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Microsoft reportedly to cut price of Xbox 360 to $299
01.07.2008 03:07
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp plans to cut the price of its best-selling Xbox 360 Pro model by $50, to $299 in the next few weeks, the Hollywood Reporter reported citing anonymous sources.
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Service lets drivers lock in gasoline prices
01.07.2008 03:07
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The high price of gasoline has some U.S. drivers looking to the future.
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Game makers set September release for "Rock Band 2"
01.07.2008 03:07
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The makers of video game "Rock Band 2" said on Monday the sequel to last year's best-selling predecessor "Rock Band" will be released for the Xbox in September, months ahead of key rival "Guitar Hero."
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LVMH wins compensation from eBay over counterfeits
01.07.2008 03:07
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PARIS (Reuters) - A French court ordered eBay Inc to pay 38.6 million euros ($61 million) to luxury goods group LVMH for allowing the sale of fake merchandise, in a ruling immediately appealed by the online auction website.
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Samsung SDI to invest $529 million to up OLED output
01.07.2008 03:07
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SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean display maker Samsung SDI Co said on Monday it would boost production of next-generation organic displays to six times the current level by mid-2009, spending $529 million.
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Yahoo questions how serious Microsoft was on deals
01.07.2008 03:07
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NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc on Monday sought to rally shareholder support in the face of a proxy battle with billionaire Carl Icahn, saying the activist investor had an "ill-defined plan" for the future of the Internet company.
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California offers tax break to keep Tesla in state
01.07.2008 03:07
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SAN CARLOS, California (Reuters) - Electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc said on Monday it will manufacture the lower-priced follow-up to its Roadster sports car in California after the state offered a tax break to keep the operations there.
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Rhapsody to challenge iTunes by embracing the iPod
01.07.2008 03:07
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Digital music seller Rhapsody is launching a $50 million marketing assault on Apple's iTunes, offering songs online and via partners including Yahoo Inc and Verizon Wireless, Rhapsody said on Monday.
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Laptops banned in Bhutan assembly over gaming fears
01.07.2008 03:06
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THIMPU, Bhutan (Reuters) - The national assembly in newly democratic Bhutan has stopped lawmakers from bringing laptop computers into the house for fear they might spend their time playing computer games.
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HP purchase of EDS gets government clearance
01.07.2008 03:06
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BOSTON (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co's planned $12.6 billion purchase of Electronic Data Systems Corp cleared U.S. government antitrust review, the companies said on Monday.
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