Technology News
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Feds: NYU researchers took bribes from Chinese co.
Monday, May 20, 2:15 pm
NEW YORK (AP) - Three New York University researchers from China divulged results from a federally funded study to Chinese competitors in exchange for tuition, rent and other expenses, federal... Read more...
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Curiosity rover drills into second Martian rock
Monday, May 20, 2:07 pm
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - NASA's Curiosity rover drills again. The space agency said Monday that Curiosity has bored a hole in a second rock and will transfer a pinch of powder to its onboard... Read more...
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Panel: Apple uses firms outside US to avoid taxes
Monday, May 20, 2:00 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) - Apple Inc. employs a group of affiliate companies located outside the United States to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. income taxes, a Senate investigation has found. The... Read more...
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FBI: No arrests in Spokane, Wash., ricin case
Monday, May 20, 1:57 pm
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - The FBI said Monday that no one has been arrested after last week's discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin in Spokane, but the agency remained tight-lipped... Read more...
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At a glance: comparing Yahoo and Tumblr
Monday, May 20, 1:50 pm
(AP) - Yahoo is paying $1.1 billion to buy the popular blogging site Tumblr. It's part of Yahoo's comeback efforts, after years in a financial funk. Tumblr will give Yahoo more opportunities to... Read more...
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Idaho couple and Sun Valley land in Twitter tussle
Monday, May 20, 1:29 pm
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - An Internet entrepreneur and former Wall Street derivatives analyst contends central Idaho's Sun Valley resort and the Twitter Inc. social media site heisted his handle. Leonard... Read more...
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Study: Most shipwrecks a minor US pollution threat
Monday, May 20, 1:24 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) - A new government report details 87 shipwrecks _ most sunk during World War II decades ago _ that could pollute U.S. waters with tens of millions of gallons of oil. Even... Read more...
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Yahoo-Tumblr is among top 10 tech deals in 2013
Monday, May 20, 1:23 pm
(AP) - Yahoo has agreed to pay $1.1 billion to buy blogging forum Tumblr, ranking it in among the top 10 tech deals announced this year, according to research firm Dealogic. Here's a list of the... Read more...
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Guantanamo hack threat prompts WiFi shutdown
Monday, May 20, 11:10 am
MIAMI (AP) - The U.S. military has shut down wireless internet service at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba because of online hacking threats. A spokesman for the Guantanamo Bay prison says... Read more...
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Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1B deal for Tumblr
Monday, May 20, 10:55 am
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet pioneer that had fallen behind the times. The deal... Read more...
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Key events involving Yahoo and its performance
Monday, May 20, 10:48 am
(AP) - Yahoo has reached a deal to buy online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion, the latest acquisition under CEO Marissa Mayer. Yahoo is paying mostly cash for Tumblr and expects to complete... Read more...
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Blackstone group offers to take Pactera private
Monday, May 20, 10:23 am
(AP) - Private equity firm Blackstone Group LP, along with Pactera's CEO and other managers, have offered to take Pactera private in a deal that values the Chinese technology consulting and outsourcing... Read more...
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Seamless and GrubHub to combine, no terms revealed
Monday, May 20, 8:55 am
NEW YORK (AP) - Rival online takeout services Seamless North America and GrubHub on Monday announced plans to combine and create a new company covering more than 20,000 restaurants in 500 cities... Read more...
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High court uphold FCC power in cell tower disputes
Monday, May 20, 7:40 am
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has affirmed the authority of federal regulators to try to speed local government decisions on proposals to build or expand cell phone towers. The court voted... Read more...
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2 men arrested in killing over iPad in Las Vegas
Sunday, May 19, 7:46 pm
(AP) - Two men have been arrested in the killing of a teenage boy over an iPad in Las Vegas, police said Sunday. Jacob Dismont, 18, and Michael Solid, 21, were booked Saturday into the... Read more...
