Will antitrust probe keep Microsoft, Yahoo apart?

WASHINGTON — Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. hope that by joining forces, they can tilt the balance of power in Internet search away from Google Inc. First, however, Yahoo and Microsoft have to convince regulators that their plan won't hurt online advertisers and consumers.

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Lucky 7 proves to be quite lucky for the Redmond men with Windows 7 selling like hot cakes helping out Microsoft recover from the Visaster (nomenclature to Vista's failure). What makes it more adorable is the fact that Windows 7 is the first ever operating system from Microsoft that has been developed largely by keeping user's feedback in mind.  Now whether you are using Windows 7 RC or looking forward to the final release on 22nd October, you must be hunting for some ravishing themes to embellish your PC. If you've already explored the Windows 7 hidden themes and didn't find them worth a try you have a better options to go choose from. Well you might have come across several alluring Windows 7 theme, but none of them meeting your taste. Instead of going for a wild goose chase you might have a look at our tiring assortment of top 10 Windows 7 theme.

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WASHINGTON - An unemployed Arkansas woman, who was thwarted every time she tried to sell the naming rights to her seventh child on eBay, is hoping that her fifth attempt will bring her success.

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Sluggish PC, ink sales hurt HP; results still beat

SAN FRANCISCO — Hewlett-Packard Co.'s 19 percent drop in quarterly profit shows that the company still relies heavily on printer ink and the troubled personal computer market, despite the aggressive transformation it's undertaking to branch out and encroach more on rival IBM Corp.'s turf.

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HP 3Q profit drops 19 pct on weak PC, ink sales

SAN FRANCISCO — Hewlett-Packard Co.'s profit dropped 19 percent in the latest quarter, dragged down by ongoing weakness in sales of personal computers and printer ink.

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HP 3Q profit drops 19 pct, weak PC, ink sales

SAN FRANCISCO — Hewlett-Packard Co.'s profit dropped 19 percent in the latest quarter, dragged by ongoing weakness in sales of personal computers and printer ink.

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Conservatives take on liberals in blogosphere

PITTSBURGH — Call this city blogger central. Two grassroots groups — one left leaning, the other right leaning — are holding their annual conferences here and teaching members how to wield clout online.

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BetOnSports founder Gary Kaplan pleads guilty

ST. LOUIS — The founder of the online gambling site BetOnSports.com pleaded guilty on Friday to federal racketeering conspiracy and other charges, concluding years of investigating and prosecuting a case in the complex world of offshore sports gambling.

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LONDON - A woman lost her job after abusing her boss on Facebook - forgetting that they were friends on the networking website.

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WASHINGTON - Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), US, have demonstrated sustained, reliable information processing operations on electrically charged atoms (ions), thus raising prospects for building a practical quantum computer.

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