1. '$100 laptop' nonprofit now teamed with Microsoft

    The One Laptop Per Child project is about to find out whether Microsoft Corp., a rival the nonprofit group once derided, is the solution to its problems in spreading inexpensive portable computers to schoolchildren.

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  2. Woman indicted in Missouri MySpace suicide case

    A Missouri woman was indicted Thursday for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax on the online social network MySpace against a 13-year-old neighbor who committed suicide.

    1. Updated May. 15 11:27 p.m.
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  3. Icahn to Yahoo board: Sell to Microsoft or leave

    Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang spent months fending off Microsoft Corp.'s unsolicited takeover bid. Now he may only have a few weeks to persuade the software maker to revive its last offer of $47.5 billion, or risk being fired in a shareholder mutiny led by activist investor Carl Icahn.

    1. Updated May. 15 7:25 p.m.
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  4. Robotic suit could usher in super soldier era

    Rex Jameson bikes and swims regularly, and plays tennis and skis when time allows. But the 5-foot-11, 180-pound software engineer is lucky if he presses 200 pounds - that is, until he steps into an "exoskeleton" of aluminum and electronics that multiplies his strength and endurance as many as 20 times.

    1. Updated May. 15 1:29 p.m.
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  5. Study: Cox, Comcast Internet subscribers blocked

    Comcast Corp.'s interference with Internet traffic has prompted a federal investigation and is at the center of calls for "Net Neutrality" laws, but another U.S. cable company appears to be doing the same thing without drawing scrutiny.

    1. Updated May. 15 4:43 p.m.
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  6. Video game, accessory sales jump 47 pct in April

    Americans spent $1.23 billion on video games, hardware and accessories in April, up 47 percent from a year earlier, even as the price of more essential items like food and gasoline soared.

    1. Posted May. 15 8:22 p.m.
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  7. NY Times, USA Today multiple online EPpy winners

    The New York Times won three accolades for its Web sites and USA Today won two as the "EPpy Awards" were announced Thursday.

    1. Posted May. 15 7:44 p.m.
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  8. Gemstar-TV Guide ex-CEO now wanted for obstruction

    Federal authorities said Thursday that former Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. chairman Henry Yuen is a fugitive after he was indicted on a felony obstruction charge that carries a possible five-year prison term.

    1. Posted May. 15 6:25 p.m.
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  9. Reversing trend, cable modems win over DSL

    Cable companies attracted more Internet subscribers than phone companies did in the first quarter, reversing a 3 1/2-year trend, according to a research report Thursday.

    1. Posted May. 15 10:52 a.m.
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  10. CBS in $1.8B deal for online news, info site CNet

    CBS Corp. is acquiring a big online reach with its acquisition of CNet Networks Inc. but also a company that's faced heavy criticism from investors. Those concerns as well as the hefty $1.8 billion price tag helped send CBS's shares down after the deal was announced Thursday.

    1. Updated May. 15 7:29 p.m.
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