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Apple's Jobs has hormone imbalance, will stay CEO
NEW YORK (AP) -- Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs, a survivor of pancreatic cancer whose gaunt appearance in the past year has alarmed the Mac and iPod lovers who look to him as an oracle, said Monday he has an easily treated hormone imbalance and will remain in charge of the company....

Even in recession, CES to have stuff worth seeing
The recession figures to tone down the flashiness of this week's International Consumer Electronics Show, but the lineup of innovative products likely will measure up to those of past years....

Recession to steal some glitz from gadget show
The International Consumer Electronics Show, the largest trade show in the U.S., opens this week in Las Vegas with a full slate of giant TVs and inventive gadgets, despite the pall of a recession hanging over the industry....

MySpace is research place for busybody 'Dr. Meg'
CHICAGO (AP) -- Many teenagers cleaned up their MySpace profiles, deleting mentions of sex and booze and boosting privacy settings, if they got a single cautionary e-mail from a busybody named "Dr. Meg." The e-mail was sent by Dr. Megan Moreno, lead researcher of a study of lower-income kids that she says shows how parents and other adults can encourage safer Internet use....

LG high-def TVs to stream Netflix videos directly
NEW YORK (AP) -- Netflix Inc. has come up with another way to get movies to people without sending DVDs in the mail....

Feds start wait list for DTV converter box coupons
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Consumers who apply for federal coupons to pay for converter boxes ahead of next month's transition to digital television broadcasts are being placed on a waiting list and may not receive their vouchers before the switchover, the Commerce Department said Monday....

China targets Google in pornography crackdown
BEIJING (AP) -- China warned Google and other popular Web portals Monday that they must do more to block pornographic material from reaching Chinese users, the latest in a series of government crackdowns targeting Internet content....

Madoff victims selling memorabilia on eBay
NEW YORK (AP) -- Did you get fleeced by Bernard Madoff? Or did you buy that Madoff Securities fleece jacket on eBay?...

Wikipedia meets $6 million fundraising goal
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The nonprofit foundation that runs Wikipedia, the popular online encyclopedia of user-contributed articles, said Friday it has met its $6 million fundraising goal for fiscal 2008....

Facebook nudity policy draws nursing moms' ire
Web-savvy moms who breast-feed are irate that social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace restrict photos of nursing babies. The disputes reveal how the sites' community policing techniques sometimes struggle to keep up with the booming number and diversity of their members....

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SkyWi president says Qwest cost his firm customers

Feds start wait list for DTV converter box coupons

Apple's Jobs has hormone imbalance, will stay CEO

Even in recession, CES to have stuff worth seeing

Virginia co. acquires Tenn. nuclear fuel provider

Text of Steve Jobs' letter to `Apple community'

Apple CEO Steve Jobs, at a glance

Recession to steal some glitz from gadget show

Wikipedia meets $6 million fundraising goal

Facebook nudity policy draws nursing moms' ire


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