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U.S. students suffering from Internet addiction: study
NEW YORK - Crackberry is no joke. American college students are hooked on cellphones, social media and the Internet and showing symptoms similar to drug and alcohol addictions, according to a new study.
Lenovo emerges as leading candidate for Palm: sources
HONG KONG - Lenovo <0992.HK>, the world's No.4 PC brand, has emerged as the leading candidate to buy struggling smartphone maker Palm <PALM.O>, after the U.S. firm was rebuffed by other potential Asian buyers, sources said. Shares of Hong Kong-listed Lenovo rose as much as 5.9 percent to a 23-month high on Friday, helped by expectations of strong growth in the sector and speculation that it could bid for the U.S. company once considered a pioneer in the smartphone space.
Big expectations for RIM at BlackBerry trade show
OTTAWA - Research In Motion Ltd <RIM.TO> <RIMM.O> needs to produce evidence next week that it is close to unveiling a more consumer-friendly BlackBerry experience if it hopes to disarm critics who question its competitive chops. A growing chorus of analysts say Apple's <AAPL.O> iPhone, Motorola's <MOT.N> Droid and other rival smartphones could keep taking market share from the BlackBerry until RIM delivers an improved operating system and browser.
Privacy chiefs keep watch over Facebook
BRUSSELS - Over the past six years, social networking has been the Internet's stand-out phenomenon, linking up more than one billion people eager to exchange videos, pictures or last-minute birthday wishes. The sites, led by Facebook with more than 400 million users, rely in large part on people's willingness to share a wealth of personal information with an ever-expanding network of "friends," either ones they actually know and see from time to time, or those they have met virtually through the Internet.
Biggest study on cellphone health effects launched
LONDON differs from previous attempts to examine links between cellphone use and diseases such as cancer and neurological disorders in that it will follow users' behavior in real time.
Nokia slashes prices, to delay new software
HELSINKI - Nokia has slashed prices of its cellphones across its portfolio this week, with the deepest cuts of around 10 percent seen for some smartphone models, data seen by Reuters showed on Thursday. Nokia is struggling to battle with new rivals Apple and Research in Motion at the high end of the cellphone market, and sees a cheaper price as its strongest weapon to hold on to market share, analysts said.
Brazil tops world asking Google to remove content
SAN FRANCISCO - Brazil tops the list of countries asking Google Inc <GOOG.O> to remove content from its services, the Internet search company disclosed in a new Web tool -- but it said statistics on China are secret. The company said it was offering the summary of requests in order to shed more light on how and when it removes data, but government requests from China, where Google has ended its censorship of local search results, is a state secret that the company won't publish.
Fast-growing Facebook aims for more social Web
SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook's user base is growing at its fastest rate ever, the online social network company said on Wednesday as it rolled out features that link the company's platform more tightly with outside Web sites. Facebook's "open graph" would let people see information tailored to their lives and interests wherever they are on the Web, the company's chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said at the f8 conference in San Francisco.
Sony brings streaming baseball games to PS3 console
SAN FRANCISCO - Sony Corp <6758.T> is bringing baseball to America's living rooms on its PlayStation 3 video game console, ratcheting up the competition in the race to become the digital hub of the home. Sony not only ups the ante in its rivalry with Microsoft's <MSFT.O> Xbox 360 console, but also positions itself as something of a challenger to cable companies and satellite television providers that have long been broadcasting sports to viewers in the United States.
Target to carry Kindle at stores in late April
SAN FRANCISCO - Target Corp <TGT.N> will begin selling Amazon.com Inc's <AMZN.O> Kindle e-reader this month, the first time Amazon is allowing distribution of its popular product outside its website. Amazon's dominant e-reader is fending off new competition from Apple Inc's <AAPL.O> iPad tablet and the Nook from Barnes & Noble Inc <BKS.N>. Both of those devices are already sold at Best Buy Co Inc <BBY.N> in addition to their own store chains.
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