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- Microsoft spent $1.7 million in 1st quarter to lobby on health care technology, other issues
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- Marvell Technology shares climb on strong 1st-quarter results, guidance
- Hewlett-Packard expanding recall of laptop batteries after nearly a dozen injuries reported
- Compuware shares jump after 4th-quarter earnings beat Wall Street’s forecast
- Federal Trade Commission clears Google’s purchase of mobile advertising service AdMob
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- Toyota to invest $50M, will partner with Tesla to build electric car at shuttered Calif. plant
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- Intuit posts jump in 3Q net income, ups guidance, on strong tax and finance software sales
- Brocade posts 2Q profit on stronger gov’t sales; revenue falls short, shares tumble
- Google tries to tune television into the Internet with help from Sony, Intel, Logitech
- Dell fiscal 1st-quarter net income rises 52 percent, company cites growth in PC sales
- GameStop posts higher 1st-quarter net income on solid game sales but outlook drags shares
- US agrees to notify other nations before launching ballistic missiles, satellites
- ChipMOS Technologies April revenue rises 47 percent year over year
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- Lawmakers push long-shot legislation designed to regulate, tax online gambling
- Law requiring businesses to report purchases to IRS likely to make more owners go high-tech
- Symantec buying VeriSign’s Web-security division for $1.28B
- Google to open Web applications store in Chrome browser in latest bid to compete with Apple
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- Britain’s deputy chief will scrap ID card program, trim DNA database in civil liberties push
- Procter & Gamble ventures into direct online retailing, opens “eStore”
- HP shares rise in premarket trading after 2Q earnings beat estimates, outlook raised
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- Hewlett-Packard net income surges 28 pct amid mending computer market; 2010 outlook raised
- Correction: iPhone story
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- Hewlett-Packard net income jumps 28 pct on stronger PC, server sales; raises 2010 outlook
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- United Tech CEO reaffirms 2010 profit guidance, says 2nd-quarter trends are improving
- Jefferies upgrades Intuit, Janney lifts price target ahead of company’s 3rd-quarter report
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- Microsoft to overhaul Hotmail to make it easier to manage incoming mail, see photos, videos
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- GM wants to lift sales with more subprime buyers but its main lender keeps purse strings tight
- Teens get firsthand experience with dangers of texting while driving
- GPS software glitch hits some military systems in January; Air Force says it’s been fixed
- Google acknowledges collecting snippets of people’s online activities broadcast over Wi-Fi
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- Delaware House passes bill restricting use of cell phones while driving
- Md. elections official drafting regulations for campaign use of Facebook, Twitter
- At Clinton Global Initiative in NY, Tony Blair’s wife touts cell phones for Kenyan women
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- Google CEO reassures shareholders about China, jabs at Apple and smart phone makers
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- Google CEO tells shareholders that China operations remain stable after censorship tussle
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- Graphics chip maker Nvidia reports 1st-quarter profit as revenue climbs 51 percent
- CA 4th-quarter net income jumps 55 percent but falls short of expectations; shares fall
- Sybase, Wendy’s/Arby’s, Sprint Nextel, Sony, Kohl’s among big market movers Thursday
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- Facebook rolls out security improvements to combat spam and scams on site
