By Scott Hillis
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - As the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas winds down to lackluster reviews, Apple is expected to grab the spotlight with an ultra-slim laptop computer and online movie rentals at its biggest annual show next week.
The new products are seen more as enhancements to Apple’s current offerings rather […]
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The latest technique is based on the concept of cross-site scripting, whereby an attacker can inject malicious code into Web pages viewed by others.
By Thomas Claburn, InformationWeek
Having prospered by passing the costs of their operations onto others, spammers have a new way to vex computer users: printer hijacking.
Building on […]
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By BRAD STONE
SAN FRANCISCO — Sony BMG, the music company, announced Thursday that it would become the fourth and final major label to begin selling digital music on Amazon.com, offering its entire catalog in the MP3 format by the end of the month.
The move by Sony BMG, which represents artists like Bruce Springsteen, the […]
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By GRETCHEN MORGENSON and ERIC DASH
Countrywide Financial, the troubled lender that became a symbol of the excesses that led to the subprime mortgage crisis, is close to a deal to be acquired by Bank of America for about $4 billion in stock, according to people briefed on the transaction.
The boards of each company met […]
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Weekend in New York | Libraries
By SETH KUGEL
EVERYONE knows libraries are not just about books anymore, but no one knows it better that the women at the main information booth of the New York Public Library at 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue.
The two most common questions they field: Where are the restrooms? And […]
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By ERIC WILSON
FOR products that are truly in demand, like Wii game consoles, tickets to the Super Bowl or cans of corn Niblets on double-coupon day, it may seem reasonable to limit the number a customer can buy at one time.
But readers of the fine print on the Web sites of luxury retailers like […]
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