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Thailand blocks 2,300 websites for insulting monarchy (AFP)
BANGKOK (AFP) - Thai authorities have blocked 2,300 websites for allegedly insulting the country's revered monarchy and are waiting for court approval to restrict another 400, the government said Tuesday.
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Steve Jobs has "hormone imbalance," to remain Apple CEO (AFP)
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Macworld mania began simmering despite freshly released news that Apple's iconic chief executive Steve Jobs won't attend because a "hormone imbalance" that has his body wasting away.
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Microsoft sold 28 million Xbox 360s by end of 2008 (Reuters)
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp sold 28 million units worldwide of its Xbox 360 video game console through the end of 2008, expanding the Xbox's lead over rival Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 console in worldwide unit sales, the company said on Monday.
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Twitter accounts of Obama, Britney Spears hacked (AFP)
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Twitter accounts of US president-elect Barack Obama , singer Britney Spears and other prominent figures were hacked on Monday and fake messages sent out in their names on the micro-blogging service.
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Dutch study sheds light on virus that causes SARS (Reuters)
LONDON (Reuters) - Dutch researchers have built a three-dimensional model of a type of virus that causes SARS in a step that could one day help in the battle against the deadly disease.
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Pink iguanas unseen by Darwin offer evolution clue (Reuters)
LONDON (Reuters) - Pink iguanas unknown to Charles Darwin during his visits to the Galapagos islands may provide evidence of species divergence far earlier than the English naturalist's famous finches, researchers said Monday.
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Scientists find a gene that makes cancer spread (Reuters)
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A single gene appears to play a crucial role in deadly breast cancers, increasing the chances the cancer will spread and making it resistant to chemotherapy, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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China vows new crackdown on Google, other websites (AFP)
SHANGHAI (AFP) - China announced Monday it was cracking down on major websites, including search engine giants Google and Baidu, over the spread of pornography and other material that could corrupt young people.
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Financial woes humble New York Times (AFP)
NEW YORK (AFP) - The cash-strapped New York Times put up for sale on Monday its most treasured piece of property: the front page.
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Ex-eBay CEO Whitman eyes run for California governor (Reuters)
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Former eBay Inc Chief Executive Meg Whitman has resigned from three corporate boards for personal reasons, a turn-of-the-year move that would free her to run for governor of California.
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Many teens display risky behavior on MySpace: study (Reuters)
CHICAGO (Reuters) - More than half of teenagers mention risky behaviors such as sex and drugs on their MySpace accounts, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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Yahoo! bringing Internet to Samsung television sets (AFP)
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Yahoo! and Samsung on Monday said they will put the California firm's software to work linking the South Korean electronics giant's televisions to the Internet.
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China threatens to block Google (ABC)
Chinese authorities have launched a fresh campaign to get rid of what they say is unhealthy, vulgar and pornographic content on the internet.
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Cash-strapped New York Times opens front page to ads (AFP)
NEW YORK (AFP) - The cash-strapped New York Times on Monday for the first time opened its editorial holy of holies, the front page, to advertising.
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Apple's Jobs reassures investors about his health (Reuters)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs sought to soothe investor concerns about his health on Monday, saying his weight loss was caused by a hormone imbalance that is relatively simple to treat.
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In tough times, Vegas CES gets smaller (Reuters)
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Even amid the flash and sizzle of the world's premier showcase for consumer electronics, the reality of the economic recession will be hard to ignore.
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Apple CEO Jobs says has hormone imbalance (Reuters)
(Reuters) - A letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Monday explained he has a hormone imbalance and will continue as CEO during recovery.
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New reptiles found in Tanzania's shrinking forests (Reuters)
LONDON (Reuters) - Seventeen previously unknown species of reptiles and amphibians have been found in the threatened rainforests of eastern Tanzania, Italian and Tanzanian scientists reported on Monday.
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Samsung says no decision yet on chip investment plan (Reuters)
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics, the world's largest maker of memory chips, denied a report saying it may cut its 2009 investment in semiconductors by more than half from last year amid a lingering downturn.
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SKorea's Samsung says unveils word's slimmest TV (AFP)
SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea's Samsung Electronics on Monday unveiled what it says is the world's slimmest LCD (liquid crystal display) TV.
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