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The Kindle, Amazon’s electronic book reader, was supposed to launch in October. E-book fans may have to wait a bit.
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Detroit Lions quarterback said he was trying to have fun and regrets decision.
Original Post By Google News CHRIS KANARACUS, IDG

The maker of personal navigation devices announced that it had made an unsolicited $3.3 billion offer for Tele Atlas, topping an offer by rival TomTom by 15 percent.
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IAC/InterActiveCorp said that third-quarter profit fell 4.2 percent, but investors were reassured by signs that its key home shopping network business has begun to turn around.
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As it waits for a resolution to its pending merger with rival XM, Sirius Satellite Radio is turning in stronger results.
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The IdeaLab-backed Internet holding company said it would sell 3.75 million shares at $10-$12 each.
Original Post By Google News JOSEPH WEISENTHAL, PaidContent

More than 100 programmers are competing in this year’s TopCoder Collegiate Challenge in Orlando.
Original Post By Google News CHRIS KANARACUS, IDG

Spammers are using a virtual stripper as bait to dupe people into helping criminals crack codes they need to send more spam or boost the rankings of parasitic Web sites.
Original Post By Google News GREGG KEIZER, IDG

The share price that Facebook has used for its employee stock options rose more than 30-fold between January 2006 and August 2007.
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A coalition of privacy groups asked the government today to set up a mandatory do-not-track list for the Internet.
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A born-again Christian’s search for oil takes him to Israel.
Original Post By Google News CHRIS KANARACUS, IDG

With a market value of $217 billion, Google is now worth more than all but four companies in the United States.
Original Post By Google News SAUL HANSELL

A moratorium on Internet access taxes received a last-minute extension Wednesday, one day before it would have expired.
Original Post By Google News MIGUEL HELFT

Alcatel-Lucent said it plans to cut 4,000 more jobs, equal to 5 percent of its work force, on top of the 12,500 cuts it has already announced.
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FT.com - The Indian government on Wednesday scored an early win in its efforts to force Vodafone to pay what lawyers estimate could be $2bn in capital gains tax on its acquisition of domestic mobile phone operator Hutchison Essar this year.
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US Diplomats Upset Over Move by State Department to Force Assignments to Iraq Embassy
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State bar association president decries “unforgivable miscarriage of justice.”
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Mich. publisher planned to release a book of Web site dedicated to boy wizard.
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Reuters - Slate, the online news and opinion
magazine owned by The Washington Post Co , may launch a
business news and opinion Web site, according to a source
familiar with the matter.
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