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Microsoft brings Office to iPhone, but not tablets
NEW YORK (AP) — Even as a pared-down version of Microsoft's Office software package arrived on the iPhone, the company is holding out on extending that to the iPad and Android devices as it tries to boost sales of tablet computers running its own...Tags: Microsoft Corporation, Media Industry, Microsoft Windows, Computer Hardware, Google Inc.
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CONSUMER REPORTS: Cheap Chromebooks
If you’ve been thinking about getting a backup laptop, either for yourself or one that’s easy for your kids to use, there’s a new kind that’s being heavily advertised. It’s called a Chromebook. Chromebooks fall between...Tags: Google Nexus 7, Viral Diseases and Infections, Consumers, Chromebook, Electronics
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Google's products dig deeper into people's lives
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — For Google CEO Larry Page, happiness is a warm computer. "Technology should do the hard work so people can get on doing the things that make them happiest in life," Page told a crowd of 6,000 software developers and...
Tags: Google+, Culture, Sergey Brin, Google Inc., Apple iPhone
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Senate bill lets states tax Internet purchases
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attention online shoppers: The days of tax-free shopping on the Internet may soon end for many of you. The Senate is scheduled to vote Monday on a bill that would empower states to collect sales taxes for purchases made over...
Tags: Republican Party, E-Commerce Industry, Politics, Personal Income, Elections
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Army says no to more tanks, but Congress insists
WASHINGTON (AP) — Built to dominate the enemy in combat, the Army's hulking Abrams tank is proving equally hard to beat in a budget battle. Lawmakers from both parties have devoted nearly half a billion dollars in taxpayer money over the past...
Tags: Rob Portman, Republican Party, Saudi Arabia, Politics, Chuck Hagel
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UPDATE: Ax-wielding man damages Planned Parenthood clinic
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Southern Indiana police arrested a man on suspicion of using an ax to smash windows and damage computers at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Bloomington on Thursday. Benjamin D. Curell, 27, of Ellettsville, was arrested on...
Tags: Planned Parenthood, Human Rights, Hospitals and Clinics, Abortion, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Michigan lawmakers target Internet sales taxes
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers are pushing measures aimed at going after the hundreds of millions of dollars in outstanding taxes each year from sales over the Internet, but they may have to wait for a federal measure to pass for the...
Tags: Republican Party, E-Commerce Industry, Politics, Elections, eBay Inc.
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Obama unveiling gun violence measures (WSBT airing)
JULIE PACE,Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's broad effort to reduce gun violence will include proposed bans on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines as well as more than a dozen executive orders aimed at circumventing...Tags: Immigration, Shootings, Republican Party, Assault, U.S. Department of Justice
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Analysis: Why Google NKorea visit irks US
WASHINGTON (AP) — Google chief Eric Schmidt's plan to visit North Korea has put the Obama administration in the awkward position of opposing a champion of Internet freedom engaging with one of the most intensely censored countries. But the Obama...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, United Nations, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un, CBS Corp.
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Changes in law aim to protect kids' online data
WASHINGTON (AP) — Aiming to prevent companies from exploiting online information about children under 13, the Obama administration on Wednesday imposed sweeping changes in regulations designed to protect a young generation with easy access to the...
Tags: Car Safety Tips and Advice, Federal Trade Commission, Photography and Video, Google Inc., Services and Shopping
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Proposal would move up online Ind. sales tax collection
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two lawmakers say they plan to introduce legislation in the new year that would require Amazon.com and other online-only retailers with a presence in Indiana to begin collecting sales tax on July 1, 2013, six months earlier...
Tags: Cyber Monday, Small Businesses, Mitch Daniels, Money and Monetary Policy, Sales
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