Who’s Afraid of Firefox 3.0 Bugs? (PC World)
PC World - Users are grumbling about bugs in the upcoming version of the open source browser, but it’s a must-have update nonetheless.
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German police investigate mom who put baby on eBay (Reuters)
Reuters - German police are investigating a couple
after they offered their eight-month-old son for sale on
internet auction site eBay.
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Microsoft to shut down book scanning operations (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. is abandoning its effort to scan whole libraries and make their contents searchable, a sign it may be getting choosier about the fights it will pick with Google Inc.
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Google, Facebook in stalemate over social data (AP)
AP - Google Inc.’s online communities have little traction in the United States, but the search leader continues to seek a spot in the social-networking hierarchy. First, it must contend with Facebook, the No. 2 online hangout behind MySpace.
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Online communities open but still limit movement (AP)
AP - Online social networking today is more about hanging out with friends behind gated communities than exploring the World Wide Web: Visit another site and you’ll have to rebuild your profile from scratch.
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China to issue 3G licenses, merge telecoms majors (Reuters)
Reuters - China will issue three
licenses for high-speed third-generation mobile phone services
and called for a merger of China Unicom and Netcom, two of its
four biggest telecoms providers, in a long-awaited industry
revamp.
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Bharti says MTN merger talks off (AFP)
AFP - Merger talks between India’s biggest mobile phone services firm, Bharti Airtel, and South Africa’s flagship MTN Group have been called off, the Indian company said in a statement on Saturday.
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Verizon seeks deal on cell phone cancellation fees (Reuters)
Reuters - Verizon Wireless said on Friday it
is trying to forge a deal with consumer groups and regulators
that would reduce the fees customers are charged when they
cancel their cell phone service early.
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FCC chief wants cell phone cancellation fees regulated (AP)
AP - The head of the Federal Communications Commission said Friday he wants to regulate fees charged to cell phone users who cancel their wireless contracts early.
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Deal Sought On U.S. Cell Phone Cancellation Fees (TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Wireless carriers such as Verizon Wireless, AT&T, and Sprint Nextel say the fees are needed to ensure they recover the subsidies they provide for handsets.
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