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Tower to Open Digital Music Store


Music retailer Tower Records will unveil its digital music download service on Tuesday, complete with 1.2 million tracks priced at 99 cents per song. Powered by Puretracks, songs will be provided in Windows Media Format.
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Sony Admits Mistakes, Looks Forward


Sony admitted Monday that it had made missteps with its Walkman line of products, while also acknowledging that it was gambling by setting the price of the PlayStation 3 so high, with the basic package some $100 above the high-end Xbox 360.
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Who's afraid of Nathan Myhrvold?


Also on News.com Extra: Consumers don't want flexible DRM.
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Can Intel Retain Lead with Woodcrest?


Intel on Monday rolled out its newest dual-core Xeon processor, known by its code-name "Woodcrest" and branded the 5100 series. The chip will serve to help battle increasing competition from rival AMD, which has made major strides in the server market with its Opteron processors.
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Panasonic releases $1300 BluRay player


BluRay is still an emerging technology, so of course we will have to pay a premium if we want to partake of the bleeding edge players released for it. But are the prices too high? Many thought it was ridiculous when Sams...
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Tate Modern revamps Web site


Interactive tour lets art lovers plan their route through the gallery and gives non-visitors a glimpse of what they're missing.
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Microsoft Unifies its Communications


At a strategy event in San Francisco Monday, Microsoft unveiled its new "unified communications" plan, which ties together the company's server and Office products to establish a single experience for instant messaging, e-mail, VoIP, conferencing and mobile calling.
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Intel releases Woodcrest-core Xeons this week


Ready to rebound from the bit of floundering they have done in the past 12 months in the server market, Intel has prepped the Woodcrest processor and is ready to release the new chip today. Claiming it is a chip specific...
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Study: Cell Phones 'Excite' the Brain


Italian researchers have released data that seems to indicate that cell phone emissions do "excite" the brain, however it's not clear if they do any damage. The study has been published in the Annals of Neurology.
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Adobe Acquires Photo Software Firm


In a move to bolster its RAW capabilities, Adobe on Monday acquired the assets of Pixmantec ApS, a Danish software company that develops the RawShooter product for digital photography. The technology will be integrated into Adobe's new Lightroom software, currently in beta.
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Akimbo lands Cisco, AT&T as investors


Provider of set-top boxes, video-on-demand attracts funding from two companies with big IPTV ambitions.
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Microsoft takes partners for communications push


SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O unveiled plans on Sunday to work with hardware manufacturers to deliver on the company's ambitions to use its software to simplify how workers communicate with one another.
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Intel says to ship new server chip XEON this week


TOKYO (Reuters) - Intel Corp. INTC.O, the world's largest semiconductor maker, said on Monday it plans to start shipping this week new processors for servers, aiming to fend off an offensive from rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) AMD.N.
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Cell phone signals excite brain: study


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cell phone emissions excite the part of the brain cortex nearest to the phone, but it is not clear if these effects are harmful, Italian researchers reported on Monday.
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