Taiwan’s Asustek to free up subsidiary by June – report

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan netbook PC pioneer Asustek has approved plans to simplify cutting investment in its subsidiary Pegatron, which could be listed in June, a newspaper said on Saturday.

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Technology not as advanced by 2010 as some had hoped

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Despite iPods, genetic sequencing, the Internet and Twitter, nearly a third of Americans said they thought there would be more technological advances by the year 2010.

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Tweets, sexting "unfriended" in U.S. banned word list

KANSAS CITY (Reuters) – If you recently tweeted about how you were chillaxin for the holiday, take note: Fifteen particularly over- or mis-used words and phrases have been declared “shovel-ready” to be “unfriended” by a U.S. university’s annual list of terms that deserve to be banned.

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AT&T asks FCC to set date to scrap old phone system

NEW YORK (Reuters) – AT&T Inc told U.S. telecoms regulators that it should set plans for phasing out older telephone networks if the government wants to make high-speed Internet access available across the country.

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Wide use of U.S. airport body scanners depends on Obama

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The path toward rolling out wider use of whole-body security scanners in U.S. airports runs through the White House.

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Apple wins appeal over alleged iPod hearing loss

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a class-action lawsuit seeking to hold Apple Inc responsible for possible hearing loss caused by using its popular iPod music player.

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Nokia’s latest patent stike on Apple a risk, but may pay off

HELSINKI (Reuters) – Nokia’s latest patent strike against Apple underscores the changing dynamics of the cell phone market, with the sector leader no longer holding the whip hand over rivals in terms of product development.

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Facebook, Twitter top list of weird stories in 2009

BERLIN (Reuters) – From the German town that unwittingly advertised pornography on its website to the American who interrupted his wedding to update his Facebook and Twitter accounts, the world was full of weird stories in 2009.

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Virtual goods give Web firms new revenue in ad slump

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The Internet made shopping without checkout lines a no-brainer. Now, some Web companies are betting that people are ready to forsake another shopping tradition: tangible products.

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ITC to probe charges RIM infringed patent

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Trade Commission said on Tuesday that it would investigate allegations by Prism Technologies that BlackBerry maker Research in Motion violated one of its patents.

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ITC to probe charges RIM infringed patent