computer and gadget retailer controlled by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, announced yesterday that it had been sold to the Gordon Brothers Group, a restructuring and investment firm, for liquidation. The firm will close...

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Time Inc. is closing high-tech magazine Business 2.0, abandoning efforts to salvage a publication that survived the dot-com bust only to be doomed by the rise of Internet advertising; the publication will release a final...

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The Free Software Foundation (FSF), a Boston-based open source software lobby group, is planning to petition British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to highlight the role of software giant Microsoft Corp. in the British Broadcasting Corporation's...

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Popular streaming internet service, ESS.tv (EveryShowSucks.tv) has today emailed all of its subscribers, explaining that due to mouting legal pressures the 50+ channels it provided will no longer be available. ESS.tv streamed popular and niche...

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Time Warner and Microsoft are reportedly close to hammering out an online advertising alliance to challenge search engines such as Google and Yahoo!, according to a published report. The Wall...

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This evening, Blizzard emailed participants of its World of Warcraft beta test program, informing them that the beta period would finally be coming to a close at 3:00pm PDT on Friday, October 29, in preparation...

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A privately built rocket plane and its mother ship lifted off into clear skies above the Mojave Desert on Monday in a bid to win a $10 million prize for the first commercially viable manned...

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The judge presiding over the Oracle antitrust trial aggressively questioned the U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday as the agency made its final arguments against Oracle's attempt at a hostile takeover of rival PeopleSoft. ...

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Starfleet Command developer halts US operations, opens Korean MMORPG office Earlier this year, publisher Majesco put Black9 on hold and then reports of Taldren closing followed. Internet posts suggesting the US Company...

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Microsoft began taking sign ups for participation in the SQL Server 2005 Beta 2 program this week at its Microsoft TechEd show here as the long-awaited test version of the product gets close to availability....

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New, cheap 'ADSL Lite' products that separate access from content are great for incumbent telcos, but will put internet service providers (ISPs) and portals out of business, according to a report by analyst Forrester. ...

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Thanks to Darren Bolton for this email Imagine Melissa Perenson's surprise when a Good Samaritan suggested by e-mail last week that she withdraw her recent eBay bid for a notebook because the seller...

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