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Restructuring Costs Reduce Xerox Earnings
Second-quarter profit at Xerox skidded 19 percent on reorganization charges, but the company matched Wall Street’s forecast.
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Merger of XM and Sirius a Step Closer to Approval
The F.C.C was set to approve a merger between XM and Sirius and end a nearly 18-month review of a deal that would essentially create a monopoly in satellite radio.
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Attack Code Released for New DNS Attack
Hackers have released software that exploits a recently disclosed flaw in the Domain Name System software used to route messages between computers on the Internet.
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Digital Comics Coming to the Wii in Japan
Four of Japan’s biggest comic book or “manga” publishers are coming together to bring digital versions of their magazines to Nintendo’s Wii console.
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Advertising: Microsoft Seeks an Ad Friend in Facebook
It failed in its pursuit of Yahoo. It is paying people to use its search engine. Now Microsoft thinks it has found a source of users for its foundering search service: Facebook.
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Griping Online? Comcast Hears You and Talks Back
Some customers like the company’s responses to online criticism; others see an eerie version of “Big Brother.”
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RadioShack Profit Falls, Sales Rise
RadioShack reported higher-than-expected profit on a surprise increase in sales, but the electronics retailer said the economic environment continues to be challenging.
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Bits: Hasbro Hits Scrabulous With Lawsuit
Hasbro, the owner of Scrabble, has sued the creators of Scrabulous, the popular Scrabble-like game on Facebook.
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Bits: Wikipedia, Meet Google’s Knol
After seven months of testing, Google rolls out Knol, a service that has been described as a Wikipedia killer. Read about it on Wikipedia.
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Bits: Sugar Leaves the NBC Suite
Sugar Inc., the women’s blog network, has ended its advertising partnership with NBC Universal and taken its ad sales in-house. That leaves a gap in NBC’s women’s blog network.
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