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Searches of Internet registration records have recently revealed that the Office. com domain has been acquired by Microsoft from a Brussels-based company, ContactOffice, with the control of the domain being transferred to Microsoft on Tuesday.

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In what has been termed as a "pretty heavy attack," the Thursday morning 'denial-of-service' (DoS) attack overwhelmed the popular social network, Twitter, thereby resulting in a nearly three-hour long disruption of access to more than 30 million of its users the world over! Also affected by the attacks were other social networks - Facebook, Live Journal, and Gawker.

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After the April launch of its 6000 and 7000 series of LED TVs in the Indian market, Samsung has now followed up with its latest offering for the country - the bigger, pricier 8000 series LED TVs! The 55-inch model of the newly-launched 8000 series is Samsung's flagship LED TV offering in India!

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Sony's VAIO lineup of notebooks has a new addition - this time round a netbook, the VAIO W series! The sturdily-built, fast-performing 10-inch netbook possesses the key characteristics of the Sony VAIO notebook, but in a much smaller, easy-to-carry package!

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Despite the challenging operational environment, two European telecom operators, Deutsche Telekom and Portugal Telecom (PT), managed to meet the analysts' estimates for their second-quarter results - thanks to the performance of their respective overseas operations, especially in the emerging markets!

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American Express Co, United States' leading credit card company reported Wednesday that fewer bankruptcies helped the company to witness slower rate of losses from credit card loans, sending its shares at a 10-month high.

Joanna Lambert, spokesman of the company said the write-off rate on credit-card balances stood at 9.2% in July as compared with 10% in June.

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News Corporation's CEO Rupert Murdoch has given strong indications that users will soon have to pay for reading company's newspaper-contents on the Internet. Rupert Murdoch said company could no longer afford to provide news on the Internet free of cost.

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In its comprehensive 138-page report released on Wednesday, the Washington-based American Psychological Association has concluded that there is no evidence to substantiate the benefits of the so-called 'reparative therapy' in bringing about a change in the sexual orientation of gays, lesbians and heterosexuals.

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Reporting its results for the latest fiscal quarter on Tuesday, the Austin, Texas-based organic and natural foods grocer Whole Foods Markets Inc. said that its quarterly profit and revenue had shown an increase.

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