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Sony returns to black, raises forecast

Business Tech - 11 hours 56 min ago

Helped by robust computer and TV sales, the electronics giant posts net profit of 25.7 billion yen versus a net loss a year ago, while sales inch up for the quarter.

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Nintendo hit by loss on sluggish game sales

Business Tech - 12 hours 3 min ago

Weak sales of its DS console and a dearth of hot new games trigger a net loss and lower revenue for Nintendo's first quarter.

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Microsoft touts cloud computing customers

Business Tech - 12 hours 43 min ago

Ahead of its financial analyst meeting in Redmond, the software maker announces that Hyatt Hotels, Dow Chemical and the University of Georgia will use its hosted e-mail and portal products.

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AMD tops Nvidia in graphics chip shipments

Business Tech - 20 hours 22 min ago

AMD passed Nvidia in graphics chip shipments in the second quarter, according to a marketing research firm.

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Nvidia warns of second-quarter revenue shortfall

Business Tech - Wed, 07/28/2010 - 6:13pm

Graphics chip supplier pares back revenue predictions, blaming increased memory costs and economic weakness in Europe and China.

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W3C's Unicorn Validator Checks Multiple Standards at Once

Wired Software - Wed, 07/28/2010 - 6:00pm

Want to find out how magically terrible your web code is? Just ask the Unicorn. The web's governing body has launched a new validation tool called Unicorn that checks the quality of your website's code against multiple web standards simultaneously.

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Microsoft's 'Street Slide' takes aim at StreetView

Business Tech - Wed, 07/28/2010 - 4:17pm

A new mapping technology from Microsoft's Research team takes the idea of a panoramic street view and stitches it together into one long stream of map tiles.

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Apple Updates Safari, Turns on Extensions

Wired Software - Wed, 07/28/2010 - 2:12pm

Safari 5.0.1 has been released. This version updates support for lightweight extensions, and Apple has launched a gallery featuring over 100 of them created by third parties.

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Office for Mac to get conversation view

Business Tech - Wed, 07/28/2010 - 12:00pm

In video previews for next Mac Office, Microsoft confirms new Outlook will support conversation views, a longtime Gmail feature recently added to Windows Office.

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Comcast sales rise but earnings slip

Business Tech - Wed, 07/28/2010 - 8:10am

Second-quarter revenue climbs 6 percent for the cable provider, but earnings drop almost 9 percent as a result of costs related to its planned purchase of NBC Universal.

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Open-source Lustre gets supercomputing nod

Business Tech - Wed, 07/28/2010 - 8:00am

High-performance Lustre file system is getting its day in the sun as new start-up Whamcloud unwraps commercial offerings.

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Adobe buys Day Software for $240 million

Business Tech - Wed, 07/28/2010 - 7:34am

The acquisition of the Swiss maker of content management software is intended to bolster Adobe's enterprise lineup.

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The new muscle inside the new iMac, Mac Pro

Business Tech - Wed, 07/28/2010 - 1:26am

Apple's refresh of desktop lineup taps Intel chips in a way it never has before.

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Tabs get tweaked in Firefox 4 beta 2

Business Tech - Tue, 07/27/2010 - 4:34pm

Firefox 4 beta 2 continues Mozilla's push to release new features and under-the-hood improvements to beta testers faster.

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Firefox 4 Beta 2 Arrives, Gives Macs 'Tabs on Top'

Wired Software - Tue, 07/27/2010 - 3:24pm

The second beta release of the next version of Firefox is now available. It has a number of new features, but the one sure to draw the most attention is a new look for Mac OS X users.

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Apple partnership boosting Foxconn market share

Business Tech - Tue, 07/27/2010 - 1:26pm

Though it's had to wrestle with controversy over a rash of plant suicides this year, Foxconn is grabbing more revenue and higher market share.

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Reddit Versus Digg: A Rivalry by the Numbers

Wired Software - Tue, 07/27/2010 - 12:00pm

Reddit and Digg are the net's oil and water of social news services — with an ongoing rivalry. This handy infographic lays out some of the differences.

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