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Google reigns as world's most powerful 10-year-old
(AP)
 AP - When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor's $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet search engine could change the world.
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Napster faces challenges within and without
(Reuters)
 Reuters - When Napster reported its fiscal
first-quarter results in August, it tried to paint a positive
picture to investors who were growing increasingly nervous
about the company's future.
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Start-up launches spectrum marketplace
(CNET)
CNET - A Web site for matching buyers and sellers of wireless spectrum went live on Friday.
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Online TV Viewing Approaches the Mainstream
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Nearly 20 percent of American households are tuning into TV over the Internet. That's twice the number from 2006, according to new research from The Conference Board Consumer Research Center and market-research firm TNS. The most popular destinations for online broadcasts? The official TV channel home page and YouTube.com.
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Report: Samsung working to acquire SanDisk
(AP)
AP - Samsung Electronics Co. is pursuing an acquisition of U.S. computer memory card maker SanDisk Corp., a South Korean online business newspaper reported Friday.
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App Stores: Microsoft, Google Follow Apple
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - When Apple opened its iTunes App Store in July, the idea of a mass-market Web site that sells downloadable games, tools, and other applications for cell phones was a rarity. Handset owners could buy apps from their carriers or the occasional niche site. But these days, the app store concept is becoming commonplace. The question is, does the world need a warren of wireless app stores?
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Comcast Challenges FCC's Authority To Order Neutrality
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Comcast fired back at the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday in its long-running duel with the agency. The cable-TV and Internet service provider filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C.
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Summary box: Google still feeling lucky at 10
(AP)
AP - HUMBLE START: Larry Page and Sergey Brin incorporated Google on Sept. 7, 1998, after unsuccessfully trying to sell their search engine for a couple of million dollars. They set up shop in their Stanford dorm rooms with just four computers before moving their headquarters to a garage owned by Brin's future sister-in-law.
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China's Hu and Wen get own "fan" website
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Does Chinese President Hu Jintao give
you goosebumps? Got the hots for Premier Wen Jiabao? Then
Communist Party mouthpiece the People's Daily has the answer --
join their online fan club.
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What you can--and can't--find about Palin on the Internet
(CNET)
CNET - John McCain's announcement last week that he has chosen Sarah Palin as his running mate left the public thirsting for information about the Alaska governor-- and inspired hundreds of commentators, entrepreneurs, and Palin imitators to try to fill in the gaps.
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Michael Moore plans Net-only film premiere
(CNET)
CNET - Filmmaker Michael Moore plans to premiere his latest documentary exclusively on the Internet for free, forgoing the traditional theatrical release.
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MySpace links users to US hurricane emergency alerts
(AFP)
 AFP - In what is heralded as the seeds of an Internet-age emergency broadcast system, MySpace has teamed with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to spread news on hurricanes through users of the online social network.
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Michael Moore to release free documentary on Web
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Firebrand filmmaker Michael Moore
will release his latest documentary exclusively on the Internet
for free on September 23, eschewing a traditional theatrical
rollout, he said on Thursday.
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Comcast files appeal of FCC Web traffic order
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Comcast Corp has filed an appeal to
reverse a U.S. Federal Communication Commission (FCC) decision
ordering the cable operator to change how it manages its
broadband Internet network.
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Sinking Yahoo: Shares drop to nearly 5-year low
(AP)
AP - Yahoo Inc.'s stock sank to its lowest level in nearly five years Thursday, magnifying the challenge facing the Internet company as its management tries to justify their rebuff of Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover bid.
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