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Viisage to merge with Identix

Viisage Technology said on Thursday it would merge with fingerprint identification firm Identix as it aims to win a greater slice of government spending on homeland security and border control.

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Apple's iTunes raises privacy concerns

A new version of Apple Computer's popular iTunes software, released Tuesday, is drawing barbs from privacy advocates for sending information about computer users' playlists back to Apple.

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U.K. official: Fight online fraud with iPods

A senior manager at a British government agency has come up with an alternative to the U.K.'s identity card scheme: Give everyone a free iPod installed with a digital certificate.

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BlackBerry gets Google-ized

BlackBerry mobile-communications devices will be equipped for instant messaging, local search and maps from Google, Google and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion said Thursday.

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IBM, Toshiba, Sony to renew Cell partnership

IBM, Sony and Toshiba will renew a five-year partnership that produced the Cell microprocessor, the heart of Sony's PlayStation 3 game console.

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Nikon to stop making most film cameras

Nikon, the Japanese camera maker, said Thursday that it would stop making most of its film cameras and lenses in order to focus on digital cameras.

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Google goes mobile

Google released on Thursday Google Personalized Home, which lets people access Gmail, news, RSS feeds and other information from their personalized Google home page on mobile phones and PDAs. The service is free in the U.S. and works with any phone that contains an XHTML-capable Web browser. Google also said on Thursday that its instant messaging, local search and maps would work on BlackBerry mobile devices. Last week, Motorola said it would add Google's Internet search technology into some of its mobile phones.

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Some PayPal users complain of tax records delay

Just two weeks before they are supposed to file business taxes for 2005, some eBay sellers based in California say they are being prevented from downloading transaction records needed to complete their filings.

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Google does gadgets; Blodget gets bearish

The search company updates its corporate appliance and nestles into the BlackBerry. A famed Wall Street watcher, meanwhile, talks down the soaring stock.

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Mozilla's Thunderbird 1.5 takes flight

Mozilla released on Thursday its updated e-mail application, Thunderbird 1.5, which is designed to deliver improved security and functionality.

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Beefier Google Minis for corporate sites

Google is launching two new versions of the Google Mini budget search appliance for small and midsize companies. The appliances offer double and triple the capacity of the existing Mini for double and triple the price, a Google product manager said Wednesday.

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Soderbergh does a DVD-theater release combo

A red carpet will roll out Thursday night in front of Parkersburg, W.Va.'s historic Smoot Theater for the official premiere of a movie that, according to backers, represents the future of the film industry.

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Calif. solar energy plan approved

A $3.2 billion solar energy plan was approved in California on Thursday to create one of the country's largest such programs.

Under the 10-year plan, called the "California Solar Initiative," the life of current state subsidizes will be extended to provide 1 million residents and businesses with rooftop solar panels, or 3,000 megawatts of solar energy, across the state.

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Stem cell scientist apologizes in South Korea

Hwang Woo-Suk, the disgraced stem cell scientist, admitted to data falsifications in his research and apologized today, apparently marking the dramatic conclusion of a career that rose and fell swiftly across the world stage.

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Researchers breed fluorescent green pigs

Taiwan, home to the world's first transgenic glowing fish, has successfully bred fluorescent green pigs that researchers hope will boost the island's stem cell research, a professor said Thursday.

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World's big polluters to fund cleaner fossil fuels

Six of the world's major polluters wrapped up climate talks on Thursday with a multimillion-dollar pledge to develop clean energy but said polluting fossil-fuels would continue to underpin their economies for generations.

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TV ads made quick and cheap on the Net

A Los Angeles-based start-up launched a service Wednesday that allows companies to create television ad campaigns over the Internet for as little as $500 and as quickly as within one week. Spot Runner lets advertisers select a generic commercial from its library, personalize the ads and target customers by demographics, networks and neighborhoods.

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FTC fights terms of Netflix settlement

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has blasted Netflix, saying the company has tried to turn a class-action settlement into a marketing opportunity.

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'Naked News' lifts kimono on Japanese plans

"Naked News," which features anchors and reporters who disrobe during newscasts, launched its risque take on current affairs in Japan on Tuesday.

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Tiny search firm sees big stock jump

Web search company Mamma.com said it was not aware of any developments that could account for the 47.5 percent jump in its share price on Wednesday, but one strategist said the rally was based on takeover rumors.

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