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Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Leaks To Web

Screenshots and code for the most recent build of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 browser have leaked to the Internet, several Windows devotee sites reported Friday.

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New Kama Sutra Worms Corrupts Microsoft Documents

A new worm that already accounts for 1 in every 15 pieces of malicious code carries a "nuclear option" payload that corrupts data in a slew of popular file formats, a security company warned Friday.

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Protecting cell phone users' privacy

Reports of Web sites that sell records of cell phone calls have been in the press for months, prompting action this week by lawmakers and the Federal Communications Commission. But some critics believe that cellular carriers should do even more to protect personal information.

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Pixar, Disney deal could change digital landscape

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A possible merger of the Walt Disney Co. (NYSE Very Happy IS - news) and Pixar Animation Studios Inc. (Nasdaq Razz IXR - news), if successful, could give Pixar chief Steve Jobs the power to break down barriers that have long existed between online content, computer hardware and digital distribution.

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Security Firm Offers Ad Space In Bug Report

An anonymous security researcher who tried to sell an Excel vulnerability on eBay last month now stands to make more than $600 in an auction of ad space in the report issued when the bug is fixed by Microsoft.

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Sony eyes push into high-end digital cameras

Sony said on Friday it would aim for a quarter of the digital single-lens reflex camera market after acquiring assets for a push into that market from Konica Minolta Holdings.

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TVMyPod ventures into copyright gray area

A tiny Massachusetts company named TVMyPod is selling iPods that come with movies and TV programs already loaded on them, a practice that raises questions of legality as it addresses consumer demand for convenience and portability.

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SPSS Upgrades Predictive-Analysis Software

SPSS Inc. this week debuted a release of its Clementine predictive-analytics application with new capabilities that aid in fraud-detection, customer-analysis, and revenue-assurance applications.

Clementine 10 offers a new anomaly-detection algorithm that identifies data that doesn't fit an established pattern or signifies an unusual event. The algorithm simplifies analysis and scoring and helps with such tasks as fraud detection and spotting financial inaccuracies.

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Apple Computer Alters iTunes Software

CUPERTINO, Calif. - Apple Computer Inc. has altered its iTunes software after users raised privacy concerns over a new spy-like song-recommendation feature in the music jukebox program

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Carbon nanotube, molecule joined to create new transistor

PORTLAND, Ore. Columbia University researchers have successfully married a carbon nanotube with an organic molecule, creating what they said is the world's first hybrid carbon-nanotube/molecular transistor.

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Rating system urged for adult Internet content

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An influential U.S. Senator warned the adult entertainment industry on Thursday that if it does not develop a rating system for its Internet content, Congress will.

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Post steeped in blog comments kerfuffle

Members of the blogosphere were up in arms Friday after The Washington Post turned off comments on one of its blogs.

WashingtonPost.com Executive Editor Jim Brady made the decision Thursday after the site's Post.blog, on which editors discuss the paper's policies, design and goals, featured a column by Post ombudsman Deborah Howell defending her position (registration required) in a Sunday article about fundraising scandals involving lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

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Disney board set to meet about Pixar merger

Walt Disney's board of directors is expected to meet by Monday to consider buying Pixar Animation Studios in a deal that could revive Disney as the world's dominant animation studio and give computer pioneer Steve Jobs a new platform of power.

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Wisconsin Getting Wireless Broadband Network

A high-speed wireless broadband network using Alvarion Ltd. gear and technology is being rolled out in Wisconsin by TDS Metrocom, as the two firms begin eyeing wide regions underserved or not served at all by broadband.

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Amazon to launch online talk show with Bill Maher

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Online retail giant Amazon.com said on Thursday that it planned to launch a half-hour Web-based talk show this summer hosted by television personality Bill Maher and featuring author and celebrity interviews and musical performances.

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Sony reorganizes struggling Connect service

Sony said Friday that it will strengthen ties between its portable audio division and the struggling Connect digital music download unit, an iTunes rival launched in early 2004.

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Report: Sony cuts 400 from U.S. TV plant

MANHASSET, N.Y. Sony Electronics is shutting down its television picture-tube manufacturing line in Rancho Bernardo, Calif., laying off 400, the company announced Thursday in a North County Times report.

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Seeking Man-on-the-Street Views of Iraq, U.S. Reporters Turn to Bloggers

NEW YORK - While Iraq's many newspapers get little notice in the American media, the country's citizen bloggers are drawing increased attention, as reporters in the United States try to gauge views within that country during the lead-up to this month's elections. One reason for the interest: Many of the Iraqi bloggers' postings are written in English, unlike the commentary in local newspapers.

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Novell Plans Corporate Licensing Overhaul

Novell plans to move to a new licensing model that could impact partners serving corporate accounts.

Key to the new model, effective March 1, is the elimination of the Waltham, Mass., companys Corporate Licensing Agreement (CLA) and the addition of a new option that allows customers to buy on a per-named-user or per-device basis.

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