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Semiconductor Equipment Sales Reach New Highs

Semiconductor equipment sales reached a record breaking high in 2006 according to a new report, bringing in the highest revenues since the technology boom at the turn of the century.

Sony Lists PS2 Titles Compatible with European PS3s

Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) announced on Tuesday a list of titles from its previous Playstation 2 game console that will be compatible with its new Playstation 3 system, expected to make its European launc

Paying Attention to Not Paying Attention

Researchers are studying a pervasive psychological phenomenon in which oh man we've got to finish doing the taxes this weekend ... C'mon, admit it. Your train of thought has derailed like that many times.

SL Green Approves Stock Buyback

Real estate investment trust SL Green Realty Corp. on Tuesday said it will repurchase up to $300 million worth of its stock, or about 3.4 percent of outstanding shares based on the current market pric

Online Anonymity Lets Users Gets Nasty

When a California woman recently gave birth to a healthy baby just two days after learning she was pregnant, the sudden change to her life was challenging enough. What April Branum definitely didn&apo

Google Gains Search Share in February

Google Inc. commanded 55.8 percent of the search engine market in February, gaining further ground over rival Yahoo Inc., according to market research firm NetRatings Inc.

Computer Error Rocks Alaska's Fund

Perhaps you know that sinking feeling when a single keystroke accidentally destroys hours of work. Now imagine wiping out a disc drive containing an account worth $38 billion.

Google Adds Decorative Themes to Site

Sprucing up its famously plain Web site, Google Inc. is offering a new option that plants its Internet search box in panoramic settings that change with the time of day and the outside weather.

Gates Promotes PC Training in Colombia

In his first trip to this violence-wracked country, Bill Gates said Microsoft Corp. was helping set up computer learning centers in areas where demobilized paramilitary fighters are in dire need of jo

ABC Family, Lycos Test Interactive TV

The season finale of "Wildfire," a show on the ABC Family cable network, will get a second airing right away on the Internet, in an interactive session on Lycos.com that both companies call

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