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Telecom Italia confirms tycoon interest in stake

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 12th

ROME (AP) - Telecom Italia shares rose 6 percent after the former monopoly confirmed that an Egyptian tycoon has expressed interest in investing in the Italian company. The company said Monday that management was reviewing the offer by Naguib Sawiris, formerly the chairman and controlling

Toyota tests cars that communicate with each other

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 12th

By YURI KAGEYAMAAP Business Writer SUSONO, Japan (AP) - Toyota Motor Corp. is testing car safety systems that allow vehicles to communicate with each other and with the roads they are on in a just completed facility in Japan the size of three baseball stadiums. The cars at the Intelligent

Toyota tests cars that communicate with each other

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 12th

SUSONO, Japan (AP) - Toyota Motor Cop. is testing out safety systems using cars that communicate with each other and with the roads they are on in a just-completed facility in Japan, the size of three baseball stadiums. The cars use telecommunications waves to receive information, such as

Taiwan's HTC settles patent disputes with Apple

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 11th

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - HTC Corp. and Apple Inc. have settled their outstanding patent disputes. In a joint statement Sunday, the two companies said they also signed a 10-year license agreement that will extend to current and future patents held by one another. Cupertino, California-based Apple and

Weekly changes in Facebook stock prices

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 9th

By The Associated Press On its first day of trading, Facebook Inc.'s stock closed barely above its public offering price. It gained 23 cents, or 0.6 percent, to close at $38.23. Since then, the stock price fell for 16 weeks and increased for nine. - May 25: Closed at $31.91, down 17 percent

Google's services unable to reach much of China

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 9th

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - Google says its search engine and other Internet services have been cut off from much of China just as the country's ruling party picks new leaders. Data posted on Google's website shows its services in China became largely inaccessible beginning around 1 a.m.

He called it, and now Silver's a pop-culture star

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 9th

By JOCELYN NOVECKAP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The other night, Nate Silver got a little taste of what things are going to be like for him, post-Election 2012. The 34-year-old statistician, unabashed numbers geek, author and creator of the much-read FiveThirtyEight blog at The New York

Cray shares soar on strong quarter, Appro deal

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 9th

By The Associated Press Shares of Cray Inc. rose Friday after the supercomputer company announced better-than-expected third-quarter results. The Seattle company also said it is buying a privately held supercomputer systems maker, Appro, for $25 million to expand its portfolio of supercomputing

Estonia showcases way to fix long voting lines

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 9th

By JARI TANNERAssociated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) - In his victory speech, President Barack Obama acknowledged millions of voters' frustration when he said that it was time to fix the long lines at voting stations that have become an Election Day blight in America. For inspiration, Obama

CMU Net censorship expert charged with child porn

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 9th

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (AP) - A professor whose research focuses on Internet censorship and the use of children in advertising has been charged with having child pornography on his Central Michigan University computer, the school announced Thursday. The school said it suspended William L. Merrill on