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      view feed content PayPal Brings Allowances Into the 21st Century (Bits)   1 h, 27 min and 38 secs ago
A new service, PayPal Student Accounts, allows parents to set up and manage their teenage children's spending.
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      view feed content A Microsoft Veteran Embraces Open Source (Bits)   10 h, 32 min and 8 secs ago
In a new book, Microsoft veteran Keith Curtis argues that open source is the future of software and his former employer is "toast."
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      view feed content Power.com: A One-Stop Shop for Social Networkers (Bits)   17 h, 46 min and 56 secs ago
Power.com, which has some prominent backers, aims to be a portal through which people access their online social lives.
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      view feed content Tag That Image: Visual Bookmarking Sites Worth Browsing (Bits)   3 d, 11 h and 9 min ago
A cluster of visual social bookmarking sites are making it easier for Web browsers to find new images.
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      view feed content Dell's New Conservatism: Zero Percent Financing (Bits)   4 d and 22 h ago
Dell is tapping its $9 billion cash hoard to offer zero percent financing for corporate customers.
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      view feed content Turkey Day 2.0 (Bits)   5 d and 0 h ago
Still looking for help with your turkey? Get tips from the pros and the amateurs. Happy Thanksgiving!
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      view feed content Oh Where, Oh Where Has Autonomy Gone? (Bits)   5 d and 3 h ago
Autonomy's iconic billboard in San Francisco is crossing the road. Will it help the company finally gain name recognition?
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      view feed content Amazon.com Tries User-Generated Public Relations (Bits)   5 d and 11 h ago
Who do you trust more for holiday gift tips: Amazon.com employees or customers who get free trips and merchandise?
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      view feed content Movies in a Box: Blockbuster Offers Download Device (Bits)   6 d and 4 h ago
Blockbuster is selling a $99 set-top box lets you rent movies online and watch them on your TV. The price includes 25 free rentals.
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      view feed content E-Commerce Shrinks for First Time, Research Firm Says (Bits)   6 d and 5 h ago
Over the first three weeks of November, the e-commerce market shrank 4 percent from 2007, comScore has found.
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      view feed content Mark Hurd Is Calm in the Eye of the Storm (Bits)   6 d and 5 h ago
Hewlett-Packard appears largely unfazed by the economic turmoil that is making so many of its peers nervous.
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      view feed content How Much Is Twitter Worth to Facebook? (Bits)   6 d and 23 h ago
A proposed deal for Facebook to buy Twitter reportedly broke down over price, echoing Yahoo's failed deal to buy Facebook two years ago.
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      view feed content More on the 'Is Google Evil?' Debate (Bits)   9 d and 5 h ago
Google C.E.O. Eric Schmidt and Bits readers chime in on whether Google violates its "Don't be evil" motto.
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      view feed content Google Unplugs Lively as Hype Fades Over Virtual Worlds (Bits)   9 d and 22 h ago
Google shuts down its Lively virtual world, while a reporter concludes that life in Second Life is mostly boring.
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      view feed content Puppies Power a Web Video Start-Up (Bits)   10 d and 0 h ago
A litter of wriggling, caramel-colored puppies have helped put a Web start-up on the map.
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      view feed content For Sony, No Discounts Means Stress-Free Shopping (Bits)   10 d and 22 h ago
Sony says its new rule forcing all of its dealers to sell its high-end products at the same price helps consumers avoid the stress of having to shop for good deals.
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      view feed content New iPhone Apps Help Drivers Beat Speed Traps (Bits)   10 d and 22 h ago
Trapster and NMobile use social networking and GPS to warn Apple iPhone users about speed traps.
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      view feed content Sezmi, a TV 2.0 Start-Up, Cuts 20 Percent of Staff (Bits)   10 d and 22 h ago
Sezmi, an ambitious start-up trying to design a new kind of television platform, has laid off 20 percent of its staff.
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      view feed content Google Personalizes Search With SearchWiki (Bits)   11 d and 1 h ago
A new feature lets Google users change the results they see for specific Google searches and revisit their changes later.
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      view feed content Debating the Vices and Virtues of Google (Bits)   11 d and 5 h ago
A public debate on whether Google violates its motto "Don't be evil" moves quickly to considering whether the search company is guilty of the Seven Deadly Sins.
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      view feed content Does AT&T's Newfound Interest in Privacy Hurt Google? (Bits)   11 d and 7 h ago
AT&T is backing a new group to look at online privacy. Will the battle against Google undercut an important discussion?
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      view feed content LEDs Light Jumbo Sign in Times Square (Bits)   11 d and 8 h ago
A 340-foot sign made of energy-efficient LEDs will wrap around One Times Square and brighten the night.
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      view feed content Hunting for a Brainy Computer (Bits)   11 d and 17 h ago
An ambitious project in cognitive computing is getting under way with a $4.9 million government grant to five universities and I.B.M. Research.
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      view feed content Our New Gadget Blog, the Pogue-o-matic and More (Bits)   12 d and 2 h ago
The Times introduces new online personal technology features, including the Gadgetwise blog and the Pogue-o-matic product guide.
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      view feed content Citysearch Learns to Coexist With Search Engines (Bits)   12 d and 2 h ago
With a new design, Citysearch is weaving its business reviews and advertising into search engines and social networks.
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      view feed content The Doctor Will See You Now - Online (Bits)   12 d and 8 h ago
American Well wants to re-invent the house call by allowing patients to visit doctors via Webcam.
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      view feed content What Yahoo Really Needs Is an Editor in Chief (Bits)   12 d and 21 h ago
Instead of looking for the next Jack Welch, Yahoo would do better to find its Tina Brown or Clay Felker.
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      view feed content Teaching Everyone to Speak Big Blue (Bits)   12 d and 23 h ago
I.B.M. has purchased Transitive, a universal software translator for servers, that could give it a word up on competitors.
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      view feed content Google, iPhone and the Future of Machines That Listen (Bits)   13 d and 17 h ago
Google's voice search service for the iPhone may signify an inflection point -- speech recognition that is more useful than typing.
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      view feed content Jerry Yang, Yahoo Chief, Plans to Step Down (Bits)   13 d and 21 h ago
Yahoo said Jerry Yang, its chief executive, would leave that role after the company finds a replacement.
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