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Cozy deals for Net music

It's not just Apple and U2. The new rule across online song sales is to offer what no one else can.

Photo: Bono sings for Apple

They've got your number

A cell phone rules change was supposed to be bad news for wireless carriers. So why did subscribers stay put?

Online identity theft--many medicines, no cure. Also: Whatever happened to SGI?

Americans rush stores as holiday season starts

Retailers offer big markdowns, hoping to win customers on one of the biggest spending days of the year.

CA slaps spyware label on Kazaa

P2P program poses threat because of its widespread popularity and its high "clot factor," software maker says.

EU judge plans Microsoft ruling within a month

Judge is weighing whether to suspend EC sanctions until Microsoft's main appeal against sanctions is decided years from now.

Chip sales up 1.5 percent in October

Trade group for U.S. chipmakers expects year-on-year growth of at least 28 percent.

eBay sellers do the holiday sprint

Many top sellers do all the work from home, either to supplement a full-time job or to try to make a living. How do they face the holidays?
The New York Times

Oracle reveals challengers for PeopleSoft's board

The enterprise software maker is turning the protracted takeover battle into a proxy fight for control over the company.

Microsoft proposes piracy amnesty

Software juggernaut raises the white flag, offering to replace people's counterfeit copies of Windows XP.

After a decade, Royal Philips makes PCs again

The Netherlands-based electronics conglomerate abandoned the PC business in the early 1990s after suffering big losses.

Tech giants edgy over Web services patent sale

Oracle, Google and Sun may try to buy patents at bankruptcy auction to avoid threat of infringement suits.

Waving hello, from a distance

Videoconferencing tools are increasingly making their way not just into the office but into the home.
The New York Times

Briefly: Playlists could be WinAmp hack

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