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- Report: Yahoo!, AOL could join forces
With AOL trying to revamp itself as an ad-driven portal and Yahoo! playing catch-up to search rival Google, the two companies are the most likely online players to merge this year, according to Merrill Lynch, which adds that Microsoft also could emerge as a suitor for either AOL or Yahoo! Forbes
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- Apple pushes into competitive race for set-top boxes
The Apple TV set-top box can wirelessly beam multimedia from computers to TVs and home-theater systems, but it will face a crowded and complicated consumer electronics living-room market. Apple TV is designed to ease the access of Internet-delivered media content for consumers, and Apple CEO Steve Jobs called the box the "DVD player for the 21st century." San Francisco Chronicle
(1/22)
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- The BlackBerry -- no longer just for businesspeople
The BlackBerry has already changed the way businessmen communicate, but it is now infiltrating the lives of students, independent contractors and stay-at-home moms, who use the device to track their children's schedules. New smartphones and extra features are attracting consumers who previously would not have used the devices, and device makers are ramping up marketing toward these groups. The Wall Street Journal
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- L.A. taps Qwest for super high-speed Net link
The Los Angeles city government has inked a three-year, $500,000 deal for Internet service with Qwest Communications International Inc. The pact calls for Qwest to provide a super high-speed Internet connection as a supplement to the city's main connection. Los Angeles Times
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